Your cousin, a successful former student at your school, has just returned from living in another country. Your Principal asks you to write an article for your school magazine about your cousin's experience. Write your magazine article. You must include the following: Cover all three points above in detail. You should make your magazine article interesting and informative. Start your magazine article with a suitable headline.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2020). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [15] (Task Fulfilment) Very good understanding of purpose.
2. [15] (Task Fulfilment) Clear awareness of the specified situation and audience.
3. [15] (Task Fulfilment) Text type entirely appropriate.
4. [15] (Task Fulfilment) All required points developed in detail, fully amplified and well organised.
5. [15] (Task Fulfilment) Given information well used to justify personal opinion and interpretation.
6. [15] (Task Fulfilment) Tone and register entirely appropriate.
7. [15] (Language) Highly accurate writing, apart from very occasional slips.
8. [15] (Language) Sentence structures varied for particular effects.
9. [15] (Language) Verb forms largely correct and appropriate tenses consistently used.
10. [15] (Language) Vocabulary wide and precise.
11. [15] (Language) Punctuation accurate and helpful.
12. [15] (Language) Spelling accurate, apart from very occasional slips.
13. [15] (Language) Paragraphs have unity, are linked, and show evidence of planning.