March 24th

Part 1: essay (opinion/ for and against)

Part 2: article, review, email (formal/ informal), report

HOW MANY WORDS? 140-190

OPINION ESSAY

1. Aim: give our opinion on a specific topic.

CONTENT We’ll include three bullet points (2 are given, 1 is our idea). It’s
compulsory to include all of them.

COMMUNICATIVE Structure
ACHIEVEMENT
Introduction  introduce topic + opinion
Body
1.  write about bullet point 1 (you’ll use BP to justify opinion)
2.--> write about bullet point 2 (you’ll use BP to justify opinion)
3.--> write about bullet point 3 (you’ll use BP to justify opinion)
Conclusion restate opinion with other words.

Tone: impersonal (passive voice, introductory “it”) Avoid “you” “we”

Register: formal (avoid contractions/ avoid phrasal verbs)
Communication of ideas
Overall impression on the reader: thought provoking statement: what
would happen if humans finished the available water resources? //
Quotation (including who said it)
ORGANISATION Cohesive devices  avoid repetition(relative clauses, pronominal
reference)
That’s the girl. The girl gave me money. (that’s the girl who gave me
money)// I saw a girl. The girl was tall (I saw a girl. She was tall)

Paragraphs and topic sentences

5 paragraphs

Topic sentence: the first sentence at the beginning of a paragraph

that tells what the rest of the paragraph is about.
 Secondly, when it comes to cost, fast food is quite convenient. Since
it is cheap and readily available for consumption, it is an attractive
option for people who work away from home for many hours.

AVOID repeating “adv”/ “disav”. Instead, use: Ones of the strongest

arguments in favour is the fact that… // On the other hand, there are
several arguments against it.

Connectors

Secondly, the cost.

LANGUAGE  Passives
 Relative clauses
 Conditionals
 Inversions

(FOR ANY PIECE OF WRITING)

Before you write your taks, do a list of:

CONNECTORS:

STRUCTURES:

REVIEWS

CONTENT A review is largely our opinion on something, which we have to

describe. At the end of a review we must state if we recommend or
not recommend something.
COMMUNICATIVE Structure:
ACHIEVEMENT Intro  introduce the thing we’re reviewing
Body (paragraphs: number depends on task)
Conclusion  recommend (or not) sth.

Remeber to use adjectives and adverbs

Tone: semi-formal/ neutral

Communication of ideas
Overall impression on the reader: adjectives/ adverbs/ address reader
directly (using “you”)/ rhetorical questions.

ORGANISATION Cohesive devices  avoid repetition(relative clauses, pronominal

reference)
That’s the girl. The girl gave me money. (that’s the girl who gave me
money)// I saw a girl. The girl was tall (I saw a girl. She was tall)

Paragraphs and topic sentences

(the number of paragraphs will depend on the task. Remember, if you

change the topic, change the paragraph)

Topic sentence: the first sentence at the beginning of a paragraph

that tells what the rest of the paragraph is about.
LANGUAGE Use as many grammatical structures as you can.