PAPER 2 WRITING THE LEAFLET 1 Letter WRITING

PAPER 2 WRITING: THE LEAFLET

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

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

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

TIP 1 5 BULLET POINT STRUCTURE

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

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

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

�Do not put lots of points in a big chunk!

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

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

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

WRITE A LEAFLET AIMED AT PERSUADING PEOPLE TO VISIT A LOCAL ATTRACTION. [20] PARAGRAPH 1 – INTRO PARAGRAPH 2 – 1 ST MAIN POINT PARAGRAPH 3 – 2 nd MAIN POINT PARAGRAPH 4 – 3 rd MAIN POINT PARAGRAPH 5 – CONCLUSION

WRITE A LEAFLET AIMED AT PERSUADING PEOPLE TO VISIT A LOCAL ATTRACTION. [20] PARAGRAPH 1 – MONKEY WORLD PARAGRAPH 2 – THE ANIMALS PARAGRAPH 3 – LIVE SHOWS PARAGRAPH 4 – GIFT SHOP PARAGRAPH 5 – VISIT MONKEY WORLD TODAY!

TIP 2 SHOW OFF TO THE EXAMINER

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

EXCITING ADJECTIVES DIRECT ADDRESS STATISTICS RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

TIP 3 WRITE A GREAT INTRO

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

1 st sentence: use the exam question WRITE A LEAFLET AIMED AT PERSUADING PEOPLE TO VISIT A LOCAL ATTRACTION. [20] MONKEY MADNESS! Monkey World is the best local attraction in the south. In this leaflet, I am going to explain why you would be mad not to go! THE RED TEXT IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE EXAM QUESTION

2 nd sentence: say ‘In this letter / speech / review etc. WRITE A LEAFLET AIMED AT PERSUADING PEOPLE TO VISIT A LOCAL ATTRACTION. [20] MONKEY MADNESS! Monkey World is the best local attraction in the south. In this leaflet, I am going to explain why you would be mad not to go!

TIP 4 Use sentence starters

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

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!

L E A F L E T

LEAFLETS WRITE A LEAFLET AIMED AT PERSUADING PEOPLE TO VISIT A LOCAL ATTRACTION. [20] • WRITE THE SAME WAY AS AN ARTICLE • IT MAY BE CALLED A ‘GUIDE’ IN THE EXAM • CREATE A CATCHY TITLE AND SUB-HEADINGS • USE INTERESTING SENTENCE STARTERS E. G. FIRSTLY, SECONDLY, HOWEVER ETC. • USE DAFOREST TO PERSUADE THE READER TO AGREE WITH YOU • CHECK YOUR THERE /THEIR / THEY’RE • DO NOT DRAW ANY PICTURES!