Exercise 1: Write a for and against essay

 

Write a for and against essay.   Task: Read the task and check you understand it.   What are the arguments for and against children going to a boarding school?   Ideas: Write down your ideas in a mind map. Decide which arguments you think are important. Decide on the order of their importance.   Plan: Decide which ideas you are going to use and match them to these paragraphs Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic and say what you are going to write about. Paragraph 2: State the arguments you support. Paragraph 3: State the arguments you do not support. Paragraph 4: Summarise your arguments.   Write: Write your ‘for and against’ essay. Use the paragraph plan to help you.   Check: Check the following points. Are your ideas divided into paragraphs? Have you used contrast linkers correctly? Have you checked spelling, grammar and punctuation?

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