Espero que estéis descasando y pasándolo muy bien. De cara a prepararos el writing del examen de septiembre, para cada tipo de redacción tenéis dos modelos: el que os proporciona el libro en la página que os indico y éste otro que os incluyo aquí.
-An informal email (pg 18)
-An informal email about your
holiday (pg 30)
-A story (pg 44)
-An email expressing your opinion
(pg 56)
-An informal email about your
favourite restaurant. (pg 70)
-An email describing a
celebration you attended (pg 82)
-An article providing solutions
to a problem (pg 96)
1-An informal
email
Dear John,
I´m a 14-year-old student in
secondary school. I live in Glasgow, Scotland.
I get up at 7:30 and then I have
breakfast. I catch a bus to school at 8:30. My favourite school subjects are
English and Art, but I don´t really like Physics! In the afternoons, I do my homework
and sometimes watch TV. In the evenings, I surf the Net or read a book. I
usually go to bed at 11:00.
At the weekends, I usually go
horse-riding. I like watching DVDs, too. Sometimes, I play computer games.
What about you? Write soon.
Anna
2-An informal email about your holiday
Hi Brian,
How are you? I´m writing to tell
you about my sightseeing holiday in New York. I had a great time. We stayed in
a beautiful three-star hotel with a view of Central Park. In the morning we
went sightseeing and visited the city´s many interesting museums and art
galleries. Although the weather was freezing cold and windy, we went shopping
and bought lots of souvenirs. In the evening we ate out, tried all the local dishes
and we also enjoyed the city´s live music venues.
The only problem I had was that
the airline lost my luggage. I waited four days to get ti bak.
Well, that´s all my news.
Write back soon,
Elizabeth
3-A story
Last month, I went climbing in
the mountains. The weather was freezing but I was warmly dressed.
After a couple of hours, I
stopped to eat something. Suddenly, I saw a few tiny snowflakes. Then, the sky
got darker and it started snowing very heavily. I started to walk back but the
snow was so thick I couldn´t see in front of me. I built a snow igloo and put a
red scarf on top. An hour later, I heard a helicopter.
They lowered a line with a basket
and lifted me to safety. I was exhausted but very relieved.
4-An email expressing your opinion
Hi Peter,
You asked me my opinion about
which sport you should choose, swimming or snowboarding. They are both
challenging sports.
Swimming is a great way to keep
fit and it´s not expensive. You don´t need a lot of equipment, but you may have
to practise for long hours. Snowboarding is thrilling and a good form of exercise,
but the equipment is very expensive. Also, it can be dangerous.
To me, both sports have good and
bad points. You should choose the one you like the most. Let me know how you
get on.
Ken
5-An informal email about your favourite restaurant.
Dear Jane,
I hope you´re well. I want to
tell you about my favourite restaurant. It´s called Rico´s and it´s in the
centre of town.
Rico´s serves fantastic seafood.
My favourite dish is fish and chips. It´s fresh and delicious. There´s also
a great range of salads and desserts.
The service is excellent. The
staff are very friendly, polite and fast. The atmosphere is warm and inviting
and the prices are reasonable, too.
I know you love seafood, so I´m
sure you´ll love it. Why don´t we go there for a meal sometime?
Write back soon,
Katy
6-An email describing a celebration you attended
Hi Rosa,
Hope you are OK. I´ve just been
to the Ice Sculpture Festival in Poznañ in Poland and I thought I´d tell you
all about it.
It´s an annual winter festival
that takes place in February. It´s fantastic. I saw amazing snow statues and
ice sculptures and I went on a giant snow slide! I also listened to live music
and in the evening I tried some food. It was delicious!
I enjoyed the festival very much.
It was great fun.
Don´t miss the chance to go!
Yours,
Kate
7-An article providing solutions to a problem
What´s the problem?
Water is running short! Every
year millions of people die from thirst or lack of clean water. If we don´t do
something to start saving it, life on Earth will disappear.
Why is it happening?
The problem is that climate
change causes droughts. Crops cannot grow and people go hungry. We also pollute
water supplies. This makes people get diseases and become ill.
What can we do?
We can turn off taps when we do
not need them and we can take showers instead of baths. We can also catch
rainwater to wash the car. If we act together, then we can make a difference!
