Toefl essay organization

For TOEFL Writing, you’ll need to write two essays, the Integrated Writing Task and the Independent Writing Task. Looking over the rubrics for both these essays and understanding what graders will be looking for can help you understand what to include in your own essays. Both essays are scored on a scale of 0-5.

TOEFL Integrated Writing Task. The Integrated Writing task requires you to use listening, reading, and writing skills. For this task, you’ll have three minutes to read a short passage, then you’ll listen to a short (approximately two-minute long) audio clip of a speaker discussing the same topic the written passage covers.

To show you how to write the essay, I will use the sample agree/disagree question about respecting teachers. The first part of your TOEFL independent essay must always be the introductory paragraph. Follow this template: This is an interesting sentence that introduces the general theme or topic of the essay.

Below is an official TOEFL Integrated Writing sample question and as well as an essay response that received a score of 5. It includes a written passage, the transcript of a conversation (which would be an audio recording on the actual TOEFL, and the essay prompt. After the prompt is an example of a top-scoring essay.