Learner writes the step-by-step process connecting a reason to its claim, which is the single move most Band 6 paragraphs omit.
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Five steps of one mechanism, out of order.
Five steps of one mechanism, out of order. The claim is: *charging drivers to enter the centre reduces congestion.*
Six claim-and-reason pairs. Most offered answers restate or conclude.
Free transport cuts car use, because cost decides how people travel. Which sentence explains HOW?
The gap, the person rule, and how many steps.
Cost decides how people travel. → Free transport cuts car use.
Something happens between those two. If you do not write it, the reader invents it.
That middle is the mechanism, and it is the move most Band 6 paragraphs leave out.
Two posts, one chain, two links absent.
Both ends are fixed. Nothing crosses the middle.
Three chains with claim and consequence given, mechanism blanked.
1. Claim: Museums should be free to enter. Reason: An entry charge decides who visits rather than who is interested.
Step one:
Step two:
Consequence: Free museums draw a different audience, not just a larger one.
2. Claim: Later school starts raise attendance. Reason: Teenage sleep cycles shift later during adolescence.
Step one:
Step two:
Consequence: The lesson most often missed is the first one.
3. Claim: Separated cycle lanes increase cycling. Reason: Fear of traffic is what keeps most people off bicycles.
Step one:
Step two:
Consequence: The new riders are the cautious ones, not the confident ones.
Six paragraphs. Two already have one.
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