ESSAY TOPICS: ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
1] Choose ONE of the topics below; each topic has TWO CHOICES.
What are the advantages & disadvantages of eating at home compared with eating in a restaurant?
What are the advantages & disadvantages of going on a package holiday compared with traveling in your own car on holiday?
What are the advantages & disadvantages of learning English on the Internet compared with learning English in a class?
What are the advantages & disadvantages of living and working in a foreign country compared with living and working in your own country?
2] Now you have chosen a topic, think of as many ideas as you can and write notes in the boxes in the BOXES on the next page in any order. Write the TITLE of your essay in the middle box.
3] Using the information in the boxes above, write FIVE PARAGRAPHS; each paragraph must follow the instructions on the left. Each paragraph must start with a TOPIC SENTENCE and have THREE SUPPORTING SENTENCES
Topic Sentence:
Your opinion about the advantages of the FIRST CHOICE
Three Supporting Sentences
Three reasons why you have this opinion
PARAGRAPH TWO Four Sentences
Topic Sentence:
Your opinion about the disadvantages of the FIRST CHOICE
Three Supporting Sentences
Three reasons why you have this opinion
PARAGRAPH THREE Four Sentences
Topic Sentence:
Your opinion about the advantages of the SECOND CHOICE
Three Supporting Sentences
Three reasons why you have this opinion
PARAGRAPH FOUR Four Sentences
Topic Sentence:
Your opinion about the disadvantages of the SECOND CHOICE
Three Supporting Sentences
Three reasons why you have this opinion
State your conclusion in two or three sentences about the TWO CHOICES in the essay topics. Restate your conclusion in a different way to what you wrote in paragraphs one and two.
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