WRITING ACTIVITY
2° Anno
Choose one of the three essays and write between 200-250 words in clearly
indicated paragraphs.
January 2000
1. New Year’s Eve 2000: describe how you and the world spent the last night of 1999
2. Describe how your city or town has changed in the last ten years
3. Many women are having their first child when they are over 40: what are the advantages and
disadvantages of this? Discuss.
May 2000
1. Describe your feelings about the new wave of technology (computers, cellular phones, etc) and its
influence on your life and life in general.
2. Describe a special day in your life.
3. Write an article for an American college newspaper in which you talk about the Foreign Language
Faculty at the University of Turin. Talk about its good and bad points.
September 2000
1. Describe a recent book or film that you have read or seen and liked. Explain what the book or
film was about and why you liked it.
2. Describe the strangest thing that has ever happened to you in your life.
3. Describe the type of job you would like to do after graduating from University.
January 2001
1. Shopping is a useful leisure activity . Agree or disagree.
2. My favourite part of Turin (or the part I like least).
3. My first day at university.
May 2001
1.
English will replace Italian before long. Agree or disagree.
2.
Imagine a perfect university. Describe what it would be like.
3.
Write an account of an experience that affected you deeply, either positively or negatively.
September 2001
1. Your relationship with computers and computer technology.
2. Describe the television show, performer or musical personality that you think exhibits the most lack of
taste.
3. Write an account of a day spent in a foreign country.
January 2002
1. Winter
2. Quiz shows on television
3. The changeover to euros
May 2002
1. The older I get ………
2. Football.
3. Studying two foreign languages
September 2002
1. The most memorable course I have ever attended (at school, university or elsewhere)
2. Is it better to spend your spare time on your own or in a group? Why?
3. Italy is getting more and more like other countries nowadays. Agree or disagree
January 2003
1. Films can tell us a lot about the country in which they were made. What have you learned
about a country from watching its movies? Use specific examples and details to support your
response.
2. What group of people is the most important influence on young adults? Some people think that
the family is the most important influence while some others think its friends and yet others
think the school is the most influential. Which view do you agree with? Use specific examples
and details to support your response.
3. How life has changed since Sept. 11th 2001.
May 2003
1. Italians abroad
2. How Things Have Changed!
3. The Seven Ages of Man (from infancy to old age) – Which one is the best?
September 2003
1. How European do you feel?
2. People are still judged in society by the way they dress. How far do you think this is justifiable?
3. The more we try to try to make our lives easier, the more we seem to complicate it. Do you agree or
disagree?