What to confirm before writing
Turn both questions into separate one-sentence answers, then assign one answer line to each body paragraph.
Identify Task 2 command words first, then turn samples or templates into your own outline, body paragraph, and revision step. Question-type labels are useful when they clarify the answer requirement.
Question-type keywords are useful when they clarify the answer requirement, not when they trigger template copying.
Treating the second question as an add-on, or mentioning it only in the conclusion, makes Task Response structurally incomplete.
Place the thesis, two topic sentences, and conclusion side by side; wherever only one answer remains is where the other question was lost.
Turn both questions into separate one-sentence answers, then assign one answer line to each body paragraph.
Rewrite the thesis and both topic sentences so they cover question 1 and question 2 in order, then verify the conclusion.
In your notes, reduce question 1 and question 2 to short labels on separate lines. Give each a direct one-sentence answer, then draft the matching body-paragraph topic sentence. The answers can differ in length, but both must be developable. If the second produces only an add-on such as “this is also important”, it still needs a real answer.
Copy out only the thesis, body-one topic sentence, body-two topic sentence, and conclusion. Mark references to the first and second questions separately: the thesis should contain both marks, each topic sentence should carry one, and the conclusion should return to both. The first missing mark is the rewrite starting point; there is no need to revise the whole essay first.
These pages explain the Banfen Writing diagnostic and blocker-repair method, Task 1 overview, Task 2 development, and common score blockers.
Submit the prompt and essay, inspect command words, position, body development, and scoring criteria first, then decide whether to learn from a sample, adjust a template, or rewrite a paragraph.