Part One: Warm Up
Discuss the following questions with your partner(s).
- In your opinion, what are some benefits of living in a city?
- What are some challenges of living in a city?
Part Two: Getting Ready to Write
In ENG 125 Writing 4-4, you learned how to summarize. Take some time to review that information.
When you are finished reviewing, open the exercise follow the instructions.
Exercise
Part Three: Your Turn
You are going to watch a video about "Tokyo as a megacity" and write a summary based on the information provided in the video. Because you will be taking notes, you may want to refer back to the work you did on note-taking in Writing Skills 1-3 before watching the video.
When you are ready to watch the video, open the exercise follow the instructions.