Literature review

Writing a sample literature review
Read the text and write out its key ideas with key words. Provide info about the source of the information.
Exchange the results of your work so that each person has ideas from all other texts.
Make a plan of short review. Include all the key words and expressions.
Join the bullet points of your plan into a story.
Insert linking words to make the text easier for the reader.
Insert the sources of information for each idea.

Personal Statements

Writing a personal statement requires a good level of academic language and ability to formulate fully and concisely your purpose and motives, along with ability to motivate your readers to get interested in you. Propose a structure, in bullet-points, for such a statement (4-5 minutes to complete).
After you have made a plan for a personal statement, read an example of a sample one. What is its structure? How many words and signs might it contain? How is it generally organized?