2. Title: -Extract the title from the question, and underline it. e.g: Frequency of Visits to the Three Music Websites by Teenagers 1 st Paragraph: - What does the stimuli present? (Pie chart? Bar graph? Pictograph? Article? etc) - What is the general trend of all the stimuli combined? (There are 4 main trends: Increasing, Decreasing, Consistent, Fluctuating)

3. -e.g: The stimuli present a bar graph on visits to the three music websites by teenagers in the month of August and a table on promotional activities of the three sites within the same period. In general, visits to the music websites especially Music Connect increased in direct proportion to the frequency and type of promotional activities provided by the websites.

4. 2 nd / 3 rd Paragraph -Identify key features which are the most important and outstanding idea from the stimuli. *You must be selective! * Don’t make external assumptions! -Begin each paragraph with phrase like:  According to the….  Based on the…..  With reference to……

5. Closing -Minimum 2 sentences - prediction - proposal Prediction: What future trend can you predict? e.g: If x happens, y will continue to increase/ decrease / stabilise / fluctuate Proposal: What recommendation can you propose? e.g: The government can…..

7. Introduction - Current situation -Agree/disagree because…. 1 st Point, 2 nd Point and 3 rd Point -Key point -Reason 1 -Reason 2 -Examples Conclusion -Agree/disagree again because…. -What can the government do?

8. You can use this template Title: Introduction Nowadays, / In this era of… In my opinion, I strongly agree/disagree that… In this essay, I will discuss three solid strategies for ________ which include ___________, __________ and ___________. 1 st point Firstly, / First and foremost, This is because… For example, Therefore,

9. 2 nd Point This means that… Furthermore, Thus, 3 rd Point Finally, Last but not least, This is due to the fact that… In addition, Take for example, Hence,

10. Conclusion In a nutshell, the three strategies I have suggested are _______, _________ and ___________ In my opinion, I still agree/disagree that…. The government can…..