PET WRITING PART 2

PET WRITING PAPER PART 2 how to write an informal email and a short story

8. Assignement

7. Example

6. Question time 2

5. How to write a short story

4. Example

3. Question time

2. How to write an informal email (video)

1. a general overview of the paper

Index

In PET writing paper part two, you must write two texts: an informal email (compulsory) and a short story or an article. Both texts must be 100 words long (more or less 10 lines) You have 45 minutes to write both texts (20 minutes each + 5 minutes for revision) We are going to see how to write a good letter and a good short story in the following pages.

How to write an informal email

Watch the video.Write down some notes on your exercise book. Then go to the next page and answer the questions

Question time

1. How many words do you have to write for the email and the short story?
2. How long do you have to answer paper 2?
3. What is part 2 of your email called?
4. What can you write about in part 3 of your email?
5. What connectors can you use in part 3 of your email?

Example

• Read the example above
• Can you identify the different parts of the email?
• Can you identify the notes ?
• You have 4 suggestions/notes in red: this is your task
• What kind of language will you need to write your email?
• What grammar rules do you need to revise?

How to write a short story

Watch the video (you can stop at 7:00)Write down some notes on your exercise book. Then go to the next page and answer the questions

Question time 2

1. What are the two elements of a good short story?
2. What are the three parts of the plot?
3. What important questions should you ask yourself before writing your story?
4. What three different endings can you have?
5. What aspects of grammar do you need to revise?

Example

• Give a title to your story
• Your story must begin with the same sentence given in the task (you CAN'T change it)
• Exposition: Who? 1 person Where? in the sea What? he was swimming/he could see an island
• Middle action: what happened? did he reach the island or not? How? why?
• Resolution : your ending, be creative!

Assignement

Now you are ready to write your email and your short story. Remember to write 100 words (longer texts won't be corrected, I will count up to 100 and stop the correction there! so you will lose marks) Remember to divide your texts in paragraphs Submit your work on Classroom, a google page has been created for you