Day 3 Choose the Right Data Annisa Interactive

Today

Big: highest, lowest Change: rise, fall, overtake Group + compare

Your overview has no numbers. Your details include only the important numbers.

1 Look 2 Choose / Type 3 Check 4 Complete

Charts: Remastered in high resolution for clarity from low resolution teaching drafts. Data adapted for class from IELTS Liz Sample Charts and British Council Take IELTS Task 1. Simplified teaching data, same as Day 1 and 2. Free classroom use with credit.

Hello

1 min

Let us connect Days 1 and 2 to Day 3.

What is one rule from Day 2?

Overview or detail?

Look

Look at the tourists chart. It is the same chart as Day 2.

Bar chart: Tourists in thousands. 2018 Paris 200, Rome 150, Berlin 90. 2022 Paris 180, Rome 210, Berlin 170. — Tourists 2018 vs 2022. Remastered. Adapted from British Council practice via British Council Take IELTS. Free classroom use.

City	2018	2022
Paris	200	180
Rome	150	210
Berlin	90	170

1. Overall, Rome overtook Paris, while Berlin grew from the lowest start.
2. In 2018 Paris stood at 200 thousand.

Which one is the overview?

Sentence 2, it has a number Sentence 1, it has no numbers and 2 trends c) The biggest number in the paragraph.

Is ‘Overall, Paris had 200’ a good overview?

Still weak, no trend Good overview c) The opinion word in the sentence.

Job: The overview maps the ideas. The details walk through them.

Choose

3 rules

Do not use every number. Choose only the important ones.

What does ‘big’ mean?

Every number No numbers Highest and lowest

What does ‘change’ mean?

Copy the table Biggest rise, fall, overtake c) The writer's job title.

What does ‘group’ mean?

List alone, one by one Put similar together, compare c) Every number from the whole essay.

Band 7: Select, highlight and compare.

Compare

Words

Write naturally. Do not just list the numbers.

Which word is comparative?

the most visited while higher than

Which word is superlative?

compared to the most visited grew

In 2018 Paris was Rome,

by 2022 Rome was the most visited.

Say it

Numbers

Past + about

2018 is in the past, so use the past tense.

In 2018 Rome about 150 thousand,

then it 210 thousand by 2022.

Why do we use the past tense?

Because 2018 and 2022 are finished Because all charts use the present tense Because 2018 and 2022 are the same number.

Prepositions: at 150, to 210, from 150 to 210.

Which details?

Core

Text A lists the numbers. Text B compares them.

Same tourists chart: Paris 200 to 180, Rome 150 to 210, Berlin 90 to 170. — Same tourists chart. Remastered. Source: British Council Take IELTS.

A In 2018 Paris was 200, Rome 150, Berlin 90. In 2022 Paris 180, Rome 210, Berlin 170.

B In 2018 Paris stood at 200, compared to 150 in Rome and 90 in Berlin. By 2022 Rome rose to 210 and overtook Paris, while Berlin almost doubled to 170.

Which text is better?

B A C

Why is it better?

It has more numbers It groups and compares with trend verbs It uses longer sentences.

We write 1

With teacher

Let us write about the 2018 start together.

Tourists chart, focus 2018: Paris 200, Rome 150, Berlin 90. — Tourists chart. Focus 2018. Remastered. Source: British Council Take IELTS.

2018	Paris	Rome	Berlin
Thousands	200	150	90

In 2018 Paris stood at 200, 150 in Rome and 90 in Berlin.

Berlin was at 90.

Paste your 2 lines here:

We write 2

Change

Now write about the 2022 change. Type one sentence yourself.

Tourists chart, focus 2022: Paris 180, Rome 210, Berlin 170. Rome highest. — Tourists chart. Focus 2022. Remastered. Source: British Council Take IELTS.

2022	Paris	Rome	Berlin
Thousands	180	210	170

By 2022 Rome 210 and overtook Paris,

Berlin almost doubled to 170.

Write your 2 lines:

You write

Full Task 1 12:00

Use the homework chart from Day 1. Write a full report.

Bar chart: Homework hours per week. Japan 7 in 2010, 5 in 2020. Germany 6 and 6. Brazil 6 and 9. — High resolution remaster. Same data as Day 1. Style adapted from IELTS Liz Sample Charts. Free classroom use with credit.

Country	2010	2020
Japan	7 hours	5 hours
Germany	6 hours	6 hours
Brazil	6 hours	9 hours

Write 4 parts: 1. Introduction, 2. Overview with no numbers, 3. 2010 details, 4. 2020 details. Write about 150 words. Use ‘while’ once.

Your full Task 1:

Press Start, then write your report.

Check + list

1 fix

Choose one fix to focus on.

My sentence	Better	My try
Rome has risen to 210.	Rome rose to 210.	Paris fell to 180.

What is your fix today?

A) Past tense verbs like rose, fell and stood B) Articles and links like the and compared to C) Something else the teacher suggests

My new try:

How clear now? 1 to 5

1 hard3 ok5 clear

Homework: Fix 1 line, then write 5 lines using compared to, while, stood at, rose to and overtook.