Reviewing popular science: a book about the microbes within us
A critic reviews a lively but uneven book on gut bacteria. Students analyze balanced evaluation, then review a science book, movie or podcast.
C2Adults55 minReview
About this lesson
A C2 writing lesson (review). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Review
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Science
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Matching, True / False, Word order
- Key words
- contentiously, dazzling, exasperating, lucid, a telling analogy, stray from, a qualification, deter
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Analyze how a review balances praise and criticism to reach a nuanced verdict
- Use sophisticated evaluative language and concessive structures
- Write a 300–350 word review of a work of popular science