Two engaging and detailed lessons to teach students how to approach the descriptive writing question in Language paper 2 of CIE 0500 English Language IGCSE.
This resource contains a ready-to-teach powerpoint with printing and teaching instructions.
LESSON ONE
Learning Objective: Plan a structure for descriptive writing for Language Paper 2
Learning Outcomes:
-Students will understand what the descriptive questions look like and what is assessed on the mark scheme.
- Students will be introduced to a recommended descriptive structure and then will plan their own answer.
Lesson Outline:
Do it now: Quick recall – what skills are needed for descriptive writing? Share as part of a class discussion.
Starter: Overview of paper 2, descriptive writing and the mark scheme.
Task one: Outline of structure and students plan their structure.
Peer assessment
Plenary: Look at your zoom section and where your partner has added a ‘?’ Write a simile or metaphor to describe this feature.
LESSON TWO
Learning Objective: Improve our descriptive writing for Language Paper 2
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will revise the recommended structure for descriptive writing.
- Students will practise improving extracts using the success criteria.
- Students will begin to write a piece of descriptive writing using their structure plan.
Lesson Outline:
Do it now: Quick recall on structure and length of exam
Starter: Gap fill exercise for descriptive writing success criteria
Task one: Improve three examples using the success criteria.
Task three: Write piece of descriptive writing.
Peer assessment
Plenary: After today’s lesson, what do you think are the top three rules for success in descriptive writing?
Freebies:
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A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper One here.
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A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper Two here.
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Free marking templates for CIE 0500 here. #
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The only useful part of this resource is the mark scheme. It suggests students write 3 paragraphs for their descriptive writing without giving an example. I'd love to see an example that has 3 paragraphs and was successful... It gives 1 or 2 sentence examples that are below par. I could have put this together in 10 minutes and wish I did.
Absolutely brilliant.
Very comprehensive, exceeded my expectations :)
This was very helpful for me as it is my first time teaching this qualification. The exam board doesn't seem to have much available so this helped me understand the paper more and will also be great for my students too. Clearly planned and easy to use.Thank you :-)
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