A* Directed Writing 🌟 IGCSE First Language English Paper 2 0500/0990🌟
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How to get an instantly higher mark for IGCSE First Language English 0500 Directed Writing.
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Thank you so so much! We've been stuck with a terrible teacher, and you've taught me more in 30 minutes than she has!! You're saving my exams
watching this an hour before my paper 2/1 exam, good luck me ;(
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Not me watching this 14 hours before the exam!!!🥰 I was supposed to choose second language💀but my fatass thought id pass first lang… im so excited to get destroyed tomorrow..!!
Good luck!! :)
2hrs before and I js realised this is NOT what my teacher had taught me. for starters I did not know we had to choose a side to argue for. I'm cooked.
@@yi1532 same bro i didnt even know we had to read passages
If only there were videos like this on every subject, 😭😭Thank you so much though
This is amazing, thank you so much. You did what my teacher failed to do. Subscribed already!
Another excellent teaching resource! Thank you !
hey tysm. ! , I have my. mocks nearby , you are very helpful . if u could post videos for literature that would be very helpful. , especially with the personal response part . exams are near by , im a bit scared . thank u once again .
I got exam today wish me luck
God abeg ooooo Omo Taughtly i get exam tommorrow i never read
Finals?
Thank you so much. This is indeed helpful.
Thanks for the insightful expo.
A question: how could we differentiate evaluation from opinion?
Evaluation are things not said in the text but that could reasonably be inferred based on a specific comment made. An opinion is a student's view on the topic which is either unrelated to a specific point in the text or is quite general/vague.
E.g. if the text says "Podcasts have been shown to increase the amount of work a person can do by 27%"...
Evaluation would be: "Listening to podcasts can improve productivity and increase profits for businesses." This is because this is directly inferring from the text.
An opinion would be: "Listening to podcasts can be really entertaining and I enjoy listening to educational podcasts about coding." This is because this is a vague and general comment, not really linked to anything in the text.
My igcse english paper 2 is 2 hours from now :() wish me luck!!!
enjoyed the video!!! I'm preparing for my final exams for the October/November series. I would also appreciate if you do in fact make videos on the literature igcse syllabus especially on the essay question. Love your videos !!!
Hi! I love your informative video very much ! If you don't mind, would you like to answer my question? So here ( 43:05 ), I'm curious that do I need to write on the idea implicit paragraphs individually? I mean, if you see here, for me to get elevated marks, we need to add some implicit ideas on the other paragraphs, but how about the last paragraph? Ins't that we still have to write on the last paragraphs? Since I have wrote my implicit ideas on these previous paragraphs, now what do I need to work on for the final paragraph then?
Hello! Yes, to be scoring the top band I would expect to see implicit ideas in more than the final paragraph. A lower scoring response would spend the first half of their essay just summarising the two texts, then the final paragraph evaluating the texts. You could probably still get 10-12/15 because if you get one evaluative point, you will get a minimum of 10/15 for "some successful evaluation".
Your main body paragraphs should be exploring different ideas/themes raised in the texts. E.g. if you're doing the podcast exam to convince your boss to let employees listen to podcasts, you might have paragraphs about the following topics: social benefits, economic benefits to the business, and professional learning benefits. Then each main body paragraph would include explicit ideas from both Text A and Text B, evaluating the implicit ideas as they arise.
However, if you think that's going to be too difficult, it would still be okay to summarise and then evaluate, but you likely won't get 13+ by doing this so separately.
@@Taughtlyim scared for language... My boards are in a few months 😭. If you receive IN688_1076 PLS DO IT LINEANLY 😅
Hi, I want to ask you some. So, like what you have mentioned here ( 43:05 ), do we need to provide some of implicit ideas and opinions for each paragraph based on each of the texts? Because based on what I have wrote until now, was giving explicit ideas for each paragraph from 1 to 2 (based on the text A and B), and write on my own implicit ideas on the last paragraph. I never include implicit ideas with explicit ideas before. This ( 43:05 ) seems to be a raw technique for me 😅
Good question. I'd recommend that as you're discussing the ideas in the texts, you should also be evaluating them (probing, challenging). The papers that get the highest marks usually have evaluation the whole way through, not just in the last paragraph.
@@Taughtly Thank you very much for your clarification. Would you mind guiding me on how to get some ideas of implicit ideas while reading through both texts A and B? I usually struggle a lot in developing my implicit ideas 😢
So implicit ideas is when you challenge, probe, counterargue or extend ideas from Text A and Text B.
Often the exam will have a perspective they want you to argue, e.g. "write a letter to your boss to explain the BENEFITS of listening to podcasts at work."
So in this case, as you read, you should keep asking, "why would this fact benefit a boss running a business?" or "why is this con potentially wrong?"
You're not simply accepting everything the texts say as fact and you're applying the ideas to your question.
Hello, I am a teacher, and I came across this lesson of yours. I am still green in the areas of IGCSE (jst abt a year). I do struggle with teaching this particular piece of writing. As much as I do understand how to go through the evaluation part Im unsure on the structure as a whole (What is the advisable number of explicit ideas and evaluation in a paragraph for instance) And it would be really helpful if you could tell me at which part is the 2nd bullet point addressed (bit lost on that one cuz I i dont think it is particularly addressed separately at any point) @Taughtly
Amazing video!
Hello Teacher I have a question, for which of the writing formats must we use a thesis statement in our beginning paragraph?
Your Videos are a lifesaver as always!
I'm a little confused on the implicit "attitudes" as they are mentioned in the mark scheme - I understand that the explicit ideas are what I am evaluating, so where exactly do the implicit marks come in?
@@icecreamsandwichesyum hey there, so explicit ideas are basically the arguments/ideas/points in the texts. Anything you could highlight would be an explicit idea. The implicit ideas are your evaluation of the explicit ideas.
E.g. explicit idea ~ school uniforms are cheaper for parents
Implicit idea, evaluating this point ~ cheaper still isn’t cheap. Uniforms represent an additional cost for parents as they still need to buy everyday street clothing regardless but now also have an extra expense of needing to buy a uniform.
@@Taughtly Ohhh, thank you so much! That really clears it up. I thought I was supposed to search for implicit ideas in the text.
Do you make videos for edexcel students please
And what's difference in writings
Hi, at here ( 23:30 ), if i want to evaluate each of text A and B, how should I write both counterarguments for each of the texts? I am so lost in the word “counterarguments”. So if let say the text A explicitly tells that the ‘apologizing is a useful social convention’ , while text B mentions ‘apologizing too much is harmful’ , what should be the each counterarguments? Please clarify this matter 😭🙏🏻
Evaluation is loosely defined here as unpicking, probing, challenging and examining the ideas at the heart of the text, which could take the form of a counterargument.
For the example you gave, the question hints that the perspective you should take is that you SHOULD apologise, because the question says "how to apologise" or something similar.
So therefore you'd need to unpick why apologising causes more good than harm, which would counterargue Text B. And for Text A, you could probe and explore that idea of a useful social convention - why would apologies be useful to humans who have evolved to live in close-knit communities?
@@Taughtly Thank you for your responses. Would you mind to answer few questions?
1. So for my directed writing, since I am required to choose one side that has been directed by the question, should I need to develop the side that I chose, then counter argue the other side?
2. What if the question itself tells that ‘whether or not’? How do I determine which side to develop and which side to counter argue?
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thank u sm for hte video can you like quickly tell me how I should follow structure? like opening middle end what should all of them include?
A short intro and conclusion and then 2-4 main body paragraphs grouped by theme/argument/idea.
Hello! Love your videos and want to ask how can I find implicit ideas more effectively?
I have paper 2 after 8 days and I'm terrified for it 😭
Same 💀
Is it a mock Paper 2? I thought the final Paper 2 for summer 2024 was on Friday 10th May? (Now worrying about the timing of my revision videos ha.) Good luck for your exam!
@@Taughtly oh I'm taking o levels, so sorry for not mentioning it earlier, and it's completely fine if you can't post your videos before that because your content is extremely helpful either way! Thank you so much for your work!
@@Peoplearesoweirdhelp- Oh interesting! I didn't realise the O Level was so similar to the IGCSE!
@@Taughtly Yes, it is quite similar as my English teacher would even use IGCSE papers to teach us
edit: the o levels syllabus for English has recently changed, according to the specification, so paper 2 is now writing when it used to be reading! (the amount of times I was so confused because of this) And 2024 is the first batch to receive this update and it is till 2026. I think.
Hello! I’ve got some questions. First, how am I supposed to write composition one? Like, first and introduction, then text A what it says and the same for text B and afterwards tell my personal opinion o what?
what if I just make a list of what is talked about in text A and B and evaluate them all through?
I wouldn't recommend this; remember Paper 2 is primarily a writing paper. For Directed Writing, there's 15 marks available for reading but 25 marks available for writing!
So it's more important to write a well-structured, well-written response which really sounds like a letter/speech/article than to pick up your reading marks.
Most students do end up scoring 10/15 anyway since you only need one successful piece of evaluation to reach this mark.
Exam today Watching this now
Can I know for section 1, Question. How many key points shall we extract from the text? The marking scheme states that “15 m for content ; 25 m for quality writing). So does that mean at least 15 key points for the content marks ?
The examiner doesn't count up your number of points that way. I explain the marking in this video (I think!) - but basically you want to have a decent amount of details from both texts per paragraph - say 3-5 details per paragraph. But your reading mark isn't mathematical in that sense. It's...
4-6 has some details from text but basically summarises the ideas with no additional thought
7-9 has a decent number of details from the text, summarises the ideas, and gives their own opinion on the topic
10-12 has a decent number of details from both texts, summarises ideas, gives opinion, and evaluates implicit information (often a counterargument or extending an idea left unsaid)
13-15 has lots of details that are woven through their answer, gives opinion, has lots of implicit ideas evaluated (4+ evaluative points for this band I'd say, or 3 if they were really insightful and developed)
Hey! I just came across your content.. love your videos but can you please create a lesson for igcse English literature 0475 papers 12/22 please
Super helpful!
i have my eng ig exam in 5 days💀.Pls wish me good luck🥰
Ig?
How did it go
@@shortsking3418it went well i just forgot to write the qp of my response on the additional page.Lmao
I would love videos on IGCSE literature ❤ please
love it! Thank you :)
Have my exam in 9 days , very useful, thanks.
Good luck!
@Taughtly ,thank you got an A*🎉
Can you please tell me if i have to include by opinions for solution like can i write my opinion that we should switch to renewable resources for energy or should i include everything entirely from the text
Thanks so much for this video!
I have a question though, do examiners only credit counter-arguments/evaluations that come from the mark scheme?
I took the idea "Consumption is the problem" from Text A and wrote that 'people can also consume/buy products that fund environmental movements and companies that are eco-friendly' as my counter-argument. Can this be counted or is there a flaw in my approach?
Hello & thanks for watching!
You can be credited evaluation for any evaluative idea even if it isn't on the mark scheme.
Evaluation is loosely defined here as unpicking, probing, challenging and examining the ideas at the heart of the text. In the case of the "small difference, big change" texts, the issue is whether individual action can make change, whether there is hope, role of the individual vs the collective.
Therefore I wouldn't credit you for evaluation for the point you gave me because you're giving an example of something environmentally friendly we could do, but not explaining how that choice would be effective as individuals, so you're not getting to the heart of the texts.
Furthermore, the article was directly criticising the approach you mentioned, saying that individuals "green shopping" think that they can shop their way out of climate change, but overconsumption is the problem. Not that we are buying the wrong things but that we are simply purchasing too much, too often, and not reducing consumption or reusing products we already own.
Hope this helps to answer your question :)
so in directed writing, you always have to argue for one side? its never neutral? even if they ask to ' evaluate both sides '
It's usually tipped in favour to one side. That might be completely one-sided or 70% in favour of one side. By evaluate both sides, it's weighing up their arguments so of course you should consider the ideas expressed in both texts - which make the strongest points, how and why?
Hello Taughtly. Thank you so much for your truly amazing (and free!) videos. BUT PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND SOMETHING for Paper 2 before the exam on Monday! I thought Cambridge wanted magazine articles to be discursive and not to give a conclusive view. Yet your magazine articles are strongly persuasive and conclusive (in other videos you've done on Paper 2). Are there different styles to take or do you always recommend the approach of taking a side and arguing against it?
This video is for IGCSE First Language English - I'm not sure if you're doing the O Level, maybe it's different? I had a look at O Level papers and Directed Formatting does look slightly different.
For IGCSE, the purposes and text types can appear in any combination, so it's important to analyse your question before writing. E.g. A magazine could be persuasive, discursive or argumentative.
@@Taughtly Thanks so much for your reply. Just feeling very confused. Yes it;s for the IGCSE FLE Cambridge. I wonder if it's old information I've got?? I'm just finding it difficult how to go about all this. I suppose it's just about how much you take an overall side. For example, the video you did on the question about offering advice to a friend about their ambition (the one with your diagonal writing!) , you took the overall view about having too much ambition is bad. Yet it uses the word 'discuss?' So I would have just used this as one point and then discussed other points (more discursive style).
But I don't know if this is what Cambridge wants?? It's like they use the word 'discuss' and 'give your opinion' but actually they want you to focus on a counter argument right throughout. I'd discuss it (pros and cons) and then finish with an overall opinion (I guess) at the end. Is this wrong? HELP!
@@SeriouslyDifferent It's the idea that as you're discussing the pros and cons, you're not just summarising the explicit information that the text told you, but evaluating the implicit information too. If you just summarise and generally say that you agree/disagree then that isn't evaluative so you're capped at a maximum of 9/15 reading marks.
I'm perhaps oversimplifying when I say "counterargument" to mean evaluation, but often that is what the evaluation marks are on the mark scheme. It's finding those logical fallacies, holes in their points, or ideas that they haven't yet explicitly said, only hinted towards.
@@Taughtly That's so helpful. Thanks so much for this and for your time too.
Let's just hope it's a nice argumentative speech with the subject on whether it's right for an exam board to ask you to discuss something but really they want you to argue. Actually, that would be quite hard. Maybe a subject on drugs would be better.
Praying God's blessing on you and for all your work.
Thanks again.😁
Are contractions accepted in my continuous writing?
Hi, I would like to ask something. In the mark scheme, they give a list of explicit points for both text. Do we have to include all those points in our writing to score high? I usually get around 3-4 evaluations but my explicit points taken from text A and B aren’t balanced like 4 out of 9 points from A and 3 out of 9 points from B.
Hello - it doesn't need to be perfectly balanced and you don't need to get all the explicit points. I'd say 7 explicit points is pretty decent. If you're getting 3 evals and 7 explicit points, you'd likely be scoring 11/15 or 12/15 if I had to guesstimate.
@@TaughtlyThank you a lot for replying. Another question pls. In some descriptive writing, the topics are like “describe a new set of clothings” or “describe a flying creature or object”. In your recommended structure, we should make metaphors right. But I struggle to make metaphors for those subjects. For eg, in clothing, i just describe the clothes by what I see first then I put on then the texture and smell. And for the flying creature, the setting and the eagle on lake then flying above then its sound and landing again. So, my point is I try to make a sequence of actions with as many senses as I can put. Could you give some advice on how to improve that? Or should I prepare for narrative in case that kind of topics were given in my exam because according to the marking scheme, could those above description be too simple and like not complex like they want us to write? But tbh I struggle to plan a whole narrative in timed condition so, is that possible that I still could get a high mark if I used language really well and precise to make up for the simple content?
My paper is after 2 days can you please tell me do i have to write counterarguments for both the texts or can i just choose one side as my perspective and develop it and write counter arguments about text b
Is this possible that I write one paragraph evaluating one text only then another paragraph evaluating only single text and then giving my opinions in another paragraph without any counter arguments. Will by marks be deducted for this pattern?
can we use the same idea for question 3 paper 1 ? so are both basically the same ? there mark scheme and everything?
No, this isn't recommended. The mark schemes are different for reading.
Firstly, you'll be told what text type to write for each question. For Q3 that could be: letter, journal, article, report, speech or interview. For directed writing: letter, article, speech.
Secondly, it wouldn't be possible anyway in terms of content since Cambridge tell you what to write about. For Q3, you'll be basing your writing on Text C, usually something narrative, and responding to the three bullet points. For directed writing, you also have to respond to two texts which will be on a different topic. This is usually discursive, persuasive or argumentative in purpose.
please do poetry videos for igcse literature 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Can someone tell me do you have to write your own ideas together with the ones in the text or do you have to separate them?
I personally think it's better to combine them and sounds more natural.
Hello, it is a great video. I am just wondering if we will get penalized for going over the 250-350 words limit in paper2? Mine was around 500 words. Thank you!
Hello! There's no penalty for word count on any of the questions except for summary writing. So write as much as you need to for directed writing, narrative writing, descriptive writing, the writer's effect Q2(d), the extended response (Q3) etc.
Even for summary writing, the examiner will never count your words. They just look to see if you have excess, irrelevant information in and if it looks too long.
@@Taughtly Thank you a lottt for replying
Pls can u explain how to contradict from other pov and how to evaluate it with the point we are supporting?
On monday i have my exam pls reply.
Hey! So evaluation is the probing, examining and challenging of implicit ideas within the texts. OFTEN this can take the form of a counterargument, but it could also be developing or questioning an idea. Most of the time it isn't balanced, e.g. in November the argument was entirely one sided for the agree side. But on occasion it can be more balanced and have ideas from both texts.
Firstly, read your question carefully to see if it's pushing you to support a particular side. E.g. the one in November was "Write a letter to your boss to PURSUADE him that you SHOULD be allowed to listen to podcasts".
After that, I recommend that you read both texts and highlight them for the explicit arguments the texts are making. If there's one side you're arguing for, then as you go through the texts, consider why any counterarguments the text is making against your side may be wrong and why.
Evaluation is just the idea that as you're discussing the pros and cons, you're not just summarising the explicit information that the text told you, but evaluating the implicit information too. If you just summarise and generally say that you agree/disagree then that isn't evaluative so you're capped at a maximum of 9/15 reading marks.
I'm perhaps oversimplifying when I say "counterargument" to mean evaluation, but often that is what the evaluation marks are on the mark scheme. It's finding those logical fallacies, holes in their points, or ideas that they haven't yet explicitly said, only hinted towards.
Here are my videos where I discuss this in more detail. I recommend watching the "write with me" one in particular as I talk you through my process:
* Write with me: ruclips.net/video/Qoy-uV4nMXA/видео.html
* Directed Writing explained: ruclips.net/video/lDhh_icsNTg/видео.html
* Paper 2 Tips and Tricks: ruclips.net/video/yVgzJImdLzo/видео.html
@@Taughtly thank you. Really means alot.
@@Taughtly and while writing first we have to tell what we support or first we have to present the counter argument ?
@@bilalhasan9147 You're welcome :) There's no set formula you have to use.
You could structure like this:
* Some people believe; others may counterargue
* I believe that...; others may disagree...
@@Taughtly can we also do like, most people think… but i believe…
how many explict details shld i give. i plan on putting all the explict details i see and evluate them
There's no set number that you must have, just a decent coverage overall. Maybe 2-3 per main paragraph for a top band response along with an evaluative point in every main paragraph.
A very important question:
I am an O Level student. Does this also apply for 1123 O Levels English Language??
Paper in 2 days. Please help!
Hello, I wasn't super familiar with the O Level but I did look up the specification and past papers recently.
From what I can see, no it's not the same task. I think your task is this but without the reading element. So you'll have to write persuasively, discursively or to argue but you won't have to respond to two texts. I'd recommend watching just the writing section of this lesson and then going to my writing lesson on speeches, articles and letters here: ruclips.net/video/YFRT4WRmjPI/видео.html
Good luck with your exam next week!
You said slang shouldn't be used, but are contractions allowed?
Contractions aren't classed as slang :)
I have my mid term eng exam tomorrow and i have not preparation 😢😢
Thank you
Can i do this for the paper 1 directed writting?
This is a 0500 First Language English lesson, where Directed Writing is on Paper 2. If you're studying a different Cambridge exam (1123 O Level perhaps?), I do believe there are similarities but it's not the exact same question.
What i meant was question 3, where there is letter and other writting in paper 1. It's in 0500
Ah, I see. No, Q3 and Directed Writing are different questions, marked according to different mark schemes. You can watch my video lessons on Q3 😊
@ ruclips.net/video/p5cYf5M9y2k/видео.htmlsi=gEYkyZvJSSAFuCWm
Thank you 😊
Would you please do letter writing please 🎉🎉🎉
I have a section on letter writing here :) ruclips.net/video/YFRT4WRmjPI/видео.html
@@Taughtly thanks, l will take a look.
Having paper 2 tmr 😂
same goodluck!!!! how did p1 go???
@@MohammadAli-cz6gvI don’t think I did well honestly
Because I ran out of time for Q3. I already did a paper in the morning and my hand hurt a lot when I was doing the reading paper 😭. So I’m going to try to redeem myself by getting higher marks for writing which I am better at. My reading skills aren’t too good.
igcse lierature please. tnx.
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