What it is: You write one text from a choice of three tasks. 30 marks, 1 h 15 min.
The instruction on the paper: Completa una tarea. Elige, entre las opciones dadas, un tipo de texto apropiado para la tarea elegida. Escribe entre 250 y 400 palabras. → Complete one task. Choose, from the options given, a suitable text type for the task you chose. Write between 250 and 400 words.
| Paper 1 (SL) | |
|---|---|
| Time | 1 h 15 min |
| Marks | 30 |
| Tasks | choose 1 of 3 |
| Text type | choose 1 of the 3 printed under your task |
| Length | 250–400 words |
- Completa una tarea.
- Complete one task.
- Elige…
- Choose…
- entre las opciones dadas
- from the options given
- un tipo de texto
- a text type
- la tarea elegida
- the task you chose
- Escribe entre 250 y 400 palabras.
- Write between 250 and 400 words.
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: La biblioteca de tu instituto va a cerrar por las tardes y muchos alumnos ya no tienen un lugar tranquilo para estudiar.
Escribe un texto para tus compañeros en el que expliques el problema y propongas una solución.
Tipos de texto: Blog • Correo electrónico • Discurso
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 250–400 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.