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Planning and structuring a piece of writing

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Why plan?

  • A brief plan can focus ideas and give the response a clear shape. Choose the planning time for the task and the time available.
  • Identify form, audience and purpose, then select relevant points or events. Plan how to begin, develop and end without imposing a fixed number of points.

Plan for this task

Plan for this taskDecisionExample: school articlePurpose andaudienceArgue for an outdoor-lesson trialDeveloped pointExplain one practical learningactivityPractical issueAddress weather and accessConclusionPropose evaluation before expansion

Planning methods

  • Use a spider diagram, bullet list or sequence of boxes if useful. An argument might develop a viewpoint, reasons, alternatives and a conclusion. A narrative may use a build-up and climax or another deliberate shape.

Structure and paragraphs

  • Use paragraphs to organise ideas: a new paragraph for a new point, speaker, time, place or topic.
  • A topic sentence can signal the main point of an explanatory or argumentative paragraph. Other forms and effects may call for a different opening.
  • Use discourse markers (connectives) to link ideas: "First", "Furthermore", "However", "Meanwhile", "Consequently".
  • Vary structure: you could use a flashback, a circular structure or build to a climax.

Make the relationship clear

Make the relationship clearLinkRelationshipFurthermoreAdds a developed pointHoweverIntroduces a contrastMeanwhileShows simultaneous eventsConsequentlySignals a result

Beginnings and endings

  • Hook the reader in the opening line. In the ending, link back to the start or leave a lasting image or call to action.

Choose a purposeful ending

Choose a purposeful endingTaskPossible closeArgumentDraw reasons into a judgementProcessexplanationClarify the result of the stepsNarrativeResolve or deliberately leave aquestionDescriptionLeave a significant final image

Managing time

  • For a 45-minute task, 5 minutes planning, 35 writing and 5 checking is one possible starting allocation. Adjust to the actual task, available time and your writing needs; do not assume every examination has the same timings.

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  1. 1.Why plan before you write?

    Easy
    • Ato organise your ideas
    • Bto waste time
    • Cto copy
    • Dit is not useful
  2. 2.Which is a planning method?

    Easy
    • Aa footnote
    • Ba bibliography
    • Ca title page
    • Da spider diagram
  3. 3.When should you start a new paragraph?

    Easy
    • Anever
    • Bonly at the end
    • Cfor a new idea, speaker, time or place
    • Dfor every sentence
  4. 4.What is a topic sentence?

    Easy
    • Aa quotation
    • Bthe sentence that introduces a paragraph's main idea
    • Cthe last sentence
    • Da title
  5. 5.Which is a discourse marker for adding a point?

    Easy
    • AFurthermore
    • BHowever
    • CIn contrast
    • DWhereas
  6. 6.Which marker shows time?

    Easy
    • AMoreover
    • BTherefore
    • CAlthough
    • DMeanwhile
  7. 7.Which marker shows result?

    Easy
    • APreviously
    • BInitially
    • CConsequently
    • DMeanwhile
  8. 8.In an argument plan, what follows your viewpoint?

    Easy
    • Athe title
    • Byour reasons
    • Cthe sign-off
    • Dthe date

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