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Two engaging and detailed lessons to teach students how to approach the descriptive writing question in Language paper 2 of CIE 0500 English Language IGCSE.

This resource contains a ready-to-teach powerpoint with printing and teaching instructions.

LESSON ONE

Learning Objective: Plan a structure for descriptive writing for Language Paper 2

Learning Outcomes:
-Students will understand what the descriptive questions look like and what is assessed on the mark scheme.

  • Students will be introduced to a recommended descriptive structure and then will plan their own answer.

Lesson Outline:
Do it now: Quick recall – what skills are needed for descriptive writing? Share as part of a class discussion.
Starter: Overview of paper 2, descriptive writing and the mark scheme.
Task one: Outline of structure and students plan their structure.
Peer assessment
Plenary: Look at your zoom section and where your partner has added a ‘?’ Write a simile or metaphor to describe this feature.

LESSON TWO

Learning Objective: Improve our descriptive writing for Language Paper 2

Learning Outcomes:

  • Students will revise the recommended structure for descriptive writing.
  • Students will practise improving extracts using the success criteria.
  • Students will begin to write a piece of descriptive writing using their structure plan.

Lesson Outline:
Do it now: Quick recall on structure and length of exam
Starter: Gap fill exercise for descriptive writing success criteria
Task one: Improve three examples using the success criteria.
Task three: Write piece of descriptive writing.
Peer assessment
Plenary: After today’s lesson, what do you think are the top three rules for success in descriptive writing?

Freebies:

  1. A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper One here.

  2. A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper Two here.

  3. Free marking templates for CIE 0500 here. #

If you find this lesson helpful, have a look at my CIE 0500 Language Paper 1 bundle here or the Language Paper 2 bundle here. If you’re interested in both, there is a combined bundle here which is cheaper than buying them separately.

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This bundle contains everything you need to introduce students to Language Paper 2 for CIE 0500 IGCSE English Language. This bundle contains: * A lesson giving a detailed overview of Language Paper 2. * A lesson on how to approach the directed writing question. * A lesson on how to approach the descriptive writing task. * Two lessons on how to approach the narrative writing task. * An original practice paper 2 * A scheme of work overview for teaching Language Papers 1 and 2. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the [LikeAnExpert](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/LikeAnExpert) shop.

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timothyw1

2 months ago
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Absolutely brilliant.

neocrimsonnight

7 months ago
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Very comprehensive, exceeded my expectations :)

annacano_filbritacademyuk

2 years ago
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This was very helpful for me as it is my first time teaching this qualification. The exam board doesn't seem to have much available so this helped me understand the paper more and will also be great for my students too. Clearly planned and easy to use.Thank you :-)

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