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Disposable items

Opinion essay
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TODAY’S PROMPT INTRODUCTION
Sentence 1: Neutral background statement about topic 2 mins
You will have 20 minutes to plan, write and revise an Sentence 2: Rewrite the question PLAN
essay about the topic below. Your response will be Sentence 3: Tell reader main idea of Body 1 & 2 and your
judged on how well you develop a position, organize
opinion
your ideas, present supporting details, and control the
elements of standard written English. You should write BODY 1
200-300 words. Sentence 1: Topic sentence 8 mins
Intro &
Sentence 2: Support sentence Body 1
Sentence 3: Evidence
Sentence 4: Closing sentence 8 mins
Body 2 &
The use of plastic for packaging, drinking BODY 2 Conc
straws, and other single-use, disposable items Sentence 1: Topic sentence
has increasingly been highlighted as disastrous Sentence 2: Support sentence
for the environment. Many online petitions Sentence 3: Evidence
have been set up to demand food 2 mins
Sentence 4: Closing sentence CHECK
manufacturers and supermarkets change their CONCLUSION
packaging. Should single-use plastic products Sentence 1: Tell the reader what you told them
be banned?
Sentence 2: State your opinion and summarise your
argument
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Sample Essay

Sample essay
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PROMPT Plastic is filling our oceans, littering our countryside and killing our animals. Many campaign
The use of plastic for packaging, groups have started to call for a ban on plastic packaging and single-use plastic products
drinking straws, and other single- and numerous petitions on social media sites have gained millions of signatures. This essay
use, disposable items has will discuss the feasibility of a ban on single-use plastic products and argue that a world-
increasingly been highlighted as wide ban should be introduced.
disastrous for the environment.
Producers and consumers have come to rely upon the ease and convenience of single-use
Many online petitions have been
plastic products such as cups, plates, cutlery and shopping bags. These products provide a
set up to demand food
cheap and hygienic way of displaying, transporting and consuming not only food stuffs, but
manufacturers and supermarkets
also almost everything we buy. A complete ban could see prices increase dramatically to
change their packaging. Should
cover the cost of more expensive biodegradable or paper alternatives. Some consumers
single-use plastic products be
may also react negatively to the added inconvenience and cost of the alternatives.
banned?
On the other hand, the world is facing a disaster and many environmental groups and
PLAN consumers are demanding action. Single-use plastic items can take up to 1,000 years to
Intro – plastic harmful to environ/ decompose. Species such as fish, birds, and turtles are being killed by the plastic floating in
calls for ban – peitions / feasibility of a the oceans. In fact, the EU plans to ban all single-use plastic by 2020 and calls for the rest of
ban – a world-wide ban should be the world to follow its lead.
introduced
Body 1 – prod and consum rely on This essay has discussed whether there should be a ban on all single-use plastics. In my
plastic. Ban – lead to price increase – view, the world cannot wait any longer; despite the added costs of biodegradable
negative reaction alternatives and the possible inconvenience for producers and consumers, a complete
Body 2 – world facing disaster world-wide ban should be introduced.
Conc – despite probs – impose ban
(260 words)
Notice some of the features
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GRAMMAR: Plastic is filling our oceans, littering our countryside and killing our animals. Many DEVELOPMENT,
Note the TENSES (shown below). campaign groups have started to call for a ban on plastic packaging and single-use plastic STRUCTURE,
COHERENCE:
They are varied and purposeful. products and numerous petitions on social media sites have gained millions of signatures.
This essay will discuss the feasibility of a ban on single-use plastic products and argue that
INTRO Two ideas
a world-wide ban should be introduced.
is filling BODY 1 introduced at
have started have come to Producers and consumers have come to rely upon the ease and convenience of single-use end of intro. The
have gained provide plastic products such as cups, plates, cutlery and shopping bags. These products provide a first one is
will discuss could see cheap and hygienic way of displaying, transporting and consuming not only food stuffs, picked up in
to cover but also almost everything we buy. A complete ban could see prices increase dramatically body 1 and the
may … react to cover the cost of more expensive biodegradable or paper alternatives. Some second one is
BODY 2 consumers may also react negatively to the added inconvenience and cost of the picked up in
is facing CONC alternatives. body 2.
are demanding has discussed
can take up to cannot wait On the other hand, the world is facing a disaster and many environmental groups and
to decompose should be consumers are demanding action. Single-use plastic items can take up to 1,000 years to
are being killed decompose. Species such as fish, birds, and turtles are being killed by the plastic floating
plans to ban in the oceans. In fact, the EU plans to ban all single-use plastic by 2020 and calls for the
calls for rest of the world to follow its lead. Last sentence of
conclusion
This essay has discussed whether there should be a ban on all single-use plastics. In my agrees with last
view, the world cannot wait any longer; despite the added costs of biodegradable sentence of
alternatives and the possible inconvenience for producers and consumers, a complete intro.
world-wide ban should be introduced. (261 words)
How did you go?
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Possible Your
score score
CONTENT Adequately deals with the prompt 3 ?

FORM 200 – 300 words 2 ?

DEVELOPMENT, STRUCTURE, Shows good development and logical structure 2 ?


COHERENCE
GRAMMAR Shows consistent grammatical control of complex language. 2 ?
Errors are rare and difficult to spot
GENERAL LINGUISTIC RANGE Uses language effectively to formulate thoughts precisely, give 2 ?
emphasis and eliminate ambiguity. No restrictions in
communication.
VOCABULARY RANGE Uses broad vocabulary with good control. Appropriate use of 2 ?
idiom and colloquialisms.
SPELLING Uses correct spelling 2 ?
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