WRITING TASK 1 - PARAGRAPH PLANS

NON-QUANTITATIVES

CYCLES

1. Active sentences

2. Tenses

3. Overview:

✦ only one cycle: how many stages? how long/how many days/months/years?

✦ two cycles: comparison of the stages & time

4. Details: all stages; At the end of the stage, write “Then, the (life) cycle starts all over

again.”

PROCESSES

1. Passive sentences

2. Tenses

3. Overview:

✦ only one process: how many stages? how many devices? how many materials?

✦ two processes: comparison of the stages, devices, materials, complexity

4. Details: all stages, equipment, materials

MAPS

1. Passive sentences

2. Tenses

3. Overview: main/biggest changes; similarities & differences

4. Details: grouping; all changes (new buildings/areas, sizes, locations)