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WRITING ASSIGNMENT – LESSON 3

Unit: 6
Topic: CHOOSE ONE OF THE TOPICS BELOW.

Look at the charts below. Practice brainstorming ideas and write a complete
report.

1. The pie chart shows the amount of money that a children's charity located in the
USA spent and received in one year, 2016. 

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

2. The chart below shows the proportion of staff employed by age in the public sector
in the UK in 2015 and 2020.  
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant. 
Write at least 150 words. 

(Source: Writing Task 1 Pie Chart. IELTS Buddy. Retrieved 3 March 2022, from https://www.ieltsbuddy.com/writing-task-1-pie-
chart.html) 

 1st draft

 Self-assessment (checklist)
Content Y/N Feedback
Task Achievement
Does the report contain at least 150 words?
Has the author paraphrased the question in the
introduction?
Has the overview presented the most noticeable
feature of the pie chart(s) (e.g. the highest
proportion, the main difference/similarity, etc.)?
Has the report covered the significant features (the
biggest/ smallest proportions, or differences/
similarities)?
Coherence & Cohesion
Has the information been grouped into paragraphs
clearly?
Is the report presented in a logical order?
Are there at least 3 transitional expressions used
correctly (e.g. First, Besides, Overall, etc.)?
Lexical Resource
Has the question been paraphrased properly?
Does the author avoid repeating vocabulary?

Does the report contain vocabulary specific to pie

charts?
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Are the sentences grammatically correct?
Has punctuation been used correctly?

Have the verb tenses and subject-verb agreement

been checked?
Timing
Was the task completed within 20 minutes?

 Peer assessment (checklist)

Content Y/N Feedback
Task Achievement
Does the report contain at least 150 words?
Has the author paraphrased the question in the
introduction?
Has the overview presented the most noticeable
feature of the pie chart(s) (e.g. the highest
proportion, the main difference/similarity, etc.)?
Has the report covered the significant features (the
biggest/ smallest proportions, or differences/
similarities)?
Coherence & Cohesion
Has the information been grouped into paragraphs
clearly?
Is the report presented in a logical order?
Are there at least 3 transitional expressions used
correctly (e.g. First, Besides, Overall, etc.)?
Lexical Resource
Has the question been paraphrased properly?
Does the author avoid repeating vocabulary?

Does the report contain vocabulary specific to pie

charts?
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Are the sentences grammatically correct?
Has punctuation been used correctly?

Have the verb tenses and subject-verb agreement

been checked?
Timing
Was the task completed within 20 minutes?

 Final version

 Rubric for grading

B2-
Coherence and
(TASK Task Response Lexical resource Grammatical range and Accuracy
Cohesion
1)

- Covers most requirements of the
task
- Presents a clear overview of
2.5 main trends, differences or stages
- Presents and highlights key
features/bullet points clearly and
appropriately
- Addresses the requirements
of the task
- Presents an overview of
main trends, differences or
2 stages
-Presents and highlights key
features/bullet points but a
few details may be
inadequately developed
- Generally addresses the
task; the format may be
inappropriate in places
- Recounts detail
mechanically, but maybe lack
a clear overview; there may
1.5 be inadequate data to
support the description
- Presents and highlights key
features/bullet points
inadequately; details may be
irrelevant, inappropriate or
inaccurate
- Attempts to address the task
but only covers some key
features/bullet points; the
format may be inappropriate
1 - May confuse a few key
features/bullet points with
detail; some parts may be
unclear, irrelevant, repetitive
or inaccurate
- Attempts to address the task
but only covers a few key
features/bullet points; the
0.5 format may be inappropriate
- Presents limited ideas which
may be irrelevant/repetitive
0 does not write any words
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- Uses a good range of
vocabulary including some
- Organizes information
less common lexis
and ideas logically
appropriately - Uses a good range of complex structures
- Uses a wide range of
- Shows good control of - Most sentences are error-free
cohesive devices
style and collocation, but - Makes a few errors in grammar and
appropriately. Most
with some inaccuracy punctuation
aspects of cohesion are
- Produces a few errors in
achieved
word choice, spelling and/or
word formation
- Organises - Uses a sufficient range
information and ideas of vocabulary for the
coherently; there is a task
- Uses a variety of simple and complex
clear overall - Uses less common
structures
progression lexical items; some are
- Errors occur but they rarely reduce
- Uses a range of appropriately
communication
cohesive devices - Makes some errors in
effectively but with word choice, spelling
some inaccuracy and/or word formation
- Arranges
information and ideas - Uses an adequate
with some degree of range of vocabulary but
- Uses both simple and complex forms
control; the overall tends to overuse
although simple sentences are more fully
progression is slightly common vocabulary
achieved than complex ones.
unclear. - Makes some errors in
- Makes some errors in grammar and
- Uses a number of spelling and/or word
punctuation but they rarely reduce
cohesive devices formation, but they
communication
within and across rarely affect
sentences, but with communication
some inaccuracy
- Presents information - Uses a limited range of
and ideas arranged vocabulary which may be
coherently but there used repetitively or - Uses a limited range of structures
may be a lack of clear inappropriate for the - Attempts complex sentences but this is
progression task inadequate or inappropriate for the task
- Uses basic cohesive - May make noticeable - May make frequent grammatical errors
devices with some errors in spelling and/or and punctuation may be faulty; errors can
degree of control but word formation that may cause some difficulties for the reader
there may be some cause some difficulties
under-/over-use for the reader
- Presents information
and ideas which
- Uses a very limited
maybe illogical/
range of words and - Uses only a very limited range of
incoherent; there is
expressions with a structures with no attempt of
no clear progression
limited control of word subordinate clauses
in the response
formation and/or - Many errors in grammar and
- Uses a limited range
spelling punctuation predominate and distort the
of cohesive devices
- Errors may severely meaning
which maybe
distort the message
irrelevant, repetitive
or inaccurate
does not attend the exam
write only a memorized response