You will have 45 minutes to write your assessment for this half term in period 4 today. ( I will be there). The task will be to write a description of a fairground.
In the assessment you will be allowed to refer to one piece
of A4 which you can prepare this morning as your planning document. This
should include:
A) A
brainstorm of ideas
B) A
decision about what mood the piece of writing will take
C) A
decision about which tense will be used
D) A
decision about whether you will set your description at night time or during
the day (or both)
E) A
paragraph plan with details that could be included. This should start with a
bigger picture overview, then focus in on details
F) A
list of techniques they could use
G) Useful
vocabulary/ phrasesDictionaries and thesauruses can be collected from the shelves outside the English office and must be returned at the end of the lesson.
Do your best!
Ms Dughan
Assessment criteria
- Every sentence has a capital letter and punctuation.
- Every sentence has a finite verb.
- Each sentence starts with a different structure.
- Sentences are descriptive (adjectives and adverbs).
- Sentences show, not tell.
- Some simple sentences.
- Some compound sentences.
- Some complex sentences.
- Wide vocabulary.
- Verbs work hard to make meaning.
- Figurative language included (simile, metaphor, personification).
- Paragraphs are used and linked appropriately.
