WHAT DO YOU THINK

ABOUT IT?

ICE LEVEL 3
PPBA
DUTA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
 Previous Lesson

 HOW TO DESCRIBE problems

 HOW TO GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS related to
the problems happened around us
 Let’s play!

“SAY IT!”

 Say it...

What’s your opinion about...?

 Side job for students
 Online Shopping
 E-books
 Mobile games
 Our today’s topic is ...

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?

 Think and Tell

 Death Penalty  National Exam (UN)

to serve justice for the considered as good
victims and their family standard evaluation
 causing more harm than system for students
good to society as a whole  presents equality in
against humanity education
as a deterrent to crime low preparation
outdated and ineffective massive budget
punishment ignore students’ other
skills and achievements
What kind of text do we need to write?

ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT
 Definition of Argumentative Text

 A text in which the writer STATES A POSITION on a

topic/ an issue and PRESENTS SEVERAL
REASONS by giving EVIDENCES in order TO
CONVINCE the readers.
 Structure of Argumentative Text

• The backgrounds, topics, contexts

INTRO • Thesis statement

• Arguments
BODY • Topic sentence and supports

• Restatement of the thesis statement

CONCLUSION • Summarize the ideas
 Grammar Focus

 Simple Present (most of it; but sometimes it may

also uses past or future tenses)
 Conjunctions (because of, therefore, so, etc.)
 Modals (can, may, must, should, etc.)
 Sequence Adverbs(first, second, third, etc.)
 Adjective (to describe things)
 Verbs (to talk about actions)
 ObjectivesLearning

 In the end of the lesson, you are expected to be able

TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS related to A
PARTICULAR ISSUE
 Activities

 Look and Read “The Use of Animals in Scientific

Research”
 Pros and Cons
 Identify the main ideas of each side
 Practice Time

 Choose one of the issues

 Issues: Should mobile phone be banned in the
classroom?
 Are sports and games as important as
studies?
 Is there life on Mars?
 Discuss with your friend, share your ideas about the
issue.
 Write your own argumentative paragraphs
Is there any ...