ICFE Writing Activities List

Target Audience: Students    Teachers

Name of Activity

Relevance to ICFE Writing

Focus of Activity
Overview ActivityStudent keyTeacher key

Whole paper

To familiarise students and teachers with the general features of the icfe Test of Writing
DOs and DON'Ts ActivityStudent key

Whole paper

To help students remember practical advice for the Test of Writing shortly before taking the examination
Completion of Mini Compositions 1 Whole paper To help students to focus on organising their thoughts when writing, to produce a well-balanced & organised piece of writing
Completion of Mini Compositions 2 Part 2 To help students organise arguments for and against a point and to reach a conclusion.
Relevance & irrelevance Whole paper To show students what to include as relevant and what to exclude as irrelevant when writing
Punctuation Whole Paper To make students aware of correct punctuation when writing
Making notes Part 1 To give students practice at taking notes and transforming them into a piece of writing
Including necessary points without copying from the test paper Part 1 To give students practice in paraphrasing
Focus on Assessment ActivityTeacher key

Whole paper

To help teachers to understand the assessment criteria and how they are applied
Formulaic Expressions Student key

Whole paper

To help students with formulaic expressions
Paragraphing a Text Student key

Whole paper

To improve students’ awareness of the importance of paragraphing
Editing a Text Student key

Writing paper

To improve students’ ability to write concisely
Error Correction Activity Student key

Whole paper

 To train students to check their work systematically