Writing a paragraph about numbers and raw data is a difficult challenge for students learning English. There are four tasks that need to be reviewed in a writing lesson:
- understanding the data;
- writing about trends and patterns by comparing the past and present;
- writing sentences that make sense;
- synthesizing data by transforming numbers into knowledge.
ESL Student Writing Exercise
Students were given tables of raw data. Their task was to write two paragraphs. One, to identify the major patterns of change in vegetable consumption. Two, explain these changes.