PAPER 2 WRITING THE SPEECH 1 Letter WRITING

PAPER 2 WRITING: THE SPEECH

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

PARAGRAPH 1 – INTRO PARAGRAPH 2 – 1 ST MAIN POINT PARAGRAPH 3 – 2 nd MAIN POINT PARAGRAPH 4 – 3 rd MAIN POINT PARAGRAPH 5 – CONCLUSION

PARAGRAPH 1 – best thing PARAGRAPH 2 – social media PARAGRAPH 3 – Google maps PARAGRAPH 4 – cyber bullying (bad thing) PARAGRAPH 5 – say goodbye

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 Good morning, I am here to deliver a talk on titled ‘The Internet: a blessing or the worst thing ever!’ In this speech, I am going to say why I couldn’t live without the Internet. THE RED TEXT IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE EXAM QUESTION

2 nd sentence: say ‘In this letter / speech / review etc. Imagine you have a friend or relative who is considering going to live abroad. Write a letter giving your opinions. [20] Good morning, I am here to deliver a talk on titled ‘The Internet: a blessing or the worst thing ever!’ In this speech, I am going to say why I couldn’t live without the Internet.

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!

S P E E C H

SPEECHES You have been asked to give a talk to your class on the topic ‘Things that annoy me the most. ’ Try to be entertaining and persuade your class why you would want to get rid of the things you hate. (20 marks) • SAY HI AND WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT • USE DIRECT ADDRESS THROUGHOUT I. E. ‘YOU’ & ‘WE’ • TRY TO PERSUADE THE READER TO AGREE WITH YOU • USE INTERESTING SENTENCE STARTERS E. G. FIRSTLY, SECONDLY, HOWEVER ETC. • USE DAFOREST • CHECK YOUR THERE /THEIR / THEY’RE • USE RHETORICAL QUESTIONS TO INVOLVE THE AUDIENCE