- •Contents
- •Передмова
- •A guidelines for writing
- •Types of composition
- •Understanding rubrics
- •Module writing tasks
- •Module 1 All about you
- •Writing notes:
- •Introduction
- •Famous supermodel
- •Writing assignment:
- •Activate words and collocations from your student’s book:
- •Memorize extra vocabulary:
- •Personal qualities:
- •II. Memorize extra vocabulary:
- •Idioms / Proverbs
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks:
- •A Close Friend
- •V. Perform the following writing task:
- •Module 2. Memory
- •Writing notes
- •Introduction
- •The most memorable day in my life
- •Writing assignment:
- •Activate words and collocations from your student’s book:
- •Memorize extra vocabulary: proverbs
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks:
- •The following adjectives or adverbs can be used instead of other simplistic ones. Put them in the correct box, as in the example.
- •Use the similes to complete the following sentences. Then make up the sentences of your own.
- •Perform the following writing task:
- •Module 3. Around the world
- •Writing notes
- •Introduction
- •The spirit of London
- •Writing assignment:
- •Activate words and collocations from your student’s book:
- •Memorize extra vocabulary:
- •Idioms / Proverbs:
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks:
- •An Ideal Seaside Resort
- •Wales – the Land of Song
- •Mount Rushmore
- •Module 4. Life stories
- •Writing assignment:
- •Memorize extra vocabulary: proverbs / idioms
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks:
- •The person I admire
- •Perform the following writing task:
- •Module 5 Success
- •Writing notes
- •Introduction
- •Useful Words and Phrases
- •Are computers a necessity?
- •Writing assignment:
- •Activate words and collocations from your student’s book:
- •Memorize extra vocabulary: idioms / proverbs / words of wisdom
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks:
- •English and Maths are more important subjects than Art and Music
- •The secret of happiness
- •Learn to be lucky
- •Are you a successful leader?
- •Perform the following writing task:
- •Module 6 In the media
- •Writing notes
- •Introduction
- •Useful Language for Writing Reviews
- •Short reviews films
- •Records
- •Television
- •Writing assignment:
- •Activate words and collocations from your student’s book:
- •Memorize extra vocabulary: idioms / proverbs
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks part 1
- •A Film Review
- •Recommended New Books
- •The Friends Phenomenon
- •Perform the following writing task 1:
- •Writing assignment
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks:
- •Quake hits santa maria
- •Introduction
- •Perform the following writing task 2:
- •Module 7. Socialising
- •Writing notes
- •Introduction
- •Graduation ceremony
- •Writing assignment:
- •Activate words and collocations from your student’s book:
- •Memorize the words of wisdom:
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks:
- •The Royal Regatta
- •Perform the following writing task:
- •Module 8 Things you can’t live without
- •Writing notes
- •Introduction
- •Points to remember:
- •First and Last Paragraph Techniques
- •In the first paragraph you can state the topic by:
- •In the last paragraph you can give a balanced consideration or your opinion by:
- •The Pros and Cons of Parents Educating Children at Home
- •Writing assignment:
- •Activate words and collocations from your student’s book:
- •Memorize extra vocabulary: idioms / proverbs
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks
- •The pros and cons of using the Internet
- •No more secrets
- •Love-hate relationships Mobile phones
- •Survey results
- •Iy. Perform the following writing task:
- •Module 9 Future society
- •Writing assignment:
- •Quantity or Quality?
- •Introduction
- •Writing notes types of letters
- •Layout of letters
- •Writing style in letters
- •Informal letters
- •Imagine you won the lottery money. Think over the ideas how the money сould be spent.
- •Perform the following writing task:
- •Module 10 An amazing story
- •Writing notes
- •A narrow escape
- •Writing assignment:
- •Activate words and collocations from your student’s book:
- •Memorize extra vocabulary: proverbs / words of wisdom
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks:
- •Unforgettable Birthday!
- •Letter from the Scout Camp
- •Vocabulary:
- •A Ghostly Welcome
- •A Science Fiction Story
- •Perform the following writing task:
- •Module 11 Rules and freedom
- •Writing notes formal letters
- •Formal style
- •Letters of application
- •In the opening remarks/reasons) for writing
- •In the closing remarks
- •Letters of complaint
- •Writing assignment:
- •I. Activate words and collocations from your student’s book:
- •Memorize extra vocabulary: idioms / proverbs
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks:
- •Iy. Perform the following writing tasks:
- •Write a letter of applying for either the position of English teacher at private school or the position of translator in a travel agency.
- •Write a letter of complaint to a manager about the things you found annoying while traveling. Remember the notes above how to write formal letters. Module 12 Dilemmas
- •Writing notes
- •Useful vocabulary:
- •How can we make our city a better place to live?
- •Writing assignment:
- •Activate words and collocations from your student’s book:
- •Memorize extra vocabulary: idioms / proverbs
- •Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
- •Perform the following pre-writing tasks:
- •1.1 Look at the problems (1-5) and match them to the solutions (a-e). Which of these problems do you think is the most / least serious? Can you think of anymore problems and solutions?
- •Results
- •Self - talk
- •Auntie Claire writes:
- •A sad story of a sad man
- •Perform the following writing task
- •Bibliography
Memorize extra vocabulary: idioms / proverbs
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Beneath criticism
Devour the book
Out of the common
A pirated book / film
Capture sb’s imagination
Man cannot live by bread alone
Read between the lines
Bad news travels fast.
You can’t judge a book by its cover.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper
Words of wisdom:
A community needs news for the same reason that a man needs eyes. It has to see where it is going.
D West (British author)
TV is chewing gum for the eyes.
F.Wright (US architect)
The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.
Al Capp (US cartoonist)
Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.
Perform the following pre-writing tasks part 1
Pre-writing task 1
Read the following film review and fill in the gaps with the verbs from the list. Use correct active/passive tense forms.
decide, become, play, fill, find out, teach, set, develop, meet
A Film Review
Free Willy, directed by Simon Wincer, is a fascinating and moving adventure. It 1) ………… on the west coast of North America. The film is about the relationship between a boy and a whale, called Willy. Jason James Richter 2)……………. Jesse, a young street child who 3)…………… the meaning of love and friendship.
Jesse first 4)…………….. Willy in the sea park where the whale is kept. They 5)……………. good friends as they have been both separated from their families. As the story 6)………… Jesse becomes so fond of Willy that he 7) …………….to try and free him
All the actors, especially Lori Petty and Michael Madsen, are excellent. The film 8)………….. with suspense and emotion. The scenes involving Jesse and Willy 9)……………us how close animals and human beings can be to each other.
This is a wonderful film for the whole family. Don’t miss it as it will change the way you see life and relationships forever.
Pre-writing task 2
The people below all want to buy a book. Decide which book would be most suitable for the following people:
Jan is sixteen and she loves shopping for clothes and reading stories about people and things in the news. She wants to read some entertaining light fiction.
Paul is nineteen and he is very keen on sport. He doesn’t enjoy fiction much, but does like reading about the lives of sporting heroes of the past
Susan is eighteen and she enjoys good reading. .She would like something which offers information as well as entertainment. She’s interested in history and plans to travel round Europe this summer.
Michael is twenty three, a computer expert, whose interests include travel and sport. He has to go abroad for work and wants a novel to read on his journey with plenty of action and excitement.
Sonia is twenty four and works for an international airline. She enjoys love stories of the past, especially if they contain descriptions of beautiful houses, clothes and parties.