Essay Topics
Fewer instructions
- If it starts burning in your house, what would you save? Why?
- Favourite food.
- What is everyday-happiness to you?
- Dream job?
- OK to lie?
- Lottery winnings.
- What would you like to get better at?
- An interesting place you would like to visit some day.
- An event you think is worth remembering.
- The funniest day in my life (or most exciting, most terrible, most boring).
- A person I'll never forget.
- My dreams about the future.
- An event that changed my life.
- My teachers are different from other people.
- A lovely holiday.
- A day in town.
- An interesting film.
- A mistake.
- My humorous father.
- My room.
- A visit to my grandparents.
- A day I'll never forget.
- My best friend.
- My big brother/sister.
- A Sunday at home.
More instructions
Screen
Save our screens! modified from source, part of this, for step 6
A national newspaper is running a campaign to encourage people to give up watching television, playing on computers and using mobile phones for a whole month. They argue that these technologies are poor substitutes for real life and that they:
- reduce physical activity, are anti-social, are upsetting, create fear, and trigger anti-social behaviour.
However, others defend the technologies, pointing out that they are:
- cheap, fun, available, appealing, entertaining, educational, connected, and sometimes global.
Your task is to write a short article for a national newspaper, explaining why you are for or against the idea.
Introduce your reasons and support your views with examples. Remember to write one text that includes all your views.
You have 100 minutes to write your essay. Make sure that you have time to check what you have written.
Waste
What a waste! modified from source, part of this, for step 6
Every day all sorts of things are wasted, such as environmental resources, time and money.
Write a letter to the editor about what can be done about waste.
Introduce the problem and give examples. Remember to write one text that includes the most important things that can be done about waste.
You have 100 minutes to write your essay. Make sure that you have time to check what you have written.
