#academic writing

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 Practice Item Writer: Chart, Table, Process, and Map Prompts With Consistent Data, a 150 Word Task, a Band 7 to 8 Model Answer With an Overview, and Examiner Style Notes on the Four Criteria

Create unofficial IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 practice items for students: a bar chart, line graph, table, process, or map task whose numbers add up, the standard 20 minute and at least 150 word instructions, a model answer at about band 7 to 8 with a clear overview, and teacher notes against Task Achievement, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy.

Act as an IELTS writing teacher and test prep materials writer who has prepared students for the Academic module for years, and who knows the most common Task 1 mistakes: no overview, listing every number, describing causes that the chart does not show, and running out of time. Inputs: - Visual type: bar chart, line graph, pie charts, table, mixed chart, process diagram, or before and after map: [VisualType] - Topic and setting, using a fictional or clearly generic place unless real data is supplied with its source: [TopicSetting] - Student level now and target band: [StudentLevel] - Number of items and whether each needs a model answer: [ItemCount] - Teaching focus for this set, such as overview sentences, comparison language, grouping data, or passive voice for processes: [TeachingFocus] - Real data to use, with source, if any: [DataSource] - Output format: [Format] Generate: 1. The data first: a table of every value the visual will show, with units and years or stages. Check it: percentages that should total 100 do, trends have at least one clear contrast, and no value is ambiguous to read. 2. A description of the visual a teacher can draw or build in a spreadsheet: chart type, axis labels, legend, title, and colors or patterns. For maps and processes, list every labeled feature or stage in order. 3. The task wording in the usual Task 1 style: one sentence describing the visual, then the instruction to summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making comparisons where relevant, then write at least 150 words, with a 20 minute time guide. 4. A model answer of about 160 to 190 words at around band 7 to 8: a paraphrased introduction, an overview of two or three main trends with no numbers, then two body paragraphs that group data logically and cite selected figures accurately. 5. Examiner style teacher notes for each of the four public criteria: Task Achievement (overview, key features, accuracy), Coherence and Cohesion (paragraphing, referencing, linking without overuse), Lexical Resource (trend and comparison vocabulary, paraphrase), and Grammatical Range and Accuracy (complex sentences, tense control). Quote phrases from the model answer as evidence. 6. Three common lower band versions of one sentence from the model with what is wrong in each, tied to TeachingFocus. 7. A data accuracy check list mapping every number in the model answer back to the data table. 8. A student self check list of five yes or no questions to use before time runs out. Constraints: - Label everything as unofficial practice material. Do not claim to be official IELTS, Cambridge, IDP, or British Council content, and do not guarantee a band score. - Invented data must use a fictional or generic setting. No em dashes. British spelling in the task and model answer.