Crash Course in Writing (to the beat of CEFR)

What does CEFR stands for?

• Cambridge English Framework of Reference

• Certified English Framework of Reference

• Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Your essay will be given marks based on its (choose more than 1 )

• content

• communicative achievement

• organisation

• language

Answer explanation

They are called the assessment scale.

The highest score for each assessment scale is

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 10

It is important to read a writing task carefully to ensure that what you have written is relevant to the task.

For example, if the writing task requires "an example of a similar situation and say what happened" but you did not include that in your writing, then you would not be able to score the full marks (5) for

• content

• communicative achievement

• organisation

• language

Answer explanation

When you do not follow the instruction or misinterpret it, your mark for Content is 3 and below.

Writing task:

Write a short note to you friend to console her over losing her cat.

If your note includes a joke about dumb cats and the way they die, you will not score well for

• Content

• Communicative Achievement

• Organisation

• Language

Answer explanation

Content: to console means to comfort your friend through gentle words, not through ill-timed jokes.

Communicative Achievement: to reassure, not to annoy or offend

To achieve a score of 5 for Organisation, you must use a limited number of cohesive devices such as ____________, _____________, and _____________ appropriately.

• but

• moreover

• thus

• on the other hand

• because

To achieve a score of 3 for Organisation, you must use basic, high frequency connectors/phrasal items such as ____________, _____________, and _____________ appropriately.

• but

• moreover

• thus

• first of all

• because

In order to score full marks (5) for Language, one of the criteria is you must

• have no grammatical errors.

• use sophisticated vocabulary appropriately

• use simple grammatical forms with a good degree of control.

• be able to use punctuation and paragraphing perfectly.

What is the first step of the writing process?

• writing a draft

• making a plan

• editing and revising

• publishing

Tags

CCSS.W.3.5

How do you plan your essay? (Choose more than 2 answers)

• Use a dictionary to check spelling

• Brainstorm ideas

• Make a mind map

• Think about the purpose of the essay

• Know who is the audience