1、Unit 1 The mass mediaIntegrated Skills (II)Give people more detailed information about online news media so that they can have a better comprehension of it.Brainstorming ideas or making some researchDeveloping an outline Brainstorming What information should be included in the article about online n
2、ews media?1. What is the current situation of online news media? 2. What are the advantages of online news media?3. What are the disadvantages of online news media? 4. How will online news media change in the future? Why?Step 1 Over the past 15 years, online news media has become increasingly popula
3、r, while the number of people who use broadcast media has decreased slightly, and the number of people who use print media has been in sharp decline.1. What is the current situation of online news media? Lets find out the advantages and disadvantages of online news media.What can we do with online n
4、ews media?What kinds of influence will online news media have on us? Readers can get the latest updates whenever and wherever they want.It helps in saving the environment.It is easier for people to share a piece of news with online news media. 2. What are the advantages of online news media?It helps
5、 in saving the cost. The pop up advertisements and other advertisements appear frequently.One needs to have an Internet connection in order to access the news.One does not get the same satisfaction as reading the normal printed version. 3. What are the disadvantages of online news media? 4. How will
6、 online news media change in the future? Why?What about the future of online news media will be like? It will develop hand in hand with print news media.Print news media is still viewed by many people as theyre more trustworthy than online news media. It is hard to change peoples reading habits.Some
7、 people just enjoy the feeling of holding a physical newspaper when reading news. .PredictionsBeginning Body EndingAn article about online news mediabriefly state the advantages and disadvantages of online news mediapredict the future of online news media state the purpose of the writing, describe t
8、he current situation of online news mediaDeveloping an outlineStep 2 Outline of the articleBeginning state the purpose of the writing describe the current situation of online news mediaBody briefly state the advantages of online news mediaIt helps in saving the cost.It helps in saving the environmen
9、t.Readers can get the latest updates whenever and wherever they want.It is easier for people to share a piece of news with online news media. briefly state the disadvantages of online news mediaOne does not get the same satisfaction as reading the normal printed version. One needs to have an Interne
10、t connection in order to access the news.The pop up advertisements and other advertisements appear frequently.End Predict the future of online news media Preparing useful expressions Useful expressions for organizing the points Step 3One of the strengths/problems . is that .Another positive/negative
11、 aspect is that .On the one hand, . on the other hand, .There are more advantages than disadvantages. has more disadvantages over .It is clear that online news media is becoming increasingly popular among .As we can see, online news media enjoys great popularity among .Nowadays an increasing number
12、of people turn to online news media for . Your ideas are more likely to be persuasive if you can present them in a clear and concise manner.Planning your writing Write an outline for your writing Collect more useful expressionsStep 4 Summary Prewriting is the very first step of writing. Prewriting includes two important elements: brainstorming or researching, and developing an outline. You can also prepare some useful expressions that you can use in your writing. The more you plan in the beginning, the less time you may spend writing and revising later.