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Task-1 Writing Season 1 Curriculum:

Session 1. Intro
2. Dynamic charts
3. Static charts
4. Mixed charts
4. Maps
5. Flow charts
7. Letters Group9120
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Session 1 Agenda
Problem types
- Dynamic vs Static
- Chart types
What is good?
- Reporting to your senior
- Band descriptors
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Dynamic Table Static Table

Diff & Comm Diff & Comm

in TRENDS in Quantities
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Task 1
Table Pie Chart Bar Chart Line Graph

Dynamic

Static

Maps
Flow charts

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Task 1
Table Pie Chart Bar Chart Line Graph

Dynamic

Static

Maps
Flow charts

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Session 2 Agenda
Dynamic chart analysis
- Line graph
- Other dynamic charts
Expressions
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Session 2 Agenda
Dynamic chart analysis
- Line graph
- Other dynamic charts
Expressions
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Task 1
Table Pie Chart Bar Chart Line Graph

Dynamic

Static

Maps
Flow charts

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Line graph
The line graph shows the main
reasons people gave for
moving away from a particular
capital city to the countryside.
Step 1 - Summary
What is the general trend?

Line graph
The line graph shows the main
reasons people gave for
moving away from a particular
capital city to the countryside.
Step 1 - Summary
What is the general trend?

Type 0 for Don’t know

Type 1 for Up
Type 2 for Down

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Line graph
The line graph shows the main
reasons people gave for
moving away from a particular
capital city to the countryside.
Step 1 - Summary
What is the general trend?

Type 0 for Don’t know

Type 1 for Up
Type 2 for Down

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Line graph
The line graph shows the main
reasons people gave for
moving away from a particular
capital city to the countryside.
Step 1 - Summary
What is the general trend?
Step 2 - Grouping
What are the major
commonalities and differences
between trends?

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Line graph
The line graph shows the main
reasons people gave for
moving away from a particular
capital city to the countryside.
Step 1 - Summary
What is the general trend?
Step 2 - Grouping
What are the major
commonalities and differences
between trends?

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Line graph
The line graph shows the main
Key features?
reasons people gave for
moving away from a particular
capital city to the countryside.
Step 1 - Summary
What is the general trend?
Key features?
Step 2 - Grouping
What are the major
commonalities and differences
between trends?
Step 3 - Analysis
What are the key features of
each group?
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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Key features? Group 1

- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
Key features? - Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
- Reasonable interpretation

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Key features?
Practice
Checkpoint

Key features?

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Key features? The line graph demonstrates the main

motivations people expressed for
relocating to the countryside from the
urban area of a capital city in 1990,
2000 and 2010.
The years witnessed a large number of
people moving away.
Key features?

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Key features? The line graph demonstrates the main

motivations people expressed for
relocating to the countryside from the
urban area of a capital city in 1990,
2000 and 2010.
The years witnessed a large number of
people moving away.
Key features?

- Tense

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Key features? The line graph demonstrates the main

motivations people expressed for
relocating to the countryside from the
urban area of a capital city in 1990,
2000 and 2010.
The years witnessed a large number of
people moving away.
Key features?

- Tense
- Paraphrasing

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Key features? The line graph demonstrates the main

motivations people expressed for
relocating to the countryside from the
urban area of a capital city in 1990, 2000
and 2010.
The years witnessed a large number of
people moving away.
Key features?

- Tense
- Paraphrasing
- Framework: two axes

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Key features? The line graph demonstrates the main

motivations people expressed for
relocating to the countryside from the
urban area of a capital city in 1990, 2000
and 2010.
The years witnessed a large number of
people moving away.
Key features?

- Tense
- Paraphrasing
- Framework: two axes
- General trend
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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Key features? Group 1

- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
Key features? - Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
- Reasonable interpretation

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Key features?
Practice
Checkpoint

Key features?

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features
According to the graph, the major reason
Key features?
for relocation was the rising cost of living.
In 1990, 65,000 people left the city
because of this, then the number peaked
at 85,000 in 2000, before going down a
bit by 5,000 in the decade between 2000
and 2010.

Key features?

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features
According to the graph, the major reason
Key features?
for relocation was the rising cost of living.
In 1990, 65,000 people left the city
because of this, then the number peaked
at 85,000 in 2000, before going down a
bit by 5,000 in the decade between 2000
and 2010.

Key features? - Tense

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features
According to the graph, the major
Key features?
reason for relocation was the rising cost
of living. In 1990, 65,000 people left the
city because of this, then the number
peaked at 85,000 in 2000, before going
down a bit by 5,000 in the decade
between 2000 and 2010.

Key features? - Tense

- Why grouping?

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features
According to the graph, the major reason
Key features?
for relocation was the rising cost of living.
In 1990, 65,000 people left the city
because of this, then the number peaked
at 85,000 in 2000, before going down a
bit by 5,000 in the decade between 2000
and 2010.

Key features? - Tense

- Why grouping?
- Key features of line
graphs?

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features
According to the graph, the major reason
Key features?
for relocation was the rising cost of living.
In 1990, 65,000 people left the city
because of this, then the number peaked
at 85,000 in 2000, before going down a
bit by 5,000 in the decade between 2000
and 2010.

Key features? - Tense

- Why grouping?
- Key features of line
graphs?
beginnings, ends, turning points,
intersections, highs & lows
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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Key features?
Practice
Checkpoint

Key features?

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Key features? It was a different story for traffic and

lifestyle: both had the same number of
city leavers at 20,000 at the start of the
period, much lower than that of rising cost
of living. Subsequently, both categories
saw increases, with traffic first going up by
a large number to 35,000 by the year
2000, and then even more steeply to
Key features? 60,000 by 2010; Lifestyle leavers rose
consistently over the whole period, going
eventually up to 40,000.

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Key features? It was a different story for traffic and

lifestyle: both had the same number of
city leavers at 20,000 at the start of the
period, much lower than that of rising cost
of living.

Subsequently, both categories saw

increases, with traffic first going up by a
Key features? large number to 35,000 by the year 2000,
and then even more steeply to 60,000 by
2010; Lifestyle leavers rose consistently
over the whole period, going eventually
up to 40,000.

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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Key features? It was a different story for traffic and

lifestyle: both had the same number of
city leavers at 20,000 at the start of the
period, much lower than that of rising cost
of living.

Subsequently, both categories saw

increases, with traffic first going up by a
Key features? large number to 35,000 by the year 2000,
and then even more steeply to 60,000 by
2010; Lifestyle leavers rose consistently
over the whole period, going eventually
up to 40,000.

beginnings, ends, turning points,

intersections, highs & lows
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The line graph shows the main reasons According to the graph, the major reason for relocation was
the rising cost of living. In 1990, 65,000 people left the city
people gave for moving away from a
because of this, then the number peaked at 85,000 in 2000,
particular capital city to the countryside. before going down a bit by 5,000 in the decade between
2000 and 2010.
According to the graph, the major reason for relocation was
the rising cost of living. In 1990, 65,000 people left the city
because of this, then the number peaked at 85,000 in 2000,
before going down a bit by 5,000 in the decade between
2000 and 2010.
It was a different story for traffic and lifestyle: both had the
same number of city leavers at 20,000 at the start of the
period, much lower than that of rising cost of living.
Subsequently, both categories saw increases, with traffic first
going up by a large number to 35,000 by the year 2000, and
then even more steeply to 60,000 by 2010; Lifestyle leavers
rose consistently over the whole period, going eventually up
to 40,000.
- 170 words in total （7+ usually 200+)
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The line graph shows the main reasons

people gave for moving away from a
particular capital city to the countryside. Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Key features? Group 1

- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
Key features? - Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
- Reasonable interpretation

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Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
Type 0 for Don’t know - Reasonable interpretation
Type 1 for Up
Type 2 for Down
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Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
totally different trends / patterns - Reasonable interpretation

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Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
totally different trends / patterns - Reasonable interpretation

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Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
totally different trends / patterns - Reasonable interpretation

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Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
totally different trends / patterns - Reasonable interpretation

Moved in opposite directions

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Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
totally different trends / patterns - Reasonable interpretation

Moved in opposite directions

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Dynamic Table Practice

Checkpoint
The table below shows the consumer durables (telephone,
refrigerator, etc.) owned in Britain from 1972 to 1983

Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
- Reasonable interpretation

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Dynamic Table Practice

Checkpoint
The table below shows the consumer durables (telephone,
refrigerator, etc.) owned in Britain from 1972 to 1983

Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
- Reasonable interpretation

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Dynamic Table Practice

Checkpoint
The table below shows the consumer durables (telephone,
refrigerator, etc.) owned in Britain from 1972 to 1983

Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
- Reasonable interpretation

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Dynamic Bar Chart Practice

Checkpoint
The table below shows the figures for imprisonment
in five countries between 1930 and 1980.
Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
- Reasonable interpretation

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Dynamic Bar Chart Practice

Checkpoint
The table below shows the figures for imprisonment
in five countries between 1930 and 1980.
Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
- Reasonable interpretation

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Dynamic Bar Chart Practice

Checkpoint
The table below shows the figures for imprisonment
in five countries between 1930 and 1980.
Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
- Reasonable interpretation

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Dynamic Bar Chart Practice

Checkpoint
The table below shows the figures for imprisonment
in five countries between 1930 and 1980.
Summary
- What’s the framework?
- What’s the general trend?

Group 1
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Group 2
- Why grouping (commonality)?
- Comparison and key features

Conclusion (bonus)
- Reasonable interpretation

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Session 2 Agenda
Dynamic chart analysis
- Line graph
- Other dynamic charts
Expressions
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Line graph
Up, down, or maintain?
Big or small in quantity?
Fast or slow in speed?

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Dynamic charts
Moderate Dramatic Extreme
Peak at, reach the
Rise, increase, Jump, surge, soar,
UP peak/top/highest
grow, climb skyrocket
point at
Fluctuate, bounce
Dip, fall, decline, Slide, plunge,
DOWN to the bottom of
drop, decrease slump
stay constant, Reach a plateau at,
Maintain
stabilize, level off plateau at
Approximately,
about, around,
just below/above
Big Small Fast Slow
Significantly, Quickly,
Gradually,
considerably, Slightly, Sharply,
Change consistently,
substantially, moderately Rapidly,
slowly
dramatically, suddenly
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Dynamic charts
1. Sub + verb + extent + change in data

The proportion of women engineers

in aerospace rose consistently from
7% in 2009 to 21% in 2020.

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Dynamic charts
2. Time + saw/witnessed a + extent +
change in sub

The years between 1999 and 2009

saw a significant hike in China’s GDP.

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Dynamic charts
3. Sub demonstrated / showed an upward /
downward trend, increasing / decreasing
from…to…

The number of visitors to the museum

demonstrated an apparent upward trend,
increasing from 71,000 to 127,000 from
2007 to 2015.

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Dynamic charts
4. A + extent + change + can be seen in
+ sub, change in data

A slight dip can be seen in the quantity

of fast food consumed, from 17 units
person in 2019 to 15 units in 2021.

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Dynamic charts
5. There was + extent + change in
+ sub, change in data

There was a slight dip in the quantity

of fast food consumed, from 17 units
person in 2019 to 15 units in 2021.

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Dynamic charts
Connections – before doing

The proportion of women engineers in

aerospace rose consistently from 7% in
2009 to 21% in 2020, before a predicted
further hiking to 29% in 2025.

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Dynamic charts
Connections – and then do

The proportion of women engineers in

aerospace rose consistently from 7% in
2009 to 21% in 2020, and then is expected
to further hike to 29% in 2025.

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Dynamic charts
Connections – followed by

The proportion of women engineers in

aerospace rose consistently from 7% in
2009 to 21% in 2020, followed by a
predicted jump to 29% in 2025.

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Session 2 Agenda
Dynamic chart analysis
- Line graph
- Other dynamic charts
Expressions
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Task-1 Writing Season 1 Curriculum:

Session 1. Intro
2. Dynamic charts
3. Static charts
4. Mixed charts
4. Maps
5. Flow charts
7. Letters Group9120
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THANK YOU
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