This morning we are doing presentation about
Body Paragraph.
Miss Zu said “ EXCELLENT ! GREAT JOB !. “
This is because all the group do the presentation very well. Although there are some errors, but Miss Zu remains satisfied with what we have done.
Below is one example of the essay from Mai’s group.
Almost every night, she would go “clubbing” at the nightspots in Jalan Bukit Bintang and Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur's golden triangle, looking for fun and "extra cash". With her black skin-tight miniskirts with a revealing top, she easily draws attention from the males as soon as she walks into any of these nightspots. The 21 years-old girl, Amy comes from a state in the east coast of West Malaysia. She started as a sales promoter at a shopping centre in the city, but her monthly salary of RM800 is hardly enough for her to survive in KL. To make matters worse, she has to send home approximately RM200 a month for her parents and 5 siblings who are still schooling. It is hard for her since the burden of the family is at her hand. Her family is depending on her. Amy now lives in a dark situation where she is happy outside not in inside. There are factors that can cause someone to become a prostitute such as lack of attention from the parents, money problem and negative peers influence.
One of the factors that someone becomes a prostitute is deficient of concern from their parent. Today, teenagers spend more time with friends because parents only conscious to their career to increase family income. When this happen, child will feel neglected and at the same time feel free to do anything’s with their friends without being control by anyone. For example, prostitute is a serious problem, if their daughter being a prostitute it can be harmful for them which is will get diseases like AIDS, HIV and cervical cancer. It also shame for the whole family. So, parent should change their attitude and know what their children daily activities to prevent this problem from getting worse.
Money problem is another reason for a person to become a prostitute. Nowadays, money has turn person into someone’s that we cannot imagine. As we know money is one of the basic needs in daily life, therefore one will do anything in order to get money, either in the easy way or harder way. In this situation, a prostitute is being persuaded by the money problem from their family, lifestyle or even social environment. Being a prostitute is one of the easier ways to get more money in short time and it will solve the money problem. Prostitution is mostly done by women from poor family , they become prostitute as their family is depending on them. Thus, money problem make women become prostitute.
Another factor that makes women especially teenagers become a prostitute is by negative peer influence. Nowadays, many teenagers have more trust on their friends rather than their family. Teenagers spend their time almost every day with their friends. They think friends are someone who closest to them. In addition, things will become worst if they chosen the wrong person to be their friends. For example, if you be friends with someone who have social problem such as always go for clubbing, smoking, drinking and do open sex, you might end up becoming one of them. Therefore, teenagers should be careful when they want to choose their friends so that they can avoid being prostitutes or get involve into other bad problems.
In conclusion, there are several factors that make someone became prostitutes which are the money problem, lack of attention from parents and negative peers influence. In order to prevent an increasing number of teenagers becoming a prostitute, the committee should play their role and keep their eyes on the teenagers especially girls .Government should make campaign to prevent the teenagers become prostitute and restrict the law of it.
After we finished our presentation, we are learn about Argumentative Essay.
Before writing…
☺ Brainstorm ideas on the subject.
☺ Identify the main topics.
☺ Use these topics as headings for organizing your notes.
☺ Decide which side you are on i.e. Which arguments are most convincing? Make sure you choose the side that you can fully support.
☺ Plan and write an outline for your essay noting down the information you will include in each paragraph.
Introductory Paragraph…
☺ Introduce the topic with a general statement
☺ State why it is important
☺ State there is a difference of opinion about this topic
☺ Thesis statement must state what YOUR claim is and can include the “parts” of the argument you are going to state.
Body Paragraph…
☺ Arguments for: The reasons “parts” of your thesis statement will be in your body paragraphs.
☺ Give clear arguments for your claim with support (examples, statistics, explanations, etc.)
☺ Use transition words as you move from paragraph to paragraph (Firstly, secondly, furthermore, in addition, moreover, finally).
☺ You can also use any of the transitions from the other essay types as long as they are appropriate for your argument. (You may want to compare/contrast things, give reasons/results, descriptions, definitions etc.)
Refutation Paragraph…
☺ This is also used to support your claim.
☺ Use the counter arguments to show that your idea is the stronger one.
☺ Do not focus only on the opposing.
☺ ☺ Useful words and phrases.
ü When you can think of the opposing opinion but you have not seen it written anywhere:
Could be claimed
It may be asserted…that…However
Might be argued
ü When you have seen the opposing opinion written in another text:
Claimed
It has been asserted that…However
Argued
Concluding paragraph…
Your conclusion should:
☺ Restate the main claim
☺ Present one or two general sentences which accurately summarise your arguments which support the main premise
☺ Provide a general warning of the consequences of not following the premise that you put forward and/or a general statement of how the community will benefit from following that premise.
Example outline…
Thesis Statement:
I absolutely agree that the building of nuclear reactors should not be continued in any country due to its cost, risk and less safety
Topic Sentence 1:
The first problem with nuclear reactors is its cost.
Topic Sentence 2:
Another problem is the serious consequences of accidents.
Topic Sentence 3:
Less safety precautions of its constructions is also one of the major problems of nuclear reactors building in any develop country.
Concluding Statement:
Refutation:
Some people might claim that there is no real alternative to nuclear power.
Conclusion:
In short, although nuclear power is an attractive option, it has too many disadvantages.
After Miss Zu give explanation about argumentative essay, she give us a task that must be submit on Thursday by individual. The question is :
Certain television programmed are considered to be unsuitable for children. Do you agree or disagree? Give your opinion.
While during the night class, we learn about
Interpreting writers’ points of view, attitudes or intentions
· Trying to understand a text through the writer’s perception, this is influenced by his or her personal beliefs on an issue.
· Neutral – we have long been aware of the need to involve people for these medical tests.
· Biased – we have long been aware that people are being used for these abominable tests.
Tone – refers to the writer’s use of words and writing styles to demonstrate his or her stand towards the issue in a text. Determine tone used in text by :
1. Looking at word choice – word have positive, negative or even neutral association.
2. Analyzing the phrasing used to describe an event – is the author sarcastic?
3. Considering how you feel when you read the text – what emotions have been evoked in you?
Writers normally write for one of these 4 reasons :
1. To inform
2. To persuade – tone very optimist
3. To instruct
4. To entertain
Example of tones :
ü Abstruse – difficult to understand
ü Apathetic – not interested in something
ü Bitter – feeling angry, jealous or upset
ü Compassionate – feeling sympathy for people who are suffering
ü Dismay – feel worried, disappointed
ü Evasive – not willing to answer directly
ü Impassioned – full of strong feeling & emotion
ü Indignant – angry & surprised
ü Malicious – very unkind & cruel
ü Mocking – laugh at someone & try to make them stupid
ü Optimistic – believe that good things will happen
ü Pessimistic – expecting that bad thing will happen
And today’s activity is to identify the writer tones from the clip video ( family portrait by Pink ), from articles & from advertisement.
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