Weksa Fradita Asriyama220148085

Hortatory exposition

Look at the pictures below. Then, answer the questionorally.1.

What is the difference between conventional farming and

organic farming in controlling the pests?

Building knowledge of the field

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2.

What is the difference between these twofarming methods in spending the farming cost?

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3.

Are there any significant difference in qualitybetween conventional farming product and theorganic farming product?

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4.

Do the two of them have any long term advantages? What are they?

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Name the things and persons that you see!

Vocabulary items

1.How do you express possibilities?

If + simple present, S + will + Vbase The pattern above is used when you think about a

realpossibility in the present and future.Examples:If the farmers know the effect of using pesticide,

they willcertainly deciding to move on the organic farming.If Mom asks me to buy fruit and vegetables, I will

choosethe organic ones. 

Conditional sentence

2. When you think of an imaginary situation how do you state it?

If+ simple past, S + would + Vbase When what you say is unreal --- that never happens now norin the future—you use past tense.Examples:If I were a farmer, I would never use the pesticide.(It means you are not a farmer)If I were the president, I would limit the number of

pesticidein the market.(It means you are not the president)

Watch the video carefullyMake some notes if necessary

Pesticide and the effects

Modeling of the text

The video you just watch is hortatory exposition text.

The communicative purpose of the hortatory exposition text is to persuade the readers or listeners that something should or should not be the case.

Hortatory exposition

Thesis, announcement of issue concern.

Recommendation, statement of what ought or ought not to happen.

The generic structure of the hortatory exposition text:

The use of words that shows the

author’s attitude (modality)

The use of words that express

feeling (emotive words)

The use of words that link cause

and effect.

The language features in hortatory exposition text

Modal auxiliaries in English are : can, could, had better, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would.

Modal auxiliaries generally express a speaker’s attitudes. For example, modal can express that a speaker feels something is certain or not.

Modal auxiliaries and adverb of certainty

Modals do not take a final –s, even when the subject is singular (he, she, it, the cat, Suzy, Mark)

Example : He will harvest the farm two month from now.

She must go the school right now

Modals are followed immediately by the simple form of verb.(Vbase/V1)

Example : I can do the homework. She will be late for the exam today.

 

Watch the video carefully. Make some notes if necessary.

Organic fruit and vegetables

Joint construction of the text

Work in a group of four.Have a small discussion related to the

video that you have watched.Assign the member for the following

roles:1 person as the group leader who

leads the discussion1 person as the secretary who writes

and tells the result1 person who agree1 person who does not agree

Study the situation.Choose one of them, elaborate your opinionsand tell your stance on the problem to the class

1. You suggest your biology teacher to hold an event in order to introduce organic farming to the society. You notice that pesticides and other chemical substances are used improperly in your area.

 2. One of your friends gets colon cancer. Medical analyses suggest

that it is due to too much consumption of unhealthy food. You tell your parents (who are farmers) to reduce the use of pesticides. You express your stance on it.

 3. The government finds that more than 40% of fruits and

vegetables contain high level of pesticides. The amount of the pesticides is on the higher level of tolerable one. You express your stance on the case.

 

Independent construction of the text