In today’s lesson, we are going to learn how to describe how something works. It is very important that we learn how to do this as this kind of essay can appear in your end of year exam.
To get you thinking here are some questions to warm you up:
- How many objects do you use every day? Which ones?
- Which objects are most important to you? Why?
- Did you buy these objects or were they given to you? Why?
- Which objects would you like to own in the future?
Planning your writing task:
You can use a description wheel to quickly record different aspects of a topic before writing
Download the worksheet in the link below:
Essay Structure:
Now that you have planned out your essay use the suggested structure to write your essay:
Introduction:
Ensure that your introduction covers the following points
What are you describing? What can it do? A thesis statement telling the reader what your essay is going to do.
Body Paragraph 1
In this paragraph make sure that you describe your object. Your description should cover the following points:
- Colour
- material
- shape
- features
- weight
- price
- size
- functions
Body Paragraph 2:
In body paragraph 2 write about the advantages and disadvantage of this item. Remember to include two advantages and two disadvantages.
Conclusion:
Use the following sentence to complete your essay
“To sum up we can see that the ___________________ is a useful object that is able to help people to_____________________.
Writing Task:
Now that you understand the structure of the essay use your ideas from the planning stage to write an essay describing the object. Use the lined paper provided and submit your completed task at the end of the period.
Challenge Writing Task:
Using the structures that you have been taught trying this challenge writing task by describing the images below. Remember to use the provided lined paper
Electric Drill:
Pneumatic Crane:
