1. PAPER 2 WRITING: THE LETTER

2. 1. Letter
2. Report
3. Review
4. Speech
5. Leaflet
6. Article
WRITING TASKS IN THE EXAM

3. These techniques are for ANY of the writing questions in the exam.

4. THE GOAL OF EACH TEXT IS THE SAME: PERSUADE THE READER TO AGREE WITH YOU!

5. TIP 1
5 BULLET POINT STRUCTURE

6. WRITE THIS PLAN FOR BOTH WRITING QUESTIONS IN THE EXAM.
WRITE IT AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

7. EXAMPLE STRUCTURE FOR ALL QUESTIONS
PARAGRAPH 1 – INTRO (2 SENTENCES)
PARAGRAPH 2 – 1ST MAIN POINT (5-8 S)
PARAGRAPH 3 – 2nd MAIN POINT (5-8 S)
PARAGRAPH 4 – 3rd MAIN POINT (5-8 S)
PARAGRAPH 5 – CONCLUSION (2 S)

8. One point per paragraph!!!
Do not put lots of points in a big chunk!

9. Do not put lots of points in a big chunk!

10. PARAGRAPH 1 – INTRO
PARAGRAPH 2 – 1ST MAIN POINT
PARAGRAPH 3 – 2nd MAIN POINT
PARAGRAPH 4 – CONCLUSION

12. TRY NOT TO HAVE HUGE SENTENCES – IF YOU HAVE ONE THAT IS 4/5 LINES LONG, YOU NEED TO PUT A FULL STOP IN!

13. 7-8 SHORT, MEDIUM & LONGER SENTENCES
3 BIG SENTENCES
7-8 SHORT, MEDIUM & LONGER SENTENCES

14. PARAGRAPH 2 – 1ST MAIN POINT PARAGRAPH 3 – 2nd MAIN POINT
Imagine you have a friend or relative who is considering going to live abroad.
Write a letter giving your opinions. [20]
PARAGRAPH 1 – INTRO
PARAGRAPH 2 – 1ST MAIN POINT
PARAGRAPH 3 – 2nd MAIN POINT
PARAGRAPH 4 – 3rd MAIN POINT
PARAGRAPH 5 – CONCLUSION

15. PARAGRAPH 1 – travelling is great PARAGRAPH 2 – adventure
Imagine you have a friend or relative who is considering going to live abroad.
Write a letter giving your opinions. [20]
PARAGRAPH 1 – travelling is great
PARAGRAPH 2 – adventure
PARAGRAPH 3 – meet new people
PARAGRAPH 4 – bored of the UK
PARAGRAPH 5 – bye and book your tickets!

16. TIP 2
SHOW OFF TO THE EXAMINER

17. TIP 2 - SHOW OFF TO THE EXAMINER
D – direct address R – rhetorical question E – exciting adjectives S – statistics

18. EXCITING ADJECTIVES
DIRECT ADDRESS
STATISTICS
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

19. TIP 3
WRITE A GREAT INTRO

20. HOW DO I START IT?
Tip 1:
Use the exam question to help you.

21. 1st sentence: use the exam question
Imagine you have a friend or relative who is considering going to live abroad.
Write a letter giving your opinions. [20]
THE RED TEXT IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE EXAM QUESTION
Dear Joe,
I have been told you are considering going to live abroad. In this letter I am going to tell you why I think that is a fantastic idea.

22. 2nd sentence: say ‘In this letter / speech / review etc.
Imagine you have a friend or relative who is considering going to live abroad.
Write a letter giving your opinions. [20]
Dear Joe,
I have been told you are considering going to live abroad. In this letter I am going to tell you why I think that is a fantastic idea.

23. Use some of DAFOREST EXCITING ADJECTIVE
Imagine you have a friend or relative who is considering going to live abroad.
Write a letter giving your opinions. [20]
Dear Joe,
I have been told you are considering going to live abroad. In this letter I am going to tell you why I think that is a fantastic idea.
EXCITING ADJECTIVE

24. TIP 4
Use sentence starters

25. Want to gain easy marks?
Use these words to begin your central paragraphs

26. PARAGRAPH 1 – travelling is great
PARAGRAPH 2 – adventure
PARAGRAPH 3 – meet new people
PARAGRAPH 4 – bored of the UK
PARAGRAPH 5 – bye and book your tickets!

28. LETTER

29. LETTERS DEAR SIR / MADAM = YOURS FAITHFULLY
DEAR MRS SMITH = YOURS SINCERELY
TRY TO PERSUADE THE READER TO AGREE WITH YOU
USE INTERESTING SENTENCE STARTERS E.G. FIRSTLY, SECONDLY, HOWEVER ETC.
USE DAFOREST
CHECK YOUR THERE /THEIR / THEY’RE
CAPITAL LETTERS ON ADDRESS & DATE E.G. 22 Kings Avenue