Learner spends two minutes planning paragraph topics and jobs before writing, which prevents more coherence faults than any amount of checking afterwards.
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What planning prevents, what it cannot, and changing the plan.
Two topics in one paragraph. Duplicated jobs. An order that carries nothing.
All three are expensive to repair afterwards and free to avoid beforehand.
Four map lines, written first, remove all three.
Six moments with a clock. Two say keep planning.
38 minutes left. You have four map lines and two of them say almost the same thing. Plan or write?
Four prompts, four lines each, with a job named.
A. Some people think governments should fund public transport until it is free. Others say the money is better spent elsewhere. Discuss both and give your opinion.
Line 1 — job: · about: Line 2 — job: the case for · about: Line 3 — job: · about: the cost and where it falls Line 4 — job: conclusion · about:
B. What causes young people to leave small towns, and how could this be addressed?
Line 1 — job: introduction, naming the two halves Line 2 — job: · about: no work within reach Line 3 — job: · about: Line 4 — job: conclusion
Which line must line 3 depend on?
Four lines first, then the paragraph for line two.
Prompt: should employers be allowed to monitor staff working from home?
Box 1: four map lines. Two minutes. One sentence each, no and, and name what each paragraph is for.
Box 2: write the body paragraph for line two only.
The paragraph has to match its line.
No and. Name the job of each.
It must match line two.
References only. Nothing else, because nothing else is left.
This provoked protests. — answer it in two words: Can you? Repaired: provoked protests outside the town hall.
defended it on cost grounds — what does it point at? Repaired: The authority defended on cost grounds.
though these were never published — what does these point at? Is that clear?
it had been decided before the consultation closed — what does it point at here? Repaired: Residents argued that had been decided before the consultation closed.
Forty minutes for the task. What would you cut to afford it?