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Learning Standards
Learning Standards
- Use formal and informal registers appropriate to the target audience in most familiar and some unfamiliar situations
- Ask about and explain advantages and disadvantages of ideas, plans, arrangements
Unit Opener
Unit Opener
What kind of features and articles you would like to be included in the school magazine?
Pre-Writing
Pre-Writing
5 - You can often show the reason for your suggestion by describing the result. Match these suggestions about what to print in a new college magazine with their results.
5 - You can often show the reason for your suggestion by describing the result. Match these suggestions about what to print in a new college magazine with their results.
Suggestions
1 games and puzzles
2 poems and short stories
3 a ‘problem’ page
4 interviews with successful former students
5 photographs of sports competition winners
6 news and information about the college
7 readers’ letters
Results
a be interesting and would give students good role models
b inspire creativity
c be fun and enjoyable
d give students a chance to give their point of view
e make students feel proud of the college
f be helpful, especially for new students
g help students who have similar worries
Which of the seven suggestions you would like to include in your magazine?
Which of the seven suggestions you would like to include in your magazine?
6 - Look at two ways of making recommendations about a college magazine and answer the questions below.
6 - Look at two ways of making recommendations about a college magazine and answer the questions below.
a I recommend that a good mixture of articles be published.
b I recommend publishing a good mixture of articles.
1 Which sentence uses the passive voice?
2 Which sentence uses a gerund?
3 Which structure is used in the recommendation in the report in 4?
4 Rewrite the recommendation in 4 using the other structure.
Writing Tips
Writing Tips
Use passive as well as active verb forms when making suggestions and recommendations in order to make your report more formal. Lay out your report with a title and headings to make it easy to read. Reading the task carefully will help you decide what your headings should be. Remember to give reasons to justify your suggestions.
7 - Rewrite this recommendation in two different ways.
7 - Rewrite this recommendation in two different ways.
I think we must focus on careers advice and information.
I recommend that _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
I recommend _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
While Writing
While Writing
6 - Read this writing task and then use the plan and the Language Bank to help you write your report. Don’t forget to give reasons for your suggestions and recommendations.
6 - Read this writing task and then use the plan and the Language Bank to help you write your report. Don’t forget to give reasons for your suggestions and recommendations.
Your college has decided to start its own monthly magazine for students. You have been asked to write a report for the college dean about the types of regular features and articles it could include, explaining why they would be interesting for students.
Write your report. (140-190 words)
Write your report. (140-190 words)
Language Bank
Language Bank
Magazine
print/publish
front/back cover
subscription
Regular features
college news page
reviews/columns/editorial
problem page
horoscopes
sports results
games/puzzles/crosswords
competitions
Articles
interviews
careers advice
fashion/shopping
music features
current affairs
Reflection
Reflection
What went well in your writing?
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