Introduction to Exercises 6 and 7:

Writing
Exercises 6 and 7 are both longer writing activities. You
will be given some short prompts (things to get you
thinking) like some pictures or some quotes.
Often exercise 6 will ask you to write an informal letter,
and exercise 7 will ask you to write a formal report for a
school newspaper / magazine.
Think about audience (who it is written for), purpose (why
it is written), and format (how it should be written).
Change your writing to meet these things. For example, an
informal letter to your best friend will sound very different
to a letter to a university applications officer.
Each exercise is worth 18 marks, making a total of 36
marks. This is 36 out of a total 84 marks for the whole
exams so these last two questions are very important!
Make sure you leave enough time so that you are not
rushed on these final questions.
You should write between 150 and 200 words for each
question.
Both your ideas (the content) and the language will be
marked.
In exercise 6 you will have some pictures to get you
thinking. You do not have to write about the pictures if you
have other ideas. Dont just describe the pictures. You will
also be given three bullet points. You must write
something about all three of these bullets.
In exercise 7 you will be given four quotes in speech
bubbles. Two will be agreeing and two will be disagreeing
with the proposal. If you use these ideas you should
change the words do not copy the ideas directly. You
should also include your own ideas, not just the ideas in
the speech bubbles.