Directed Writing Template for Spm

DIRECTED WRITING TEMPLATE FOR SPM Step 1: READING THE QUESTION Remember the F.A.C.T.S FORMAT AUDIENCE CONTENT POINTS TASK(S)/ TENSE SCENARIO Step 2: UNDERSTANDING FORMAT (relevant aspects of format) F1 F2 F3 Step 3: UNDERSTANDING AUDIENCE Tone to be employed: _________________________________________________________ Step 4: UNDERSTANDING CONTENT POINTS What are the points about? Is the verb provided? C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12

Step 5: UNDERSTANDING TASK(S)/ PURPOSE OF WRITING and TENSE a) Task (s): ________________________________________________________________ List words related to the task(s)/ synomyn (use a thesaurus). How do you express the same idea using different words. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ b) Tense to be used: ________________________

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DIRECTED WRITING TEMPLATE FOR SPM Step 6: UNDERSTANDING SCENARIO (Information that cannot be changed) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Step 7: PLANNING YOUR ESSAY / PARAGRAPHING (3 minutes) How many paragraphs do you need? How do you put the points in paragraphs? Introductio n Paragraph #1 Paragraph #2 Paragraph #3 Paragraph #4 Paragraph #5 Paragraph #6 Conclusion

Step 8: WRITING YOUR ESSAY (within 30 minutes) Your essay should about 1 ½ page to 2 pages. Remember you must get 3 marks for FORMAT and 12 marks for CONTENT. Don’t forget to ELABORATE your points.

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DIRECTED WRITING TEMPLATE FOR SPM

Step 9: EDITING YOUR ESSAY USING THE ‘SPOTCAP’ METHOD (5 minutes) Spelling Preposition Order of words Tense Choice of words Agreement, Punctuation

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