Academic/General Training Module by Adam Smith First Published in 2015

 
Describing a lesson 
Describe an interesting lesson that you attended. 
You should say 
 
where you attended this lesson 
 
what it was about 
 
and why you found it interesting 
Here are some ideas for a description of a science lesson: 
I'm going to talk about an interesting science lesson that I attended at 
secondary school when I was 14 or 15 years old. It was quite a long time ago, 
so I can't remember every detail, but the lesson was about respiration. We 

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learnt about how the lungs work, how we breathe, and how oxygen passes 
into the blood. The science teacher also talked to us about the effects of 
smoking on the lungs. I found this lesson interesting because my science 
teacher, Dr. Smith, always introduced new topics by showing us a video. We 
watched a short film about how respiration works, and I found this much 
easier to understand than a science textbook. The film showed diagrams of the 
lungs to explain the breathing process. Later in the lesson we saw real photos 
of healthy lungs and lungs that had been damaged as a result of smoking; they 
had turned black. I think the image of a smoker's lungs is the reason why I 
remember this lesson. 
Note: 
We can also give more information about the teacher, his or her 
personality and why we liked him. The key is to tell a story and add details 
until the time runs out.