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Sprint 2.4: Equal Coverage, Unequal Space

Learner gives every part of the task a developed answer while allowing the parts to differ in length, and distinguishes thin coverage from short coverage.

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Short, or Thin?

Six second parts. Word counts are shown and do not predict the answer.

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Part two, 70 words: a claim, a mechanism and an example. Short, or thin?

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Length Is Not Coverage

Count the moves, short is not thin, and where the imbalance comes from.

Count the moves, not the words

A part answered with a claim, a mechanism and an example in 70 words is covered.

A part with three claims in 120 words is not.

Length is the wrong measure, and it is the one candidates use.

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Covered, or Thin

Ten parts with word counts that cut against the answer.

Sort each item into the correct category

Covered

Thin

Unassigned

70 words · claim, mechanism, example

120 words · three claims, none developed

90 words · claim, reason, mechanism, consequence

30 words · one claim and a half

60 words · claim and a specific example, mechanism obvious

140 words · one claim restated four ways

85 words · claim, mechanism, example, close

45 words · claim and reason, no mechanism

75 words · claim, mechanism with a named person

110 words · two claims, one developed, one abandoned

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Develop the Thin Part

Four thin second parts. Two sentences each.

Each answer's second part is thin. Write two sentences developing it — without extending the first part.

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Question: causes of urban congestion, and what can be done? Part two as written: Governments should invest in public transport.

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Question: why are fewer people cycling, and how could that change? Part two as written: Better infrastructure would help.

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Question: problems caused by long working hours, and possible solutions? Part two as written: Companies could offer flexible schedules.

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Question: causes of food waste, and what can be done? Part two as written: Supermarkets should change their policies.

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The Second Part, Properly

One part-two paragraph, under 90 words, developed.

A two-part prompt is supplied. Write ONLY the second part's body paragraph, in under 90 words, fully developed.

Prompt: What are the main causes of childhood obesity, and what could be done to reduce it?

Write the body paragraph answering the SECOND part only.

Under 90 words. It must still be developed — a claim, a mechanism, and something specific.

Your paragraph on part two*

Under 90 words, developed.

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Where Did the Time Go

Say whether thinness comes from time or from having less to say.

Learners can ask follow-up questions and keep the thread going.

When your second part comes out thin, is it because you ran out of time, or because you had less to say?

One sentence. The two have different fixes.

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