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GuidePractice planMixed4 hr 50 min

One Week of Planned Writing and Revision

Strengthen requirement coverage, paragraph development, tone, and prioritized editing across email and survey tasks.

What you'll learn

  • Strengthen requirement coverage, paragraph development, tone, and prioritized editing across email and survey tasks.

Your week

  1. Day 1

    55 min

    Baseline portfolio draft

    • Plan and write one timed response.
    • Save prompt, plan, draft, and initial self-check.

    By the end: Baseline portfolio response

  2. Day 2

    30 min

    Prompt and purpose

    • Decode four prompts.
    • Write audience-purpose-outcome lines and paragraph functions.

    By the end: Four requirement maps

  3. Day 3

    35 min

    Paragraph development

    • Build three claim-mechanism-example-result chains.
    • Test reason distinction with category labels.

    By the end: Three developed paragraph plans

  4. Day 4

    35 min

    Tone and counterpoint

    • Rewrite two accusation/hesitation examples.
    • Write two fair concessions using shared criteria.

    By the end: Four calibrated revisions

  5. Day 5

    30 min

    Grammar target

    • Choose one recurring grammar pattern.
    • Complete focused repairs and apply it to one paragraph.

    By the end: Personal rule plus ten corrected examples

  6. Day 6

    1 hr

    Timed transfer draft

    • Write the other task type under time.
    • Run global, sentence, then surface review passes.

    By the end: Timed response and editing log

  7. Day 7

    45 min

    Portfolio revision

    • Verify feedback against evidence.
    • Revise Day 1 and explain the three highest-impact changes.

    By the end: Before/after portfolio and reflection

Reflect at the end of the week

  • Which revision changed reader understanding most?
  • Are reasons more distinct on the transfer task?
  • Which language pattern deserves another week?

What's next

Apply this strategy in scored practice, or continue with the next lesson.

Independent CELPIP-style practice material. This is not an official CELPIP question.