Advanced Essay Structures

B2 · Upper-intermediate54 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 7 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: choose the right essay architecture for any Task 2 question in 30 seconds — and defend the choice.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Architecture before bricks

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Beyond the Basic Essay

    Read a 276-word text about Beyond the Basic Essay

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Structural Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Structure to Question Type

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Topic Sentence Construction

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Improve Essay Organization

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: plan two essays in ten minutes

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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