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Continuous WritingContinuous WritingBy: Mr. D. B. BBy: Mr. D. B. B
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ObjectivesObjectives
Students will be able to:
Identify types of
writing.
Discuss writing
mechanics.
Discuss how to improve
their writing skills.Source: Making The Grade in BGCSE English
Language: Heinemann
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Continuous Writing OverviewContinuous Writing Overview
No more
´«and
blah,blah,
blahµ. It·s
time now
forserious
writing.
This is Paper1 of the BGCSE English
Language examination and it accounts
for 40% of your overall marks. The skill
of writing continuously in prose(ordinarywritten or spoken language that is not in
the form of poetry).
Paper 1 offers a range of topics and
you are required to write 350-500words. You will not be penalized if you
write more or less. However, you should
stay within the range.
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Types of WritingTypes of Writing
Run away
from boring
essays.
When you sit English Language
Paper 1, you are presented with a
number of topics and asked to
express yourself on one of them
writing continuously. You are offered
topics that reflect a variety of
types(modes) of writing. There arealways two pictorials and a poetry
extract.
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Types of Writing cont·dTypes of Writing cont·d
TIP:Remember
: Stay
with the
word
limit!
Narrative: telling a story or giving an
account
Argumentative/Persuasive: expressingpersonal opinion
Expository: explaining something or
giving information.
Descriptive: describing something, a
place, or a person
Personal: writing based on personal
experience
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What examiners look for in Paper 1What examiners look for in Paper 1
´Beauty
without
expression
is
boring.µ
Ralph Waldo
Emerson (AmericanPoet
, Lecturer and
Essayist, 1803-1882
Examiners assess your continuous
writing paper on the following four
criteria:
1. The quality of the
content/material: Is what you have
to say clear, logical, relevant to the
topic, developed, explained,mature, appropriate and
interesting?
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What examiners look for in Paper 1 cont·dWhat examiners look for in Paper 1 cont·d
´When
building a
house, no
one putsthe roof on
first and
then cuts
the
foundationafterwards.
..At least no
one has
tried to.µ
2. The organization/structure of the
material: Is the content structured in
such a way that the reader canfollow your story, description,
statement, etc? Is there a beginning,
middle and end? Have you written
in paragraphs? Are there links
between paragraphs?
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What examiners look for in Paper 1 cont·dWhat examiners look for in Paper 1 cont·d
TIP:
Do not
include
explicit
sexual
episodes
and brutal
or violent
acts.
Do not use
profanities.
3. The use of an appropriate style: Does
your writing reflect a sense of audience-
the ability to suit the style you use for the
purposes and the audience? That is, are
the tone and language suitable for your
audience? Have you used a range of
expressions and wide, sensitive and
appropriate vocabulary? Have you used a
variety of sentence constructions- simple,
compound and complex?
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What examiners look for in Paper 1 cont·dWhat examiners look for in Paper 1 cont·d
´Poor
spelling
and
shoddy
sentence
structure
takes the
flavor andflair out of
continuous
writing.µ
4. The accuracy of language:
Are your grammatical structures
correct? Is your sentencestructure correct? Are your
spelling and punctuation
accurate?
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Marking the Continuous Writing PaperMarking the Continuous Writing Paper
´Reading
often
leads todeveloping
better
writing
stylesand
skills.µ
The examiners seek to credit positive
achievement. Therefore it is not the practice of
BGCSE English Language examiners to deduct
from the available total for an essay (40marks)
by counting omissions or inaccuracies. Instead,examiners mark Continuous Writing as a whole
piece of writing. Examiners look for examples
that are interesting, sensitive and thoughtful.
They first read the whole piece, judging its
overall quality and whether that is sustained.
This allows examiners to get a feel for whether
the script is high, average or low in quality.
They look for errors to see if this affects their
overall impression of your work.
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Marking the Continuous WritingMarking the Continuous Writing
PaperPaper
The following are considered to be serious errors:
errors of agreement and number
serious tense errors
wrong verb form
elementary errors of sentence construction
misuse or confusion of simple words
misspelling of elementary vocabulary
long, confusing sentences
ridiculous idioms
confusion of key parts of speech
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It is time to recap(-itulate)!
so what did you learn?