A little room to be alone

“Every town should protect a place where people can spend time alone.”

Write an article for a magazine aimed at young people giving your views on this statement.

You could include:

• why someone might want time alone
• what makes a place suitable for spending time alone
• how a shared community can balance solitude with company.

You may also use your own ideas.

Your response will be assessed for communication and organisation, and for vocabulary, sentence structures, spelling and punctuation. The total includes 16 marks for vocabulary, sentence structures, spelling and punctuation.