Write your paragraph (about 120–150 words). (Viết đoạn văn của bạn (khoảng 120–150 từ).)

• Use the paragraph in Exercise 1 as a model.

• Use the ideas in Exercise 3 and your answers in Exercise 4.

• Use the plan below.

Plan Topic sentence: stating the topic & expressing your opinion Supporting sentences: presenting your viewpoints with examples/reasons Concluding sentence: restating your opinion using different words

You are going to write a paragraph expressing your opinion on the topic: Should mothers stay at home with their children? Answer the questions below. (Bạn sắp viết một đoạn văn bày tỏ ý kiến của mình về chủ đề: Các bà mẹ có nên ở nhà chăm con không? Trả lời các câu hỏi dưới đây.)

1. What is your opinion?

Read the paragraph and match the parts (A–D) to their uses (1–3). (Đọc đoạn văn và nối các phần (A – D) với cách sử dụng của chúng (1–3).)

Should mothers go to work?

A I feel that mothers should be able to work if they want to. B Firstly, mothers who go to work can provide an extra income for their families. With children, families need more money to pay for their education and everyday needs. That means a working mother can contribute to the household finances and help the family afford more. C Secondly, working mothers are good role models. They show their children that if they work hard, they can have both a family and a career. By looking at their working mothers, the children learn that they need to work for their good life. D All in all, I believe that working mothers help with the family finances and are good examples for their children.

1. - expresses viewpoints with examples/reasons

2. - restates an opinion using different words

3. - states a topic and expresses an opinion

Match the viewpoints (1–2) to the examples/reasons (a–b). Then join them using because. (Nối quan điểm (1–2) với các ví dụ / lý do (a – b). Sau đó, nối chúng bằng cách sử dụng “because”.)

Mothers who go to work are good role models.

Going to work allows women to be independent.

a. It builds up their self-confidence.

b. Children see that they can achieve what they want.

Put the words/phrases below in the correct uses (1–3) in Exercise 2a. (Đặt các từ / cụm từ dưới đây vào các cách sử dụng đúng (1–3) trong Bài tập 2a.)

• In my opinion           • Next              • In conclusion            • Also

• In my mind               • Last               • In addition                • To sum up

Read the paragraph again. Underline the words/phrases that the writer uses to … (Đọc lại đoạn văn. Gạch chân những từ / cụm từ mà người viết sử dụng để…)

1. state his/her opinion.

Check your paragraph for spelling/grammar mistakes. Then, in pairs, swap your paragraphs and check each other’s work. (Kiểm tra đoạn văn của bạn để biết lỗi chính tả / ngữ pháp. Sau đó, hãy trao đổi đoạn văn theo cặp và kiểm tra lại bài sửa của nhau.)