Text 1: Letter to Selma in which you tell her what you would do if you inherited part of her money. January 15, 2002
(Text written in class)
Dear Selma,
How are you? I hope you are fine.
Here in the Himalaya, it’s very very cold. It’s snowing. Round of my cave, there are at least 8 meters snow.
Last week, unfortunately, my mammuth died. He was killed by a avalanche.
You are very old now, and I think it’s time make a will.
I wanted to say that if you spend me your money, i would be able to buy a new mammut. They aren’t very cheap! I also would renovate my cave and buy some new weapons to hunt the climbers in my region.
Now I’m going to bury my mammut.
Hope I see you soon.
All the best!
Yeti
Text 1 with linkers, February 5, 2002
(Homework)
Dear Selma,
How are you? I hope you are fine.
Here in the Himalayas, it’s very very cold. It’s snowing. Around my cave, there are at least 8 meters of snow.
Last week, unfortunately, my mammoth died. He was killed by an avalanche.
You are very old now, and I think it’s time to make a will.
I wanted to say that if you left your money to me, I would be able to buy a new mammoth. They aren’t very cheap! I d’ also renovate my cave and buy some new weapons to hunt the climbers in my region.
Now I’m going to bury my mammoth.
I hope to see you soon.
All the best!
Yeti
Writing (test unit 8), February 25, 2002
Instructions:
Think back of the beginning of the drama. There is the possibility that you could inherit a lot of money from your old aunt Selma in Florida. Write a text of about 100-150 words in which you speculate about a possible inheritance from her. Use correct forms of conditionals. Please count the words and write the number under the text Use linkers in your text (at least 3-5)!
I think it’s nearly impossible that I inherit all, or a part o Selmas money. If I were her favorite nefew, she maybe would give me the money. But I didn’t see her for a while and althouth I never ganve her a birtday present.
But if I get the money, I would buy a big house with a big garden and a wonderful view over the lake of Zurich.
When I really will inherit the money, I have to do something. Maybe I must give her a call to ask her how she is?
Anyway; whether I get the money or not, I wouldn’t be happier than now. (113 words)
Writing (test unit 9) April 16, 2002
Instructions:
Write a text of about 150 words in which you include the following information. Topic: past and future houses/flats.
- One of the nicest houses/flats you have lived in or spent your holiday in (explain why this was so good, where it was, who you shared it with etc.)
- Describe where you plan to live in the future. Say in what type of house you want to live and why.
- Finally, describe a dream house/flat/mansion of yours if you didn’t have to worry about money. Say where it would be, what there would be in/around it and why you would want to have it that way.
You can invent everything!
Please count the words and write the number under the text.
Once, in the summer holiday, we were in a nice, little house near the "Garda-See” in Italy. It wasn’t very big inside, but outside was a swimming pool. From there, you could see the whole lake with the boats and the water-skier. I think that was fife or six years ago. I was there with my family.
In the future, I plan to earn as much money as possible and I’ll have two or three houses.
One of them will be on the east coast of Florida withe a big garden, a private beach, some Palm trees and a garage for my cars. The other must be in the middle of a big city. It may be a flat in the 100st floor of a tower. The third, I think, could be here on the lake of Zurich. But it must be a house withe a garden and a little beach. But I don’t think that I’ll ever have so much money. If not, i would buy at least the house on the lake of Zurich. (179 words)
Composition April 4, 2002
(Homework)
Instructions from the coursebook Countdown to First Certificate:
The following comment was printed in an international magazine: Winning a fortune doesn’t always make people happy.
Your teacher has asked you to write a composition on this subject, saying if you agree or disagree.
Write your composition (120-180 words).
In many countries, people play lotteries. They spend a lot of money only to play, but i think, most of them have never won more than maybe 10 Pounds.
In my opinion, playing lottery is very funny. It’s very exciting to open the lottery ticket and see if you have won or not. Mostly, you haven’t won. Or sometimes maybe a little bit.
If i ever win a fortune, I would be very happy. At first, I would go to the next BMW garage to buy a car, and then, I would go on a long trip through the whole world.
On the other hand, you can loose a fortune buying the lottery tickets, and there more ways to make much money without gambling.
Teacher’s comment:
You have partially succeeded in using the structure of the text as given in the book. However, §2 should refer to ideas about what people could do in general with a win rather than only you yourself.
In §3, list more negative aspects of a lottery windfall.
Finally, add a fourth paragraph!
Rewritten version of the composition April 16, 2002
(Homework)
In many countries, people play lotteries. They spend a lot of money only to play, but I think most of them have never won more than a small amount.
In my opinion, playing lottery is a lot of fun. It’s very exciting to open the lottery ticket and see if you have won or not. Most of the time you haven’t won, or sometimes maybe a little bit.
On the other hand, you can lose a fortune by buying the lottery tickets. Some people can’t stop gambling and try many diffrent ways to play with the luck. They become poorer and finaly, they sleep under the bridge.
If I ever won a fortune, I would be very happy. At first, i would go to the next BMW garage to buy a car, and then, I would go on a long trip around the world. But I think there are many other ways to make much money without gambling.