What it is: You write one text from a choice of three tasks. 30 marks, 1 h 30 min.
The instruction on the paper: Complete one task. Use an appropriate text type from the options below the task you choose. Write 450 to 600 words. → Pick one task, use one of the three text types printed under it, and stay within 450–600 words.
| Paper 1 (HL) | |
|---|---|
| Time | 1 h 30 min |
| Marks | 30 |
| Tasks | choose 1 of 3 |
| Text type | choose 1 of the 3 printed under your task |
| Length | 450–600 words |
- Complete one task.
- Answer one task only.
- an appropriate text type
- a form that suits the task
- the options below the task
- the three types printed under it
- Write a text for…
- this names your reader
- in which you explain…
- each verb is one content point
Remember: Pick one task, then one text type printed under it. Write that form, not an essay.
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A task, laid out like the paper: Your school library is going to close in the afternoons, and many students no longer have a quiet place to study.
Write a text for your classmates in which you explain the problem and propose a solution.
Text types: Blog • Email • Speech
From the paper to your text
1
Read all three tasks
Pick the one you have ideas for.
2
Choose one text type
Only from the three printed.
3
Find the reader and purpose
Who reads it, and why?
4
Write 450–600 words
Then keep five minutes to check.
Task → Type → Reader → Write
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Do
- Read all three tasks first.
- Use one of the printed text types.
- Answer every part of the task.
Don't
- Answer more than one task.
- Invent your own text type.
- Copy whole lines from the task.