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In the FCE paper, you had to choose between 'AFFECT' and 'EFFECT'. Now, take the time to learn the difference . From the linked website : Affect  and  effect  are easy to mix up. Here’s the short version of how to use affect vs. effect.  Affect  is usually a verb, and it means to impact or change.  Effect  is usually a noun, an effect is the result of a change.  Watch out! There are certain situations and fixed phrases that break the general usage rules for these words.

FCE Pollution Paper 2AGB responses Lucie’s response. Every country in the world has problems with pollution. Our goal here is to do our best to find solutions to three ways pollution damages our environment. First, everybody uses a type of transportation to go to work, to school or to see friends and family. However, cars and buses create a lot of polluting gases. Governments should improve electrical transportation while also encouraging people to walk and to uses their bikes more often. Second, rivers are seas are also polluted by toxic substances. We know factories are pouring their liquid waste into the rivers, which then flow into our seas and oceans. Each country’s government must fine and punish such actions and organize the systematic clean-up of their waters. Finally, a lot of people throw their waste on the ground. Such regular actions are not only damaging the environment but is also very unpleasant. People should be taught to throw their waste in the ap...

Watch the following video about " Spending a Year in Space " and write a short summary. Given our recent work for FCE, give particular focus to how he feels about how polluted the earth is becoming. (we will do more work on the International Space Station later on in the year). -- The BBC's introduction:  A year away from home, with great views... the International Space Station is not your typical holiday destination. But for astronaut Scott Kelly, it was 340 days he cherished. Here he tells the BBC how he spent his time.

Watch the following disturbing video . Imagine that you are the journalist in questions, and write a quick email home to your parents/friend to explain what you saw and how it made you feel.

Watch Cornerboys, a poetic and creepy production written by one of my friends, Jamie Ridenhour. Then watch his House of Yaga , which is based on the Slavic folktale of Baba Yaga . Write a short letter to Jamie Ridenhour, explaining your reaction to his work. I will post your letters to him! If you like his style, he has just launched a series of podcasts at Palimpset !

The BBC has the following website which offers very good advice about writing paragraphs . Please take the necessary time to read through and learn from the page.

Student Questions: I thought I'd deal with the question  "How does Gary Soto in his poem 'Oranges' convey his narrator's first romantic experience using figurative language, characterization and imagery, including other appeals to senses"  so does that mean I have to talk about  the figurative language in paragraph #1,  characterization in paragraph #2 and imagery/senses in a third paragraph?  I also can't really see the difference between the point and the explanation in the PEE chain... For example if I write that "the reader can really feel the fog through the poem" is that a point of the 3rd paragraph or the explanation of an imagery? My answers: First, don't worry about essay writing not being your strong point... generally ones writing style and confidence evolves over time :-) Second, the trick when writing for me is to know you can adapt and change the essay questions. So, if you are not motivated by ...