2014 HKDSE Writing Question 6
Learning English through Workplace Communication
The Hong Kong Daily is asking students to submit an article about their summer job experiences. You were employed as a costumed character performer in one of the local theme parks last summer. In your article, write about your typical working day and the good things and bad things about your job. Write an article

Planning

• Text type
• Genre
• Formality
• Audience
• Requirements in the question

What do you know about the question?

What do you want to know?

What do you want to know?

• Kinds of costumed characters
• Who can be the characters?
• How to get the job?
• What are the job duties?
• Where to work?
• How long to work?

Researching

• costumed characters
• job duties
• behind the scene
• get paid

Format

Format

• Title
• Introduction (why write + outline)
• Main Body (typical day + good + bad)
• Conclusion (feeling + advice)

Language

• Tense
• Expression

Language

• Tense: Past
• Expression