Empty shops, new life: a formal report on a downtown program
A town center manager evaluates a year of cheap, temporary leases in empty stores; students study evaluative report language and assess a local program.
C2Adults60 minReport
About this lesson
A C2 writing lesson (report). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Report
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 60 minutes
- Topic
- Town & city
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- The purpose of this report is to assess…, The assessment draws on…, At the outset, …, The impact on… was more ambivalent, attributing X partly to Y, a measurable, if modest, effect, Its weaknesses lie less in X than in Y, provided that…
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Analyze how a formal report weighs mixed evidence before recommending action
- Use precise evaluative and hedging language (if modest, in part, more ambivalent)
- Write a 320–380 word report assessing a program to revive part of a town or city