‘Mobile phones should be banned in schools from the first bell to the last. Students would learn more, talk more and worry less.’
Write an article for your school or college magazine in which you argue your point of view on this statement.
(24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy)
‘Professional footballers are paid far too much. Sport should be about passion, not profit.’
Write an article for a national newspaper in which you argue your point of view on this statement.
(24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy)
‘Fast-food outlets should not be allowed to open near schools. Councils must protect young people's health, even if it costs local jobs.’
Write an article for a local news website in which you explain your point of view on this statement.
(24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy)
‘Every student should have to spend a month volunteering in their community before they leave school. It would teach them more than any lesson.’
Write a speech for a school assembly in which you argue your point of view on this statement.
(24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy)
‘School uniform is pointless. Students should be allowed to wear whatever they like.’
Write a letter to your head teacher in which you explain your point of view on this statement.
(24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy)
‘Teenagers today are lazy. They would rather stare at screens than get a part-time job.’
Write a letter to the editor of a national newspaper in which you argue your point of view on this statement.
(24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy)
‘Being good at sport is valued far more highly than being kind, creative or clever. This needs to change.’
Write an essay in which you explain your point of view on this statement.
(24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy)
‘Cooking from scratch is a waste of time when ready meals are cheap and quick.’
Write a guide for students about to leave home for the first time in which you explain your point of view on this statement.
(24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy)
