1. Shocking Times Which side are you on?

2. How much can you remember? What is “ After Shock ” ? It is A sweet liqueur, tastes like cinnamon or peppermint Nothing soft about the drink, as strong as whisky Bright color and sweet taste The perfect way to get extremely drunk and fast

3. An example to prove it is deadly: A 16 year-old girl Went out with her boyfriend and some friends to a bar and then a party Got sick at 3 am No one could wake her up She died in hospital

4. Feelings and Advice Her mother was devastated. She had never thought for a minute that it would kill her daughter. She hopes other young people will realise how dangerous alcohol can be.

5. Magazine story Topic sentence Facts Opinions

6. Writer ’ s opinion Positive ( ) Encouraging Optimistic Sympathetic Amused Negative (  ) Doubtful Scornful Sarcastic critical Neutral (-) factual

7. Vocabulary Binge drinking Underage drinking Drink driving Drunkard Teetotaller

8. Discussion topic What are the problems of underage drinking? Underage drinking health studies Interpersonal relationship family peers get bad company

9. Narrative writing: complete the story with 100 words One day, when I was having lunch with my classmates, I was shocked to see that my best friend, Jo, was drinking a can of beer alone in a fast food shop. Although I knew Jo was rather depressed because she had been in trouble at school, I went to her, trying to warn her against the danger of underage drinking.

10. Writing Task (250 words) Recently, you have found that some of your schoolmates are buying beer at lunch time. You are writing an article to the school newspaper to warn them about the problems of drinking. Begin your article with what you have seen; then explain the problems. End your article with some advice.

11. Hong Kong SAG What is the topic sentence of the web article? What does the writer want the readers to do? What kind of writing is this one? Argumentative Narrative Persuasive Informative

12. Sub-headings How many? What are they? Smokers are discriminated against Business Civil rights health government action

13. Refutation: Are these true? Banning smoking is harmful to some business.  It is our civil right to smoke.  No link between passive smoking and lung cancer and heart disease  The government receive millions of dollars in taxes from tobacco sales  There are a lot of smokers in HK. 

14. Writing task You have just read an article from HKSAG on the web asking people to join their protest marches. You are going to post a response to persuade the public not to join these. Look at each of the points raised in the article and write a refute to argue against them.