1. Email writing — informal tone — 45–55 words — invite friend Charlie — specify walk location — suggest items to bring 2. Story writing — creative narrative — 110–130 words — must begin with “Alex smiled and wondered if it was really true” — develop cohesive short plot 3. Focus on functional communication, organization, tone, vocabulary, sentence structure, creativity 4. Assessment: accuracy, coherence, task completion, engaging language use, and grammatical range 5. CEFR A2–B1 aligned — Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint 0876/03 Writing Paper — October 2024 session 6. Time limit: 40 minutes — total marks: 35 — Part 1 (15 marks), Part 2 (20 marks) — no external material allowed