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Variation: 
Have students use a thesaurus 
to help them complete Part A. 
WRITING ASSIGNMENT 
(pages 42–44)
• Read the introduction. Have students reread 
the model paragraph on page 23 silently. 
Make sure students understand the topic 
choices. 
• Step 1: Read the instructions and the 
information about clustering aloud. Have 
students do their clustering diagrams in 
class. Encourage them to include all their 
ideas in the cluster diagram. They will 
choose ideas to include in their paragraph 
in Step 2. 
Variation: 
If additional scaffolding is 
needed, do a clustering exercise with the 
class. Have students suggest a topic. Write 
it on the board and circle it. Elicit ideas 
from the class and add them to the diagram. 
Remind students to brainstorm freely and 
not dismiss any ideas at this stage. 
Variation: 
Have students work with a 
partner to select a writing topic that both 
of them will write about. Then have them 
brainstorm and cluster their ideas together.
Longman Academic Writing Series 4, Fifth Edition, Teacher’s Manual 
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• Step 2: Read the instructions aloud. Then 
have students work through the bulleted 
points. You may want to check students’ 
topic sentences before they write their fi rst 
drafts. Remind them that their controlling 
idea should refl ect the method of 
organization that the paragraph will have. 
• Step 3: Read the instructions aloud. Have 
students write their fi rst drafts in class 
or at home. If desired, collect the papers 
and check to make sure students have 
understood this step.
• Step 4: Conduct this step in class. Read the 
instructions aloud. Go over the Peer Review 
worksheet on page 323. 
Variation: 
Have students complete Step 3 
and the fi rst three bulleted items in Step 4 at 
home. Begin the next class session with the 
Peer Review.
• Step 5: Read the instructions aloud. Go 
over the Writer’s Self-Check on page 324. 
Quickly review the proofreading symbols 
in Appendix D on pages 309–311 of the 
Student Book. Have students complete this 
step in class or at home.
• Step 6: Read the instructions aloud. Have 
students do this step in class or at home. 
Collect the papers and use the Writing 
Assignment Scoring Rubric on page 41 of 
this Teacher’s Manual to evaluate them. 
Decide if you will give a letter grade. 
SELF-ASSESSMENT 
(page 44)
• Go over the Self-Assessment with the class. 
See Options for using the Self-Assessment 
on page 5 of this manual. 
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