Non-fiction: Modern Life

Open Ended

What kind of food do you eat and what do you think about it?

Open Ended

What kind of place do you live in and what do you think about it?

Open Ended

What do you think are the most concerning issues about life today?

​To write any kind of non-fiction essay , we first need to think about the organisation of points.

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Multiple Choice

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Lester was lost. He didn't know where he was, or how to get where he was going. He had left the directions at home and he didn't have a map. Now, he was in a strange neighborhood and he was confused. If he could find a familiar landmark, he might figure things out.

• Wanting a map

• Lester was lost

• Getting Directions

• Going to a party

Multiple Choice

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1.      Baseball has been a part of American life for more than 100 years. There are 29 professional teams in 27 American cities and hundreds of minor league teams throughout the 50 states. More Americans attend major league baseball games than any other professional team sport in the United States. Baseball is a part of American slang, fashion, music, and movies.

 

• Baseball Stadiums

• Baseball in American culture

• minor league baseball

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1.      Many people buy lottery tickets, but not many win. Even fewer give away their prize. Paul Sherman, a fast food assistant manager, won £10,000 in the lottery and decided to give the money to a youth club. The club's director could not believe Paul's generosity. Paul didn't think it was any big deal. "The kids need it more than I do," he said.

 

• THe Lottery

• The Dangers of Gambling

• One man's generousity

• Picking the winning number

Multiple Choice

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14. For most of us, getting older means getting better. We might not have as much energy as we used to, but we know how to use it more efficiently. We think more clearly. We have more experience and get less intimidated. We're more focused on what we love best. That's what maturity is all about.

• A bad situation

• Problems of the elderly

• Advantage of getting older

• Getting older is a normal part of life

Multiple Choice

1.      Farming has changed a lot since 1800. Half the people in the UK worked on farms 200 years ago. Today, less than 2% of the population does. Animals used to do the bulk of the work on farms. Now machines, such as tractors, are used. Another change in UK agriculture is the amount of land used for farming; today's f5. Farming has changed a lot since 1800. Half the people in the UK worked on farms 200 years ago. Today, less than 2% of the population does. Animals used to do the bulk of the work on farms. Now machines, such as tractors, are used. Another change in UK agriculture is the amount of land used for farming; today's farmers produce more food, using much less land.armers produce more food, using much less land.

• Changes in farming

• Tractors and farming

• Farming in the UK

• Hard work on farms