How to Achieve Full Marks for Directed Writing (CIE IGCSE English Language 0500/0990)

00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Overview and mark scheme
03:13 - Structuring a response
03:41 - How to evaluate
06:05 - Past question and extract
11:56 - Annotated extract
12:35 - 40/40 model response
16:25 - Analysis of model response - how it meets the top bands of the mark scheme

What is involved with Directed Writing? What does a 40/40 mark response look like? This video will take you through a past Directed Writing question, explain what the examiner is looking for in plain English, before giving you some invaluable tips for your own responses. It’s going to be to-the-point, and incredibly useful. Stay tuned – and watch Schofield on Shakespeare.

A pdf exam-style question paper is available for this video. Please email me at [email protected] if you would like a copy of this.