¡Descarga Guide to Writing Better Compositions: Becoming a Vegetarian or Vegan y más Ejercicios en PDF de Inglés solo en Docsity! Succesful writing Guide and tips for better compositions Know the task • Criteria • Requirements Plan your composition • Draft • Structure of the text Catch the reader’s eye! • Rhetorical questions • Wow! Make your list • Connectors • Expressions • Phrasal Verbs • Grammar Structures Reread the composition • Common mistakes • Clarity • Understandable ▪Criteria -Up to 1 point for grammar accuracy and variety. -Not (big, terrible) mistakes. Incomprehensible. -Rich structures. -Variety of grammar recourses. -Flashy sentences. ▪Criteria -Up to 1 point for a rich, diverse and accurate vocabulary. - Correct meaning. - Wide range of words. - Suitable vocabulary for the topic. - Remarkable concepts. Know the task ▪Requirements -Number of words -Topic. -Structure and conventions of the text type. Plan your composition ▪Draft -Main ideas -Some vocabulary. -Expressions and structures to use. Topic Opening Idea 1 Idea 2 Body Idea 3 Idea 4 Idea 5 Closing Idea 6 Idea 7 Plan your composition ▪Structure of the text -Clearly seen (at first sigth). -Linking words and connectors. -Thesis statement. ▪Good ideas to impress. ✓ Barcelona is a beautiful city with a lot of things to visit… ✓Barcelona, which is claimed to be one of the most famous cities in the world, is plenty of touristic attractions… ▪Good ideas to impress. ✓Vegetarian people don’t get enough nutrients and proteins, and that is a risk for their health. ✓Not enough nutrient nor proteins will be acquired by vegetarians during his life, which may become public health issue. ▪Good ideas to impress. ✓ I think that is a good ideas that everybody become a vegetarian… ✓I feel like everybody should become a vegetarian… ✓If I were you, I would become a vegetarian… ✓If I were in your shoes, I would start thinking seriously about vegetarianism… ▪Good ideas to impress. ✓ Should everyone become vegan? I think it is clear that the answers in no! Not everybody can afford it and it is a big effort. ✓Should everyone become vegan? Facts speak for themselves: very expensive products, health problems, big efforts… ▪Good ideas to impress. ✓Becoming a vegetarian is a good way to take care of our enviorement. ✓When it comes down to taking care of our environment, becoming a vegetarian turns out to be a good strategy. Make your list ▪ Connectors ▪ Expressions ▪ Phrasal verbs ▪ Structures ▪Expresions (example list) ✓The tip of the iceberg (la punta del iceberg): “The assassination of women is just the tip of the iceberg of the male violence against women. There far more under the surface.” ✓Draw a/the line (poner un límite): “Although freedom is important for child development, sometimes we must draw a line with certain behaviours.” ✓To be in someone’s shoes (estar en la piel de alguien): “If I were in your shoes, I would practice writing for your EVAU exam for sure. It is the most tricky part”. ▪Phrasal verbs (example list) ✓Point out (señalar): “Firstly, I would like to point out the main advantages of new technologies in education”. ✓Turn out (resultar): “In the film, the best friend of Sally, who is the main character, turns out to be the villain of the story”. ✓Come (down) to (se trata de/en cuanto a): “When it comes down to the sexual orientation of the people, you should be extremely sensitive”. ▪Grammar Structures(example list) ✓Passive voice ✓Conditionals ✓Modals and perfect modals ✓Reported speech ✓Multiple verb tenses Being vegetarian? Opening Idea 1 Nowadays… Idea 2 Opinion Body Idea 3 Animal suffering Idea 4 Environmental damage Closing Idea 6 Summing up Idea 7 Opinion again Furthermore Rhetorical question To put it briefly… As I see it… In fact… Nowadays, a lot of people are becoming a vegetarian or a vegan because they want to protect animals and the environment. I think that it is a good idea that everybody stops eating animals. To produce the meat that we eat every day, farms kill a big number of animals. The meat industry causes a lot of pollution too and it damages our forests, seas, etc. I advised you to become a vegetarian or a vegan and stop eating animals to safe our planet. 82 words ▪ Write a composition about whether everyone should become a vegetarian or vegan. Opening Body Closing Nowadays, a lot of people are becoming a vegetarian or a vegan because they want to protect animals and the environment. As I see it, it is a good idea that everybody stops eating animals. Firstly, to produce the meat that we eat every day, farms kill a big number of animals. Furthermore, the meat industry causes a lot of pollution too and it damages our forests, seas, etc. To put it briefly, I advised you to become a vegetarian or a vegan and stop eating animals to safe our planet. 89 words ▪ Write a composition about whether everyone should become a vegetarian or vegan. Opening Body Closing
