Writing 2 — free production (8 marks)
Writing — Task 2 (free / semi-controlled production, about 8 marks).
You have noticed that your schoolmates are using their mobile phones excessively.
Write a 12-line article for your school blog, entitled “Wise Use of Technology”, to explain how the excessive use of mobiles and other digital machines can affect health and social life. Suggest at least two practical rules for healthier use of technology and the internet.
Support your ideas with concrete examples (games apps, constant notifications, late-night screens…). Aim for about twelve lines.
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Model article (≈12 lines)
Wise Use of Technology
Mobile phones and other digital machines are useful inventions, yet many teenagers treat the internet as a second home. First, excessive screen time disturbs sleep when notifications keep the brain alert long after midnight. Moreover, constant gaming or scrolling can reduce face-to-face talk and make group work at school harder. Technology should remain a tool, not a master: a student who checks every message during meals slowly loses real conversation. In addition, addiction to digital apps can raise stress and eye strain. Therefore, two simple rules help. Keep phones outside the bedroom after ten o'clock, and switch off the machine during family meals and sport. Used with care, invention and the internet stay servants of learning rather than enemies of health.
Assessment criteria (official shape — 2017 contrôle / shared free-writing grid)
- Adherence to task and content adequacy — 3 marks: title respected; effects on health and social life; concrete examples; practical rules.
- Language (grammar and vocabulary) — 3 marks: accurate structures, technology vocabulary used correctly.
- Mechanics of writing (spelling / punctuation / capitalisation) — 2 marks.
Length around twelve lines; ideas must stay relevant to wise use of technology.