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St Teresa’s CollegeQCS: The Writing Task
Planning
Plan to succeed!
QCS Writing Task
When: Paper #1 Tuesday morning
Duration: 2 hours + 10min perusal
Task: 600 word written piece (story, essay, report, reflection) in response to stimulus
Contrib. to overall QCS grade: 29%
Equipment Allowed
Pens (BLACK ink) Pencil Sharper Eraser Correction Fluid / Liquid Paper
What do I have to do?
Respond to stimulus – use as inspiration Respond in any genre except poetry Brainstorm, plan, draft, edit, rewrite to
final copy standard Write one (1) text of about 600 words of
continuous prose
Planning to succeed
A range of rehearsed strategies will underpin success
Time management & writing process are vital Brainstorming, planning and time allocation
Writer’s block? You can plan your way out of it!
General feedback from mighty minds
1. Penalties occur when students write below 500 or over 750 words. All students should aim for 600 words. Work out how many words it will take to fill your task booklet.
Writing to page ratios
The writing booklet has 30 lines per page. A guideline of how many pages 600 words occupies, based on the number of words per line, is outlined below.
Number of w/p/l Approx pages required
6 3 ½
7 3
8 2 ½
9 2 ¼
10 2
11 1 2/3
12 1 1/3
Plan your paragraphs
“It is important that students set out their ideas clearly and express them in planned paragraphs.”
“Students need to be reminded that it is essential their written responses have a strong connection to the stimulus material.”
Plan your strategy
Plan to be familiar with at least two fairly different genres. Pick writing styles you have gained success with and are confident in and that you can complete in the 2 hours of the writing task.
Work on:
Responding to stimulus Tighter sentence structure, avoid too many
complex sentences Better use of paragraphing Spelling Punctuation Avoid slang and cliches Use your best vocabulary
Why plan a plan of attack?
One go at it… It works… Fail to plan, you plan to fail… It is a demanding task:
Flair and originality Reflects generic conventions Free of technical errors 2 hours No computer, dictionaries or help
Using Your Time Effectively
10 min : (Perusal) 20 min : Planning 30/30 min : Draft / edit 40 min : Final draft
Warnings : 30min prior to finish time
10min prior to finish time
How is my writing marked?
Trained and registered markers Mark according to standards developed for a set of
criteria Each response is marked at least three times by
different markers working independently There is a process for monitoring marker
consistency
Plan ahead
Read page 18 Review the TICGS scheme on page 19-
could this work for you? Use the TICGS format on page 19. Plan a
response to one of the two examples from page 11-14.
Drafting and Editing
Read page 20- highlight the key points or areas that you need to remind yourself of!!! (What are your weak points?)
The Power of Planning
Not even the most gifted writer can sit down and produce a flawless piece without planning
Writing - ALL writing - is a process consisting of: brainstorming planning drafting editing proofreading
Planning is the key to:
effective links to the theme and the stimulus piece
a plausible and logically structured response maintaining your sanity. Accepting responsibility for your efforts, this
is not a “luck” or personality test.
Therefore...
… you must allocate blocks of time to each phase of the writing process.
Last thoughts…
Support one another Work with the process of preparing for the writing
task Conquer it and develop a plan to manage the task No luck needed – you make your own good fortune
through diligence & preparation Prepare yourself mentally and physically
Take responsibility for your results!