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Task Year 8 – English Strand – Creative writing (narrative style) Due date – Grade – 30% of overall grade Your task is to write a narrative story using one of the ideas below to inspire you. Change the title to something that has meaning for you. The person who will read your story is a 13 year old student from Australia. Comfort Zone 5 Seconds to go Impossible A Bad You will be assessed on Your ability to reach your audience Use both long and short sentences throughout your essay Use 1-2 metaphors only Use ellipses in your writing
Weighting A B C D E guide 30 24 18 12 6 Writing Techniques 30% - Very high level of knowledge and understanding Used 1-2 metaphors -Used Ellipses -Both long and short sentences are used -Create flow by using different words to describe the same person or object - High level of knowledge and understanding -Excessive use of metaphors, but student clearly understands them. - Attempt made at ellipses - long and short sentences in most paragraphs - work flowed well - Sound level of understanding No metaphors used -Attempt at ellipses Some long and short sentences -Work flowed from one paragraph to another - Limited level of understanding - No metaphors used -No ellipses used - Only used short sentences or only used long sentences - limited flow between paragraphs - Very limited level of understanding - Student needs to review Metaphors; Ellipses; Sentence; structure; and How to make paragraphs flow guide 10 8 6 4 2 Audience 10% Story is appropriate to target audience. Level of wording is appropriate for your target audience (13 year old Student) A 13 year old student will understand what you have written. Unable to reach target audience, but thought has gone into trying to make the story suitable for young students The story was not appropriate to the target audience. No thought was given to who the target audience is. guide 20 16 12 8 4 Structure 20% Create an exciting start, good transitions between paragraphs and a well thought out conclusion. Introduction, conclusion and paragraphs are clearly defined. Conclusion links back to the introduction. A reasonable attempt has been made at the structure of the essay, and the student will improve with practice. The paragraphs moved in different directions, and the reader ended up getting lost. Student further lessons in how to construct a narrative essay guide 20 16 12 8 4
Describe using the 5 senses 20% 4-5 senses (sight, sound, smell, touch and taste) are used to create powerful writing, describing both people and scenes 3 senses are used to describe elements in your essay 1-2 senses are used to describe elements in your Only one sense was used to describe something in your story Your story did not uses the senses of sight, sound, smell, touch and taste to describe people or scenes 10 8 6 4 2 Vocabulary 10% Used thesaurus, dictionary and the Internet to find new vocabulary, adding power throughout your essay on 9 or more occasions New words were used to describe on more than 6- 8 occasions New words were used to describe on more than 3- 5 occasions One – two new words were used in essay No new words where used in the creation of this essay guide 10 8 6 4 2 Grammar 10 Excellent grammar with no mistakes One – two grammar mistakes Three – five grammar mistakes More then six grammar mistakes Essay was unreadable due to grammar mistakes Several criteria included here from the reporting Standards of the Queensland Studies Authority (2012) Grade