Ending the lesson
25 minutes
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Writing & Speaking
Ex.9 p.83
Aim: to expand the topic; to give a presentation on scientific language/writing
• Read the rubric aloud and give Ss time to research online and collect information on other characteristics of scientific language/
writing.
• Ask Ss to give their presentations to the class.
• Assign the task as HW and ask Ss to share their answers in the next lesson.
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Suggested Answer Key
What do scientific articles, research papers and science reports all have in common? That’s right, they are all types of scientific writing. This means that they also have some common characteristics.
For example, a lot of scientific literature references the work of other scientists when it makes claims or states scientific facts. This helps scientists back up what they are saying with evidence and also
allows readers to find out more about the topic if they wish.
Another characteristic is that scientific writing is impartial. This means that the writer doesn’t tend to state their opinion. The writing is usually more informative than it is persuasive, and the writer
doesn’t tend to use imagery or strong adjectives to evoke emotion in the reader, but rather states facts.
Finally, scientific writing will often include some type of visuals, whether that is a diagram, a chart or even a photograph. Scientific texts are often accompanied by pictures in order to help readers understand better, especially as some scientific phenomena, experimental procedures or processes are difficult to describe
without the use of visuals.
So, now that we know even more about scientific texts, are we willing to give writing one of them a try?
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Feedback:
“The praise” method
“Good job!
Well done!”
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