English With Luke

Some speaking resources   B1 Speaking Auth 2020

  FORM: they go always in the same place even if they cant do something they will do it my hair are really not good so i don’t want to leave them not dry you can sick my grandmother gets angry when i was young it’s very easy taking a chill they said something but it's not real They're not smart like women Instead of them, I don't believe in love. PRONUNCIATION: laugh heavy wind - two different hang out go out catch beard theme that tattoos

 

  PART 2 – WRITTEN PRODUCTION “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (2004) Some people think that travelling broadens one’s mind and can enrich one’s life. Discuss the quotation in a 300-word essay. Support your ideas by referring to your readings and/or to your personal experience of travelling.

Using the Cambridge criteria for evaluating essays, consider the following questions about the essay you are evaluating: CONTENT Is the writing relevant to the original question? Does the essay give information about the 2 points in the question? Does the essay give information about a 3rd point (created by the writer)? COMMUNICATIVE ACHIEVEMENT Is the essay interesting and persuasive? Is the writer's opinion clear? Does the essay have a formal register (no contractions, no "you", no informal language)? ORGANISATION Is the text well organised? Does the essay use paragraphs?  Does each paragraph contain a specific idea? Does each paragraph begin with a sentence that introduces the main idea of the paragraph? Does the essay use a variety of linkers and discourse markers (for example: therefore, as a result, in order to, in contrast, on the other hand, in addition to this, firstly, secondly, finally) effectively? LANGUAGE Is there a wide range of vocabulary?  Are there error...

  In English class you have had a discussion about health. Write an essay of 140-190 words in an appropriate style using all the notes below.  To what extent has our diet improved over the past few decades? Junk food Organic produce (your own idea)

Write your answer in  140 – 190 words  in an appropriate style using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view.  " Some people say that social media has a bad effect on people’s lives". Do you agree? Notes Write about: sharing updates and photos interacting with other users ………………..(your own idea)

  You have watched a documentary about young children in poor areas who leave school to work. Your English teacher has asked you to write an essay in 140-190 words. Write an  essay  using  all  the notes and give reasons for your point of view. Teenagers are dropping out of school to find a job. How can we help them to continue their education? Notes Write about: family problems financial difficulties …………… (your own idea)

 

 

  Have you made any friends over social networks? Have you ever met them in person? Have you kept in touch with your friends from primary school? Have you made friends at Lombardo Radice outside of this class? Have you texted your best friend today? Have you made any new friends this month? Have you ever forgotten your best friend's parents' names? Have you met all of your friends' parents? Have you ever had a big argument with a friend? Have you ever had to forgive and make up with a friend after an argument? What life lessons have you learned from your best friend? Have you ever lent money to a friend? Did it go well? Which of your friends have you known the longest? When did you first meet and how close are you now?Have you ever helped a friend when they really needed help? What happened?

  Teenagers should not listen to music with depressing themes  Do you agree or disagree? Mention the following points: 1 - Music's influence on our feelings 2 - The challenges of being a teenager  3-  Your own idea Write your essay in 140-190 words.

 

  teleprompter Meghan Markle  on feminism,  Leonardo Dicaprio  on climate change, and  Angelina Jolie  on humanitarian rights. Celebrities are taking over our screens for the cause. Going back to  Jane Fonda  protesting the Vietnam War, and alternately  Elvis  advocating for conscription, we have allowed celebrities to influence not only our storytelling but also our political and social views. Have we mindlessly prioritized the message of celebrities over that of professors, experts, victims or activists?  Or, is it possible that celebrity activists are the perfect vehicle to effect the change that we need? The following are three positive, and three negative positions on celebrity activists.   Taking the Stage  (The Pros)   A Wide and Captive Audience Conversations are being instigated by celebrities every day, even indirectly. There are tons of  celebrities on Twitter , not to mention  Instagram , with t...

Forget about your dream job – it's all about the ride Teleprompter Having grown up in several African countries, my answer to the question 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' changed depending on what influenced me at the time – mainly films from the West that I loved. My father was a political activist and I learned about the human rights movement in the US through the stories of Malcolm X and Dr Martin Luther King, and initially I wanted to become a human rights activist. But I also worried that I would die young. When the film Apollo 13 came out, just as I hit my teenage years, I decided I wanted to become an astronaut. But then I realised that the only people NASA flew to the moon were all over 40-years-old and I was too impatient to study for that long before heading into space. Just as I was about to do my GCSEs, I watched The Rock, in which Nicolas Cage saves a city from a chemical weapon attack, and I was finally convinced that I would become a chemical en...

B2  Some examples   A2+  Examples

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Correct errors in the form of these sentences : to enter the shop they owned they were called as mafiosi they were discriminated   immigrating into two observation might be made they can be comparated they are unpaid for lack of education they came to the United States Practise the correct pronunciation of these words: inherited sweat shops swarthy undesirables established development existed misjudge incidents racism sustained ridiculed early there are  damage society expressed happened attitude countries major talk worked effect protestants access migrated races labelled ignorant linked allowed Catholic hostility established European portrayed perceived labour half shortage skilled majority prejudice stereotypes 

 Instructions: We're preparing for a roleplay, where some students will play the role of a UK Home Office (UK Government) Interviewer and others will play the role of asylum seekers (people from other countries who want to be recognised as refugees). Here are instructions for each role: Role 1: Home Office Interviewer You should ask the person why they think they qualify as a refugee. Your main objective is to find out if the person is presenting a false story. You should be like a detective in a TV series, so it's OK to be aggressive and tell the person that you think they are lying. Ask detailed questions about everything the person tells you. Keep asking "Why" or "Why didn't you....?" You must ask about all of the following topics: Why did the person leave their country? Do they have a criminal record? (Remember lots of dissidents could have a criminal record). Have they been attacked / imprisoned by the government? Their political position  Their...

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