Writing+B2

toc = COMPOSITIONS = This year you are going to do a considerable amount of compositions in class, so that you can prepare yourself for writing in exam situation. This will be announced one week in advance. You will improve your writing skills writing your compositions and learning from your mistakes. For the compositions you have to write as homework, please follow these guidelines: Download the composition plan (this will help you get used to respecting the margins), and the assessment sheet clicking here Please hand in your work in handwritten form and don't forget to leave enough space between the lines for correction comments. Please respect the margins, as they canl be used to write comments. You will know the topic of your composition one week in advance. Don't forget to hand in your compositions in time. If you cannot come to class, you can send your work with one of your classmates. Sorry, but we cannot accept compositions sent by email. Once your work is marked, it's advisable to copy the composition again, including all the changes your teacher has suggested.

= PUC WRITING MODELS =

Click here to see some writing models and their corrections

= LIST OF TEXTS PRACTICED 2015-2016 =

Summary of a text: Yara Gambirasio A personal description on an online profile: spareroom.com Articles providing solution to a problem Letter / email of complaint. A narrative. Opinion essays. A witness statement.

= CONTENIDOS MÍNIMOS B2 = Do the following exercises:

Please pay attention to the mistakes you should never make.

= TYPICAL MISTAKES =





= CONNECTORS AND USEFUL EXPRESSIONS = Information about how to use connectors / linking words

Exercises:

Practice the use of linking words with an article about nuclear waste. Click here. Now rewrite the article using richer linking words.

Practice the use of linking words writing short texts about the following topics:

= FORMAL AND INFORMAL ENGLISH = To practice the vocabulary of formal letters click [|here] To practice formal and informal expressions with sentence transformation click here

REGISTER TRANSFER


= ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS = A collocation is two or more words that often go together. These combinations just sound "right" to native English speakers, who use them all the time. To learn about collocations, click here. = = = PRACTICE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEXTS =

A WITNESS STATEMENT
BEFORE DOING THE EXERCISE Do the exercises 3,4,5 in the photocopy to practice how to describe a person and check them with the key:

Useful vocabulary to describe people's clothes: https://eslchestnut.com/2011/07/09/describing-people-and-clothes

@http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus-category/british/words-used-to-describe-clothes Vocabulary to describe ethnic groups in the UK: @https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_ethnicity_in_the_United_Kingdom

NOW DO THE EXERCISE

Do the exercises and check them with the key

Examples of how to organize your arguments for this type of compositions:



Model exercise

Model texts

Task:

Information that might help you when making a complaint in the UK: Consummers' helpline

ARTICLES PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO A PROBLEM


Planning your composition. Make a list of possible solutions and their results. See the following examples: 1. Childhood obesity 2. Unemployment

WRITING YOUR CV
CV Template

CV dossier Read and listen to the articles in the dossier: [|CV ideal length] [|How to write the perfect personal statement] [|What skills should I include on my cv?] [|Awsomne words to use on your cv] [|Ciche phrasees to avoid on you cv] [|Taking about your personal interests on you cv] [|Chosing your references]

A COVER LETTER
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DISCURSIVE ESSAYS 1. A BALANCED ARGUMENT (FOR AND AGAINST)
Do the following exercises and check them with the key.



ASSESSMENT REPORTS


Task:

CONCERT REVIEW
To learn how to write a concert review, click [|here] Learn about music vocabulary: click [|here] and [|here]

REVIEW OF AN EXHIBITION
= EXERCISES =

**DISCURSIVE ESSAY: A BALANCED ARGUMENT**
Write an article about the following topic: Is ‘fearlessness’ a key quality for a good investigative journalist?
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