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W.3.5.3 - Task 1 Structure of Body Paragraphs - Transcript

The document provides guidance on writing body paragraphs for Task 1, focusing on identifying significant trends and supporting them with specific data from visual representations like graphs. It emphasizes the importance of selecting main details, using time markers for clarity, and incorporating explicit data to achieve a higher band score. Examples from a line graph on Australian mining industry employees illustrate how to effectively structure and present information in body paragraphs.

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W.3.5.3 - Task 1 Structure of Body Paragraphs - Transcript

The document provides guidance on writing body paragraphs for Task 1, focusing on identifying significant trends and supporting them with specific data from visual representations like graphs. It emphasizes the importance of selecting main details, using time markers for clarity, and incorporating explicit data to achieve a higher band score. Examples from a line graph on Australian mining industry employees illustrate how to effectively structure and present information in body paragraphs.

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Hello and welcome back.

In the previous video, you learned about the introduction and overview
statement for Task 1. Let's now have a look at how to write the body paragraphs. You will learn about
the structure of body paragraphs and how to select information to include in these paragraphs.
In Task 1, you must identify the significant or main trends or the points of comparison in the visual that
you are given. In the body paragraphs, you need to write about each of these significant or main trends
or comparisons and support each one with data from the graph. It is very important that you include
specific numbers and data.
Let's look at an example of how this is done in the body paragraphs. For this, we will again be looking at
the line graph on Australian mining industry employees. When writing about this graph or any graph or
visual in task one, it is important that you do not simply list all the detail. If you do this, you cannot
receive more than a band five for task achievement.
You need to select the main details. You can do this by looking for the following. Peaks, troughs,
significant changes, similarities, or differences. This graph shows change over time. And some of the
main trends are a peak in 1900 of just over 60,000. A second smaller peak of just under 50,000 in 1950.
A decline from 1900 to 1940 before a rise. A decline from 1960 to 1990. A low of 15,000 in 1990. After
you have identified the main trends, you need to think about how you will organise this information.
It is recommended that you use two paragraphs for the majority of Task 1 responses. To describe this
graph and other graphs which show change over time, you should present these trends in the order of
the time in which they occurred - by using time markers to introduce each trend, by supporting each
trend with data and by linking similar or different trends with a signpost word. Now let's look at the
body paragraphs which were written about this graph.
The use of time markers here is key to writing a clear response. They make your answer cohesive by
linking your ideas together and they signal each new trend. Remember to vary the time markers you
use. For example, in the sample answer for Australian mining industry employees, some time markers
used are: at the beginning, by the end, throughout, this was followed by, and by.
Another important element in Task 1 is the explicit use of data. If you describe the graph without using
data, you cannot receive more than a band 5 for task achievement. Look at how the student has
referenced specific amounts and numbers from the graph. However, you do not need to do this in
every sentence. Notice how the sentence beginning with however does not include a specific amount.
Now that you have looked at some examples, you should practice writing some yourself. Follow the
instructions below.

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