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Writing Exam

Writing Exam. A Guide. Steps to Success. Choosing the correct question Time management Planning Engaging the reader Technical accuracy. Types of questions. Personal experience (thoughts and feelings) Short story Discursive Functional. Time Management.

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Writing Exam

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  1. Writing Exam A Guide

  2. Steps to Success • Choosing the correct question • Time management • Planning • Engaging the reader • Technical accuracy

  3. Types of questions • Personal experience (thoughts and feelings) • Short story • Discursive • Functional

  4. Time Management • Seventy five minutes to choose, plan, write and check an essay. • Five minutes- choosing a question • Five/ ten minutes – writing a plan • 50/55 minutes- writing your essay • Five / ten minutes- checking and correcting

  5. Activity A • Choose an appropriate question • Create a plan for your essay • Ensure that it includes thoughts and feelings, as well as at least one setting

  6. Describing Setting • Use the senses- touch, taste, sound, sight, smell • Use imagery- simile, metaphor, personification. • Use sound techniques- onomatopoeia, alliteration.

  7. Activity • Highlight/ underline all references to the senses in the extract you have been given. • Find one example of each of the following: simile, personification, alliteration.

  8. Activity • Complete a senses chart for a setting which features in your personal writing. • Use this to write one or two paragraphs describing your setting. • Include imagery and sound techniques

  9. Success Criteria • You have used at least three of the senses • You have included at least one example of imagery and one sound technique.

  10. Describe Thoughts and Feelings Fully • Describe your thoughts and feelings in more detail • Explain why you were experiencing these feelings

  11. I felt sad. • I felt distraught. • I felt distraught because I would never see my uncle again. • The realisation that I would never see my uncle again made me feel distraught. • The sudden, sharp realisation that I would never see my uncle again welled up inside me. I attempted not to cry, but this was as futile as a few sandbags guarding against a tsunami. Wave after wave of fear, upset, shock and confusion devastated me, leaving me completely distraught.

  12. I was worried. • All the potential embarrassments, awkward situations and outright terrors stomped relentlessly through my mind: what if I was late; what if I made mistakes; what if the office was populated by Rangers supporters; what if it even more tedious than a double period of Close Reading?

  13. Improve the following • I felt happy • I was excited • I was nervous • I was angry • I was upset • I was worried

  14. Activity • Take the most emotional part of your experience • Write a paragraph explaining how you felt and why • Use imagery to describe your feelings

  15. A good introduction should . . . • Write down two things a good introduction should do

  16. Introduction • Engage the reader • Give a clear idea of what your essay will be about • Set the tone for your essay

  17. Paired Activity • Read the two introductions • Highlight anything which makes them an effective introduction

  18. Solo Activity • Write your own introduction • Try to use language in a way which will engage the reader

  19. Peer Assessment • Two positives • One area for improvement

  20. Vocabulary • Highlight all uses of the following ‘got’ ‘said’ ‘went’. • Rewrite any sentences which include these words, using more descriptive verbs instead.

  21. Sentence Structure • Varied • Use punctuation for effect • Avoid starting all your sentences with ‘I’

  22. Use colons to introduce examples • My workplace resembled the aftermath of a hurricane more than an office: papers were scattered everywhere; almost no floor-space was uncovered; there was even a couple of broken windows.

  23. Use question marks to indicate uncertainty / confusion. • How would I be able to find a suitable question in my Writing exam? How would I read the Close Reading passage without falling asleep? How do I answer link questions again?

  24. Use long sentences to indicate a large amount / duration or length. • The rest of the week seemed to drag on like an eternity. My days consisted of tedious and largely futile tasks: filling out forms; counting envelopes; struggling with the photocopier; filling out more forms; staring at the clock willing it to leap forward; taking calls about forms; filling out even more forms.

  25. Use short sentences for emphasis / to suggest brevity /climax. Make sure that these still contain a verb and a subject. • Here I was.

  26. Rewrite the sentences below. Use more varied sentence structure. • I was very worried when I arrived at my new school. I nervously tapped on the door. At first no-one replied and I was worried that I had arrived at the wrong place.

  27. Flows Through Good Linkage /Topic Sentences • Use these to connect the ideas in your different paragraphs. • Use linking phrases: however, although, as well as, also • Refer back to previous paragraph and introduce idea of new.

  28. Topic of previous paragraph: how I first became interested in being a lawyer . • New paragraph: when I found out about the qualifications required. • Afterthat first interest in a legal career was ignited inside me, the next step was to discover what qualifications were required.

  29. Topic of previous paragraph: Worries before first day of new school • New paragraph: first day and how it was much better than expected

  30. Conclusion • Rounds off what you have been saying • Contains reflection • Not simply a description of the last part of what happened • Try to return to a phrase or image from earlier in your essay

  31. Look back on this experience- with all the added maturity and insight that a whole 24 more on this on this planet brings- I now understand why I was so frightened.

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