Video: Planning paragraphs

Video: Planning paragraphs

Narration: When deciding how to plan your paragraphs, you should split the labels in a logical way. With this diagram, you could write about the shape of the house and the nested storey in the first paragraph, the garage area and the entrance at the back in the second...
Video: Planning paragraphs

Video: Understanding diagrams

Narration: Like every Task 1, the first stage is to clearly identify what you are looking at. The check list for understanding a diagram is the most simple of all Task 1 check lists as there are only three points you need to consider. First, what is it? Second, how...
Video: Planning paragraphs

Video: Types of diagrams

Narration: Diagrams. Diagrams and processes are the least common types of Task I. There are three main types of diagram that you could be asked to describe. First is a diagram showing the component parts of something. For example, a light bulb, a tap or a photocopier....
Summary of this lesson

Summary of this lesson

In this lesson you should have learned… that there are three possible types of diagram how to apply a three point plan to a diagram how to plan your report on a diagram how to write an introduction for a diagram some useful vocabulary for describing diagrams...
Checklist example 2

Checklist example 2

Here’s another example of a 3 point check list for diagrams: What is it? A map of Sunnyvale How many labels are there? 9 Is there any other information? There is a marker pointing north On the next pages, you will be looking at some paragraph plans for this map....