1. Practice of English Composition
영작문 연습

2. Contents Unit 6 Cause and effect essays Part 3 Developing your ideas
Reading: What it takes to be a professional athlete
Rhetorical focus: Causal chains
Practice
Part 4 Editing your writing
Language focus: the future with will
Editing

3. Reading: What it takes to be a professional athlete
Read the essay.
Name two things that are necessary to become a professional athlete.
A person must be athletically gifted and have a strong mind.

4. Structural analysis Introduction Hook (personalization)
Background information
Many young people would like to become famous professional athletes, but very few can reach this goal.
Thesis statement (causes)
The factors that determine if an individual can have a successful career in professional sports include physical ability and mental clarity.

5. Structural analysis Body paragraph 1
Topic sentence (In order to become a professional athlete, a person must be athletically gifted.)
Details
stronger than others
run faster and farther; be able to fake, block and shoot
need the support of their family
be able to prevent injuries

6. Structural analysis Body paragraph 2
Topic sentence (The other factor that contributes to a successful career in sports is a strong mind.)
Details
manage stress and focus on the game
need the right kind of equipment
make quick athlete decisions
cooperate with other players

7. Structural analysis Conclusion Restate the thesis statement Comment
A. a warning
B. advice
C. a prediction

8. Rhetorical focus: Causal chains
Cause 1
Cause 2
Result
bad weather
slippery roads
auto accidents
Auto accidents occur more frequently when the weather is bad. Rain, snow, and especially ice can make the roads slippery. Drivers can easily lose control of a car on slippery roads. A car can slide on the pavement and hit another car or go into a ditch. Therefore, bad weather can lead to more accidents on the road.

9. Language focus: the future with will

10. Language focus: use will with so that
main clause
(present)
time clause
(future)
Students work hard in school
so that
they will be successful.

11. Language focus: expressing future possibility with if clause
main clause
If Pedro plays,
we will win the game.
main clause
If clause
We will win the game
if Pedro plays.

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