EssaysHow to write these essays
Most of these topics have two sides: uses and misuses, advantages and disadvantages, boon and curse. Give each side its own paragraph, with examples, and then give your own balanced view in the conclusion. Do not sit on the fence in the last line; say clearly what you think.
For health and sports, write from experience: the game you play, the food you eat, how you feel after exercise.
A plan for a two-sided topic
- Opening: say what the thing is and how common it has become.
- Uses: three or four, with an example from study, work or daily life.
- Misuses or dangers: three or four, again with examples.
- How to use it well: rules a sensible student follows, such as fixed screen time.
- Closing: your own clear view.
A plan for health, yoga and sports
- Explain the idea or the proverb.
- Say what keeps the body and mind healthy: food, sleep, exercise, cleanliness.
- Say what harms them.
- Describe your own routine or the game you play.
- End with the gain: a healthy person can study, work and enjoy life.
Words that help
Invention, device, communication, information, online classes, social media, addiction, cyber crime, privacy, eyesight, posture, fitness, stamina, teamwork, sportsmanship, concentration, balanced diet, peace of mind.
Mistakes examiners notice
- Writing only the uses, or only the dangers, when the title asks for both.
- Brand names and app names all through the essay. Write "a messaging app", not the name of one.
- Health claims that sound like medicine, such as saying that yoga cures every disease. Say what is safely true: regular exercise helps the body and the mind.
- A conclusion that says "it is both good and bad" and stops. Say what makes the difference: how we use it.