TRINITY CONTROLLED WRITTEN EXAM TIPS FOR SUCCESS

What was the biggest problem with portfolio tasks? Task Fulfillment! STUDENTS DID NOT ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY WERE ASKED!!

ANSWER ALL THE POINTS! IF YOU DON´T ANSWER ALL THE POINTS, YOU DEFINITELY WON´T GET A GOOD SCORE, AND YOU MIGHT FAIL THE EXAM!! SO LET´S LOOK AT SOME EXAMPLES…

ISE-0: April 2011, Reading into Writing You and your family are on holiday in Africa. Read the text below and then, in your own words, write an email (approximately 75 words) to your best friend saying: i)  what you did on days 1–4 ii)  what you are going to do tomorrow and iii) what you liked most. Victoria Falls The Victoria Falls is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falls are some of the largest in the world. Near the Falls is a National Park, with amazing wildlife and the Safari Lodge a new and elegant hotel very near the Falls. Your itinerary Day 1: Fly to Livingstone airport and transfer to Safari Lodge. Days 2–3: Go on a river cruise and see the Falls. Take a 30-minute helicopter flight over the river. Days 4–7: Visit Chobe National Park to see wildlife such as elephants, lions and tigers. Sleep in the National Park camp and enjoy barbeque dinners. Day 8: Fly home.

WHAT DID SIR SAM DO WRONG??!! Sir Sam´s task: WHAT DID SIR SAM DO WRONG??!! Dear Tim,   Hey man! Do you want come to Australia with me? We are going to see some cool animals, and then we are going to take a ride in helicopter. The trip is like 8 days, and we will stay in an elegant new hotel. I going to get a vaccination because I am afraid of malaria and dengue fever. There is a beautiful waterfall there, and it is one of the biggest in the world. You will love it! Let me know what you think! See you bro! Sam

Let´s look one of your classmate´s work… PLEASE NOTE: THIS WORK IS NOT GREAT, NOR IS IT AWFUL, JUST OK… Dear friend, I write this e-mail to you to tell you about mi holidays in Africa. At day 1 mi family and my fly to livingstone airport and transfer to safari lodge, at day 2 I going to a river cruise and see the fall. Tomorrow I visit the national park to see wildlife to see elephants, lions and tigers and to finish the day with a good dinner. good bye and see you.

ISE-0: April 2011, Writing Task Write a diary entry (approximately 75 words) for a day when you cooked a new dish for the first time saying: i)  what you cooked ii)  what ingredients you used and iii) what your family liked about it.

WHAT DID SIR SAM DO WRONG??!! Sir Sam´s task: WHAT DID SIR SAM DO WRONG??!! October 1st, 2014   Dear diary, Last weekend I cooked some delicious food for my friends. I make a lasagne for the first time, and it was so good. It was my birthday and I really like lasagne. To make a good lasagne you need to have a lot of cheese, noodles and a tasty meat sauce. For my birthday party we ate lasagne, and my friends gave me some cool gifts like FIFA 2015 for PS4. Well, that´s all for now!

ANSWER ALL THE POINTS! YOU STILL DON´T BELIEVE ME? OK, LET´S LOOK AT A REAL EXAMPLE OF A STUDENT WHO FAILED…

ISE-1: November 2009, Writing Task Write an article (approximately 150 words) for a travel magazine about a popular holiday destination or resort in your country: i)  describing what people can see and do there and ii)  giving your general opinion of the place.

Student´s task TRAVEL TO TAORMINA A very special place in ITaly is in Sicily. ITs name is Taormina. It is 30 kilometers far from Messina. IT isn’t very big but is very beautiful. The tourists can visiT the hisToric cenTre were you buy souvenirs, or see visit the Byzantine church or some very beautiful gardens. A special place To go is the greek Amphiteatre with iT’s view over the TransparenT sea. In Taormina you can do lots of things, you can eat The real Sicilian “Cannolo” and drink a very good “granite” (a crushed ice-drink) with whipped cream. In Taormina the amusements don’T lack, in The afternoon you can go To The beach. The best beach is “Isola bella” and you can have a baTh or go up over a rock and dive into the blue sea. In The evening you can go to a restaurant and eat fish or Tipical Sicilian “focaccia”. In The night you can go To discoteques.

Examiner Feedback: Task Fulfilment

Examiner Feedback: Language

SO YOU SEE… GETTING A GOOD GRADE ON THE TRINITY CONTROLLED WRITTEN EXAM IS EASY IF YOU REMEMBER TO… A) ANSWER ALL THE POINTS (Task Fulfilment) B) USE THE NECESSARY LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS (Accuracy and Range)

What are some of the fundamental language requirements for your level? ISE-0 ISE-1 ISE-0 requirements plus present perfect (for/since/ever/never/etc), future will, past continuous Quantifiers much/many/a lot of/etc. Zero and 1st conditionals Modals must/need to/might/don´t have to/should/etc. Common phrasal verbs Preferences I prefer/ I´d rather Present simple, present continous, past simple, future going to There is/are, can/can´t, Adjectives, adverbs of frequeny sometimes/never/twice a week/etc., past time expressions last night/yesterday/etc.

What are the Controlled Written subject areas for your level? ISE-0 ISE-1 Festivals Means of transport Special occasions (celebrations, birthdays, etc.) Entertainment (cinema, television, clubs, etc.) Music Recent personal experiences Jobs Places in the local area Place of study Home life Weather Free time Times and dates