Shocking Times
Which side are you
on?
How much can you
remember?
What is “After Shock”?
 It is
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A sweet liqueur, tastes like cinnamon or
peppermint
 Nothing soft about the drink, as strong
as whisky
 Bright color and sweet taste
 The perfect way to get extremely drunk
and fast
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An example to prove it is deadly:
A 16 year-old girl
 Went out with her boyfriend and
some friends to a bar and then a
party
 Got sick at 3 am
 No one could wake her up
 She died in hospital
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Feelings and Advice
Her mother was devastated.
 She had never thought for a minute
that it would kill her daughter.
 She hopes other young people will
realise how dangerous alcohol can
be.
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Magazine story
Topic sentence
 Facts
 Opinions
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Writer’s opinion
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Positive ()
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Negative ()
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Encouraging
Optimistic
Sympathetic
Amused
Doubtful
Scornful
Sarcastic
critical
Neutral (-)
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factual
Vocabulary
Binge drinking
 Underage drinking
 Drink driving
 Drunkard
 Teetotaller
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Discussion topic
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What are the problems of underage
drinking?
health
Underage drinking
family
Interpersonal
relationship
peers
get bad
company
studies
Narrative writing: complete
the story with 100 words
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One day, when I was having lunch with
my classmates, I was shocked to see that
my best friend, Jo, was drinking a can of
beer alone in a fast food shop.
Although I knew Jo was rather depressed
because she had been in trouble at school,
I went to her, trying to warn her against
the danger of underage drinking.
Writing Task
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(250 words)
Recently, you have found that some of
your schoolmates are buying beer at
lunch time. You are writing an article to
the school newspaper to warn them about
the problems of drinking.
Begin your article with what you have
seen; then explain the problems. End
your article with some advice.
Hong Kong SAG
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What is the topic sentence of the web
article?
What does the writer want the readers to
do?
What kind of writing is this one?
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Argumentative
Narrative
Persuasive
Informative
Sub-headings
How many?
 What are they?
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Business
action
Smokers are discriminated against
government
health
Civil
rights
Refutation: Are these true?
Banning smoking is harmful to some
business. 
 It is our civil right to smoke.
 No link between passive smoking
and lung cancer and heart disease
 The government receive millions of
dollars in taxes from tobacco sales
 There are a lot of smokers in HK. 
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Writing task
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You have just read an article from
HKSAG on the web asking people to
join their protest marches. You are
going to post a response to
persuade the public not to join these.
Look at each of the points raised in
the article and write a refute to
argue against them.