Academic Task 1.  Part 1. Line Graphs & Bar Charts. 

Chart 3. Smoking Habits in the U.K. (1990 to 2015)  Band 9 in 20 mins - Video Lesson

Video Lesson. Watch the teacher write a band 9 answer in 20 minutes.

Chart 4.  Student Writing Practice

Now you ... try writing an answer to the similar line graph below. You can get video feedback if you send your answer to me ($15 fee for 30 minutes video feedback)

Chart 1. Band 9 ANSWER KEY

See the written band 9 answer key (below) for the 20 min writing demo video (above)

Band 9 Model Answer - (written in under 20 minutes - see the video above)

Introduction (You need to identify what, where, when the data is about & the unit of measurement)

The data is provided in the form of a line graph, which compares how many people in Britain smoked either rolled tobacco, normal cigarettes, or smoked a pipe or cigars over a 25 year period between 1990 and 2015. The data is measured in percentages.

Overview  (You need to write a short description of what you can see GENERALLY in the data)

Overall, it can clearly be seen that while smoking normal cigarettes was much more popular than smoking rolled tobacco products or smoking cigars or pipes, by 2015 rolled tobacco smoking had gained considerable popularity and became the most favoured type of smoking for British people.

Paragraph 1  (Contrast 2 or 3 main features / use some complex sentences of contrast)

In more detail by far the most common smoking habit in 1990 was cigarette smoking which accounted for just over two-thirds of all British smokers compared to just under a fifth (18%) for rolled tobacco and 14% for pipe and cigar smokers. By contrast, the numbers of people who smoked cigarettes had declined considerably to just over half of all smokers (52%) and the incidence of rolled tobacco smoking rose dramatically to just under a third (30%). Pipe and cigar smoking remained relatively stable at between 14 and 18% respectively. 

Paragraph 2  (Contrast 2 or 3 MORE main features / use some complex sentences of contrast)

However, by 2005, the number of people who smoked cigarettes or rolled tobacco products more or less converged at just over two-fifths (44% and 41% respectively), whereas pipe and cigar smoking only fluctuated slightly and settled at just over a tenth of all smokers by the end of the period (2015). Finally, people who smoked rolled tobacco represented almost half of all British smokers by 2015, which out-numbered cigarette smokers who only accounted for two-fifths (40%).