Article question to answer in class

Article- Model question 2

TASK

You see this announcement in an international magazine.

Articles wanted

Life on a desert island
Imagine you were on a desert island. What important object, person or place in your life would you miss most? What would be the reasons?
Write us an article answering these questions.
We will publish the best articles in the magazine.

Write your article in 140-190 words in an appropriate style.

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Model essay answer to question from last week

Anyone who commits a crime should be prosecuted. Some people believe, myself included, that serving a community is a more effective way to stop reoffending than financial penalty. So what are the benefits deriving from doing community service?

First and foremost, offenders are being requested to spend their precious time on voluntary work. Paying a fine is relatively unchallenging when compared to weeks or even months of labour a lawbreaker has to devote to local society free of charge.

Additionally, community service is sometimes the only way to gain the knowledge about hazards arising from felonies. For example, if a person has been caught speeding, an adequate service one should do is to become a lollipop man at a local school crossing.

Finally, spending time and helping out a local society may positively influence wrongdoers. They begin to contemplate on their behaviour and eventually come to conclusion that they are capable of making a positive difference in society.

In conclusion, creative way of punishment in a form of community service is without a doubt a more efficient way to halt reoffending. Not only the local society benefits from it but also the lawbreaker who learns the lesson.

How to write an article, exam question and model answer

Paper 2 Part 2 - Article

AN ARTICLE is usually written for an English-language magazine or newsletter, and the reader is assumed to have similar interests to the writer. The main purpose is to inform, interest and engage the reader, so there should be some opinion or comment.

Hints

• Add a short title to catch the reader's attention. Make sure it is relevant. You can use the one in the question or invent one of your own.
• Introduce the topic. Although you don't know the readers personally, you can address them directly and ask them a rhetorical question. It helps to involve them.
• Divide your report into sections according to the input. One or two paragraphs will do.
• Develop the ideas in the task input. Remember .
  • Use a personal or more neutral style, but not formal (you might use contractions).
  • It is important that you show a range of structures.
  • Give examples where appropriate to bring your article to life
  • Use humour where appropriate.
• Give a conclusion and summary in the last paragraph.

Useful language for an article

Involving the reader

• Just imagine...
• Have you ever...?
• How would you feel if ...?
• Are you one of those people who ...?
• If the answer is ..., you should....
• What would live be like if...
• ...

Making the article lively and interesting

• I was absolutely terrified when I realised...
• More importantly, it was something I...
• Not surprisingly, it's a good way of raising money.
• The tent was worryingly small for three people!
• It was the most amazing experience I have ever had.
• ...

Developing your points

• Let's start with ...
• Another advantage of ...
• On top of that, ...
• ...

Giving your own opinion

• I think that / In my opinion ...
• It seems to me that ...
• If you ask me, ...
• To my mind...
• ...

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Article- Model question 1

TASK

You see this announcement on an English-language website.

Articles wanted

A charity event to remember
What is the most unusual way you've raised money for charity? How did you do it? What did you have to do? Was the event a success? Would you do it again?
Write us an article answering these questions.
We will publish the best articles on our website.

Write your article in 140-190 words in an appropriate style.

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Article - Model answer 1

A charity event to remember

So why did I decide to do a 90-km walk in six days along the Great Wall of China? Well, the reason was that our local children's hospital needed to raise money or it would be close. However, I didn't realise how big a challenge it would be.

Before I went, I thought that I would be walking along a flat surface but when I saw the Great Wall, my heart sank. Part of the time we would be trekking up hundreds of high steps and, worryingly, some of the paths had steep falls on either side and there was nowhere to go because we were surrounded by mountains and forests. However, after a while, I started to love the experience. I was in one of the most amazing places on earth and the views were incredible.

In the end, the adventure was a great success. The hospital was delighted because a group of us managed to raise several thousand pounds.

Would I be keen to help the hospital again next year? Yes, but I think I'll try and find an easier challenge next time!

[+/- 190 words]

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Essay content ideas and perfect introduction

In today’s society there is a really big problem with crime and what punishments to give criminals. Issues to be considered are the effort and time of the punishment, the lesson learnt from the punishment and the financial situation of the criminal. So which is more effective: community service or fines?

Community service advantages	Fines advantages
·        They do jobs that others don’t want to do ·        They help the community as a whole ·        Same punishment for everyone (it doesn’t matter if you are rich) ·        In the long term it is more effective ·        The person realizes the damage they have done and the importance of community.	·        The council can spend the money however they like ·        Much easier process for both the council and the criminal ·        The fine could hurt you financially if you were planning on buying something in particular

Essay writing question from class

Part 1

You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140- 190 words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet.

Your teacher has asked you to write your response to the following statement taken from a recent newspaper article:

Do you agree that community service works better than fines?

Notes

Write about: 1.   effort and time 2.   lesson learned 3.   ………………(your own idea)

New vocab and expressions from class

Week 16/03/2016

Forefather = ancestor

To work on something = To improve

Stunt = trick

To have a degree IN a subject

To call off = to cancel

To spend a long time DOING something

Rather than = instead of

To result IN something

To lead TO something

Without great expense

To remark = To comment

To participate IN an event

Apart from = except for

One of my forefathers had a degree in engineering. One day he had a meeting but he had to call it off due to him being ill and that resulted in him being fired.

My ancestors had a stunt to improve the popularity of their show.

I did such an amazing stunt the other day but I still need to work on it a bit. I spent a really long time doing it which led to me being an amazing stunt rider.

To be spoilt for choice = a lot of things to do