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Organization of responses
to a speaking taskMrs. Dalia Asseel
WHAT COMES FIRST??
• Think of the most important part of your response…
• Think of a speaking task as if you are writing a paragraph. You have to organize it into three main parts.
THINK OF responses AS
CHEESEBURGERS!
• You have the buns on top and bottom
• Topic sentence
• Closing sentence
• You have the burger in the middle
• Supporting details
• You have the extras: cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles
Extra details, quotations, and examples to spice it up
• Sometimes it is a double or triple-decker!
• Transition sentences needed to lead into the next
TOPIC SENTENCE!
• What is it?• The first sentence in a response which contains two parts:
topic sentence and controlling idea .
• What does it do? • It works in two directions simultaneously. It relates the
response to the topic’s main idea, but it also defines the scope of the response itself.
• How do I say one? • To summarize the main idea of the response (what the
response is about).
SUPPORTING DETAILS
• What are supporting details?
• They come after the topic sentence
• They make up the body of the response
• What do they do?
• They give details and support the main idea
• How do I write them?
• Give supporting facts, details, and examples
CLOSING SENTENCE
• What is it?
• The last sentence of your response
• What does it do?
• It restates the main idea or summarizes the supporting details
• How do I say one?
• Restate the main idea but using different words or briefly repeat the supporting ideas but without giving details
• The closing sentence should be very similar to the topic sentence.
TRANSITION SENTENCE
• What is it?
• The last sentence of a response (instead of closing
sentence)
• What does it do?
• Closes one topic while leading into the next
• How do I write one?
• Summarize main idea of response and hint at topic
for next one (only if you have an extended idea)
HOW LONG IS A response?
• 5-6 sentences in TOTAL
• 1 Topic sentence
• 1 Closing/Transition sentence
• 3-4 sentences of supporting details
• This should not take more than one minute preparation and one minute of speaking.
Thought of the
day