Friday, 21 February 2014

WRITING ESSAYS 2º BACH

Essays are a chance to demonstrate original thinking and impress with written english skills. They are designed to test different things.
  - Knowledge essays test what you have read or learned, making them an important part of the learning process.
    - Comprehension: they test your hability to explain complex concepts and issues.
    - They also test your hability to write a coherent argument.

Characteristics of  perfect essay:

The main characteristic is the original thinking. That doesn´t mean coming up with a new theory, but it means that the essay stands out from the rest, perhaps approaching the topic from a different angle. 

Brilliant essays demonstrate a strong knowledge of the facts as well as they provide a coherent discussion. 

Here are two examples of two different essays made by two of our students of Year 12: Aitor Rodríguez and Ignacio Sánchez.

By Nieves Cortés.


Aitor Rodríguez
What could we do to reduce pollution in large cities?

To begin with, pollution has been increasing exponentially all over the world. Overpopulation has created bigger cities, cars and other sources of pollution.

On the one hand, big cities are becoming better organized places where life is now easier than ever. Public transport, clean streets..... All kinds of public services and facilities are making the cities great.

On the other hand, crowded malls, traffic jams and big factories keep polluting the air and keep growing bigger to satisfy the market's demand.

In conclusion, governments should focus on preserving forests, investing in new cleaning energies and improving our recycling system, but also controlling the constructions of polluting car companies and other businesses that are harming the environment.

Ignacio Sánchez
Should a large amount of money be invested in space travel?

I would like to begin by saying that nowadays, we all know that people need money more urgently than scientific research.

As we can see on the news and even on our own lives, people lose all their money, their houses, jobs... In my opinion, scientific research, such as on space travels, is something optional to human society. Money should be invested in it only when we make sure that almost every human being on earth, has all the basic things like food, a house, medical attention....

Human beings need to learn more and more about future issues, but we cannot forget the base that is society has, so I do not think that a lot of money should be invested in space travel.

By Cristina Cuenca.

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