Section 1: Directed Writing You are advised to write between 200 and 300 words. Total marks for this part: 30. Task 1 Every year the older students in your school invite adults to come and talk about why they are successful in their careers. You decide to write a letter to a well-known personality (for example, from television or business) to persuade him or her to come and speak to the students. Write your letter. You must include the following: • an invitation to speak to the students and the date and venue for the meeting • what you admire about the personality and his or her work • how the students benefit from these visits. Cover all three points above in detail. You should make your letter polite and persuasive. Start your letter ‘Dear ,’ and remember to provide a suitable ending.

The excerpt above is from page 21 of harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j. k rowling. which passage represents a

If a sentence is a run-on, correct it. if it is correct as written, write correct. 1.)i looked down. i saw that the well was apparently dry. 2.)we read the preamble to the constitution, our group felt anew the power of those words. 3.)the boy had trouble with the decimal point when multiplying he always put it in the wrong place. 4.)the thermometer broke, the mercury spilled onto the floor. 5.)i mislead my car keys, my house keys were also gone. 6.)it is against the law litter, neveretheless, people do it. 7.)ann threw away the check, but she eventually recovered it. 8.)i generally like the climate of the area where i live i do not enjoy subfrezzing winter temperatures. 9.)everyone should be polite, however many people are rude. 10.)i made my own chili to eat it one needs an iron stomach.

The students who were in favor of adopting the new curriculum wrote editorials for their local newspaper which of these best describes how the information in the editoralw is different from the information in the feature story