“If you are not willing to learn, nobody can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you” – unknown author.
USEFUL LINKS
- Timesaver: Repository of writing prompts for every essay type
- Six amazing websites that make your writing stronger
- Grammar and vocabulary checklist
- EOI Oviedo writing bank
- Video: writing tips from the British Council
- Checklist
- The writing process and 13 tips to raise your essay score
- The Writing Process
- 200 prompts for argumentative writing
- 101 topics to write about in your articles
- A website with 346 writing prompts to ignite your creativity
- Questions for writing and discussion
- 100 IELTS essay questions
- Creative writing prompts
- 301 Prompts for Argumentative Writing
- Error Awareness Chart
- Spice up your lessons with the Russian Roulette
CONNECTORS
- While and whereas
- Connectors of contrast – Exercise One, Exercise Two,
- Clauses of purpose. Exercise One, Exercise two, Exercise 3
- Linking words: and, but, also, however
- Discourse Makers:1
ELEMENTARY A1, A2
INTERMEDIATE B1
OPINION ESSAYS
- 5 steps to writing an excellent opinion essay
- Writing an Opinion Essay PDF
- Useful Expressions and Linkers
- An Opinion Essay. Presentation
- An Opinion Essay: Students’ Essays
- Opinion Essays: Topics to choose from
- An opinion essay about fast food: Example (British Council)
INFORMAL EMAILS
- An Informal Email
- An informal email pdf
- An informal email to a friend: sample
- Informal email. Invitation: sample
- You have an email: an interactive writing activity
BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS
- A Book Review.
- Nice stuff to use for evaluating compulsory reading
- A Film Review
- Six Steps to Writing a Good Book Review. Pdf
NARRATIVE AND STORYTELLING
- Working with Adjectives: Moving Up from ” I Made Tea” to” I made myself a nice, hot sandwich of low-fat blue cheese because I was starving”
- Writing Activity with relative sentences
- Collaborative Writing activity with Simple Past/Past Continuous/Past Perfect
- Game: storytelling to practise narrative tenses
- Telling Stories: sequencing your ideas
- Task: Writing a Narrative
- Task: Dressed to Kill
- Improving your Writing Skills
- Spice up your writing with the Noun Roulette
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE B2
FORMAL EMAILS
- A Formal Email: asking for information about a course
- A formal letter (ppt). Layout and guided application letter
- Formal Letters. >Tips>Exercise1
- Formal and Informal language Exercise
- Formal/semi-formal pdf
- CV templates
- 6 steps to getting a job: How to write a cover letter and a résumé
- Complaint letter: Paragraphs and examples
- Complaint letter: Opening lines
- Complaint letter: Fill in the gaps
- Complaint letter: Fill in the gaps
- Complaint letter: Fill in the gaps with the right tense
- Complaint Letter: model
- Some Common Mistakes1
- Creative Writing: using Wordle
- Writing a report template
FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY
- 5 steps to writing a good For and Against essay
- A For and Against Essay
- A for and against task.Example
- Collaborative Writing: Tourism
- Collaborative Writing Activity: Writing an Article
ADVANCED – C1
- A short writing descriptive activity using pasta
- How to write an article: some visual help
- Improving writing with the noun roulette
- Film review example
- Writing a report
- Graphs and Charts (by María Fernández). Saying Numbers Quiz (by Paula G. Cernadas)
- How to describe a bar chart with model answer
- How to write a C1 Opinion Essay
- Formal language: Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3,
- Formal and informal language Quizlet
- Indirect questions in formal letters/emails: Exercise 1
- Formal Email/letter: Cover Letter
–How to send an email with a cover letter –How to format a cover letter
–Useful expressions in a cover letter
PRACTICE
- Write an informal email giving advice
Write a formal letter/email applying for a job - 100 Essay Questions