Grounded? A discursive essay on banning short-haul flights
A discursive essay examines whether governments should ban flights on routes where a train alternative exists; students analyse argument development, concession and hedging, then write their own discursive essay.
C1Adults55 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 55 minutes
- Topic
- Environment & nature
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- short-haul flight, emissions, viable alternative, rural, symbolic, Admittedly, ..., That said, ..., It is far from clear that ...
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By the end, students can
- Develop arguments in a discursive essay with evidence, concession and counter-argument
- Use a range of cohesive devices and hedging to present ideas precisely
- Write a conclusion that evaluates rather than simply summarises