# Unit: Short Stories

## Reading Assessment Task: Write an essay analysing a short story of your choice.

### Assessment Foci:

AF4: identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level - Can I explain why writers chose to shape their work in a particular way? AF5: explain and comment on writers’ use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level - Can I explain why writers choose to use particular words and sentences? AF6: identify and comment on writers’ purposes and viewpoints, and the overall effect of the text on the reader - Can I explain the writer’s purpose and how it is achieved?

Working towards...	AF 4	AF 5	AF 6
D/E	1. identify the layout or structure the writer has used 2. comment on how the writer has shaped the text	1. identify the sorts of words the writer has used 2. comment on the sorts of words the writer has used	1. work out the writer’s main purpose in a text 2. comment on what a text makes readers think or feel 3. explain why I like or dislike a text
C	1. explain why I think a writer has organised a text in a specific way	1. explain why I think a writer has chosen particular words or phrases	1. understand the writer’s general point of view in a text I am reading 2. explain the likely effect of a text on its readers 3. Understand that writers of stories create narratives with certain viewpoints
B	1. comment on the impact of how a text is organised 2. explore how a writer’s theme or purpose is presented across a text	1. explain in detail how language is used at different points in a text 2. comment on how language contributes to a text’s overall effectiveness 3. use the appropriate terms when I comment on a writer’s techniques	1. use clear examples from the text to show how a writer puts across a point of view 2. use clear examples from across a text to explain how a writer creates particular effects on the reader
A/A*	1. give my own judgement on the effectiveness of some of the writer’s choices about structure and organisation	1. make precise comments about how language is used in a text 2. show how a wide range of language features contribute to the overall effect of the text on a reader	1. analyse the position of the writer, the narrator, and the readers of a text. 2. show my understanding of a writer’s use of irony 3. evaluate how viewpoints are established and managed in a text

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