Revision for the Writing Test

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Revision for the Writing Test

• Watch and listen carefully.

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Writing Test

• You will do two writing tests and a spelling test
  and all these added together will make your
  writing score which is out of 50 marks. Dont
  lose marks by forgetting the following

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VCOP

• Vocabulary
• Connectives
• Openers
• Punctuation

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Vocabulary

• Dont use boring words! Dont write said or nice
  or big but bellowed or exquisite or gigantic!

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Connectives

• To be a level 4 remember to use a range of
  connectives eg however, subsequently, as a
  result, therefore, furthermore, thus
  consequently, lastly, finally or eventually.

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Openers

• Start all sentences with a different word so it
  is not then, then and then or I, I and I!
• Think about your sentences before you write!

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Punctuation

• Show the marker you can use
• full stops .
• commas ,
• apostrophe Jims coat Im
• speech marks, Hello
• exclamation marks !
• question marks ?
• ellipses

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Level 5

• Can you also use
• Dash
• Hyphen
• Colon
• Semi colon
• Brackets
• If you can you should!

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Paragraphs

• Organise your work into paragraphs and can you
  link the flow of your text so it all makes sense
  and follows on in a chronological and logical
  manner.

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Get marks

• Up to 20 marks are for making it lively,
  interesting and imaginative.
• 12 marks for sentence structure and punctuation.
• 8 marks for organisation.

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Spelling and handwriting

• Then spelling is worth up to 7 marks so listen
  carefully and try hard.
• Handwriting is worth 3 marks.
• Try to ensure people can read it clearly.

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Types of writing

• There are lots of different types of writing and
  you have to do 2. One will be fiction and one
  will be non fiction.

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Recount

• A recount tells you about something that has
  happened in the past. It may include personal
  opinions or comments. Eg letters, diaries,
  newspaper articles and news reports.

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Instructions

• Instructions tell you how to do something in a
  step by step way with imperative verbs and clear
  instructions. Eg instructions for a board game,
  building models, recipes, directions, how to
  repair something.

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Non-chronological report

• Non-chronological reports give facts about a
  subject eg encyclopedias, information books,
  posters, leaflets and travel guides.

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Explanation

• Explanations tell the reader how or why things
  happen or how and why something works eg
  leaflets, posters, manuals, letters, diagrams and
  information books.

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Persuasion

• Persuasive writing will try to influence the way
  someone thinks about a person or subject eg
  advertising posters, articles, leaflets and SPAM
  email.

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Balanced argument/discussion

• Both viewpoints are given and the readers are
  left to make up their own mind eg newpaper
  articles, newspaper letter pages, magazines,
  information leaflets and posters.

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Story

• Introduce characters and setting.
• Build up to the characters doing something.
• Problem
• Resolution
• Ending

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CHECK YOUR WORK

• Leave some time to read your work to yourself and
  you will probably see any mistakes you need to
  change. Remind yourself of the VCOP things you
  havent used yet!

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Well done

• If you can work at a steady pace and think about
  your writing in the planning time and before you
  write you should do really well!