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Write about the time when you felt like this;-
Writing about feelings
use adjectives ( describing nouns)
happy wonderful awesome
glad amazing marvellous
blissful delightful lovely
excited beautiful precious
use adverbs ( adds to the verb)
happily thankfully luckily
joyfully gladly delightedly
heavenly joyously excitedly
amazingly softly gently
Where were you when you got the news that made you happy?
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What was the happy news?
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Describe your feelings before and after the news came.
( try to use similes like, as free as a bird ; as proud as a peacock; as bright as the sun )
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Explain why your feelings changed to being so positive.
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Who did you share your feelings with and how did they respond.
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Concluding sentence about your experience
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Compose a piece of writing that explores the idea of Teamwork.
Word bank for teamwork;-
trust loyalty sharing cooperation reliance support friendship caring
together harmony collaboration partnership agreement
team spirit
Metaphor – a well-oiled machine -
Describe what teamwork is.
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Introduce yourself and give an example of when you worked in a team.
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Describe your feelings about being in a team.
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What did your team achieve?
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What were the major qualities about teamwork ( you can use the word bank )
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What were the best experiences that you got from team work?
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Sum up teamwork in one sentence.
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Look at the photograph below. You will be assessed on
relevance of writing to the topic
structure and sequence of ideas
control of language
Compose a piece of writing about when you dared to be different
Write a response of approximately 500 words.
Word bank +++++
unique individual original innovative inventive creative imaginative inspired
exceptional extraordinary pioneering
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weird odd eccentric strange bizarre peculiar abnormal
Word bank neutral
Unusual different uncommon rare diverse
Where and when did you decide to dare to be different?
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What did you do that set you apart from the crowd?
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How did you feel when you took the first step?
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How did others react to your move? ( use the + /- or neutral words)
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Looking back on your move, how does it make you feel about yourself today?
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Evaluate the pros and cons of daring to be different
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Smartphones are taking over our lives
You will be assessed on
relevance of writing to the topic
structure and sequence of ideas
control of language
Word bank
dominating controlling directing ubiquitous global universal everywhere
mastering enslaving
consequences concerns worries fears values virtual
positive helpful constructive negative harmful undesirable
Describe the ways that smartphones have become so important in our lives.
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What have we humans gained from using smartphones?
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What have we humans lost from having smartphones?
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Evaluate the impact of smartphones in our lives. (What do you think? Why?)
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In Australia young adults can obtain a P-plate driver’s licence from the age of 17.
Should this driving age be raised to 21?
Persuasive writing is writing where you try to convince someone to take a particular issue
on a point of view.
State your position on the subject, give your main argument.
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Give examples ( evidence) to support your argument
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Explain why your examples should convince people to agree with you.
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Restate your main argument by making your point
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Include a secondary argument if you have one.
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conclusion_____________________________________________________________
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