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Post-15: Semester 2 Task

Dear All, to complete this semester you need to be ready with the following tasks: 1.  A summary  of an article with an explanation of why you have chosen it and a set of 3 questions to go with it: a) What would you like to learn from it? b) What information from it you knew? c) What information is / was not clear? Please,   choose an article that discusses some urgent/vital/very important/urgent/up-to-date issue Word limit: 250 - 270 words 2. An essay: 280-300 words choose between the options below a) A for-and-against essay b) An opinion essay   c) A solution to problems essay Choose different topics for tasks 1 & 2   3.  A reflection note  about the activities you have been offered this semester:    Y our summary will be graded according to the criteria you can access by following the link https://bit.ly/2LcQsz0   Reflection note: Follow the link to the Reflective note evaluation criteria https://bit.ly/2WCFebH you should comment o

Post-14: My Story beginning. Help needed

Dear All,  I'd like to share with you the beginning of my story which I got stuck with. Can you help me out? Imagine yourself on a long train journey which you have to take to visit with your friend you haven’t seen for a long time. When you enter the train compartment you see that your companion on it will be   a man in his 40-ies. He is rather good-looking but at the same time there is something not quite pleasant about him. You can’t quite say what it is but soon you begin to realize that it is his stubborn nature. No matter what you start talking about he immediately finds smth. to contradict you. Just imagine that you mention your opinion about the developing scandal in the corporate world. He immediately finds some arguments in support of the people involved. They did not expect the situation to develop the way it is? They could not foresee the outcomes of their actions? Can they be then considered real professionals? ­­­­ But I am getting off the track. So, as the

Post-13: Generating your own strories

Dear All, are you superstitious? Hope you are not. The reason why I have to mention this is that the Post I've created for today is number 13. However I'm hoping that it woudn't prevent you from creating an interesting story. How? Here is the explanation: http://writingexercises.co.uk/plotgenerator.php By following the link above you will access a form with the help of which you will be able to receive all the necessary elements for you to create a story. You will get the following details: The main character Character 2 Setting Situation Theme Character action What you need to do is develop your own strory, using this information. You have 3 attempts at choosing the story elements if you do not like the first or the second one that is generated. Your story should be in the genre of your choice: for example, it could be a love story, an adventure story, a thriller or some other kind of story if you wish. You should be able to finish writing it duringf the