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Writing Skills Facilities To begin with, I feel the park’s facilities could be improved. At the moment, there is no children’s playground, so one should be built. In addition, a cafeteria could be opened and a small football pitch constructed.
Answer Key B key words: local community centre, director, make the centre more popular, report making some suggestions, 120-180 words
Conclusion To sum up, I believe that these recommendations would improve the park immensely and encourage more people to use it.
who each report will be to/from: to the director of the local community centre/from an evening class student what the purpose of each will be: making recommendations to make the centre more popular with young people what style you will write in: formal what possible headings you might include: Introduction/Activities/Facilities/General Environment/Conclusion how you could begin/end each report: The purpose of this report is to suggest ways to make the local community centre more popular with young people; To conclude, if the local community centre adopts these suggestions, it will undoubtedly find itself more popular with young people.
Focus ➤ Understanding rubrics ñ Ss work in pairs and study the rubrics, first underlining the key words and then answering the questions. ñ Invite pairs to share their answers with the class. Confirm the correct answers. Answer Key A key words: warden of the flats, university, make them safer/more pleasant, report making recommendations, 120-180 words who each report will be to/from: to the warden of the flats/from a resident student what the purpose of each will be: making recommendations to make the flats safer and more pleasant to live in what style you will write in: formal what possible headings you might include: Introduction/Security/Facilities/General Environment/Conclusion how you could begin/end each report:The aim of this report is to suggest ways to make the university accommodation a safer and more pleasant place to live; If these recommendations are implemented, I believe the university accommodation will become a better environment for the students who live there.
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Focus ➤ Practising vocabulary ñ Explain the task. ñ Ss answer individually and then compare with a partner.
Suggested Answer Key 6 Repave the path outside the front door and plant flowers and trees. 7 Install security lights for the car park at night.
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Focus ➤ Brainstorming ideas for a report; writing a report ñ Ss brainstorm ideas for rubric B and then choose which report to write. ñ Allow time for Ss to write their reports. ñ Ss exchange work with a partner and edit.