IPP IELTS – AIM 6+

CYCLE 01 | LESSON 06
WRITING LESSON 06
OPINION ESSAYS – STRONG OPINION ESSAYS
TOPIC 34: CRIME / PUNISHMENT / LAW
TOPIC 15: SCIENCE / SPACE EXPLORATION

Writing Task 02 – In-class Topic – CRIME PREVENTION:

Some people who have been in prison become good citizens later = EX-CRIMINALS
= REHABILITATED CRIMINALS = EX-OFFENDERS=REFORMED OFFENDERS,
and it is often argued that these are the best people to talk to teenagers=THE YOUNG
about the dangers of committing a crime. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Ideas and vocabulary brainstorming

Key words of the question above

STRONGLY ARGREE PARTLY AGREE

THESIS STATEMENT: I am totally convinced that THESIS STATEMENT: While conversations with ex-
organizing conversations with ex-offenders is the best offenders can greatly contribute to youth crime
way to preempt juvenile delinquency. => prevention, I would argue that they are far from being
CONCLUSION the best method. => CONCLUSION
BODY PAR 01: the effectiveness of talks with ex- BODY PAR 01: the effectiveness of talks with ex-
offenders offenders
+ IDEAS – WRITE IN 3 SENTENCES: share their
experience about criminal lifestyles / ways to resist the
temptation of involving in crime / understand the
consequences of committing crime [can give further
details here => criminal records => hard to reintegrate
into community / face discrimination by others / struggle
after being released from prison ] / understand the abject
living condition in prisons => these vivid stories => help
raise the young’s awareness / warn them about/against
=> be encouraged to refrain from committing crimes.
BODY PAR 02: other crime-fighting methods are less BODY PAR 02: However, other methods are proven to
effective be more effective, making talks with reformed
+ METHOD 01: crime education at school / taught by offenders not the best approach to crime.

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teachers => merely focus on theoretical knowledge / no
interesting story => fail to appeal to the young
+ METHOD 02: talks conducted by police => the
police represent the local authority => question the
authority of the police / less attentive to such talks
+ METHOD 03: close parental supervision => the
young might feel overwhelmed / uncomfortable being
closely watched => rebellious behavior
IPP IELTS – AIM 6+
CYCLE 01 | LESSON 06
+ METHOD 01: crime education at school / taught by
teachers / make us of videos/films/images => offer more
interactive learning
+ METHOD 02: close parental supervision and
guidance => daily interact with teenagers / detect early
signs of unusual behavior of the young => timely
interventions to prevent => effectively ensure the young
……..

Thesis statement

I am totally convinced that organizing conversations with ex-offenders is the best way to preempt juvenile delinquency.
There are other methods to the problem, but they are not of the same level of effectiveness of the aforementioned
one. METHOD 01 - Crime education at school, for instance, offers lessons merely focusing on theoretical knowledge
and lacking vivid stories or handson experience, which would fail to appeal to the young. METHOD 02 - Besides that,
strict parental supervision would be counter-effective, as children might feel overwhelmed and uncomfortable being
watched closely watched, WHICH WOULD LEAD TO rebellious behaviours.

While organizing conversations with ex-offenders can greatly contribute to youth crime prevention, I would argue that
they are far from being the best method. Children nowadays can learn criminal education taught by teachers at school,
in which videos and other equipment are added to make lessons more appealing to the young, hence their attention
to such lessons. Offering those interactive learning experiences would basically help to raise the young’s awareness
and warn them against committing crimes. Moreover, close parental supervision and guidance can also be an effective
method since parents are the ones who have daily interactions with their offspring and they can early detect signs of
unusual behaviors of the young. Therefore, timely interventions can be made to effectively ensure that they would not
be involved in crime commitment.

Writing Task 02 – Homework Topic:

Space exploration requires vast sums of money. Is the amount of money spent on space
research justifiable?

HOMEWORK GUIDANCE
1. Type of essay: Strong opinion essay OR BALANCED
STRONG: I would argue that investments in space
exploration would be a waste of public money.
BODY PAR 01 – explain why space exploration is
meaningless / useless
BALANCED: Despite the benefits of space
exploration, I believe it is more important for the
government to invest in other fields.
BODY PAR 01 – the benefits/outcomes of space

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 IPP IELTS – AIM 6+
CYCLE 01 | LESSON 06
Outcomes: information / images about other planets / exploration => understand the origin / the
rockets launched into the space => ICONIC / with no formation of the Earth planet / the geographical
direct impacts on improving our daily lives on Earth features of the Earth / the development of
BODY PAR 02 – why other fields are more important to satellite technology => the foundation for other
invest in important inventions such as the internet /
weather forecasts / light-weight materials
BODY PAR 02 – why other fields are more
important to invest in
+ the healthcare sector [construct more
hospitals / invest in new medicine and vaccine
research projects / upgrade facilities / provide
insurance for the poor => reach out to millions
of people / save lives => ENORMOUS
TANGIBLE OUTCOMES…
+ education [ increase access to education ]
CORRECTED
It is undeniable about the huge outcomes of space exploration throughout the whole process.
= The ENORMOUS outcomes of space exploration ARE HARD TO IGNORE =
UNDENIABLE. Thanks to the achievements of space exploration, people are able to understand
valuable knowledge such as the origin and the formation of our planet, the geographical features
of the Earth, which massively contribute to further experiments and the humankind’s
developmentand the development of other fields. One of the most important of such invention
is which related to the invention of the satellite technology since it lays the groundwork for other
innovative inventions namely the Internet, weather forecast and light-weight materials, which
have significantly improved the quality of lives / have directly transformed lives on Earth..

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