Writing and Composition: Guided English Production
What the section asks
Guided writing requires English production under conditions: a set number of sentences or words, given content points, and a clear purpose such as an email reply, self-introduction, opinion with reasons, or description of a picture. Accuracy and condition-checking matter more than ambitious vocabulary.
Core rules
- Underline every condition: tense, number of sentences, “two reasons,” “use the words …,” addressee.
- Plan three moves: answer or topic → reason or detail → closing.
- Use patterns you can control: “I want to…,” “I think… because…,” “There is/are…,” “I will….”
- Keep one idea per sentence; check subject-verb agreement, tense, articles, spelling, and final punctuation.
- Count sentences or words after writing; add a real detail, not repetition.
Worked example
Prompt: “Write three English sentences about what you want to do this summer and why.” Sample: “I want to visit my grandparents in Nagahama this summer. I will help them in their garden. I also want to swim in Lake Biwa with my cousin.” Reasoning: Sentence 1 gives the main plan and place; sentence 2 adds a specific action; sentence 3 adds a second activity. Each is a complete sentence, uses junior-high patterns, and answers “what” and “why” through concrete details. No Japanese word order is carried over.
Traps
Writing one long sentence to avoid grammar; forgetting the reason; “I want to become happy” for 幸せになりたい; “enjoy to swim”; inconsistent tense; adding a new topic in the last line; ignoring the word limit.