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Click For A Friend?
FLTRP B1U4 - Understanding Ideas
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Learning Objectives
Language Competence:
Recognize and apply stylistic features of argumentative essay
Apply reading strategies such as skimming and scanning
Thinking Quality:
Discuss the question: "Are online friendships real?”
Form a balanced view on digital friendship.
Cultural Awareness:
Understand how Internet changed cultural lives worldwide
Reflect on the differences and commonalities in friendship across different cultural backgrounds through idioms
Learning Ability:
Use various learning to complete reading tasks, share information and exchange ideas in group work, and improve problem-solving skills.
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Which button should he click? Why?
What are the “benefits of making friends online”?
Do you think this is true friendship?
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Would you guys help me out?
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Help Li Hua!
Hi, I saw your post in the Model Car Enthusiasts group. I noticed we share a few interests. Click my link to see my collection and let’s 'friend' each other so we can exchange information.
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Skim through the text and answer the questions below:
Read For Overview
What is the genre of the text, and where can you find it?
Match the main ideas with corresponding paragraphs.
Divide the text into 3 parts.
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Skimming
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What is the genre of the text and where can you find it?
Read For Overview: Genre
A. A news report; in a local newspaper.
B. An advertisement; on a website.
C. A short story; in a collection of novels.
D. An argumentative article; in a teenager magazine.
D. An argumentative article; in a teenager magazine.
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Skimming
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Match the main idea of following paragraphs.
A. The author’s attitude to online friends.
B. The way of making friends in past.
C. Whether online friendship is real or not.
D. Stay in touch with friends easily nowadays.
E. Find friends sharing interests in digital age.
Para. 4-7
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 1
Para. 8
Read For Overview: Ideas
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Skimming
Divide the paragraphs into 3 parts.
Read For Overview: Parts
Para. 1-3
Para. 4-7
Para.8
Different ways of making friends in the past & present;
Benefits of online friends
Difficult to tell whether online friends are real or not;
Drawbacks of online friends
We should take an unprejudiced attitude towards online friendship;
Conclusion
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Skimming
Where should the transitional paragraph go?
Read for Tips
Transitional Paragraphs: A Bridge
Continues the content of previous text
Introduces the arguments of following text
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Work together to complete the chart.
(Optional) Draw a mini-mind-map
Read For Details – Part 1
Ways of making friends
Category The Past (Traditional) The Present (Digital Age)
Moving Towns
Long Distance
Shared Hobbies
Requirements
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Ways of making friends
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Category The Past (Traditional) The Present (Digital Age)
Moving Towns Losing track of friends. Staying in touch from anywhere.
Long Distance Letters that "took ages" to deliver. Constant updates via social media.
Shared Hobbies Limited to local people. Connecting with people worldwide.
Requirements Physical presence or paper/stamps. A simple Wi-Fi connection.
Work together to complete the chart.
(Optional) Draw a mini-mind-map
Read For Details – Part 1
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Which argumentative skill is the author using to make a point here?
What are the functions of it?
Read For Skills – Part 1
Attract readers’ attention
Trigger thoughts
Making Assumptions
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Read For Skills – Part 1
Show details
Enable credibility
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Which argumentative skill is the author using to make a point here?
What are the functions of it?
Giving Examples
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Work together to find the meaning of the “masks”
Then retell the information in a persuasive way.
Read For Details – Part 2
Online friendship: real or not?
The Happiness Mask
The Identity Mask
The Intention Mask
People post only positive updates to appear friendly.
People can fake their age, gender, and other information.
Even criminals may make you share information.
Without Mask:
People always exchange true information
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Can a dog really surf the Internet?
Read For Extra – Part 2
Online friendship: real or not?
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“On the Internet,
nobody knows you’re a dog”
Internet acts as a screen that hides a person’s true identity.
In the physical world, your appearance is obvious, but online, you can be whoever you want to be.
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Fill in the blanks.
Explain the author’s balanced view towards online friendship to Li Hua
Read For Details – Part 3
Conclusions
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Although the way of acquiring friends is changed by __________,
_________________ and ______________
Remains unchanged.
technology
Para.8
meaning of friendship
longing for friends
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Read For Skills – Part 3
Add Persuasiveness
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Which argumentative skill is the author using to make a point here?
What are the functions of it?
Using Quotation
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Read for Extra – Part 3
What is the meaning of “throw the baby out with the bathwater”?
Do you know any similar sayings in Chinese?
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Instantly searching online.
It is a controversial question for discussion.
1. What does click refer to?
2. Why is there a question mark in the title?
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Read For Reflection
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What is the author’s attitude towards online friendship?
Read For Reflection
A. Positive and supportive.
B. Objective and balanced.
C. Doubtful and negative.
D. Indifferent and uninterested.
B. Objective and balanced.
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Read For Speaking Out
Mini-debate
Does social media do more harm or good for teenage friendships?
Form consensus in your group first.
You may use ideas either in the text or your own.
Refer to the expressions bank / handout.
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Read For Speaking Out
Mini-debate
Does social media do more harm or good for teenage friendships?
Discuss with your partner first.
You may use ideas either in the text or your own.
Refer to the expressions bank.
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Assess-It!
How well do I know…?
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Wrap-Up
Meaning and use of stay in touch, social media, share interests, throw the baby out with the bathwater
Argumentative skills of assumptions, examples and quotations
Balanced view on online friendship, recognizing both its powers and pitfalls
Enjoying online friendship with wisdom and fun
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Overall: ____ / 20 pts
Homework
(Compulsory – 1-15 pts)
Combine the 3 argumentative skills and your points in the mini-debate, to form a short essay discussing online friendship.
(Optional – 16+ pts)
Make friends with a foreigner on Rednote(小红书); talk about friendship in their culture and share your story to us.
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Wrap-Up
Internet brings us together;
Real friends matter forever!
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