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WRITING A REVIEW: sample with teacher's feedback

Writing Class: Review How good are you at the Writing paper? Do you have difficulty thinking of what to say? Do you pay enough attention to organisation? Do you often make silly grammar or spelling mistakes? Or do you think your writing is of a pretty high standard? Below you'll find authentic answers to some of the tasks that have appeared in Flo-Joe's Writing Class. Have a look and see how they compare to your own work.:  Writing Class - Makeovers   Words on your mind – rave review ( Macmillan blog) HOMEWORK. Writing a book review (ANSWERS) Exercise 2: 1. P 2. N 3. P 4. P 5. N 6. N 7. P 8. N 9. N 10. P 11. N 12. N Exercise 4: 1. heroine 2. childhood 3. internal 4. unfold 5. protagonists 6. cope 7. moved 8. appeal 9. indifferent 10. narration HOMEWORK. Writing a film review (ANSWERS) Exercise 2 a) A film I've enjoyed b) What made me want to see it c) It was directed d) it starts e) is set f) The problem is that g) play...

WRITING REVIEWS

Steven Soderbergh bids farewell to cinema in style – with a gripping psychological thriller about big pharma and mental health that cruelly leaves you craving one last fix. ( Side Effects – The Guardian review ) Side Effects is an old school psychological thriller (you never quite know who to trust...) directed by Steven Soderbergh. It stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Channing Tatum. It was released in the US on February 8th, 2013. An edge-of-your-seat thriller!! BBC Talking Movies:   http://www.bbc.com/news/av/21351882/soderberghs-thrilling-curtain-call   (listening activity: video) How to write a review 1 : Hints and useful language How to write a review 2 : Skyfall How to write a review 3: positive and negative adjectives C1 2016-17 required reading:   Notes From a Big Country by Bill Bryson Review 1 Review 2

'Side Effects': one pill makes you murder

Side Effects is an old school psychological thriller (you never quite know who to trust...) directed by Steven Soderbergh. It stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Channing Tatum. It was released in the US on February 8th, 2013. An edge-of-your-seat thriller. Side Effect review BBC Talking Movies :  Director Steven Soderbergh bows out of film with thrille r  (listening exercise) Oscar 2013 : As it happened ( The Telegraph )