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LESSON 6

WRITING

Description of pie charts

LESSON 6

WRITING
Pictionary

WARM-UP

PRE-WRITING

WHILE-WRITING

• Task 1: Choose the correct answer.
• Task 2: Complete the descriptions.
Task 3: Write a pie chart description.

POST-WRITING

CONSOLIDATION

Peer review
• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP

PRE-WRITING
1

Study the pie charts on the next page and choose the correct
answer A or B.

The pie charts below compare the main news sources for
young adults and old people according to a survey in 2022.
Old people

Young adults
26%
35%

23%
42%

6%
29%

6%

33%
TV

Printed Newspapers

Online news sites

Others

PRE-WRITING
1

Study the pie charts on the next page and choose the correct
answer A or B.

1. In general, which news source was very
popular with both age groups?
A. Television.
B. Printed
newspapers.
2. Which news source was least popular among
young adults?
A. Printed newspapers. B. Online news sites.

PRE-WRITING
1

Study the pie charts on the next page and choose the correct
answer A or B.

3. Which news source was least popular among
old people?
A. Printed newspapers.
B. Online news
sites.
4. Printed newspapers were old
people's _____ choice of news source.
A. top
B. second

PRE-WRITING
1

Study the pie charts on the next page and choose the correct
answer A or B.

5. Other sources of news were
chosen by around _________ of
the people in both age groups.
A. a quarter
B. half

PRE-WRITING
2

Complete the following descriptions of the
charts in 1.

as opposed to
meanwhile
while
most popular
The pie charts compare the main news sources for young adults
and old people according to a survey in 2022.
Overall, television was the (1) ______________
most popular source of news
for both age groups. It was chosen by 42 per cent of old people,
and more than one third of young adults. (2) __________,
more
young adults turned to the Internet for news. The figure
Meanwhile
was 33 per cent for young adults (3) _____________ just 6 per
cent
for old people.
as opposed
to

PRE-WRITING
2

Complete the following descriptions of the
charts in 1.

as opposed to
while

meanwhile
most popular

By contrast, printed newspapers were the second choice of
news source for old people with 29 per cent (4) _________
whileonly
6 per cent of young adults reported getting their news from
printed newspapers. In both age groups, around a quarter
relied on other sources for news.

PRE-WRITING
Complete the following descriptions of the
2 charts in 1. Use the words and phrases in the
Tips box.
To describe pie charts, you should:
• introduce and describe the most outstanding feature of the pie charts, e.g.
The pie charts show information about/
illustrate/compare ... Overall, ...
• make comparisons, using comparatives and superlatives, e.g. ... was more ...
than .../
• compare data, using linking words at the beginning of the sentence, e.g.
similarly, by contrast, meanwhile, at the beginning, around a quarter relied on
other sources for news. the beginning of a noun phrase, e.g. as compared
with, as opposed to, both.

WHILEWRITING
Write a description (120–150 words) of the
3
charts below.
Teenagers

Young adults
26%

4%

35%

37%
52%
7%
33%

6%

23%

TV

42%

6%

Printed Newspapers
Online news sites

29%

Others

Old people

POSTWRITING

Cross-checking
Suggested writing rubric
1. Organization: …/10
2. Legibility: …/10
3. Ideas: …/10
4. Word choice: …/10
5. Grammar use: …/10
TOTAL: …/50

CONSOLIDATIO
N
1 Wrap-up

What have you learnt today?
• Synthesise and summarise information in
order to write a pie chart description.

CONSOLIDATION
2 Homework
• Do exercises in the workbook.
• Prepare for Lesson 7 – Communication & Culture.
• Rewrite the paragraph in the notebooks.

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