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Paper 1-

Directed Writing
Lesson Objectives
What you will be learning in this lesson:

01analyse the
To
‘Writing Skills’ for
Directed Writing
02
To explore the VARPF
03 technique
To discuss and apply
the writing format
Introduction to Question 3 in
Paper 1
• This question requires you to write a response to Text C
• This question is worth 25 marks: 15 marks for reading and 10 marks for
writing.
• Text C is your biggest question and so you should make sure you save
plenty of time for it!
How does will you be graded?
Writing Marks
VARPF
• Voice - who are you writing as? Whose voice are you assuming?

• Audience - who are you writing to?

• Register - how formal or informal should your language be?

• Purpose - why are you writing? To discuss, persuade, argue, inform, entertain,

describe, narrate, analyse?

• Format - what type of text have you been asked to write? A letter, magazine or a

speech?
How does will you be graded?
Reading Marks
Understanding your audience

Purpose Strategy Approach


Mercury is the closest Venus has a beautiful Despite being red,
planet to the Sun and name and is the Mars is actually a cold
the smallest of them second planet from place. It’s full of iron
all the Sun oxide dust
Exercise 1: persuasive debate
Divide the class into two groups, one for and one against a controversial issue, as if
a final exam or paper is preferred for grading

Organize a debate in which students present their arguments persuasively in front


of the class. After the debate, allow students to vote for the side they find most
persuasive and explain why

Exam vs Paper
About the convincing
introduction
Hook Relevance Context
Mars is actually a Venus has Neptune is the
very cold place extremely high farthest planet from
temperatures the Sun

Thesis Transition Consition


Mercury is the Saturn is a gas Jupiter is the
closest planet to giant and has biggest planet of
the Sun several rings them all
Exercise 2: write an editorial
Provide students with a current or controversial issue that is in the
news in the following categories

Ask students to write a persuasive editorial for a fictional


newspaper in which they express their opinion on the topic and
offer compelling arguments to support their viewpoint

Encourage them to use strong evidence and relevant examples in


their editorial

Economy Politic Religion Sports


Awesome
words
“This is a quote, words full
of wisdom that someone
important said and can
make the reader get
inspired”

—Someone
Famous

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