Good morning year 10

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/ phrases

Dictionaries 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.