Remind students that they have to write one text review of either a product or a media (a movie/a game).
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Check whether students have reviewed the lesson on how to use wordandphrase.info (https://solatlc.wixsite.com/languaging/hobbyweek8)
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Ask students to open 5-10 product reviews websites, open https://www.wordandphrase.info/analyzeText.asp, and copy the reviews and paste them into the box. Then click ‘search’. And click ‘SEE LISTS’ to see the word frequency list of the text.
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Identify adjectives used in product reviews
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Open https://www.classace.io/tools/part-of-speech-identifier
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Copy and paste the reviews into the box (it will automatically show the results)
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IUse the Find command (press CTRL+F for Windows) to find adjectives
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Go back to wordandphrase.info and see how the adjectives are used in the reviews
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From wordandphrase.info (the word frequency list), ask students to identify usages of words in product reviews, and share the results in the classroom.
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Note: For Wordandphrase.info, students can also click on any word on the text to see its definitions, collocates, and concordance lines. [handout ]
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Students can also make use of other tools to help them write reviews.
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https://visuwords.com (a visual dictionary and thesaurus)
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Using Google’s pattern recognition to get a suggested alternative phrase. To do this, students enter the word in the search box, and click ‘Google Search’.
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Google Translate
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Give students an opportunity to ask questions about writing product reviews.
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