P1: The reading and the lecture are both about ____. While the author of the article argues that ___, the lecturer disputes the claims presented in the article. Her position is that ___.
[EX]The reading and the lecture are both about Easter Island. While the author of the article argues that there are three possible reasons the civilization there declined, the lecturer disputes the arguments made in the article. His position is that the theories do not explain what caused the collapse.
P2: To begin with,
According to the reading ___.
The article mentions that ___.
This specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. She claims that ___.
Nevertheless, the lecturer casts doubt on the belief by asserting that ___.
Additionally, she points out that ___.
[EX] According to the reading, the collapse might have been caused by rats that ate the seeds of palm trees. The article mentions that this caused erosion which made it difficult to grow food on the island. This specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He claims that soil loss would not have totally disrupted the food supply because the people were effective fishers and sixty percent of their diet came from the ocean. Additionally, he points out that they built special rock gardens which were used to grow potatoes.
P3: Apart from that/Secondly, the author suggests that ___.
In the article, it is said that ___.
Yet, the professor argues against the belief by pointing out that ___.
The lecturer, however, asserts that ___.
She goes on to say that ___.
[EX] Secondly, the author suggests that the collapse may have been caused by warfare. In the article, it is said that the presence of thousands of blades used in large-scale conflicts have been found. The lecturer, however, asserts that the shape of the blades proves that they were not used as weapons. He goes on to say that they are neither sharp nor pointy, so they were probably just used to cut rocks during the construction of homes and statues.
P4: Finally, the author puts forth the idea that ___.
The author contends that ___.
Nonetheless, the professor doubts the belief by presenting that ___.
In contrast, the lecturer's stance is that ___.
She notes that ___.
[EX] Finally, the author puts forth the idea that the population on the island could have been wiped out by diseases brought by foreign visitors. The author contends that the local did not have immunity to these diseases. In contrast, the lecturer's stance is that when contact was made, the population was only 3000. He notes that since the population was twenty thousand many years before then, the collapse must have started before Europeans arrived.
