Writing part 1 exam training

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Today's class

• Questions about homework

• Main course:

- Writing part 1: Essay!

• Dessert: Poetry for neanderthals!

Writing part 1:

the Essay: page 118/119

The mark scheme

1: Content

2: Communicative achievement

3: Organisation

4: Language

How to score 3-5 points in part 1

Content and organisation

Let's look at the structure of the essay and planning.

Put the paragraphs in the right order!

1 minute

Introduction:

- start with a general statement about the topic.

- rephrase the essay question.

Ask yourself the questions:

- What is the topic?

- What is the question?

The essay question

Using the prompts

You must use all the prompts

add a prompt

Some parents teach their children at home rather than sending them to school. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for children?

1. having a parent as a teacher

2. making friends

3. ????

Think of arguments

Some parents teach their children at home rather than sending them to school. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for children?

1. having a parent as a teacher

2. making friends

3. your own prompt

Random or logical?

Paragraph 2 and 3 show disadvantages to the essay question and use inversion to link the ideas together.

Paragraph 4 shows contrast to paragraph 2/3 and uses a concessive clause.

The conclusion

Answer this question:

Some parents teach their children at home rather than sending them to school. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for children?

1. having a parent as a teacher

2. making friends

3. ????

First: plan your essay

1. What is the topic of the essay?

2. What is the question (rephrase)?

3. Think of your own prompt

4. Put the prompts in a logical order (agree/disagree)

5. Write down useful phrases for each prompt

Students write their essay and bring to essay to class.

Questions?

Writing part 1:

the Essay: page 118/119

Today's class

• Starter: - Ing to + infinitive page 33

• Main course
• Grammar: conditionals first and second
• Writing part 1: the essay peer review

• Looking ahead!

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Zero conditional

Assignment: worksheet 1

Conditional clause: If + present simple

Main clause: present simple

The zero conditional is always true!

Answers

1.  If water reaches 100 degrees, it boils.
2. If my baby cries, he is hungry.
3. If you excercise, you feel better.
4. If it doesn't rain, plants don't grow.
5. If the students don't pay attention, they don't understand the topic.

 

First conditional

Assignment: worksheet 2

Conditional clause: If + present simple

Main clause: will / modal + infinitive

The first conditional is for likely situations or actions

Answers

1. What will happen to the oceans if we don't protect them?
2. Where will you go next winter if it is very cold?
3.  is; will have to
4. come; will see
5. improves; will have to

Second conditional

Assignment: worksheet 3

Conditional clause: If + past simple

Main clause: would/ might / could + infinitive

The second conditional is for unlikely situations or actions or imaginary situations in the present or future.

Answers

1. If you didn't have a car, would you miss it?
2. What would you most like to see, if you went to Australia?
3. were; would buy
4. had; wouldn't be
5. would go; won

Third conditional

Assignment: worksheet 4

Conditional clause: If + past perfect

Main clause: would/ might / could + past participle

The third conditional is used to talk about the imaginary result of a situation in the past.

Answers

1. Do you think you would have enjoyed your last holiday more if you had more time off?
2. If it had been sunny last week, would you have gone to the seaside?
3. hadn't arrived; would have missed
4. had come; would have got up
5. had worked; might have got

recapp last lesson: show the grid again.

Structurize your paragraph

Check in pairs

• Find a partner
• Swop your essays
• Give eachother feedback
• Use to feedback to improve your essay
• Hand-in your finished essay in Teams 

Homework

Hand-in your essay: teams opdrachten

Choose one task from part 2: watch the video for this task in Flipping the classroom. Then write the task and hand-in (write down two things you found out about the task and one question about the task)