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Writing Academic Task 1 Band 6.0 Example

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210 words AcademicTask 1Map
Task 1

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Ideas to explore

  • Identify what stayed constant: the stage, auditorium, fourteen chairs and central main entrance.
  • Track the storage room’s relocation from the left side in 2010 to the right side in 2012.
  • Compare the supporting rooms: the 2010 media room and café give way to a different arrangement including a hall, showers and restaurants in 2012.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce the two dates and the place shown.
  2. Give an overview of the main features that remain and the overall scale of change.
  3. Compare the upper and side areas, including the media room, hall, showers and storage.
  4. Describe the lower rooms and note the café/restaurant and ticket-office changes.
  5. Finish with the features that remain in the same position.
Useful vocabulary & examples
remain in the same position
to stay in the same location in both plans

The auditorium remained in the same position in both years.

be relocated to
to be moved to a different place

The media room was relocated to the left side of the theater.

be replaced by
to be removed and have something else put in its place

The café was replaced by a restaurant area.

occupy the upper area
to be situated in the top section of a plan

The hall occupied the upper area in 2012.

Task Prompt

The plans below show a theater in 2010 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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User Essay Analysis

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Band 6.0

The maps illustrate significant changes in a small theater from 2010 to 2012. Overall, major developments involve the movement of offices and media, the addition of showers ,restaurants as well as the enlargement of stage. It is clear that the storage had been converted into the media and had removed to the right of the stage. In the 2012 plan, the media room is positioned along the left wall, while storage occupies the upper-right corner. A new hall runs across the top, above the stage. The stage remains centrally located and the auditorium is directly below it in both plans. The seating layout is unchanged, with rows of chairs facing the stage.

At the lower end, the 2010 plan places the administration and ticket offices together on the left, and a café on the right. By 2012, the administration office remains at the lower left, but the ticket office has moved to the lower right. The café has been replaced by a restaurant area on the left, below the showers. Showers are also a new facility beside the auditorium. The main entrance stays at the bottom centre in both years. Overall, the most notable changes are the relocation of storage and ticketing facilities and the introduction of new visitor amenities.

Targeted Improvement Tips

1
Before drafting, list the features that stay the same and those that change; verify the media and storage positions against both plans.
2
Write an overview that reports only clearly visible major changes, and avoid describing the stage as enlarged unless the diagram supports that comparison.
3
Proofread the final draft specifically for articles, comma placement in lists, and passive forms such as “was moved.”

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