Monday, January 19, 2009

First: Essays

Some questions about essays for you to think about.
  1. How should you start and finish your first paragraph?
  2. What could you put at the start of the following paragraphs?
  3. If you give examples in your paragraphs, what should they be?
  4. What does the final paragraph do?
  5. What could come after the final paragraph?
Go here for advice on what to put in your paragraphs. Remember that at First you have a word limit of around 150, so your number of paragraphs will be restricted to 4 or maybe 5.

FCE Weekly Task 2.1: Essays

Some questions about essays for you to think about.
  1. How should you start and finish your first paragraph?
  2. What could you put at the start of the following paragraphs?
  3. If you give examples in your paragraphs, what should they be?
  4. What does the final paragraph do?
  5. What could come after the final paragraph?
Go here for advice on what to put in your paragraphs. Remember that at FCE you have a word limit of around 180, so your number of paragraphs will be restricted to 4 or maybe 5.

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