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Sprint 4.6: Progression Across Two Parts

Learner connects the two halves of a two-part answer so the second follows from the first rather than starting again.

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Does the Second Half Follow?

Six two-part answers. Two are actually joined.

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Cause: commuting costs push people out of the city. Solution: the council should build more cycle lanes. Does the second follow?

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The Second Part Should Know About the First

Where it breaks, the one-clause join, and solving the cause you gave.

Where it breaks

You answer part one. Then you start part two as a fresh essay.

Both halves are good. The response has no progression.

This is invisible to most checks, because nothing in either half is wrong.

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Joined, or Two Essays

Ten two-part answers. Four are joined.

Sort each item into the correct category

The second half follows the first

Two separate essays

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Cause: commuting cost. Solution: cap fares at a share of the minimum wage, removing that cost.

Cause: commuting cost. Solution: build more cycle lanes.

Problem: centres emptying of residents. Effects: tourism generates substantial revenue.

Cause ends: so the schools close. Solution opens: reversing those closures starts with capping short-term lets.

Cause: a shortage of trained staff. Solution: the shortage of trained staff cannot be closed any other way than by training.

Cause: parents cannot collect children at three. Solution: schools should teach more practical subjects.

Problem: junior staff lose informal training. Effects: those juniors reach management without ever having watched one.

Cause: rents outpacing wages. Solution: improve public transport to the suburbs.

Cause: fares rising faster than pay. Solution: subsidise season tickets for the lowest earners.

A description-plus-opinion question: describe the trend, then say whether it is positive.

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Join the Halves

Six answers. Rewrite the opening of part two. Two need nothing.

Rewrite the opening sentence of part two so it reaches back to part one. Two are already joined — write no change for those.

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Part one ends: …so commuting costs push people out of the city. Part two opens: The council should build more cycle lanes. →
Part one ends: …so the primary schools have closed. Part two opens: Reversing those closures starts with capping short-term lets. →
Part one ends: …so historic centres are emptying of residents. Part two opens: Tourism generates substantial revenue for these cities. →
Part one ends: …so parents on shifts cannot collect children at three. Part two opens: Schools should teach more practical subjects. →
Part one ends: …so junior staff lose the training they once absorbed by proximity. Part two opens: Those juniors reach management having never watched anyone do the job. →
Part one ends: …so fares have risen faster than pay for a decade. Part two opens: Subsidised season tickets would help the lowest earners. →

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Cause, Then Its Solution

A solution that addresses the cause by name.

Write one cause paragraph and one solution paragraph, where the solution addresses that cause by name.

Prompt: what causes young people to leave small towns, and how could it be addressed?

Paragraph 1: one cause, three or four sentences. Paragraph 2: a solution to that cause, naming it.

The test: your solution should not work for a different cause.

Your two paragraphs*

Label each.

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Which Cause Are You Solving

Is that cause named in your solution paragraph?

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

Your solution paragraph — which of your causes does it solve?

Now check: is that cause actually named in it?

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