Cambridge Writing Exam

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H5: Cambridge Writing Exam

Monday 2 December 2024

Laptops on the table (closed)

Attendance

Last Week

You wrote stories individually, or in pairs, in response to a scenario you chose out of two options. 

Today's Programme

• Activating prior knowledge - voorkennis ophalen
• Discussion of some of the work 
• Modelling -  ik doe het voor
• Your turn
• Discussion

Lesson Objectives

• You understand what the characteristics are of a high-scoring story, so that you can use those in your own work.
• You can improve your own story, applying what you have learned (tomorrow)
• Je begrijpt wat de kenmerken zijn van een hoog-scorend verhaal zodat je deze kunt gebruiken in je eigen werk
• Je kunt je eigen verhaal verbeteren, door toe te passen wat je hebt geleerd (morgen)

Finish the sentence in English or Dutch:
A high-scoring Cambridge story, contains...
Een Cambridge story met een hoge score,
bevat....

When do you have Bingo?

Instructions

1. You receive a paper with a story in response to option 2
2. You fill in a bingo card to check if it contains all the required elements 
3.  What could be improved in this story? Be prepared to share your findings and to explain yourself

(Explanation in Dutch + disclaimer)

Complex idea

Sample 1 (168 words) see paper

The day everything changed started like, any other, until a surprise showed up on John’s doorstep. It was his neighbour who was in urgent need of someone to accompany him for a visit to the zoo. John was baffled, but at the same time excited by his neighbour’s spontaneous request.

  

An hour later at the zoo, things started to take a turn for the worst. What seemed like a fun and exciting day at the Zoo, soon got really strange. His neighbour forgot to mention the real reason why he had invited John, he needed an accomplice.

John’s Neighbor jumped inside the cage of the monkeys and said to John: ”You’ll be the lookout!”. For what exactly wasn’t clear yet. John’s neighbor picked a fight with one of the monkeys and within a minute security came and detained them until the police arrived.

In the end John and his neighbor who was missing a few teeth by now, both got fined and never spoke to each other again.

Part 1

The day everything changed started like, any other, until a surprise showed up on John’s doorstep. It was his neighbour, who was in urgent need of someone to accompany him for a visit to the zoo. John was baffled, but at the same time excited by his neighbour’s spontaneous request.

Complex idea

Part 2

An hour later at the zoo, things started to take a turn for the worst. What seemed like a fun and exciting day at the Zoo, soon got really strange. His neighbour had forgotten to mention the real reason why he had invited John, he had needed an accomplice.*

John’s Neighbor jumped inside the cage of the monkeys and said to John: ”You’ll be the lookout!”.  For what exactly wasn’t clear yet. John’s neighbor picked a fight with one of the monkeys and within a minute security came and detained** them until the police arrived.

*handlanger - a person who helps someone else to commit a crime or to do something morally wrong

**hield hun vast (in een ruimte, niet letterlijk) - to force someone officially to stay in a place

Complex idea

Part 3

In the end, John and his neighbor, who was missing a few teeth by now, both got fined and never spoke to each other again.

Interesting ending? 

Complex idea

Instructions

1. You receive a paper with another story in response to option 2 (look at sample 2)
2. You fill in a bingo card to check if it contains all the required elements.
3.  What could be improved in this story (sample 2), based on the bingo card? Be prepared to share your findings and to explain (!)
4. Extra challenge if time allows: If you have done all of the above, do the following: 22 words can be added to sample 1. Add (1) an adjective to describe a place, (2) an  adverb to comment and (3) a descriptive adverb.

Include these on the paper and hand your work in with me at the end of the lesson (write your name on it). 

Complex idea

Sample 2 (181 words)

The day everything changed started like any other, until a surprise showed up on John’s doorstep. When John opened the door to go to work he was shocked to see a baby crocodile in front of the door. John immediately called me because I’m very good with animals and he didn't know what to do.

He looked very hungry and tired so we had to come up with something, so that the baby crocodile came home again. I immediately thought of the zoo so we wanted to drive to the zoo with the baby crocodile.

But first we had to catch him and put him safely in a cage. Fortunately, John still had a cat cage. But the problem was that we first had to catch the crocodile gently and that went very difficult at first, but after a while it was successful.

So we drove to the zoo because we thought the crocodile escaped because we saw it on the news. The crocodile started acting really angry so we had to drive fast, and that’s why I got this fine.

The day everything changed started like, any other, until a surprise showed up on John’s doorstep. It was his neighbour, who was in urgent need of someone to accompany him for a visit to the zoo. John was baffled, but at the same time excited by his neighbour’s spontaneous request.

An hour later at the zoo, things started to take a turn for the worst. Unfortunately (2), what seemed like a fun and exciting day at the zoo, soon got really strange. His neighbour had forgotten to mention the real reason why he had invited John, he had needed an accomplice. John’s neighbour quickly (3) jumped inside the crowded (1) cage of the monkeys and said to John: ”You’ll be the lookout!” For what exactly wasn’t clear yet. John’s neighbour picked a fight with one of the monkeys and within a minute security came and detained them until the police arrived.

In the end, both men were fined and escorted home. John’s neighbour, now missing two teeth, tried to explain his grand plan to “liberate” the monkeys. John tuned him out, wondering how an ordinary day had turned into madness. 

187 words

22 words can be added to sample 1. What was missing was (1) an adjective to describe a place, (2) an adverb to comment ((un)fortunately, surprisingly, sadly) and (3) a descriptive adverb.

Lesson Objectives and Looking Ahead

• You understand what the characteristics are of a high-scoring story, so that you can use those in your own work.
• You can improve your own story, applying what you have learned (tomorrow)
• Tomorrow: You use what you learned today to improve your own work.

Bring your earphones as well - we'll also be doing another round of listening practice (on top of tomorrow's homework). 

H5: Cambridge Writing Exam

Tuesday 3 December 2024

Laptops on the table (closed)

Attendance

Lesson Objectives 

• You can improve your own story, applying what you learned yesterday 
• You understand how to write a good review
• You can write a good review
• You become more adept at cito listening

Finish the sentence in English or Dutch:
A high-scoring Cambridge story, contains...
Een Cambridge story met een hoge score,
bevat....

Programme

• Improve your own story (10 min)
• Review practice (30 min)
• Listening Practice (25 min)

Remember to read The Kite Runner (ch 9&10)

Complex idea

Review: Requirements

1. Include all the points
2. Organise the ideas into clear paragraphs, which each focus on a clear topic
3. You should state clearly what you liked or didn't like about the product or the experience
4. You should include a recommendation
5. You should use descriptive language to make your review interesting
6. You should use an informal, friendly style 

Review: Requirements

1. Include all the points
2. Organise the ideas into clear paragraphs, which each focus on a clear topic
3. You should state clearly what you liked or didn't like about the product or the experience
4. You should include a recommendation
5. You should use descriptive language to make your review interesting
6. You should use an informal, friendly style 

Go to your writeandimprove account. Choose 'intermediate' and find a review you want to write. Take a screenshot of your work and the feedback you receive and submit it on classroom.  No account? Write in response to the task on classroom.

WOOTS - audio practice

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