Unit 3: CAE Writing assignment Part 1: An Essay

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Can you guess what this week's mystery photo is?

It's a beautiful butterfly!

3.4 Angry relationships

Idiom: 

get/put someone's back up

Meaning

Make someone annoyed

Example:

Roger put his brother's back up by saying he would never be a good driver. 

Part one - An essay

For the CAE exam you MUST answer the essay question (In part 2, you choose ONE of three things that you may write about). 

Question 1 will say that you need to write 220 - 260 words on a given subject in an appropriate style

An essay......

• needs to present an argument and give reasons for this. 
  
• You need to be able to give opinions and to agree or disagree in a FORMAL OR NEUTRAL REGISTER
• You are free to agree or disagree with the opinions given in the task, or to discuss both sides. 

Important:

Effective planning and paragraphing is important in essay writing, as is the appropriate use of linking words and phrases.

We also need to practice writing good opening and closing paragraphs. 

Exercise 1 

P 42

Do you and your family travel everywhere by car or try to use public transport wherever possible. Why? 

How could the government persuade people to use their cars less often? 

Exercise 2

2. Read the exam task on page 42

Then answer the quiz questions on the following slides

a. How many of the methods do you need to choose?

1. one
2. two
3. three
4. four

Do you need to compare the methods in any way?

1. No, the essay question doesn't ask me to do that.
2. I can do if I want to, it doesn't really say
3. Yes, by saying which is more important and why.
4. You need to say which is most important, but you don't need to say why

If you use opinions from the seminar, what must you avoid?

1. avoid using exactly the same words.
2. avoid saying why you disagree
3. avoid saying you agree
4. you should not use the opinions given.

Do you need to give reasons for all your opinions?

1. yes
2. no
3. I don't know

How many words should you write

1. There is no word limit
2. 190 -220
3. 220-260
4. a full A4 page

4. Read the model essay on page 42 

4. What do you think of the essay , has the task been well completed? 

6. Look at the plan for the essay

Are any of these helpful to you?

LAYOUT TIPS:

INTRODUCTION

P1. - Campaigning             *it may be easier to start 

P2. - Fuel Prices                     with the negative topic first

CONCLUSION

Self Study

Look at the model essay in the Writing Guide on page 154 in your book.

Next week we will look at how to write a good introduction and a conclusion

1

2

3

slide 19

Introduction

• noise / delays/ pollution

Education

• posters/ radio advertising/ walk to work days
• advertising is still cheaper than upgrading public transport

Taxes

• parking tax - businesses and consumers
• problems this might cause

Conclusion: 1st campaign and then the tax as will be tolerated more once they see the benefits.

Good opening paragraphs: 

There is unquestionably an urgent need for governments to discourage car use and encourage more environmentally friendly forms of transport. But what is the best method of doing this?  Well, this question can be answered in many ways but the most two important to consider are campaigning and fuel prices. 

Good closing paragraphs

PARAGRAPH 4 – CONCLUSION. State your opinion. Write two or three sentences. Point out clearly which of the two discussed aspects is more important, on the basis of what you have written above. The conclusion should put a full stop to what you have written and not open a new argument.

It is a summary of what you have said in the main paragraphs, to make your main point. It must be an interesting ending, what do you want to demonstrate?

Use sentences such as:

 To sum up.....

Taking both points in to consideration ......

In a nutshell ......

as can be seen ......

in the final analysis .....

all things considered ......

as shown above .....

Writing Assignment 3

If you would like to write an essay and get feedback then: 

Exercise 7 + 8 on page 43 in the Student Book

 upload it on to Google Classroom 

Check list

Title 

Introduction

P1

P2

Conclusion

Reread carefully checking for:

Repetition of words/structures.

No Contractions (it'll - don't - can't)

No Boring/informal vocabulary.

Also Furthermore/moreover. 

Because Due/Owing to the fact that. Although In spite of the fact that. However Nonetheless/Nevertheless.

Have you answered the question completely?