Cayman Islands Writing Exemplar

AF3: 

Organisation

 – Organise and present whole texts effectively, sequencing and structuring

information, ideas, and events

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The author has a well-developed opening. He/she also includes an effective hook (a question) that grabs the 

reader’s attention and follows the question up with any opinion statement and “snapshot” of the three reasons to 

be presented in the body of the text.  

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The reasons the author presents are in logical order, relevant to the topic, and supported with details. In order to 

make his/her argument more effective, the author may consider revising the third argument, which appears to be 

his/her weakest. The author needs to be taught that the first and last paragraphs should be the piece’s strongest.  

•  The author uses a well-developed closing that begins with a linking phrase, summarizes the main 

 

ideas/reasons of the text, and uses pleading and a question to re-state the author’s opinion. The author may  

also want to include a call to action as part of the closing.