FL3 writing part 2+ expl booktest the fault

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Writing - Part 2

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

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

You choose 1 of the 3 options and write 140-190 words.

Writing/booktest

The Fault in our stars linked to ONE of the part 2 options, 

so you only get 1 option of

email/letter/report/article/review

Email/letter

AN EMAIL/A LETTER is written in response to the situation outlined in the question. Letters and emails in the Cambridge English: First Writing paper will require a response which is consistently appropriate in register and tone for the specified target reader. Candidates can expect to be asked to write letters or emails to, for example, an English-speaking friend or colleague, a potential employer, a college principal or a magazine editor. 

TB p182/183/189/190

Report

REPORT is usually written for a superior (e.g. a teacher) or a peer group (e.g. members of an English club). Candidates are expected to give some factual information and make suggestions or recommendations. A report should be clearly organised and may include headings. 

TB p184/191

Article

AN ARTICLE is usually written for an English-language magazine or newsletter, and the reader is assumed to have similar interests to the writer. The main purpose is to interest and engage the reader, so there should be some opinion or comment. 

TB p185/192

Review

A REVIEW is usually written for an English-language magazine, newspaper or website. The main purpose is to describe and express a personal opinion about something which the writer has experienced (e.g. a film, a holiday, a product, a website etc.) and to give the reader a clear impression of what the item discussed is like. Description and explanation are key functions for this task, and a review will normally include a recommendation to the reader.  

Tb p 186/193

Group assignment

- In what ways can we ask you to do these assignments linked to a book? Think of an example for each kind of writing.

- What will we grade you on?

Examples of assignments

Informal email: letter from a friend to main character or vice versa

Formal letter: letter explaining/asking something to/of a docter, a principle, an organisation

Report: a factual (police) report of what happened in a scene in the book

Article: an article about what happened in a scene in the book

Review: of the book or a book talked about in a book 

Each criterium gets 0,1,2 or 3 points

Complied with assignment

Sequencing/linking words

Paragraphs

Fluency

Higher range of grammar

Rich language (nicer words, adjectives, adverbs)

Tone

level of: grammar, vocab, spelling, interpunction

Extra

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