2. DISCUSSION
1. What do you see in
each picture?
2. Do you agree with the
way the animals are
treated in each
situation? Why or why
not?
3. Animal rights
• No experiments on animals
• No breeding and killing animals for food or
clothes or medicine
• No use of animals for hard labour
• No selective breeding for any reason other
than the benefit of the animal
• No hunting
• No zoos or use of animals in entertainment
4. WRITING ENTRY 4
• A growing number of people feel that animals
should not be exploited by people and that
they should have the same rights as humans,
while others argue that humans must employ
animals to satisfy their various needs,
including uses for food and research.
• Discuss both views and give your opinion.
• Give reasons from your own experience and
examples where relevant.
5. ANALYZE THE TASK
• Topic: animal rights
• View 1: animals should not be exploited by
people and that they should have the same
rights as humans
• View 2: humans must employ animals to
satisfy their various needs, including uses for
food and research
• Your opinion: ?????/
6. ANIMAL RIGHTS
FOR AGAINST
Work with your group members to brainstorm ideas about
reasons to support or oppose animal rights
7. ANIMAL RIGHTS
FOR AGAINST
• Lives of all creatures should be
respected
• Animals are capable of feelings
and emotions, and feel pain as
much as humans do
• It is unnecessary to kill animal
for food, green vegetables and
fruits can be the alternatives.
• Overexploitation of animals can
lead to extinction of endangered
species.
• Many animal testing
experiments (cosmetic products)
do not serve the public need
• Animals are below humans in
the natural food chain
• Human needs should be on a
priority
• Many important medical
discoveries involved
experimentation on animals to
ensure safety
8. OUTLINE
• Introductory paragraph:
- Hook: generally introduce the topic
- Background information: briefly introduce opposite views about animal rights
- Thesis statement: state that the essay will discuss both views and express your
answer
• Body paragraphs:
- Body paragraph 1: discuss the first views (reasons to support animal rights)
+ reason 1 to support the first view
- minor ideas to develop the reason 1
+ reason 2 to support the first view
- minor ideas to develop the reason 2
- Body paragraph 2: discuss the second views (reasons to oppose animal rights)
+ reason 1 to support the second view
- minor ideas to develop the reason 1
+ reason 2 to support the second view
- minor ideas to develop the reason 2
• Concluding paragraph:
- State your own opinion about the animal rights
- Make a recommendation or prediction related to the topic
