Time Management
P1 Essay Composition
Total Time Given: 1.15 hours
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Plan 10 minutes
Write 55 minutes
Revise 10 minutes
Plan
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Survey the exam material.
Skim the qp.
Shortlist preferably 2, or a maximum of 3, topics by scanning.
Select / Choose 1* topic (simpler & commoner the better).
Brainstorm (quickly) for ideas & facts jotting them down.
Think of a tentative, REASONABLE, TS: an imperative.
Outine your response (6 paragraphs with their main sentence points).
All this will help in making a good enough ‘mental draft’ [Draft 1].
*Avoid choosing a DISCURSIVE ESSAY as it is harder to write unless you’ve the right content.
‘Your country’ essays can be snares at times.
Write
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Keeping your TS ALWAYS in mind write out your response.
Do so most carefully without hurrying: THINK & WRITE!
Follow your outline as far as feasible.
The overall essay composition [Draft 2] ought to follow scrupulously
our TEMPLATE.
Revise
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Go through the entire essay you’ve drafted.
Correct any glaring error ― whether language or fact / opinion.
Then, concentrate on UoE mistakes including spellings.
Focus on common grammatical errors you make.
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WORK [Draft 3] till the last minute of the exam duration!
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TIP!
Good writing is all about free-writing, then drafting, and re-drafting, even
re-redrafting . . . ! REVISE―REVISE―REVISE.