PT3 English Essay Writing Tips

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‘Essay Writing Series E-Book’ is a series of short and simple to understand e-books. In these collection

of e-books, you will be taught how to use the necessary tools to improve your essay writing.

A good grasp of the English grammar is the basic foundation to writing a good essay. We will be us-

ing simple and easy to understand English as much as possible so as all levels of students can benefit

from these e-books. A quirky dialog based technique is used to give a fun and easy feeling for readers

to enjoy reading these books.

Sound Mind Publications

Published 2014

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Jo, the new PT3

module is causing me

to have a melt down.

Can you tell me how

the English Essay is

assessed?

Chill out bro, Jo

is here, so have

no fear.

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Phew! That’s a

relief. Hurry up,

before I totally

melt away…..

Hahaha, relax Max, hang

loose buddy. Mat and

Ginny will fill us in with

the details in the

following pages...

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Hi, I’m Max. I’ll walk you

through the assessment part.

We will see the objectives and

how a student is assessed on

his/her writing skills...

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Reading skills - understand and able to fulfill the

requirements of the writing task.

Thinking Skills - able to think maturely by giving opinions,

sound judgment (reasons/logic) and

supporting them with proper/reasonable

explanations.

Language Skills - use appropriate language.

Students will be assessed on their

reading skills, thinking skills and

their language skills.

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Hi, I’m Ginny. I’ll fill you in

on what is expected from

a PT3 student. Check out

the list of things that you

need to focus on the next

page…..

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Able to identify the requirements of the given task.

Able to give appropriate material/information

Able to identify and use the proper format

Able to give proof / reasons to support your information/response

Able to use correct grammar, sentence structures and techniques

of writing

Able to use proper paragraphs to organize your ideas/points

Able to elaborate and develop your ideas/materials/information

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1. You need to fulfill the given task.

2. Make sure you have well developed and properly organized

ideas/points.

3. Elaborate your ideas/points with supporting details.

4. Use appropriate and accurate language.

5. Use varied sentence structures and a wide range of vocabulary.

6. Your essay must be able to arouse the interest of the reader and

also able to sustain that interest.

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There you have it, boys and girls. In a

nut shell all the necessary information

you need to give you a head start to

tackle your PT3 English Essay paper

confidently.

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