This document contains sample passages for an English writing exam that focuses on a variety of topics including online learning versus in-person learning, changes in how people consume media, and preferences around school. It provides vocabulary words and short prompts for students to incorporate into their writing.
This document contains sample passages for an English writing exam that focuses on a variety of topics including online learning versus in-person learning, changes in how people consume media, and preferences around school. It provides vocabulary words and short prompts for students to incorporate into their writing.
This document contains sample passages for an English writing exam that focuses on a variety of topics including online learning versus in-person learning, changes in how people consume media, and preferences around school. It provides vocabulary words and short prompts for students to incorporate into their writing.
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binge-______ eagerness latter / former
(back) in the golden in this Internet age Put (sth) at your era of... fingertips in part...and in part all for mourn more often than not pressure (someone) cater to / for to (do sth)
A. Back (1)______________________ of publication, people used to
consume printed books, newspapers and magazines (2)___________ because of the few choices of entertainment _______________ because online reading platforms and inventions like the Kindle had yet to be launched. However, in this (3)_________________, anyone can have online access, which (4)_______ information at all of our _______________. Therefore, instead of utilizing the traditional methods, people acquire news and read fanfictions online, (5)_________________________.
B. Which is better - having online lessons or conducting them face to
face? I, personally, am (6)______________ the (7)___________ as being able to see my students enables me to have a grasp on whether they are on task and whether or not they understand what’s being taught. I can (8)__________ off-task students _____ complete their classwork and can also adjust my teaching speed to (9)___________ to different students’ needs.
However, I think many students may (10)__________ about coming
back to school soon and may not have much (11)____________ for sitting in their hard chairs for five hours. I’m pretty sure they’d rather stay home and (12) _______ watch a couple more seasons of something on Netflix. Am I right? LOL
Peter Swirski - From Literature To Biterature - Lem, Turing, Darwin, and Explorations in Computer Literature, Philosophy of Mind, and Cultural Evolution-Mcgill Queens University Press (2013)