FCE and CAE Weekly Writing Activity 1.4

Feedback from recent homework from S6 and A8

Things to take care of informal letters. Think about why. Explanations next week.

1. First sentences should - what?
2. Three dots at the end of a sentence - good or bad?
3. What are some of the magic words for making your paragraphs flow?
4. Imperatives. "Answer me, then we can organise our trip." Informal?
5. Abbreviations "BTW" and emoticons ";-)" Appropriate?
6. Final sentences should - what?
7. What's white space for?
8. "Look(ing) forward to +?"
9. "Kisses"
10. Make a list of items to check in your final 5 or ten minutes.

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CAE Weekly Writing Activity 1.1

For this week we’d like you to take a look at the revised writing instructions for the two exams. You need a pdf reader like adobe acrobat to open this file.

You’ll find CAE here http://www.cambridgeesol.org/assets/pdf/resources/teacher/cae_hb_dec08.pdf . Go to page 26 to read about task types. You need a pdf reader like adobe acrobat to open this file.

We’d like you to think about these four questions in relation to the task types.

1. Which have you never done before?
2. If you'vw done them, which seem easier or more difficult?
3. Can you think of any useful advice for other students? Post it here!

We want to hear from you, so post a reply or question by clicking on comments below. Don’t forget to include four first name and class (“Julia, A8”), for example.