Writing task
Write about a time when you faced a difficult situation. The situation may be real or imagined.
Marks: 20.
Practise this exact question with personalised feedback on your writing.
Understand the task
Write about a real or imagined time when you faced a difficult situation.
- accurate expression
- imaginative control
- structure
- audience awareness
Requirements to keep in mind
Choose ONE option in the writing section; option 2; 20 marks; no independent writing time specified.
Plan your response
- Follow the exact instruction, form and viewpoint in the source PDF.
- Plan a clear beginning and a focused development.
- Use distinctive details rather than general adjectives.
- Allow a few minutes to check accuracy before finishing.
Check your response against the task requirements. Leave time to review sentence clarity, punctuation and spelling.
Original atoply example opening
Written by atoply, not an official school answer or mark scheme. This is an opening only; develop the rest of the response to meet the task requirements.
Reveal example and teaching notes
The announcement told us the bridge was closed, and everyone on the bus began complaining. I looked at the medicine in my bag and then at the clock. The clinic would shut in twenty minutes. I had promised to deliver it. I stepped off at the next stop and started running through streets I barely knew.
Learn from the example
- The example focuses on one situation, keeping the action easy to follow. Notice how a detail, action or decision moves that situation forward.
- Use the task's requirements to plan the development and ending of your own response; an opening alone does not demonstrate a complete story arc.