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Critical thinking

Research skills Writing Skills Speaking

Information gathering Sentence writing Matching statements with Discussion
• Matching advertisements Pros and cons of advertising the author’s opinion • Designing an online ad
with advertising technique • Presenting the ad to the class
Ranking personal
Comparing results information that students and agreeing which is most
• Comparing and discussing are willing to provide online effective
advertising techniques and Quotable Quotes
their popularity • Discussing the power of
advertising to infl uence
people

Information gathering Sentence writing Matching statements with Discussion
• Collecting information on the author’s opinion • Where and how people
Should dangerous or risky
real cases of competition compete in life
activities be a question of Ranking activities in which
Comparing results personal choice? drugs are likely to be used Quotable Quotes
• Comparing and discussing • Discussing how important
other cases of real world winning is
competition

Information gathering Sentence writing Matching statements with Discussion
• Ranking time spent on Issues and disadvantages of the author’s opinion • Planning life after retirement
everyday activities in the UK • Presenting plans to the class
living very long lives Ranking lifestyles that lead
Comparing results to a long life Quotable Quotes
• Comparing and discussing • Discussing the meaning of
the results with those of “quality of life”
students

Information gathering Sentence writing Matching statements with Discussion
• Brainstorming areas where Pros and cons of technology the author’s opinion • Discussing probable,
robots can replace humans possible, and impossible
and society Ranking likelihood of jobs
Comparing results for robots in the future technological inventions
• Discussing jobs that robots Quotable Quotes
should not do • Discussing the role of the
teacher and technology in
the classroom

Information gathering Sentence writing Matching statements with Discussion
• Collecting information on Should protesters be the author’s opinion • Discussing different opinions
food production in different allowed to stop a circus Ranking animals from most on the treatment of animals
countries
performance? liked to least liked Quotable Quotes
Comparing results • Discussing quotes for and
• Comparing and discussing against killing animals
the results

Information gathering Sentence writing Matching statements with Discussion
• Matching headlines to Very unusual news stories the author’s opinion • Discussing the differences
category of news story between traditional reporting
Ranking how probable
and citizen journalism
Comparing results different news stories are • Reporting ideas to the class
• Finding out which news
stories are most popular Quotable Quotes
• Discussing if the media can
control the way people think

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