OBJECTIVES

 COMMUNICATIVE: Talk about people’s annoying

behaviors
 LANGUAGE: Using negative prefixes to form
antonyms / Use the gerund after possessives
 LEARNING: Follow grammar models and expand ideas
Word study. Negative prefixes
https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-79885.php

https://englishlab.net/hp/wf_6_wb1_negative_prefixes.htm

 Study the different negative prefixes, and how they form the antonyms of
the words in part A
 Can you complete exercise B with the correct antonym in each case?
 Use the prefixes to create the antonyms of these words
1. Ability 6. Credible Self assess
2. Honor 7. Reparable 1. Disability 7. Irreparable
2. Dishonor 8. Uncertain
3. Coherent 8. Certain 3. Incoherent 9. Unclear
4. Relevant 9. Clear 4. Irrelevant 10. Unpredictable
5. Distrust
5. Trust 10. Predictable 6. Incredible
GRAMMAR. Possessive Gerunds
Study the two forms and uses of this structure. What’s the difference?
Do the grammar practice F and G
Apply the grammar
1. Think about people or the society’s behaviors that annoy you
2. Use the vocabulary on page 52 and the exercise on negative prefixes
Follow the example: “It’s unbelievable that people are still so conservative”
3. Discuss your opinions with your classmates. Report any similar or
interesting ideas
Assess

 Did you find any problem in the use of the grammar for the exercise?
 What possible solutions for the problems can you think of?
 TASK. FINISHING THE INTRODUCTION

So far you must have:

1. A BACKGORUND: General approach to the topic, Narrowing
2. THESIS: The position you have in favor or against the issue presented
3. SUPPORTING ARGUMENTS: You will need two. Just mentioned, not
developed

Finally you need to work on the outline sentence. This sentence “invites” the
writer to continue reading the text.
A common way is to say: “In this text, I want to…”
Variations to this sentence are all valid.
 TASK. WRITING YOUR FIRST ARGUMENT

Go back over the first reason to support your thesis which you mentioned in the
introduction
Brainstorm ideas that could expand your text
Think about one or two external sources that can make your paragraph stronger
Follow the structure for paragraph writing: TOPIC SENTENCE, SUPPORTING
IDEAS, EXPANSION OF THE IDEAS, CLOSING OR TRANSITION