What Is The Comparison And Contrasts Of Two Summer Vacations?

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Marking criteria

Any test that you will ever take, either it’s IELTS or CET4, the assessor will be marking your work according to the marking criteria. Therefore, in order to score a high mark, students must know the marking criteria.

• Writing marking criteria: 1. Task completion*, 2. Coherence, 3. Cohesion*, 4. Vocabulary, 5. Grammar.
• Speaking marking criteria: 1. Fluency*, 2. Coherence, 3. Pronunciation*, 4. Vocabulary, 5. Grammar.
• Reading & Listening marking criteria are task based only and depend on your skills to answer correctly.
MARKING CRITERIA EXPLANATION %
1. Task completion Excellent task completion is when all parts of the question has been answered. Clear position is presented, ideas are supported with examples, and word …show more content…

Next summer vacation….
• Examples
• Concluding sentence→Transition to next topic
3. Subtopic
• Idea #3 sentence ex. Comparison & Contrasts of two summer vacations….
• Examples
• Concluding sentence→Transition to next topic
3. Conclusion
• Thesis (Main idea) restatement ex. Last, next summer vacation, and comparison….
• Summary of 3 subtopics (sub-ideas)
• Concluding sentence

Each paragraph must contain 3-8 sentences that:
1. Describe what your paragraph is about.
2. Provide relevant real life examples to support your idea.
3. Conclude your idea and/or transition into the next idea.

Sentence length- average sentence length is about 15-20 words.

Weak vs. Strong Thesis Statement

Weak: (too general, the topic of the essay is not clear)
• Going to school is important.
• World hunger has many causes and effects.

Strong: (very specific, now it is clear what the essay is going to be about)
• Going to school is important because education provides students with knowledge and tools that are needed in their future careers.
• Hunger persists in Haiti because jobs are scarce and farming in infertile soil is rarely profitable.

Problem - “I have nothing to write about!”

1. Identify your

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