What is it?
Transactional Writing is a posh way of saying writing for a specific purpose, audience and format (PAF). This is a test of your ability to create a text for a real life transaction, if you like. Different tasks will ask you to write for different purposes but these will generally be: Inform Explain Discuss Review Advice Persuade Your audience will generally be specified in the question and you may be asked to write to: A particular person Someone in a specific age range Someone with a particular interest Someone who you know well/do not know well This is when it is important for you to consider the tone and formality which you write your response in. If you are creating a letter for a mum or dad, then you should still use Standard English but you can be less formal in the way you respond. However, a letter to a Chief Executive to inform of difficulties will require formality and a tone which sounds authoritarian. The format will vary and you may be asked to create a text which is in the following styles: Letter Review Report Newspaper article/magazine article Blog Diary/Journal Entry This is why it is so important to check the question and highlight the task carefully. Maybe scribble PAFT on the exam paper and identify these before you begin planning the response. Things to remember: You must check the Purpose, Audience and Format carefully for each task (PAF). Think carefully about who you are writing for and decide if the response should be formal or informal. Also, consider the tone you write in. If you are writing to the school to inform them it is unlikely that a chatty, informal style will be appropriate, however to your parents this would be fine. The way you write is important so you should be aware of technical accuracy relating to: sentence structures, punctuation, vocabulary and spelling. Remember to use TIPTOP for your paragraphs and vary the length of these for effect. Never underestimate the importance of planning. Perhaps you could, spend 5 minutes creating a mini mind map, which you can use as a checklist to make sure you include enough detail and cover a wide enough variety of ideas in response to the task. |
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AQA SPECIFICATION INSTRUCTIONS:AQA requires you to complete one question with 24 marks for communication and 16 marks for the technical accuracy. (40 marks in total)
You should spend 5 minutes planning and then 40 minutes writing your response. Eduqas specification instructionsYou will have two 20 mark tasks to complete for different PAF's.
12 marks for communication and 8 marks each for technical accuracy. You should spend about 5 minutes planning and 40 minutes writing both the answers. This is 20 minutes per task. |
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