1、1) Identifying the question,2) Analyzing its logical reasoning,3) Identifying and evaluating the conclusion,Active Reading of an Argumentative Essay,College English Intensive Reading Book 4 Unit 5,1. Warm up Easy decisions,2018/10/18,2,healthy,sick,happy,frustrated,energetic,exhausted,full of hope,f
2、ull of despair,told a lie,told the truth,Listen and think : to lie or not to lie?,What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels _, is found to have a form of _ that will cause him
3、 to die within six months? Is it best to _ him the truth? If he asks, should the doctors _ that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least _ the truth until after the family vacation?,2018/10/18,3,in perfect health,cancer,tell,deny,conceal,2018/10/18,4,NOT an easy decisi
4、on!,2. Text Analysis Active Reading,Analyzing its logical reasoning,Examples,Facts,Quotations,Emotional appeals,Transitional markers,A Model,Analyzing its logical reasoning (Para. 3-9),BUT,Studies show that As one physician wrote Armed with such a precept, doctors may,Studies show that, contrary to
5、Not onlythey invade Dying patients especially Lies also do harm to ,Doctors Reasons Para. 3-5,Patients Reasons Para. 6-9,Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill do not want to know the truth. Para. 9: also in the long run as well contributes to and thus in turn As one
6、 physician wrote: “Ours is a profession which traditionally has been guided by a precept” Doctors may prescribe innumerable placebos. But the illusory nature of the benefit; feel betrayed; have been misled; be kept in the dark.,2018/10/18,8,Facts,Quota-tion,Examples,Emotional Appeals,Transitional Ma
7、rkers,2. Text Analysis Active Reading,Identifying and evaluating the conclusion (Para. 10, 11),Sharp con_ are rising. There is urgent need to de_ this issue openly.,Medicine,Law,Government,Social Sciences,flicts,bate,1) Raising a question,2) Supporting through logical reasoning,3) Reaching a conclus
8、ion,2. Text Analysis Active Reading,From Reading to Writing Logical and Explicit Writing,An active and engaging reader,A logical and explicit writer,3. Further study and assignments,Further studyReflective writing Creative writing,1. To quit or to continue a smokers dilemma,2. To run or to stay a thiefs dilemma,3. To _ or to _ - a _s dilemma,How should I write a logical and explicit essay?,- “To be or not to be ” in Hamlet (William Shakespeare) - ER A popular American TV drama - Google“ doctors; truth” and share your findings.,THANK YOU!,
