A Message to Students

Dear students

There were a number of absentees in the lesson last night.
We discussed how your writing would be graded according to the marking scheme. Please refer to the marking scheme you will see at the link: http://www.istudy.com.hk/wr_marking.htm .
I've also demonstrated ways to improve your writing and introduced ways to ensure that you will get a D grade for your writing tasks.

I'd like to remind you that you need to submit your writing and will give you a grade for your writing. You must make sure that you attain a D grade for all the writing tasks you submit to me. In other words, if you get back your writing task with a grade lower than D, you must resubmit your writing to me.

I've distributed another reading task for you last night. Please work on them for discussion next Tuesday. You will now start writing Task 2 with about 250 words on ONE of the following topics:

Task A
It is more important to be clever than beautiful or handsome." Do you agree?
Write a letter to the editor of the Young Post giving your opinions. Start your letter "Dear Editor", and sign it "Chris Wong." Do not write an address.

Task B
Most overseas visitors think of Hong Kong as only being a busy city. However, it has some beautiful country parks. Some people think the government should do more to promote these parks to visitors who ome to Hong Kong. Discuss the arguments for and against this, and then your your own view.

Task C
Last summer you were a tourist visiting Hong Kong for the first time. One weekend you went swimming and had a horrible experience. You are now back in your own country and are writing an account of your experience for your school magazine. Say what happened and how you felt about it.



Enjoy your study!

Best Wishes
Terri