Cambridge IGCSE English – First Language
2Writing
Overview
AO2 Writing: tested in Paper 2 or Component 3 (80% of their marks) and in Paper 1 (20%). Descriptive, narrative, discursive, argumentative and persuasive writing; letters, reports, articles, journals, speeches, interviews and summaries.
In this topic
- 2.1 Directed writing
- 2.2 Letters, reports, articles, speeches, journals and interviews
- 2.3 Descriptive writing
- 2.4 Narrative writing
- 2.5 Discursive, argumentative and persuasive writing
- 2.6 Audience, purpose, structure and register
- 2.7 Vocabulary and sentence structures
- 2.8 Spelling, punctuation and grammar
Lessons
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Directed writing: using and evaluating ideas from texts
40 min
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Writing from notes, tables and graphs
35 min
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Articles for a school magazine or newspaper
35 min
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Formal letters: layout, tone and purpose
35 min
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Informal letters and emails to friends and family
30 min
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Journal entries and interviews written in role
30 min
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Writing a speech for an occasion and an audience
35 min
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Writing reports for a head, club or organisation
35 min
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Descriptive writing: bringing a scene to life
35 min
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Narrative writing: telling a story that grips
40 min
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Argumentative and persuasive writing
35 min
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Discursive writing: weighing both sides
35 min
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Planning and paragraphing a composition
30 min
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Register, audience and purpose: choosing the right voice
30 min
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Conjunctions and discourse markers: joining ideas
35 min
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Homophones, homographs and confusable words
25 min
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Idioms, proverbs and collocations
25 min
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Sentences, clauses and phrases: building and transforming sentences
35 min
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Synonyms and antonyms: choosing the precise word
25 min
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Word formation: prefixes, suffixes and word families
25 min
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