A letter from a faraway place

Firstly, let me welcome our new ESO-3 students: you're new to the level and to this blog too!

Secondly, the writing task... Well, imagine yourself in a remote land, a very distant place you want to be, or you're are in with your friends on a school trip. Do you imagine it? Now, write a letter to your best friend, a really close friend you usually exange confidences with. Tell him/her how exotic the place is, what you're doing there (visiting, exploring, taking notes for a school project...), what you're visiting next, whatever anecdotes you find amusing, etc.

Not enough ideas? Then, have a look at the models in your school books.

Strange but true

OK, ESO-4, you've got all excited about mysteries, and you're ready to tell us all about the strangest experience in your life. Did you see a bright object too near outside while you were flying on an plane? How can you explain those non-human noises you heard when all lights went off, and you were alone at home? Who did that tiny head at the end of a long, long neck belong to, the one that stuck out of the sea surface in the distance while you were swimming near the beach?

Anyway, how do you like this beginning?

It was a windy night. I was lying in bed when I heard some strange sounds. First, I heard some howling outside. 'It's only the dog', I said...

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Frankie and Mary

It's BAT-1's turn now! Good Frankie's back to keep us all a little... anxious. However, what do we know about Frankie's mummy, Mary Shelley? Let's make them, BAT-1, struggle with the following question:

Mary Shelley was only nineteen and was expecting a baby when she wrote Frankenstein. Imagine yourself in two years from now, and put yourself in her place. How would you feel?

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Help friend Andy

OK, we’re back, and this time it’s for real again! Our friends in BAT-2 will try to throw some light on the following problem concerning the famous ‘Three Laws of Robotics’:

'In what order should a robot (like friend Andy in the picture) do these three things: protect itself, protect human beings, obey orders?'

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