Level 3- Writing Assignments

You will have various opportunities to practice your written English throughout the
semester. The topics are as follows:

(√ ) ACTIVITY OVERALL GRADE

1.2 Write an e-mail introducing yourself.

2.3 Write a short text describing an event.

3.1 Write a letter of complaint.

4.2 Write a letter inviting someone to give a talk at the

university.

4.3 Write an advertisement for something you want to

sell.

5.3 Write a summary of Babette’s Feast – 100 words.

6.2 Write a quick guide to a city you know well.

7.2 Write an entry for a website about a favorite teacher.

8.1 Write an article for a newspaper about an issue you’d

like to change.

8.3 Write a paragraph about an important turning point in

your life and the effect it had.

10.3 Write a thank you letter.

Writing Bank

You can find examples of the following in the writing bank on pages 161 to 164 at the
back of the student book.

1. Formal letter - Paragraphs

2. Thank you letters - Formal / Informal
3. Informal E-mails - Paragraphs
4. Descriptions
5. Writing a summary - Summarizing
6. Newspaper Articles - Paragraphs

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WRITING PRACTICE 1 - 1.2 Read the informal e-mail section in the Writing bank on
pages 162-3 and complete the exercises 1 and 2. Then write an e-mail introducing
yourself to a new friend (from the English class)

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WRITING PRACTICE 2 – 2.3Write a short text describing an event using past simple
and past continuous.

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WRITING PRACTICE 3 – 3.1 Read the formal letter section in the Writing bank on
P161 and do exercises 1 and 2. Then write a letter of complaint about a home
exchange gone wrong. Follow the example on page 36.

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WRITING PRACTICE 4 – 4.2 Write a letter inviting someone to give a talk at the
university. Ex 12,Page 53.

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WRITING PRACTICE 5 – 4.3 Write an advertisement for something you want to sell.
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WRITING PRACTICE 7 - 5.3 Look at the Writing a summary section in the Writing
bank on P164 and do the exercises. Write a summary about Babette’s Feast in 100
words.

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WRITING PRACTICE 7- 6.2 Write a Quick Guide to a city you know well,
recommending things a visitor should do. Use expressions from the text on P80 as a
model.

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WRITING PRACTICE 8 – 7.2 Look at the Descriptions section on the Writing bank on
page 163 and complete the exercises. Write an entry for the website on page 95 about
a favorite teacher from your past.

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WRITING PRACTICE 9 - 8.1 Read the Newspaper articles section in the Writing bank
on page 164 and do the exercises. Choose one of the laws you proposed in Ex9, P106
and write an article for a newspaper about the issue you’d like to change. Use
introduction, body and concluding paragraphs.

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WRITING PRACTICE 10 – 8.3 Write a paragraph describing an important turning point
in your life and the effect this had. Think about what happened before/ after the event
and how things might have been different.

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WRITING PRACTICE 11 - 10.3 Read the thank you letters in the Writing bank on P162
and do the exercises. Write a thank you letter to either, (a) another student, (b) your
teacher or (c) someone else at the university.

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