FCE 1TVWO Writing a story

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FCE - Writing Exam in 2020!

FCE Writing (1 hour 20 minutes)

The writing paper is divided into two parts, you have to complete one task from each part. Each part carries equal points SO...... You should not spend longer on one than another. 

PART 1  Is compulsory and there is not choice of questions - You have to write an essay. You have to write 140- 190 words

Writing - Part 2

Part 2 has three tasks to choose from which may include:

• a letter or email
• an article
• a report
• a review
• a story

Read the first sentence of the story: 'I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday'. Why has the author used this as the first sentence. Could you use it as the start for your own story?

Read the first sentence of the story: 'I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday'. Why has the author used this as the first sentence. Could you use it as the start for your own story?

The incident in the photo took place recently. What do think happened before and after the scene.

Work in pairs - discuss

'I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday'.

Put the steps for telling a good story in the correct order. 

a. Bring events to a conclusion

b. Relate/Describe the climax - the most exciting, dramatic part of the story.

c. Set the scene: introduce the character(s) and the background situation

d. Start building the tension

e. events leading to the end of the story

Tips

A good story should include the following: 

• An exciting title
• a paragraph that is interesting so that  you want to read on.
• sentences that are varied in length for interest.
• short sentences for dramatic events
• a wide range of vocabulary, including vivid adjectives and adverbs.
• a story is writen in the past tense.
• correct use of paragraphs

5. A story needs an interesting ending.

A story needs an interesting or dramatic ending that rounds it off well. 

REMEMBER NOT TO CHANGE THE FIRST SENTENCE.

HOMEWORK 

delicious

disastrous

exhausted

heartbroken

marvellous

sad

bad

nice

good

tired

Adverbs/Adverbial phrases of place and time go at the beginning or the end of a sentence. 

I ran over a cat yesterday

Last year I saved three dogs from a bear.

Adverbs of manner usually go after the verb

The tortoise moved slowly down the beach 

Adverbs of frequency can go before a main verb, but NEVER after auxillary/modal verbs or the verb "to be"

We often go to the Zoo.

Read the first sentence of the story: 'I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday'. Why has the author used this as the first sentence. Could you use it as the start for your own story?

We are looking for stories for our school magazine. 

The first sentence of YOUR story must start with the sentence: 'I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday'. It must contain 

• a surprise 
• a stranger

You have seen a competition in a magazine. You decide to enter. Read the instructions and check who you are writing for. and why you are writing. 

Between 140-190 words

HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY'S ENGLISH LESSON