the background information and the thesis statement
Para 1:Introduce who the author is and what the author does .
Para 2-4:Tell an anecdote about a student of the author and present the author ' s feelings towards the student ' s answer .
Para 5:Make a thesis statement : it is unfair to blame students for their language deficiency .
Part 2:Body(Para 6-13)
explains the causes of the problem and presents the ways to solve it
Two reasons.
The first reason:Students are not dumb,but they are being misled everywhere they look and listen.(The first sentence of paragraph six.)
The second reason is related to school :Blame for the scandal of this language deficit should be thrust upon our schools (Para 7) the author explicitly expresses his viewpoints .
Para 6-10:Explain the reasons for making the thesis statement and provide an example to support it .
Para 11-13 :Emphasize the importance of " vocabulary " and " grammar " and instruct students to learn these two assets for language learning .
Part 3:Ending(Para 14-17)
the other story about himself and his son
The story echoes the controlling idea in the first part
The controlling idea is given in the
thesis statement
Students are unfairly blamed.
story background-phenomenon-thesis statement
disappointment
to shows some of his experience about language teating and some suggestions given to language learners
