Going cashless: a for-and-against essay on the end of cash
A model essay weighs up whether cities should abolish cash. Students study how balanced essays are built, then argue about online shopping.
C1Adults60 minEssay
About this lesson
A C1 writing lesson (essay). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Essay
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 60 minutes
- Topic
- Shopping & money
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Matching, Word order
- Key words
- weigh up, advocates of, first and foremost, far from trivial, effectively shut out, only as resilient as, on balance, premature
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand the structure of a balanced for-and-against essay
- Use linking devices to add points, contrast, concede and conclude
- Write a 220–260 word discursive essay about shopping habits