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03. In order to express your opinion clearly, you need to have a structure which is easy far the reader to follow. Put statements 1-9 into one of these categories.
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1. Restate your opinion
2. Examples of your experience - if relevant
3. Supporting ideas
4. Each paragraph should express one main idea
5. The function of the essay, e.g. This essay will discuss ...
6. Rewrite the question using your own words
7. Introduce the topic
8. A summary of your main ideas
9. Give your opinion
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04. Using the information from exercise 3, read this task and put the paragraphs in the sample answer in the correct order.
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Nowadays, some parents feel that schoolchildren are given too mach homework.
In your opinion, should homework time be reduced or banned altogether?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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Homework also teaches children the discipline needed to complete work to a deadline - a very important life skill. It also helps parents to become involved in their child's learning. By helping with homework, parents can understand what is being learnt at school and encourage their child to become interested in the topic.
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To conclude therefore, homework does have a value at school and should not be banned altogether. It is also very important, however, that homework does not dominate a child's time at home. There must also be adequate time for family, friends and sport.
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It is also important to note, however, that homework time should be limited and too much homework could have a negative impact on a child's ability to learn. Too much homework could be very stressful for a child and ruin their enjoyment of being at school. Homework should be limited to one hour every evening, so children have the time to become involved in other important activities, such as sport or music lessons.
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Homework is a common feature of school life. Giving students some homework is a useful exercise. Too much homework, however, can cause a great deal of unnecessary stress for pupils. In the following essay, I will discuss the reasons for this view.
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Homework is a beneficial tool in the school week for several reasons. Most importantly, it teaches pupils to work independently and to practise the skills or knowledge acquired during lesson time. They are able to work on projects or extended pieces of work, which they have to research either in the library or using the internet.
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When you are writing within a time limit and under exam conditions, it is easy to make silly errors. It is important, therefore, to spend the last few minutes checking through what you have written so you do not lose marks unnecessarily. In order to check your work properly, you need to consider:
- punctuation- have you used full stops, capital letters and commas appropriately?
- grammar- have you used the correct tenses and the correct prepositions?
- spelling- are all the words spelt correctly?
- word count- have you written at least 250 words? (It is quicker to count lines instead of words.)
- handwriting- is your handwriting clear? Are there any words which are not clear and need rewriting?
All of these aspects need equal attention and you will lose marks if they are not considered carefully in your answer
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05. Look at this exam task and the sample answer, which contains 20 common errors. Correct the sample answer, considering all the points in exercise 4.
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Nowdays. many parents are choosing to home-schooling there children rather than sending them to a private or state school. There is perhaps many reasons for this. but I believe the main reason is that many schools are not seen as safe any more. In some areas, schools can be very violent and fighting is a common problem, I do not believe that homes- schooling is always more beneficial to the student than state school, but in some cases it can be. In the following essay, I would discuss this idea further.
If you are lucky enough to be able to attend a good school, with only minor disipline problem, then I think attending a state school is better for you than being educated in home, school is more than just learning about different subjects, it is also a place were you can make new friends and learn to socialise. School also gives you the opportunity to join teams and clubs. subjects are also taught by people who have been trained in that particular area.
If, however, this is not the case, and you have to attend a school with poor disipline or somewhere you feel very unhappy, home-schooling could be more beneficial. It is better to learn in a comfortable enviroment, where you feel safe than in disruptive one, in order for home-schooling to be sucessful, however,your teacher needs to be knowledgeble and follow a set curriculim.
To summarise, therefore, home-schooling is more beneficial if the child is in a situation which is making them very unhappy.
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