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Content and organisation (13 marks)

§ You know exactly what you are being asked to do

§ You know exactly who you are writing for and have thought about what will interest that person or group.

§ Your work is long enough (about 2 sides or 500 words per task)

§ Your writing has paragraphs and makes sense.

§ You have used a good variety of carefully chosen words.

Sentence structure, punctuation and spelling (7 marks)

§ You have used lots of different kinds of sentences and sentence openings.

§ You have made very few mistakes with your full stops, commas and apostrophes.

§ You have made very few spelling mistakes.

§ You keep to one tense and do not make  mistakes with subject/verb agreement.

§ You use a singular verb with a singular subject and a plural verb with a plural subject.

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Aim: To improve letter-writing and planning for the writing exam

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

§ Proof-read a letter to identify mistakes

§ Evaluate a sample letter against the marking criteria

§ Identify a preferred planning method

§ Plan rapidly (5 mins) for a given writing task

§ Format a letter correctly

§ Offer at least one top tip for the writing exam

§ Convert an informal letter to a formal letter

§ Demonstrate how to format and structure a letter correctly

§Offer constructive criticism to a peer on how to improve their letter-writing

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Use the writing exam criteria to decide what the strengths and weaknesses of this letter are, and what grade you would expect it to get.

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Correct this letter