Notes Expansion

Paper 2, Part 2 – suggested time: 35 minutes, between 120 and 150 words
- 20 marks

Steps to follow for writing a good piece of guided writing

1. Read the question so as to understand what is to be written.
PT3 syllabus comes in Formats: (i) Articles
(a) Pictures (ii) Reports
(b) Words expansion (iii) Formal letter
(c) Graphs (iv) Informal letter
(d) Pie charts (v) Speech

2. Understand the pictures/words/graphs/pie charts before writing

3. Use the given points to prepare your points – main points into many
sub-points
Story/Essay – who? what? where? when? why? how?
Facts – what? why? how?
4. Start to write (NO DRAFT), take care of
(a) all points are written
(b) points are clearly written
(c) well-constructed sentences with linkages
(d) correct grammar usage
(e) spelling mistakes
5. Check mistakes – count words: number of words in sentence x number of
sentences
6. Paragraphing –
(i) Introduction – simple description of the topic (start the story if it is a
story)
(ii) Body 1 – main points + sub-points
(iii) Body 2 – main points + sub-points
(iv) Conclusion – to summarise the overall writing (end the story if it is a
story)

10 minutes – prepare points

25 minutes – writing + checking
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35 minutes