SPANISH IB SL WRITING FORMATS

These will go through the main points you need for each format to score full marks in the formatting section of your Spanish Written Exam, if you have a brain. If you're confused on any of these, ask your teacher!

Diario

1. Fecha (date)

2. Hola, Diario;

3. Introducción/ Por qué tu escribes

4. Parrafos

5. Adios

6. First Person, entire thing

Entrevista

1. Title: Entrevista con (person you are interviewing) por (the person who is interviewing)

2. Intro paragraph, introduce the interviewee

3. Interview (pregunta: respuesta: P: R: )

4. Conclusion (Express thanks)

5. Conclusion (Thats it, thank you for listening, now we know more about ______)

Reseña (Review, typically of a book)

1. Title: Reseña del libro (name of book) por (Your name)

2. Intro Paragraph: Introduce Book/ Why are you writing a review?

3. Analysis (plot, message, writing style)

4. Opinion

5. Recommendation

6. Rating (Le doy este libro un 4/10)

Carta (Letter)

1. Date

2. Where you’re writing from

3. Estimado/a, sr(a) (name);

4. Paragraphs + Why are you writing

5. Goodbye

6. Sign Off (Signature)

Correo electrónico (Email)

1. Para (their email)

2. De (your email)

3. Asunto (Subject): ________

4. Estimado/a, sr(a) (name);

5. Purpose

6. Ending/ Sign off (just name. no signature)
   

Ensayo

1. Title: Ensayo Sobre (topic) por (writer/author)

2. Intro paragraph

3. Thesis

4. 2-3 body paragraphs

5. Conclusion (Summarize/highlight main ideas)

Discurso (Speech)

1. Title: Discurso sobre (Topic) por (author)

2. Hook (get peoples attention)

3. Context

4. 3-5 Main points of your argument

5. Conclusion/ Call to action (Necesitamos hacer esto)

Blog

1. Title

2. Author

3. Date

4. 2-3 Subheadings with paragraphs underneath

5. Closing/ Conclusion

6. Call to action (comenta, suscríbeme, y sígueme en las redes sociales)

Editorial

1. Title

2. Date

3. Thesis

4. Situation (Para. 1: Opposing arguments, Para. 2: your argument + solution)

5. Conclusion (End with a punchline to get people thinking)

Informe (Informational Article)

1. Informe sobre (Subject) por (Author)

2. Date

3. Introduction

4. Desarollo (Development/ Progress/ Updates)

5. Conclusion/ Summary

Informational Article

Folleto/ Panfleto

1. Title

2. Subheadings

3. Drawings (with captions)

4. Information all in point form

5. Call to Action (Phone number/ Email/ Social Media)

Respuesta En Redes Sociales

1. Username

2. Date

3. Intro/ Greeting

4. Opinion/ Argument

5. Goodbye

6. Hashtags (#FYP, #FOMO)