ЕГЭ 2014

Письмо (an opinion

essay)С2 МБОУ СОШ №1 г. Александров

Владимирская область учитель английского языка Г.А.Семенова 2013г.

Your teacher has asked you to write an essay giving your opinion on the following:

Violent sports such as boxing should be banned.

Write your essay (120-180 words)

Discuss these questions.1.Who are you writing for?

(your teacher, a magazine, some organization, peers)

2.Why are you writing? ( to inform, to explain, to give your opinion, etc.)

3.What type of the text are you writing? (an essay, a letter, an article, a story)

4.What language is better for your text? ( formal, informal)

Stages I. Make the introduction (state the

problem).• People have been …ing…• I believe/ think/ feel (that)…• In recent years…• Today we still want/ have/do… • …is/are getting more and more…• ….increasing/decreasing• What/How?

II. Express your personal opinion and give 2-3 reasons for your opinion.

• In my opinion/ from my point view,… •To my mind, …•First of all,…•For example,...•For instance,… •Secondly,…•As a result,… •such as, like, in particular…

III. Express the opposing opinion and give 1-2 reasons

•On the other hand,…•They say that…•so/ because…•Besides,…IV. Explain why you disagree with the opposing opinion.

•I (strongly) disagree that/with this view because…

•I am totally against…

V. Make a conclusion•Despite other people’s opinion I still

believe…• In conclusion, I would like to stress…•All in all, I believe that…

Write down every idea that is mentioned. Do not criticize any of them – the more ideas, the better.

my opinion an opposing opinion

Cross out the ideas that do not seem workable. Leave 3 or 4 ideas you feel you can develop further.

Distribute the ideas among your group and develop your idea into a short paragraph. Write each paragraph on a separate piece of paper.

Read aloud each paragraph and discuss them.

Decide on the order of the paragraph and arrange them on the desk in this order.

Make the text whole, adding introduction, conclusion and links between paragraphs with the help of linking words.

See Language Support.

Check your composition and correct mistakes.

Choose a person to write for the group.

Help him/her to make the necessary additions and changes in the text.

8.Evaluate other texts•Display your work in the class and read them.

•Choose the best composition.

Good Luck!