Poverty
A B2 discussion-writing worksheet with eight prompts about poverty. Students develop opinions with reasons, examples or personal experience, then compare their work with page 2 model responses.
What’s in the worksheet?
- 8 discussion-writing prompts about poverty
- Reasons, examples and personal experience
- Developed B2 model responses on page 2
Develop eight B2 responses about poverty, basic needs, possible solutions, inequality and hypothetical loss. The sheet asks learners to explain concepts and challenge unsupported assumptions.
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Before the lesson
Clarify poverty line, income and essential needs. Keep household finances private and allow general or fictional examples; national figures are not supplied.
- Explain poverty and a poverty line, then identify a specific barrier rather than blaming a whole group.
- Develop a response about reducing poverty with a proposed action and a reason it might help.
- Use page 2's models to revise an income estimate or inequality claim: state the place, household assumptions and any uncertainty.
Support and extension
Support with One barrier is... and This could help because.... Extend by identifying which claims need reliable figures. Do not require a disclosure of hardship or turn the task into a personal budget. The models illustrate reasoning, not verified national poverty statistics.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
