Dystopian Openings
For four weeks the students have been exploring the deliberate use of sentence-level grammatical structures as part of the following Grammar for Writing programme
Of Mice and Men – Character Paragraphs: Annotated Drafts
As preparation for developing a piece of extended analytical writing in relation to the novel Of Mice and Men, the students explored a range of dimensions of s self-selected character and then wrote paragraphs to express their conclusions. To follow are some drafts of these paragraphs, written by students that we annotated for improvement as a class:
Exemplar: Theme Study Presentation
Chris Lewis presents to the class on the findings of his longitudinal Theme Investigation into Communism.
Exemplar: Spoken Language Study
Alex’s Spoken Language study piece provides a good representation of what a student who is achieving higher grades needs to pursue to improve further. It’s also useful as a reference point for those working towards such grades. Here is his original work with teacher annotations. You can also visit his blog to see the process he underwent to achieve this...
Out Of The Blue, by Simon Armitage
After watching the filmed reading of the poem (accessible via the following URL: Out of the Blue, Film Interpretation) the students explored some of the language devices that made it such an affecting thing to watch and listen to. Their task (as outlined below) is to write a paragraph that explores how one of the features they discovered strengthens the poem. Here is an example of the kinds of features the boys found in their first...
Spoken Language Study: An exemplar of excellent work
To follow is an example of what is possible in this assessment. Your question this year is different, however the topic area is the same. This will give you some idea of how the answer can be structured and developed. My comments should assist you to identify what the assessment criteria is looking for in this Controlled Assessment. Download (PDF,...
