Reading & Writing - ISE Foundation (A2)

Practice activities suitable for ISE Foundation (A2):

Task 1 - Long reading

• Activity 1 - Fanny Blankers-Koen
• Activity 2 - Places times and dates
• Activity 3 - Sydney

Task 2 - Multi-text reading

• Activity 1 - Holidays and travel
• Activity 2 - Local area

Task 3 - Reading into writing

• Activity 1 - Holidays and hotels
• Activity 2 - Jobs and times
• Activity 3 - Cycling

Task 4 - Extended writing

• Activity 1 - My city, town, village
• Activity 2 - Where I like to go shopping

Writing genres

• Guidance on Writing genres – writing in specific genres for the exam – eg a letter, email, essay, review, report, etc.
  
  

Building process writing skills

• Portfolio Toolkit for teachers – ISE Foundation - a method for teachers to help students build process writing skills (not assessed).

Practice papers

Practise answering typical exam questions:

• Sample exam paper 1 (with notes)
• Sample exam paper 1 (with answers)
• Sample exam paper 2 (with answers)
• Sample exam paper 3 (with answers)
• Sample exam paper 4 (with answers)
• Sample exam paper 5 (with answers)
• Sample exam paper 6 (with answers)
• Sample exam paper 7 (with answers) (Updated June 2023) 

Marking and interpreting outcomes:

• How to mark practice ISE exam materials