Tasks:
1. Look at the mark scheme on the following page and pick out the most significant and important words.
(You can only choose 5.)
2. If you had to create a list of three things to do in this piece of writing, what would those three things be?
Band 4
11-14 marks
• content is well-judged, sustained and pertinent, firmly engaging the reader’s interest
• the writing is well-crafted in an appropriate form with distinctive structural or stylistic features
• paragraphs are effectively varied in length and structure to control detail and progression
• there is a sophisticated organisation of detailed content within and between paragraphs
• a wide range of appropriate, ambitious vocabulary is used to create effect or convey precise meaning
Band 4
5-6 marks
• there is appropriate and effective variation of sentence structures
• there is a sophisticated use of simple, compound and complex sentences to achieve particular effects
• accurate punctuation is used to vary pace, clarify meaning, avoid ambiguity and create deliberate effects
• virtually all spelling, including that of complex irregular words, is correct
• tense changes are used confidently and purposefully
Task: Read through these 4 samples of A/A* grade writing
1. Write out all the words you don't understand, get a definition for them (dictionary.com) and write them in your vocab document.
2. What are the elements that make these A/A* answers?
3. Pick out at least 5 examples of descriptive writing you like from these four answers and post them here. (No longer than a sentence)
4. What have you learned from these that you can use in your own work?
Remember:
1. The mark scheme and what you are being asked to do.
2. Increase your vocabulary.
3. sustain the readers interest.