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5 Ways to Plan IELTS Writing Task 2 Essay to Score Band 8

5 Ways to Plan IELTS Writing Task 2 Essay to Score Band 8

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Planning is like the skeleton of an essay. It is important to plan the essay before you start writing it. The essay plan will act like a map and give you directions about where to go next.
The following steps are very essential in planning an essay.
1. Read the essay topic intently

Most of the students fail to understand the topic and hence, answer the wrong question. To get your answer right, spend some time getting your question right.
Write an essay on the following topic

Overpopulation of urban areas has led to numerous problems.

Identify one or two serious ones and suggest ways that governments and individuals can tackle these problems?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge. Write at least 250 words.
In the above question you are required to discuss the problems and solutions for the given topic. If you fail to understand the question well and instead discuss the causes and effects for the same topic, you might end up losing your band.
You can ensure proper identification of the topic by highlighting keywords in the question, so that you don’t stray off the topic
Overpopulation of urban areas has led to numerous problems.

Identify one or two serious ones and suggest ways that governments and individuals can tackle these problems?
2. Develop focus questions
Once you have identified your task in the topic, create two focus questions. These will act as paragraph guides and also keep you from going off the topic

  1. What problems do we face due to overpopulation?
  2. How can we tackle these problems?

3. Form your body paragraphs
The normal structure of an essay has three essentials:-
Introduction
Body paragraphs
Conclusion

While planning your essay, think about how many body paragraphs you would like to include.
Generally, the body paragraphs shouldn’t be less than two or more than three.
Now, for the given topic you can have one paragraph for problems and two paragraphs for solutions.

Always remember, each paragraph must have only one controlling idea. You cannot talk about solutions in the paragraph where you would discuss problems.

4. Answer your focus questions
Now that you have decided on the number of paragraphs, you must think about 2 to 3 points under each focus question.

What problems do we face due to overpopulation?

  1. Overcrowding
  2. Poor facilities
  3. High Cost of Living

How can we tackle these problems?

  1. Government must spread awareness
  2. Individuals must take responsibility

5. Model P-E-E
Once you have noted down your main points, you must think about sub-points to elaborate and extend your ideas.
Model P-E-E (Point-Explain-Example) is a helpful tool for those who struggle with this task.
You first state your point, then explain it further and also give an example to support your idea. After you have added supporting points to your main points, this what your planned essay should look like.
THE ESSAY PLAN

Focus Question – What problems do we face due to overpopulation?

  1. Point – Overcrowding
  2. Sub-Points – (demand exceeds supply, depletion of natural resources)

Example reckless cutting down of forests to facilitate housing needs

 

  1. Point – Poor Facilities and High Cost of Living
  2. Sub-Points(poor infrastructure, no health and hygiene facilities)

 

 

Focus Question – How can we tackle these problems?

 

  1. Point – Government must take steps
  2. Sub-Points– (introduce policies, spread awareness,)

Example – family planning programs and effective birth control

 

  1. Point – Individuals must take responsibility
  2. Sub-Points(educate themselves about birth control methods, co-operate with the Government to control overpopulation)

 

 

 
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The bar chart illustrates how many males and females attended different evening courses at an adult education center in 2009. The pie chart provides information on the age group of these course partakers

Overall, the bar chart shows that most males participated in painting, while the largest number of women engaged in a language course. While the pie chart depicts that the biggest number of participants were from the age group 50 or over.

The painting course was the most frequented by males, where around 25 of them participated there, in comparison, the language lecture was the main attraction for women, where around 40 of them participated. On the other hand, Sculpture was the least frequented course by females at about 5, while males engaged the least in both sculpture and drama courses, at 10 percent for each.

The biggest number of participants, at 42 percent, was in the age group of 50 or over, while the least frequency rate was amongst those aged 20 or younger.

SHAMS

SAME SEX MARRIAGE HAS ALWAYS DIVIDED THE MASSESS ON THE IDEA OF ITS LEGALIZATION. WHILE SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ON THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS TO THE SOCIETY, OTHERS BELIEVE IT IS THE RIGHT OF EACH INDIVIDUAL TO CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT TO MARRY REGARDLESS OF GENDER. I SHARE THE SAME OPINION WITH THE LATTER.

TO BEGIN WITH, EVERY PERSON HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT TO SPEND THEIR LIFE WITH AS A PARTNER REGARDLESS OF SEX BECAUSE IT IS THEIR OWN LIFE TO EXPERIENCE IT. PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO ENGAGE IN GAY MARRIAGE SHOULD BE RESPECTED AND NOT ISOLATED BY OTHERS UST BECAUSE OF SOCIAL NORMS. INSTEAD, THEY SHOULD BE TREATED AS NORMAL PEOPLE LIVING IN HARMONY WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

IN ADDITION, THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE ON GAY MARRIAGE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. IT HAS DIVIDED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIS, OTHERS WERE HURT AND TAX PAYERS' MONEY GONE TO WATED WHILE LAW MAKERS DEBATE WHETHER SAME SEX MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGAL. IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON AND SET ASIDE POLITICS, RELIGION AND TRADITIONAL SOCIAL NORMS IN ORDER TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO MAKE THEIR MARKS ON LEGAL PAPER.

FINALLY, SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS NOT AN ISSUE OF MORALITY. BUT INSTEAD, JUST LIKE MOST OF OTHER PEOPLE, THEY ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO MAKE THEIR RELATIONSHIP LEGAL, A COUPLE WHO DECIDED TO STAY TOGETHER UNDER ONE ROOF AND BUILD EACH OTHER, BUILD A FAMILY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOCIETY THAT SHOULD SURROUND THEM WITH ACCEPTANCE.

IN CONCLUSION, ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE ARE AGAINST THE LEGALIZATION OF GAY MARRIAGE, I DONT SHARE THEIR VIEW. I BELIEVE SAME SEX MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGAL FOR THE REASONS THAT EVERY PERSON HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THEIR LEGAL PARTNER REGARDLESS OF GENDER. FURTHERMORE, AS WE MOVE TO THE FUTURE, WE SHOULD ALSO CLOSE THIS ISSUE THAT DIVIDED US FOR A LONG TIME. LASLTLY, THERE IS NO MORAL ISSUE REGARDING TWO PEOPLE WITH SAME GENDER WHO JUST WANT TO MAKE THEIR RELATIONSHIP LEGAL.

SHAMS

THE BAR CHART PRESENTS FOUR EVENING COURSES AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE ATTENDING EACH CLASS WHILE THE PIE CHART ON THE OTHER HAND SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDEES IN TERMS OF AGE GROUP. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN 2009 IN AN ADULT EDUCATION CENTER.

OVERALL, THE NUMBER OF FEMALE ATTENDING THE NIGHT CLASSESS EXCEED THE NUMBER OF MALE STUDENTS AND MOST OF THE STUDENTS IN TOTAL ARE FIFTY YEARS OLD AND ABOVE.

IN DETAILS, LANGUAGE SUBJECT HAVE THE MOST NUMBER OF ENROLLEES COMPRISING OF FORTY GIRLS AND TWENTY BOYS. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY PAINTING SUBJECT WITH A TOTAL OF FIFTY-FIVE STUDENTS AND THIRTY OF THEM ARE WOMEN. DRAMA CLASS CONSIST TWENTY FEMALE AND TEN MALE STUDENTS WHILE SCULPTURE HAS ONLY FIFTEEN INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED AND ONLY FIVE OF THEM ARE BOYS.

MOVING ON, STUDENTS WHO ARE 50 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE ACCOUNT TO FORTY-TWO PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION IN THE STUDY. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY TWENTY-SIX PERCENT OF THE 40-49 YEARS OLD AGE GROUP WHICH IS TEN PERCENT HIGHER THAT THAT OF THE BRACKET 30-39 YEARS OLD. ELEVEN PERCENT OF THE STUDENT ARE 20-29 YEARS OLD AND IT IS OVER TWICE AS MUCH AS THE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS UNDER 20 YEARS OF AGE.

Anonymous

These two charts depict numbers of men and women attending various evening courses at an adult education center in the year 2009. The pie chart gives information about the ages of these course participants.
According to the pie chart highest number of persons are age of 50 or over. they contribute 42 percent in the chart. after second highest percentage is 26 that are between 40-49. Sixteen percent of people are 30-39 age. And eleven percent of aged 20-29. Lowest percentage is 5 % they are teenagers.
According to the event chart, vertical bar shows number of people, and the horizontal bar shows four deferent events those are Drama, Painting, Sculpture and Language. forty women are attending Language that is most interested even in women. Attendance of sculpture is less interested event in women that is less than ten. Men are most interested in Painting that is between twenty to thirty. Ten Men are interested in Drama it is the lowest count of Men.
In conclude, Language is most  interested event between women, and Painting is most interested between Men in adult education center.

Agáta Hánová

The bar graph illustrates the numbers of men and women participating in four evening courses at an adult education center in 2009. The pie graph shows the age of these course participants.
According to the graphs most course participants we 50 or over 50 years old and the most favored course for females was the language one and for males, it was the painting course.
The bar graph shows that in all courses apart from one there were more female attenders than male ones. In the drama course, there were 10 male participants and twice as many females. In the painting course, the numbers didn’t differ much with 25 men and 30 women attenders. The language course was similar to the drama one with 20 male participants and doubled female ones. The sculpture course was the only one where there were more males than females, It was also the course with the least attenders.
The pie graph shows that the younger the participants the lesser attenders. 42% of the participants were 50 years old or above and only 5% of the courses participants were under 20 years old.

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Anonymous

The bar chart illustrates the statistical number of females and males who take different courses at an adult education centre in 2009. The pie chart displays information about ages distribution of those who attend those courses.
It is clearly understood from the bar chart that such courses are more popular among women rather than men and all courses except of sculpture were most frequently attended by first ones. The data on the pie chart reveals that elder people participate in such activities much more often than those  who are younger.
The bar chart shows that the highest number of participants, namely 40 women and 20 men, is involved in language courses. 30 females and 25 males go to painting courses, 30 people follow drama classes at an adult education centre and the least man-tended course is the one of sculpture but at the same time it is the only one with higher number of men than women attending it.
The pie chart tells that 42% of the courses’ participants are older than 50, 26% are from 40 to 49. People aged between 30 and 39 make 16% of the overall figure. Those who are under the age of 29 together make only 16% of the whole percentage.

Richa

In today's society, gay marriage is an issue that is still debatable. Many people believe that it's normal to do so. However, there are people who still disagree with the idea. This essay will examine the idea that gay marriage should be legalized along with the supporting reasons.

The first reason why gay marriage should be legal is that it causes no harm to society. Love is free and love doesn't separate genders. Anyone can love anyone whether same-sex or not. Legalizing same-sex marriage there are a lot of positive effects such as making people happier because if gay marriage is legalized we will create a peaceful and friendly environment for society and it doesn't harm anyone.

It also supports the LGBTQ community and can educate younger generations to support and doesn't bully anyone in the future as they get older because it creates the mindset of people to normalize same-sex or gay lovers to not be different from any of us. Not only this by normalizing this law will make the society feel safe and people won't be scared to keep it to themselves and suffer alone or think of negative thoughts such as suicide or why they are different from others. That is why this idea should be legalized as soon as possible.

In today's society, there are still people who disagree with this idea but legalizing this will definitely change the way people used to think negative thoughts and open up to new changes making our community a happy place and building more healthy relationships without discriminating against anyone who is different from them.

Anon

The bar chart illustrates how many men and women are pursuing different types of evening courses in the year 2009. The pie chart depicts the figures about the ages of these course participants.

Overall, In the graph,  one can easily tell that women are much higher in all the courses as compared to men. The pie chart depicts that most of the people are above 50 years old and a few people are under 20 years old.

Women being the highest participants in all the courses but in the language course One can see Extensive number of women attending the course With 40 women and In contrast, Men half the number when compared to women with just 20 in number. The second most participants in any course are Painting and again, Women are more in number than men, with women being 30 in numbers and only 25 men are attending the painting course. The Drama course has only 10 men in it and women are 20 in number, Just double the amount of the men. However, there is one course where men are more in number than the women and that course is Sculpture with 30 students, Among which 10 are males and only 5 are females.

In the pie chart, Everyone can tell that most of the participants are above the age of 50 or above with over 42% of the overall participants. Next 26% of people are between the age of 40-49 years old with 26% in the group of the participants. 16% of people are of the age group of 30-39 years old and 11% of people are between the age of 20-29 years old. The least amount of participants are under the age of 20.

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