Less on the plate, less in the trash: a food waste proposal
A student committee proposes ways to cut food waste in a university cafeteria. Students analyze proposal structure, then write their own proposal.
C1Adults55 minProposal
About this lesson
A C1 writing lesson (proposal). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Proposal
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Food & drink
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Matching, True / False, Gap-fill, Word order
- Key words
- audit, edible, discard, the bulk of, broadly sympathetic, short-changed, surplus, prospective
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand how a proposal uses headings, evidence and recommendations
- Use tentative, persuasive language to make suggestions
- Write a 220–260 word proposal to improve a food service