EBAU: SOME EXAMPLES

Over the years at high school, students are taught to write different types of essays, read and think critically about texts. In their last year of bachillerato, students are asked to do exams similar to the one called EBAU they need to do in Extremadura before going to university.

In the text, after reading a text, students are asked to write a composition in the first question. On 20 December my students had to choose between two options: an opinion essay or a narrative.
Here you can see some examples written by the students:

OPINION ESSAY:  Do you think all company names should be very original? Why or why not?

Example 1: 

   Nowadays there are lots of companies around the world and each one has a different name. From my point of view the name of a company is very important and it must be original.

   Firstly, the name of the company is the first thing you see and hear from it. So, if it is original, you will remember easily. Secondly, when the people hear an original name want to know more about it and that is really good for the company.

   To sum up, the name of a company has to be original because it helps to create audience and people will remember the company thanks to its name.

Lucía Banda Nieto-Guerrero  2º BHA

Example 2: 

   Companies should look for names that identify them in order to be known worldwide. In my opinion, if companies have an original name, they will be well-know all around the world.
   To start, companies have a lot of enemies so the have to comete in order to sell their products. Moreover, with a great and original name, people would remmber them and recommend  them to other people. Secondly, a mature name is more formal than a childish one. This would show how smart a company is and how their workers work. Finallly, a company with an original name would win against a company with an old-fashioned name.
   To sum up, I think that the name of a company is a very important feature of them because it's like its identity card and they will be known worldwide by their names.

Juan Romero Torres  2ºBC

Example 3: 

   Nowadays company names are pretty weird, there are typical names but also names that aren't related to the company. From my point of view, all company names should be original.
   First of all, what would happen if you know two different companies with the same name? That would be a problem, one of them isn't as original as the other and maybe the consumers and company members would think is not the best company for the product they sell and that probably won't help the company, it will actually makes them lose members.
   Original and well-sound names will attract people even faster. Names sometimes say a lot about someone or something, imagine the name of the company is a strange word, most people would be curious and will look for that company and see what they sell and maybe even try their products. It will also make a good image of the company and llike I said before it would probably help them sell their product.
   To conclude, I think ti's very clear, companies should have very original names, that's my opinion, maybe others don't think the same, This is just a question of personality.

Marina Suárez Blázquez  2ºBC

A STORY beginningwith this sentence: "Inventing a name for her music band was the hacest job Carmen had ever had"

Example 1: 

   Inventing a name for her music band was the hardest job Carmen had ever had. It all started last year when a group of friends made of 4 people started to play their own songs during the break at high school. It was formed by Ana, Carme, David and Carlos. Their music teacher noticed about their talente so she told them to take part in a music contest. They agreed but first they needed a name. Carmen was the most creative one so they all decided that she should invent a name. She had been thinking about a name several days and, finally, she got it. "ACDC" was going to be the name of the group but when they told the name to their teacher, she laughed. It was the name of an old rock band!! As they were too young they didn't know anything about this group!

Fátima Calcerón Gómez  2ºBC

Example 2: 

   Inventing a name for her music band was the hardest job Carmen had ever had because she couldn't find the correct one. One day, while she was relaxing at home, she realized that her band needed a new name because the one it had was old-fashioned. She started thinking but she didn't come up with a good name sho she decided to ask for herlp. Thinking about whom she was going to ask for help, someone knocked at the door so she went to open it. She was impressed, it was her best friend and they hadn't seen each other for two years! While they were talking about their lives, discussing different topics, suddenly Camen came up with an idea. It consisted of asking her friend for the name of her band, because she trusted her a lot so she was sure that if her friend told her a name, it would be the correct one and also it was a way to have her friend always with her. Her friend was surprised about the question and at the geginning she didn't want to answe it because she sait that "It was a big responsability", but Carmen convinced her and she finally accepted. When Carmen heard the name, she loved it and although they had to do some changes to improve it, she chose the one her friend said. So, finally, after she had been thinking about it for so long, she decided that her band was going to be called "The New ITC".

Marina Gallardo Chamizo  2ºBC

Example 3: 

   Inventing a name for her music band was the hardest job Carmen had ever had. It all began one day, when Carmen thought, "Wouldn't it be cook if I had a band?" But she didn't know yet what was going to become her nightmare: naming the band.
   Carmen decided that the name should be the first thing she came up with. So she started thinking, and thinking. But nothing came out of it. "Oh, I know. I can put some papers with random words on them in a hat and I can select two", she thought, and she considered herself a genius for having such a brilliant idea.
   It was the decisive moment. She pulled out the first paper: "Orange". She was so excited, she could finally taste victory. The second paper: "Caramel". That was it! She had her name ... for a short time. Because she seached it on Google and she found out something sad. "Oh, no! There's already a K-pop band called Orange Caramel.". "Well, I'll try again!" This time, the words "Girls" and "Generation" came out. But sadly, that one was also used by a Korean band. "Ha ... ha... ha... what a funny coincidence ...", she thought really sad. The next time, the word "Twice" came out, and she decided that maybe one word would be enough. So she searched, and, in a not really surprising turn of events, it was also a K-pop band. Carmen let out a crazed laughter, "Is that So? Well, guess what. I have come up with a name so good, none of you, stupid Korean girls wil have it", she screamed as she was looking at her math homework. "f(x)! Ha ha! who could ever think a name as stupid as a math equation?!" apparently, the koreans did, because she searched and they were. "WHY?"
In the end, she decided to go with the fastest thing she could come up with: "Carmen's Band". But this was only the star of something bigger: she forgot to decide the members of the band. Carmen didn't have anyone to play with. She was alone. It was all for nothing. Carmen cried and cried. Because her dreams were shattered.

Daniel González Aparicio  2ºBHA