iGCSE First Language English - Extended Writing Paper 1 (JOURNAL WRITING)

[@johnchibona8807]

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[@lakonic6805]

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[@jaivikranth3616]

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[@ipfocusx2646]

here is my response 21st April 21, 2022 Do you know what’s challenging when you are young? Trying to balance life with school. Well, the problem is it’s not easy for me to think of ways to manage myself, because the school never lets me. Whenever I try to make a study schedule; my teachers throw tests on our faces. Do I feel assured about my exams? Not at all. My sweat is turning into tears. Even though I am doing my best, my teachers and parents have been burdening me to ‘put more effort’; they just want me to bite the bullet. Sometimes I just think: Are they aware of everything we go through? All they say is ‘you just wasted your time playing video games, you could have done better!’ One thing I know for sure is that it is over the capacity of my brain and body. I don’t really know what to expect from myself now. The homework that teachers give is just piece of a cake but when it comes to exams, its just tough row to hoe. Parents just say: ‘study hard, you have to ace this time’, but they don’t know what it takes to study hard; we sacrifice or nights, meals, and video games for it. I know they are not wrong, but they don’t know that its not possible to be a champion in everything. Even after giving thousands of tests, my grade is going to be decided by one exam. Isn’t that ridiculous?

[@daughteroftheChrist]

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[@IGCSESUCCESS]

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[@youhavehope6776]

@@IGCSESUCCESS hi, I have a doubt, I searched Google for the past year paper for english first language igcse, and it says Paper 1- Core Paper 2- Extended Paper 3- Extended So I'm a little doubtful on what are the papers I'm going to take for my IGCSE, can you explain to me what are the papers that I will be taking as an English 1st language student

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

@@youhavehope6776 Hello! You want to check out the syllabus for the year you are going to be examined. There are only two papers now (paper 1 and paper 2) Paper 1 is the reading; paper 2 the writing (Directed Writing and Composition)... However, some schools choose to do paper 1 and coursework (so just 1 written paper!) Best to ask your school... There is no core paper option anymore. All the best

[@youhavehope6776]

@@IGCSESUCCESS Ooo, thank you so much, and I have one more question, I watched your video about descriptive essay, can you help me how can I write amazing sentence structure like yours, your style of writing is amazing, and I really feel I can't do it 😭😭

[@erumhameed6548]

Tomorrow is my test and this video assured me of my marks that I will be getting . Thanks alot . 👍🏻

[@bigfridge3250]

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[@skippin]

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[@jatinmulani5687]

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[@karthik-rz3ue]

Tomorrow is my exam feb/march series from India this video helped me a lot . before seeing this video felt nervous but now I'm completely free. Thank you so much ❤

[@mohammedajwadlamba96]

Monday is my exam and I was scared but now I’m a little calm because of u ♥️♥️

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

That's awesome! Thanks for your support :)!

[@trashy8797]

My exam is in a few hours! Some last minute revision! Thank you for this so much!

[@davidftw9895]

how was ur exam bro?

[@cartoondrawer5183]

Same here now

[@arnav.k9650]

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[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Ohhh, what a lovely comment! 😍

[@jaivikranth3616]

Just saw you liking a comment from 18h ago is amazing, especially for a video which have been posted 3 years ago. Mad respect sir; well played

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

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[@omgkayyla]

my exam is next month(I'm passing) this video really helped me thank you so much

[@cyan2982]

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[@CrazyTeacherNick]

As always Ash, you are brilliant and this is another excellent video. Thank you.

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Hope you and your students are doing well, Nick!!

[@CrazyTeacherNick]

We are 8 weeks from exams so they are writing papers, having discussions in class, and watching Teacher Ash. I also posted a link to iGCSESuccess on the Facebook page for all those studying without access to a teacher. We have a large number of students in South Africa who do self-study. (I mark their practice exams.) The difference your videos make is incredible. So there are a great many students who rely on your videos. And we are all very grateful. Omkhulu ngiyabonga ohlakaniphileyo. (Great wise one thank you with big thanks)

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Thanks for your support as always. Good luck to your students. I'm trying to motivate mine; some of them are a little jaded at the minute!!

[@Anna-milomenny]

Thank you so much for making English so clear and doable, I've honestly learned all my English skills from your channel! I'm really so grateful to you, please keep uploading more amazing videos!

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Thanks for such a lovely comment!!

[@jaysandra126]

Exactly what I need, thank you!

[@MohammedAl-badrani]

How did u do?

[@moneernaser9430]

Not me watching this before my English mocks 😐💔

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[@technicali-codm7237]

Amazing helpful video. Thanks

[@temwanizimba2691]

My final igcse English exam is on Tuesday and Friday please wish me luck

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

You've got this!!! Sending you all the luck in the world 🙏

[@temwanewa101]

Mine is on Tuesday and Friday. Btw we have the same name

[@bestalpha6004]

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[@thezombies7788]

Thanks for your wonderful video. It really helped me in my exam this morning.

[@JL-ee7wx]

Hi, i was wondering what questions could you ask yourself to ensure that quotations are developed Exam in two days:)

[@cartoondrawer5183]

Tomorrow is my exam I hopefully pass this is really helping I been watching it from grade 8 and 9

[@lebronjames8639]

Do you suggest using quotations for openings or anywhere else or is that limited to other forms of extended writing like speech writing?

[@krrishmundra]

If I had a word to give feedback, I would say 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' !

[@kevinbhuru941]

Very helpful content, keep up the good work sir.

[@raymondstarling6173]

I am writing tomorrow and this helped a lot

[@MohammedAl-badrani]

Did u do good?

[@raymondstarling6173]

@user-jp6ny1mp7p Yea thankfully I got my A

[@TappedCeiling46]

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[@IGCSESUCCESS]

I've created a lesson already, so that should be easy :)!

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I watched this before my exam on Friday. It came!! Would you believe it? Thank you so much.

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hiii thankyou so much for helping me !! my test is tomorrow and now i feel superduper prepared you truky are an icon love u :33

[@MohammedAl-badrani]

How did u do?

[@kidwithuke417]

My second time edging to u

[@clutchgaming5092]

That was awesome.It would be really great if you can share your slides too so that i can prepare in offline mode too

[@regan1075]

Cheers for this means a lot

[@Umaisbrawlstars]

My exam is tommorow this video helped a lot And I am also betting that a journal is gonna come in this may june series 👀

[@vk4964]

It will be helpful if you explain it with a past paper pls post a video on this

[@haleemanoor2127]

in many journals I've seen the dates being written after every paragraph so is it fine to just write the date once at the beginning only and write the whole journal in one paragraph? PS. such a great video, thank you :)

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

You aren't expected to include a date. I guess you could if you were given that information, but you certainly wouldn't lose marks for it. Yes, you could include a date after each paragraph if you were treating them as separate journal entries... But that is never the task. It is to write one.

[@savagebeaztpeace8390]

Thank you sir

[@gracechen2412]

extremely helpful with the detailed explanation! Thank you heaps!😀

[@flaxx8460]

I am applying for efl exams ,but i am from india . I dont know what to do.

[@RileyNorth-p2f]

Hi, when writing journal entry should there be 'dear diary' at the top? does it matter if there is/isn't?

[@grey5798]

Do you know how infuriating the seemingly 'world class' school systems are? There's constant undermining of student's efforts. And not only is our education system is responsible for this, but as well as our society. They sure do a wonderful job at pressurizing students to work so hard that they forget to sleep, have food and have enough water. Because nobody has the 'time' for that, do they? The acrimony amongst students never fails to grow. The amount of rigidity in school life is nobody's concern except the victims. I am absolutely exhausted with my teachers telling me to 'work harder' because my grades aren't good enough, and our parents aren't any better. If we get anything less than an A+, what good are we for? All my attemptss feel futile especially when I hear well my older siblings did when they were my age. But have they forgotten that almost than half of their grades were based on homework. But for us our entire understanding of the syllabus is demonstrated by one test. And students who don't do well will always be marginalized. I don't even feel remotely prepared for the test even if I have sacrificed my own wellbeing. Nothing I do seems to satisfy anyone, and I am left feeling useless, and oppressed by the 'perfect system'. No student deserve the success of their life be demonstrated by one paper, instead we should implement coursework again as a leading factor of the decision of our grades.

[@particled1]

Sir this is a KZbin comments section

[@grey5798]

@@particled1I know, in the video he offered for us to write our answers in the comments section to help other students and for other students to give opinions on it:)

[@sameepsakpal5261]

Can we use the same tips and language style for blog writing?

[@Booooscared]

Thank you Sir!!!! -Fitri Haswadi

[@arnav.k9650]

lol you just used the phrase "throw a spanner in the works'' but you did not include it in the list😂

[@gunjeshwarisharma5808]

Isn't the word count less?

[@bilalhasan9147]

Very useful video fr!

[@SJs0705]

What if i exceeded the word limit too much?

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

You won't get penalised ;)

[@SJs0705]

@@IGCSESUCCESS but, will they still give marks if i exceeded the word limit too much?

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

@@SJs0705 yup

[@dr.anitadavid9416]

Great guidance! Thank you for this. I've emailed you. Please do check.

[@tarasud7709]

We’re struggle with understanding whether there is a key difference with diary vs journal. Please help?🙏🏻

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Cambridge will always use ‘journal’ and there really isn’t any difference.

[@tarasud7709]

Thank you! I was wondering why I couldn’t find any past ‘diary’ entries; this really helps… I tutor, and was throughly confused when a student said that they were writing a diary entry in school (which in itself didn’t seem problematic, but when we tried to rationalise the potential differences between a ‘diary’ and a ‘journal’, I began questioning my entire life🤣).

[@blahblah8750]

Thank you for this🙏🙏

[@ash72able]

What is TAP??

[@itsshinobi2005]

Sir I have written the above Journal. It would really help me a lot if you check it.

[@sakeenahjusab8537]

Is it okay to start with "Dear Diary"? What other starters do you recommend?

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

No, please don't use this. Think about using a technique. Rhetorical questions work well as openers ..

[@ZyphRoX_]

Sir do we need to include a date in the journal entry ?

[@TheTurncoatWolf]

New upload!

[@ismarthaa]

bro that last 25 mark question certainly broke my mock grade

[@yokitokisoki]

do you include a dateeven if the passage doesn't give you one?

[@haleemanoor2127]

can we also add our own ideas, be it letter, journal,speech,article etc..

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

You can develop ideas based on what you have read.

[@shrimanjha]

do we add a subscription to a journal

[@theinfinitystudio]

Will swapping the order in which the bullet points are addressed in our response affect the marks scored??

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

No. But I don't think it makes sense to do so.

[@tomtook]

Hello sir what is tap?

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Type audience purpose

[@tomtook]

@@IGCSESUCCESS thank you sir

[@tomtook]

I have a mock test tomorrow so I'm just recapping everything I have learnt from your videos

[@tomtook]

I have even went through the recent 2 walkthroughs that you recently posted. Thank you for all the help that you have given me a Nd God bless you and your family and may you and your future prosper.😊

[@mohammedajwadlamba96]

Uh r amazing 🤩

[@localbookworm5384]

My answer: I don't wan't to be young, I wan't to be old, working towards something I actually enjoy. Why won't they understand? My family keeps on praising me for good grades and once I fail, the smile on their face is gone: I'm suddenly an inanimate object to them. Teachers, constantly slithering in into our life, trying to take control of everything by giving us bundles of paper everyday and telling us to 'take care of ourselves'. Blimely, says the person who expects me to complete their 60-page essay, 50 page reading assignment and a 30 slide powerpoint presentation. While the flock their way accross the room, happy, energised and focused. Doesn't satisfaction go both ways? For all I've known, most of my days are spent exercising my damn hand so much that it turns red, laying on my desk, begging for help as I try to complete my work and my teachers dare tell me I'm not working hard enough? The past was fun, atleast from what I have heard: tales of my mom disecting frogs and travelling to different places; schools giving students the option to tinker with their subject while I'm just here, sitting, revising, right now for the one test that'll determine my life. Yes the life I have a right to control! This one exam is seemingly more important than what I'm actually supposed to learn? Does that make sense?

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Great voice! I love the ‘Blimey’ - that’s something I would definitely say 😉

[@victoriaquartey4943]

This has been very helpful, but how long should it take to write a journal entry?

[@jaanarodrigo4880]

25-45 minutes for this question because its 25 marks

[@victoriaquartey4943]

@@jaanarodrigo4880 okay, thank you

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

I think for q3 you need at least 40-45 minutes.

[@funwithlaiba7186]

where is paper ?

[@Max1mum5]

Thank you

[@toysandfun9335]

What is the difference between journal and diary writing

[@reemasalkhubani3366]

idk but don’t ask greg heffley

[@ruem6701]

How do l know which date to use when writing a journal or it's not always necessary to write one

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Not necessary

[@ruem6701]

@@IGCSESUCCESS Thank you so much

[@Unknow_abyss]

Tommorow is my exam. I hope i get great marks

[@donatellaiortsuun4492]

this was beautiful...

[@anselmissango671]

thanks helps me alot

[@SP-gc1pr]

english language exam is tomorow.

[@kenrock6136]

what is tap?

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Text type, audience and purpose.

[@kenrock6136]

Thank you :)

[@createrscraft8225]

Oiii dude come to India please and teach us in tcis kalyan.

[@faizaanahmad7441]

can someone please tell me the format for Journals. i have my igcse exam tomorrow

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Isn't a format as such... But it's informal, chatty, self-reflective. No need to include 'Dear Diary' or a date... Use rhetorical questions, emotive language; humour, if appropriate!

[@faizaanahmad7441]

@@IGCSESUCCESS so its fine if just start my journal straight with the first paragraph without any title or something?

[@julias0102]

I'm here bcs my lecture ask me to make a english journal

[@toysandfun9335]

Is journal directed to yourself or what?

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

I guess you could say the audience is you! Well, unless it's a published journal of sorts!!

[@toysandfun9335]

@@IGCSESUCCESS What is the difference between journal and diary writing

[@bestalpha6004]

wish meh luck my board for paper 2 is tmo

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Best of luck ❤️

[@prahasreddy1595]

Hello sir its just that im suffering with writers effect and i watched your videos to but i still find it hard to solve and and sir do you watch anime

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

What are you struggling with? What part of the question?

[@prahasreddy1595]

@@IGCSESUCCESS everything

[@faizasadoon7124]

I was askin can journal appear in paper2 or is it only for ppr 1??

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Journal paper 1

[@hamzashah9742]

1:27

[@Dgood396]

Hi there , When writing a journal do we have to write in paragraphs? Also can we use our own ideas when writing instead of referring to ideas in the passage?

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Hi, For q3, you have to use the ideas from the passage to shape your overall response. You can develop with your own ideas as long as they are relevant :)

[@enxkways]

sir if you don't start with a date what happens?

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

Nothing ;)

[@tryhardfighter1833]

Who are the 10 derps who disliked?

[@nithiin1724]

having exam in 45 mins...

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

You've got this!

[@nithiin1724]

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I don't understand you

[@IGCSESUCCESS]

What don’t you understand ?

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[@hridaylilani2618]

Thank you