The document provides four options for a 200-250 word opinion essay on a health-related topic. The first option asks about the importance of personal health habits, including the benefits of healthy habits and consequences of unhealthy ones. It asks what initiatives the author has taken and difficulties in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The second option asks about minor injuries or illnesses and their best and worst aspects. The third option asks about a personal experience at the emergency room, including introducing the story, two body paragraphs on what happened and how it finished, and an overall opinion. The document provides vocabulary and structures related to health for inclusion and instructions on essay organization.

1. Writing assignment
Health. Write an opinion essay (200-250 words) on one of the four choices
below.
1. Personal Health. Discuss the importance of beginning (or maintaining)
healthy habits. What are the benefits of doing so and the consequences of
not doing so? What initiatives have you taken to promote your personal
health? In other words, what can you do to become healthier? Finally,
discuss some difficulties you encounter that hinder you from maintaining a
healthy lifestyle. You should include three paragraphs in the body of your composition (1 -
benefits and consequences of having or not having healthy habits, 2 - things you can do to
become healthier, 3 - things that make it difficult for you to follow a healthy lifestyle).
2. Think about some (minor) injuries or illnesses. Then write a little bit about
each of them stating the best and the worst things each of these injuries
or illnesses might have. You may also include some personal information
about some health problems you’ve had so far as an example.
3. Have you ever been to the ER? Write an anecdote about your experience
when using the service. First, you should introduce the story; then include two
paragraphs in the body of your composition (1 – what happened , 2 – how the story finishes):
Finally, an overall opinion about the experience.
Try to include new vocabulary and structures (food (off-putting, spicy,
fattening, greasy, bland, filling, a fussy eater, ready meals, homemade,
healthy choices, a bite to eat, eat like a horse, turned out to be, a nasty cut,
a bump, to sprain an ankle, feel dizzy, take one’s vital signs, feel itchy, side
effects, feel under the weather, to lead to heart attacks, pick up a virus,
incurable, medical condition, get medical checkups, prescribe some
medication, medical costs, symptoms, a Jack-of-all-trades, ER).
Also, don’t forget to organize your essay:
- use paragraphs and connectors
- check punctuation
- if you type the essay on the computer, use double space. If you
handwrite it, please leave some space between the lines!
Get writing!