Слайд 1SEVERAL STEPS
TO WRITE
A GOOD COMPOSITION
Слайд 2STEP 1:
CLEARLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU ARE BEING ASKED
Слайд 3STEP 1
Consider this task: “Some people believe that virtual
reality is better than real life”
To help you decide what you are being asked, a useful approach is to underline three or four key words from the question.
Other examples: “Some people think that extreme sports help to build character.”
“There is an opinion that the paper books will soon disappear.”
Слайд 4STEP 2:
STRICTLY FOLLOW
THE PLAN
Слайд 5STEP 2
Always follow this plan:
make an introduction (state the problem)
express
your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion
express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion
explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion
make a conclusion restating your position
It is vital to keep paragraphs in proportion as well as in proper order.
Слайд 7STEP 3
Begin by writing down in brief 3 of your arguments
and 2 opposite ones.
Let us take this task: “Most people believe fast food restaurants should be banned.”
My arguments: makes people overweight, makes people lazy, unhealthy
Opposite arguments: spares time, tasty
Слайд 9STEP 4
Do not use contractions: don’t, I’m, we’d do not, I am,
we would
Do not use informal words: kids, cops children, policemen
Do not use short forms of words: teens, fab teenagers, fabulous
Do not use emotional punctuation marks: ! … . , : -
Do not write sentences without verbs: Good. This is good.
Слайд 10STEP 5:
START WRITING
USING SKELETONS
Слайд 11STEP 5
More and more people … nowadays. Some believe that …
. However, others think that … . Who is right?
In my opinion, … . Firstly, … (for example). Secondly, … (as a result) … . Finally, … (because) …
On the other hand there are people who believe that … They claim that … According to them …
I partly disagree with this opinion. Of course, … but … Moreover, …
In conclusion, I want to say that the advantages of … outweigh the disadvantages. To my mind, … As for me …
Слайд 12STEP 6:
COUNT THE WORDS
AND CHECK GRAMMAR & SPELLING
Слайд 13STEP 6
Common mistakes:
Plural – singular Nature suffer from … This people are
…
Missing to be I afraid that …
Word order I should understand what do we need …
Articles … terrorism is the very important problem.
Wrong preposition They spend a lot of money to …
Spelling mistakes … the world is to large. … spase ..