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It includes a timed writing of the task.  \n\n| Time required: | 70 | minutes |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Additional materials | 􀂃 | assessment criteria for Task 1 (on OHT or sufficient handouts for students) |\n| required: | 􀂃 | coloured pens |\n| Aims: | 􀂃\u003Cbr>􀂃\u003Cbr>􀂃\u003Cbr>􀂃 | to introduce task 1 on the Academic Writing paper\u003Cbr>to clarify the instructions and to raise awareness of the task itself.\u003Cbr>to help students understand what is required from the examiners’point of view by analysing a sample answer.\u003Cbr>to practise writing an answer under timed conditions. |\n\nProcedure  \n1. Hand out the sample task 1. Allow students to study it for 1 minute.  \n2. Put the students into pairs and ask one student in each pair to explain the basic requirements of the task to their partner and what they have to do. Their partner should listen and see if they have understood the task in the same way. Monitor and elicit the correct answer from one of the students.  \n3. Ask the other student in the pair to explain the main features of the graph to their partner. Encourage the other student to fill in any missing details.  \n4. Hand out the worksheet and ask the students to answer the questions 1 – 7 in Exercise 1 ‘Understanding the task and data’ in pairs. When they have finished, elicit answers from the class and add any further necessary detail.  \n5. Hand out the sample answer. Allow students time to read it. Tell students to imagine they are the examiner and to give their partner some feedback about it. Then ask students in pairs to answer the questions in Exercise 2 , ‘Analysing a sample answer’. When they have finished, elicit answers from the class and add any further necessary detail.  \n6. Give out photocopies of the assessment criteria or use an OHT of these on the whiteboard. Elicit from students good examples of where the criteria are fulfilled by the sample answer. Correct and add further points where necessary.  \n7. Collect in the sample answer and ask students to write their own answer. Explain that they are not expected to reproduce the sample answer word for word but to use the best aspects of it as a model. Give a time limit of 15 minutes.  \n© UCLES 2009. This material may be photocopied (without alteration) and distributed for classroom use provided no charge is made. For further information see our Terms and Conditions  \n8. Ask students to exchange their answers and give feedback to each other on them. Encourage them to use the assessment criteria.  \n9. Hand out the sample answer again for the students for comparison and to make any additions or amendments they want to their own answer. Ask them to do this in another coloured pen. Collect in their answers and mark them according to the assessment criteria.  \n© UCLES 2009. This material may be photocopied (without alteration) and distributed for classroom use provided no charge is made. For further information see our Terms and Conditions  \nIELTS Academic Writing Task 1 Activity-answer keys  \nKey to Procedure steps:  \nStep 2: Students have to spend a maximum of 20 minutes writing at least 150 words describing the main features of the graph, making comparisons and summarising it in their own words.  \nStep 3: The graph shows three time periods and both males and females in full and part time education. The main features are that the number of women in part and full time education increased, as did the number of men in part time education. The number of men in full time education fluctuated.  \nStep 6: The assessment criteria for task 1 are:  \nTask achievement – in the sample task all the main features of the graph are considered, nothing irrelevant is included and there are179 words  \nCoherence and Cohesion – The answer has been divided into logical paragraphs and uses cohesive devices","cbCaipwBtPnH2QlM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipwBtPnH2QlM","pdf",96772,"English","# Description\n# Aims\n# Procedure\n## Key to Procedure steps\n## Key to Exercise 1","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of this IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 activity?\",\"answer\":\"It demonstrates what students are expected to do in Academic Writing Task 1 by analysing the task and a sample answer, including timed writing practice.\"},{\"question\":\"How much time do students spend writing during the activity?\",\"answer\":\"Students write their own answer with a time limit of 15 minutes, while one step specifies a maximum of 20 minutes writing at least 150 words.\"},{\"question\":\"What assessment criteria are used to evaluate Task 1 answers?\",\"answer\":\"The criteria include Task achievement, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical resource, and Grammatical range and accuracy.\"}]","IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 Activity - teacher’s notes | PDF",1790855723]