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Things to Remember During the Checkpoint Exam

Speech

 Make sure that the persona’s voice or viewpoint comes across strongly
 Engage your audience straightaway
 Match the style to the audience
 Structure the speech to get the listeners interested straightaway, keep their attention with new points in
each paragraph and finish strongly
 Ensure you have four or five clear paragraphs
 Speak directly to the audience using inclusive pronouns (you, we) and rhetorical devices – CAMELS EAT
PARIS
 Use questions, shorter sentences, informal language (depends on the question) to make a personal
connection with the listeners. However, overall, in the speech, use a range of sentence lengths
 Use humour, everyday references and powerful imagery or emotive language, as appropriate to the
topic and audience
 Consider counter arguments
 Link openings and endings
 Use a range of sentence lengths for effect
 Use transitional phrases like moreover, however, similarly, on the other hand.... to link paragraphs

Formal Report

 Keep in mind who will read the report when deciding how formal the register should be– School Board,
a government body, Student Council, debating Society etc. even for a report meant for fellow students,
you should stick to formal, standard English.
 When ordering ideas, prioritize. Develop the more significant ideas first, then the others.
 Always provide strong evidence
 Your report should sound convincing and real with an excellent sense of audience

News Report

 Follow the inverted pyramid structure you have been given. (The news report structure sheet that has
been shared with you)
 Your headline and report must be aligned.
 Introduction must contain the five Ws
 Maintain an objective tone throughout.
 Include quotations from eyewitnesses, survivors, experts, etc. employing direct speech, but the quotes
must contain information and not just opinions and emotions.
 Use time connectives to link paragraphs [first, later, finally] but your report must not sound like a story.

Feature Articles

 Are often personal ( the writer refers to himself or herself)


 Cover wider ground than a news report or more complex ideas
 Offer a distinct viewpoint
 Have an unusual perspective on the topic
 Explore ideas more deeply
 Use informal connectives
 Use rhetorical questions, one or two exclamation marks, some triple structure and pronouns like ‘we’,
‘our’, ‘us’ and ‘you’
 Use short punchy sentences in places
 Employ a light hearted chatty tone
 Link opening and ending
 Ensure you have four or five clear paragraphs

Letters

 Remember to maintain the required level of formality


 Develop and link ideas fluently in a sequence of paragraphs. Use transitional phrases to link paragraphs
 The voice of the character should be convincing and sustained
 Use powerful emotive words to get your point across
 Use rhetorical questions
 Don’t use contractions ( like don’t)
 Don’t use too many exclamations if you are asked to write to a friend
 Link opening and ending

Journals

 Capture the voice of the person


 Employ the first person
 Use time references and tenses correctly
 Provide a vivid portrait of what has happened/been experienced
 Use tenses fluently to move between the past, present, future

Summary Writing

The examiner is looking for evidence that

 You have understood what you have read


 Can select the relevant information
 Can express the information using your own words and in a shorter form than original
 You are able to use a variety of sentences: complex, compound AND simple sentences.

Remember the following:

 Identify only the relevant information. READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY.


 Do not write an introductory or concluding sentence that does not have a point in it.
 Do not repeat points
 Give each point equal weighting
 Use your own words as far as possible

Do not include:

 Personal opinions
 Extra information or explanations or descriptions
 Your own comments or opinions on the points in the original text
 Quotations from the original passage

Narrative Writing

 Respond to the specific demands of the question and stay clearly focused on the task
 Show off your knowledge of plot, characterization, conflict, point of view
 Structural (provide characters and details that later become significant; different types of beginning and
end
 Descriptive/linguistic (provide pictures to clarify and words that define).
 Imaginative; (select essential details which are relevant to the aim of the story; create interesting
dialogue that fulfils a function)
 Employ punctuation for effect
 DO NOT write stories that include improbable and exaggerated events
 Avoid clichéd expressions
 Present thoughts and ideas, do not just narrate
 Interweave genuine thoughts and emotions.
 Employ varied syntax

Descriptive Writing

Linguistic (create pictures and feelings with words)

Structural (create and order enough material to sustain interest throughout writing)

 Respond to the specific demands of the question and stay clearly focused on the task
 Word Choice – Use powerful verbs and adverbs; precise nouns
 Avoid redundancy (unnecessary repetition)
 Find new ways to talk about regular things
 Ideas – focus on central idea, theme, argument, or story line.
 Use detail to add interest or to expand or support main points.
 Use sensory imagery and figurative language
 Avoid clichéd comparisons and overuse of adjectives
 Employ varied syntax

Paper 2, Section A (Reading Skills)

 While reading the passage try and discover both the denotations and connotations of the
text and particular words/ phrases.
 Select appropriate information in response to the questions – while quoting, focus on the
exact word or phrase that illustrates the points, not the complete sentence

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