Lorraine L23 Paragraph Structure by Mexico Pre-sessional https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps Complete pre-class steps ♥ en-us 2022-06-27 17:59:53 UTC 2025-10-09 15:44:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Vidal https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2232576113 Task 1

Read carefully about paragraph structure, and the theme on the next page.

Task 2

Read this paragraph from the Big Brands essay and highlight the theme of each sentence in yellow.

1. One of the main reasons people accuse big brands of being ‘evil’
2. In this way, given the often weak enforcement of wage and safety laws in developing countries
3. Such accusations have been one of the primary factors that have led people to argue

Task 3

Look at the paragraph once more and consider the following questions. Make some notes of your answers in the box below.

a) In each of the sentences, what information does the reader already know?

1. Some reasons of why people accuse big brands of being evil. 
 2. The weak enforcement of wage and safety laws in developing countries. 
 3.  Accusations that have led people to argue that big brands are evil. 

b) How does the reader know it? 

1.   Background knowledge 
2.  Because it has been mentioned earlier in the text. 
3.  Because it has been mentioned earlier in the text.


Task 4

Read carefully about the comment.

Task 5

On the image

Task 6

On the image

Task 7

Look at the paragraph above and note down your answers to the following questions in the box below. 

a) What is the relationship between the themes and the comments in this paragraph? 

The themes are the introductory part and the comments show new information to convince the reader to accept the premises.

b) Can you see a relationship between each comment, and the subsequent theme? 

Yes, the comments in the beginning influences the subsequent examples. 

]]> 2022-06-28 15:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2232576113 Kevin Andros https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2232742094 Task 1
Just reading

Task 2 - Read this paragraph from the Big Brands essay and highlight the theme of each sentence
One of the main reasons people accuse big brands of being ‘evil’ is because of the belief that they exploit workers, especially those in developing countries. This is because wages per hour are significantly cheaper and taxes and regulations are less stringent in developing countries (Madeley, 1999). For example, Thai labourers’ wages are about 56 pence per hour so instead of hiring high-cost English labourers companies hire cheaper Thais (Madeley, 1999). In this way, given the often weak enforcement of wage and safety laws in developing countries “…the large corporations […] have used their power to effectively cause hardship for millions of the poor in developing countries” (Madeley, 1999, p. vii). Such accusations have been one of the primary factors that have led people to argue that big brands are ‘evil’.

Task 3
a) In each of the sentences, what information does the reader already know? 
That people is accusing big brands are evil

b) How does the reader know it?
Is on the problem/debate and thesis statement of the essay  

Task 4
Just reading

Task 5 - In each sentence, highlight the comment
a)  One of the main reasons people accuse big brands of being ‘evil’ is because of the belief that they exploit workers, especially those in developing countries.
b)  This is because wages per hour are significantly cheaper and taxes and regulations are less stringent in developing countries (Madeley, 1999).
c)  For example, Thai labourers’ wages are about 56 pence per hour so instead of hiring high cost English labourers companies hire cheaper Thais (Madeley, 1999).

Task 6: Theme: Highlight | Verb: Bold | Comment: Rest.

One of the main reasons people accuse big brands of being ‘evil’ is because of the belief that they exploit workers, especially those in developing countries. This is because wages per hour are significantly cheaper and taxes and regulations are less stringent in developing countries (Madeley, 1999). For example, Thai labourers’ wages are about 56 pence per hour, so instead of hiring high cost English labourers, companies hire cheaper Thais (Madeley, 1999). In this way, given the often weak enforcement of wage and safety laws in developing countries,  “…the large corporations […] have used their power to effectively cause hardship for millions of the poor in developing countries” (Madeley, 1999, p. vii). Such accusations have been one of the primary factors that have led people to argue that big brands are ‘evil’.

Task 7
a) What is the relationship between the themes and the comments in this paragraph?
The comments develop the idea and the examples. Themes are always a statement then comments explain them. 

b) Can you see a relationship between each comment, and the subsequent theme?
Yes, the themes always follow-up the information given by the previous comment. 
]]> 2022-06-28 20:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2232742094 Eduardo https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2233035705 2022-06-29 03:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2233035705 Iriana https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2233084536 Task 2
Read this paragraph from the Big Brands essay and highlight the theme of each sentence in yellow. The first sentence has been provided as an example.

Accusations against ‘big brands’.
One of the main reasons people accuse big brands of being ‘evil’ is because of the belief that they exploit workers, especially those in developing countries. This is because wages per hour are significantly cheaper and taxes and regulations are less stringent in developing countries (Madeley, 1999). For example, Thai labourers’ wages are about 56 pence per hour so instead of hiring high-cost English labourers companies hire cheaper Thais (Madeley, 1999). In this way, given the often weak enforcement of wage and safety laws in developing countries “…the large corporations […] have used their power to effectively cause hardship for millions of the poor in developing countries” (Madeley, 1999, p. vii). Such accusations have been one of the primary factors that have led people to argue that big brands are ‘evil’.

Task 3
Look at the paragraph once more and consider the following questions. Make some notes of your answers in the box below.
a) In each of the sentences, what information does the reader already know?
One of the main reasons big brands are accused of being evil, the wage payments per hour, the weak enforcement of wage and safety laws.

b) How does the reader know it?
Most people know that big brands are accused of being bad or evil. Most adults are people who work, so they know about wages. Finally, when reading the text, an example is given and then the reader knows this previous information that helps to understand the rest of the text.

Task 5
Look at the sentences below. In each sentence, highlight the comment in green. The first sentence has been provided as an example.
a) One of the main reasons people accuse big brands of being ‘evil’ is because of the belief that they exploit workers, especially those in developing countries.
b) This is because wages per hour are significantly cheaper and taxes and regulations are less stringent in developing countries (Madeley, 1999).
c) For example, Thai labourers’ wages are about 56 pence per hour so instead of hiring high cost English labourers companies hire cheaper Thais (Madeley, 1999).

Task 6
Here is the same paragraph once more. This time, highlight the theme of each sentence in yellow, the main verb (or main verb phrase) in blue, and the comment in green.

One of the main reasons people accuse big brands of being ‘evil’ is because of the belief that they exploit workers, especially those in developing countries. This is because wages per hour are significantly cheaper and taxes and regulations are less stringent in developing countries (Madeley, 1999). For example, Thai labourers’ wages are about 56 pence per hour, so instead of hiring high cost English labourers, companies hire cheaper Thais (Madeley, 1999). In this way, given the often weak enforcement of wage and safety laws in developing countries,  “…the large corporations […] have used their power to effectively cause hardship for millions of the poor in developing countries” (Madeley, 1999, p. vii). Such accusations have been one of the primary factors that have led people to argue that big brands are ‘evil’.

Task 7
Look at the paragraph above and note down your answers to the following questions in the box below.

a) What is the relationship between the themes and the comments in this paragraph?
The theme is of general knowledge, the comment is detailed or new information about said theme.

b) Can you see a relationship between each comment, and the subsequent theme?
Yes, they are consecutive and cohesive, they all relate to each other. 

]]> 2022-06-29 04:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2233084536 Teresa https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2233169083 2022-06-29 06:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2233169083 Marcial https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2233212883 2022-06-29 07:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/helencostello2_4/parastructure2preclasssteps/wish/2233212883