A directed response uses source material for a new audience, purpose, form, or voice.
Read the instructions before selecting ideas: a speech to parents needs different emphasis from a private diary entry.
Retain what the source supports, develop relevant implications where the task allows, and avoid copying whole stretches.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
Source: a report on a park. New task: a letter recommending improvements.
Moderate / Add a little
A letter can group source details by priority instead of preserving report order.
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A directed response uses source material for a new audience, purpose, form, or voice. Read the instructions before selecting ideas: a speech to parents needs different emphasis from a private diary entry. Retain what the source supports, develop relevant implications where the task allows, and avoid copying whole stretches. Organisation should serve the new communication rather than follow the source paragraph by paragraph. A convincing transformation changes register and focus while preserving the required content. Check every required point and do not invent facts that contradict the supplied situation.
Plan before drafting: identify the reader, the purpose, and the information that must be included. Select a small number of useful details and place them in a logical order. After writing, check the effect on a reader who does not know your intentions. Revise unclear meaning first, then check sentence boundaries, verb forms, spelling, and punctuation.
At 9093 AS Level, relate terminology to actual meaning, form, structure and language. Reading analysis and writing craft should inform each other. Avoid identifying a feature without explaining its role, and avoid a commentary that claims choices absent from the text. This is an original selected-skills sequence for Papers 1–2, not a complete set of examination tasks.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Cohesion links parts of a text through reference, repetition, substitution, conjunctions, and lexical relationships.
In 'A storm arrived.
This disruption closed the port', this disruption refers back to the whole preceding event while recasting it as a problem.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
A storm arrived. This disruption closed the port.
Moderate / Add a little
harbour, vessel and quay help sustain a maritime topic.
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Cohesion links parts of a text through reference, repetition, substitution, conjunctions, and lexical relationships. In 'A storm arrived. This disruption closed the port', this disruption refers back to the whole preceding event while recasting it as a problem. A chain of related vocabulary can sustain a topic without repeating the same noun in every sentence. Cohesion does not guarantee coherence: sentences can contain links but still fail to form a sensible argument. Analyse what a connection achieves and whether its reference remains unambiguous.
Work from meaning to form. Read the first model, identify what the words are doing, and compare it with the second model. Explain the difference aloud before using the pattern in a new sentence. When checking a draft, locate the relevant word or clause and test it in its full sentence; a rule used in isolation may miss the intended meaning.
At 9093 AS Level, relate terminology to actual meaning, form, structure and language. Reading analysis and writing craft should inform each other. Avoid identifying a feature without explaining its role, and avoid a commentary that claims choices absent from the text. This is an original selected-skills sequence for Papers 1–2, not a complete set of examination tasks.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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A comparison of your own directed response and its source should explain specific changes in form, structure, and language.
Start with the new task's purpose and audience, then compare a relevant choice on both sides.
A private response may use first-person uncertainty where the source uses public instructions.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
Source instruction: Bring a coat. Diary response: I wondered whether my thin jacket would be enough.
Moderate / Add a little
A public command becomes a private concern.
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A comparison of your own directed response and its source should explain specific changes in form, structure, and language. Start with the new task's purpose and audience, then compare a relevant choice on both sides. A private response may use first-person uncertainty where the source uses public instructions. Quote or identify short evidence from each text and explain why the difference suits the transformation. Do not claim a feature that your own writing does not actually contain. Evaluate the choices you made rather than merely praising their success.
A useful reading response moves from a clear claim to a precise piece of evidence and then to an explanation. Return to the exact part of the text before deciding. Short evidence is usually easier to analyse than a long copied passage. Keep the wording of the question in mind so that an accurate observation also becomes a relevant answer.
At 9093 AS Level, relate terminology to actual meaning, form, structure and language. Reading analysis and writing craft should inform each other. Avoid identifying a feature without explaining its role, and avoid a commentary that claims choices absent from the text. This is an original selected-skills sequence for Papers 1–2, not a complete set of examination tasks.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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