‘Writing to inspire, entertain, and move your readers’

Task: Write
a
short
story
or
piece
of
personal
writing
on
the

theme
‘A
Journey’
Length:
500
words
(maximum)

Due date:
March
12 


th



Your
writing
should
be
engaging,
imaginative
and
unique.
It
needs

a
clear
structure.
Readers
should
be
able
to
relate
to
your

characters,
imagine
your
setting
and
be
moved
by
your
writing.

Experiment
with
language
–
make
it
sophisticated,
precise
and

exciting.



We
look
forward
to
reading
your
‘journeys’.






 Ideas Structures Style and Language


 
 
 


 
 My
work
is
purposefully
 My
style
and
language


 
 organized
and
structured
 achieve
a
desired
effect

9
‐
10
 Imagination
and
depth
of
 
 

thought
are
clearly
evident
in
 
 Overall,
my
language
was

my
work
 I
used
paragraphs
highly
 accurate
and
read
very


 effectively,
showing
an
 smoothly

My
work
is
engaging
and
I
 excellent
understanding
of
 

have
taken
risks
to
make
it
 the
narrative
form
 I
used
a
tone
and
voice
that

unique
 
 added
to
the
impact
of
my


 I
have
used
a
variety
of
 writing

sentence
types
and
styles
to
 

achieve
stylistic
effects.
 I
understand,
and
have


 shown,
that
punctuation
can

be
used
as
an
element
of
style




 
 My
work
is
organized
and
 My
style
and
language
were


 
 structured
 appropriate
to
the
task

7
‐
8
 
 
 

Imagination
and
thought
are
 I
used
paragraphs
effectively,
 Errors
in
spelling,

evident
in
my
work
 showing
a
clear
 punctuation
and
word
use


 understanding
of
the
 are
infrequent
and
never

My
work
is
engaging
and
I
 narrative
form
 impede
understanding.

have
taken
some
risks
to
 
 

make
it
unique
 I
have
used
a
variety
of
 I
use
an
effective
tone
and


 sentence
types
and
styles.
 voice


 
 

I
have
used
punctuation

correctly
throughout
my

narrative.










 
 
 My
style
and
language
were


 
 My
work
is
organized
and
 mostly
appropriate
to
the


 
 structured
 task

5
‐
6
 Imagination
is
evident
in
my
 
 

work
 I
used
paragraphs,
showing
a
 There
are
a
few
errors
in


 reasonable
understanding
of
 spelling,
punctuation
and

My
work
is
generally
 the
narrative
form
 word‐use

engaging

 
 


 I
attempt
to
use
a
variety
of
 I
use
a
consistent
tone
and


 sentence
types
 voice


 

Most
of
my
punctuation
is

accurate




 
 
 My
use
of
language
and
style


 
 I
attempt
to
organize
my
 is
not
always
effective


 My
ideas
show
a
basic
 work
but
some
aspects
needs
 

3
‐
4
 understanding
of
the
task
 improving
 There
are
regular
errors
in


 
 spelling
and
punctuation

My
work
is
somewhat
 I
use
basic
paragraphs
 

engaging
 
 I
have
attempted
to
use
tone


 I
use
basic
sentences
 and
voice
in
my
writing


 accurately
 


 My
use
of
punctuation
is

often
inaccurate


 
 I
was
unsuccessful
with
 There
are
significant


 My
ideas
showed
a
limited
 organizing
my
work
 weaknesses
with
the
style


 understanding
of
the
task
 
 and
language
I
have
used

1
‐
2
 I
consistently
did
not
use
 

sentences
and
paragraphs
 Errors
significantly
impede

correctly
 understanding


 
 
 

Student
 
 


 
 
 

Teacher
 



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