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THEME 10 VALUES AND NORMS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Expressing opinions
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11 GRADE F2 Exchanging ideas
F3 Making comments

8 Make Your Comments

This activity enables students to make comments on given quotes. It also encourages students to improve their listening,
speaking, reading and writing skills.

Materials and Preparation

No special material or preparation is needed.

Procedure

1 Divide the students into groups of four or five.
2 Write the quotes given below on the board.
“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” Roy Disney
“Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.” D. H. Lawrence
3 Allow 10-15 minutes for groups to make comments and to write down their ideas for the two quotes on separate
sheets.
4 When their time is up, let the spokesperson of each group present their comments about the quotes.
5 Tell the other students in the groups to listen to the spokesperson of each group carefully and to give points between
1 to 10 (except for their own group).
6 In the end, you, as a teacher also give your points for each group.
7 The group who gets the highest points gets the biggest round of applause.

9 From Our Perspective

This activity enables students to practice giving, explaining and summarizing opinions. It also develops students’
critical thinking skills. By discussing the questions in groups, students have the opportunity to learn from a variety of
perspectives.

Materials and Preparation

Print out the worksheet on page 195 for each student.

Procedure

1 Have students read the questions on the worksheet and write down their answers.
2 Tell them they are going to ask the questions to their partner and note down the answers. Remind them to ask their
partner to give a reason for each opinion.
3 Get pairs to join together to make groups of five or six.
4 In their groups, students discuss the results of the questionnaire and write statements summarizing their findings,
e.g., ‘‘Most people think that the most difficult language skill in English is writing.’’
5 Finally, groups present their findings to the class.
6 When all the groups have presented, have a class discussion about the findings and get the groups to debate any
differences of opinion.

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