QUESTION 2, DIRECTED WRITING

1) Show your understanding2) Create an effective piece of writing that includes your

understanding3) More marks for content (ideas)

WHEN YOU SEE THE QUESTION LABEL THE BULLET POINTS A1 A2 A3

Then read it again. Always take time to read it again. The examiner would like to see you have notes from across these three

bullet points. Try to find at least 5 things for each bullet point and label as you read.

BEFORE YOU WRITE TAP THE TASKText type

Audience

Purpose

Journal

Yourself – quite on edge, cares for son, annoyed at situation

Retell experience, share emotions and thoughts

LETTER, REPORT, JOURNAL, SPEECH, INTERVIEW, NEWSPAPER REPORT OR MAGAZINE ARTICLE.

THEN PLAN THE TASK

Make it clear you know who you are writing for and why your are writing.

Beginning

Your main pieces of information and references to the

text.Middle

• Leaving them with a good ending.

• Making it clear that you know what you are doing.

End

FOR PROOFREADING AND EDITING THINK…

Capitalisation (Proper nouns – people and places)

Organisation and order (Read it back – does it make sense? Paragraphs?)

Punctuation (. , ? “” and no more than two !)

Spelling (double check)