See the lesson for Unit 7 here!

1. UNIT 7
Topic: Finding A Spouse
Writing genre: An Opinion Essay

2. 1. What do these TV shows
have in common?
2. Do you think this is an
effective way for someone
to find their half?

3. Warm-up questions
• At what age do you intend to get
married?
• What will your ideal marriage partner
be like? Why?

4. Topic-related vocabulary
• Have a romantic relationship / an everlasting love
• marry s.o / get married with s.o / marriage (n)
• Boyfriend/ girlfriend / spouse / marriage partner /
fiancé / fiancée / husband / wife
• Matchmaker
• Polygamy / monogamy
• Fertility / infertility
• Become pregnant / give birth to a child / raise children

5. WRITING TASK FOR UNIT 7
Write an essay about the
characteristics that you think are
important in a spouse/partner

6. Important
characteristics in a
spouse/partner
CATEGORIZING
Personality
Educational
background
Career
Family background
appearance
………

7. Essay outline
• Introduction:
- Introduce the topic: Finding a spouse
- Background information: different people => different choices
- Thesis statement: 3 important factors that a spouse should have
• Body:
+ Personality: (T-T1-E1-E1-E1-T2-E2-E2-E2)
- Sympathetic => understand + share everything with me
- Kind => help other people
+ Educational background: (T-T1-E1-E1-E1-T2-E2-E2-E2)
- At least graduate from university
- Well-educated
+ Hobbies: (T-T1-E1-E1-E1-T2-E2-E2-E2)
- Share the same hobbies with me: cooking, music
- Like sports => healthy person
• Conclusion
- Restate 3 main points

8. Supporting paragraphs

9. Essay checklist
 Does the essay express the writer’s opinion about the important
characteristics of a spouse?
 Does the writer have a clear layout of the essay with an introductory
paragraph, two or three body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph?
 Does the writer write a funnel-shaped introduction with a clear and
specific thesis statement at the end?
 Does each body paragraph include a clear topic sentence?
 Is each supporting idea well-developed in each body paragraph? (T-E-E-E)
 Does the concluding paragraph restate and summarize the main ideas?
 Does the writer use a range of linking devices?