1. Write a letter to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (who select about the amount of depressing content on the English course. Describe the possible impact of such content on students and suggest alternative texts for the syllabus.
2. Write a persuasive article for your school magazine about the harmlessness of telling a white lie if it spares someone’s feelings.
3. Write a short story set in the ‘rats’ alley’ of the First World War over the course of a single day.