 WALT appreciate what is required by the examiners  SS will apply understanding to achieve best possible grades in GCSE  Must: comprehend and apply requirements  Should: employ skills to increase grades  Could: identify weak areas and revise these before the exams.

 Genre (type of writing)  Audience (who you are writing for)  Purpose (argue, persuade, inform)

 TimeTopic   T i P T o P  PlacePerson

Grab the reader’s attention. Hook the reader straight away and force them to continue reading. Here are some ways to do this: For non fiction Start with a quotation (real or made up) “63% of 16 year olds don’t take enough exercise.” An anecdote It was watching X Factor with my friends that really got me into dance. A rhetorical question Schools to close? Teachers to resign? This is not some vision of the future – it is happening now…. How to write an effective opening

 Alliteration/anecdote  Facts  Opinion  Rhetorical questions  Emotive language  Statistics/similes  Triple (also known as ‘the power of three)

 Formal or Informal? Why so important?  Try to use a range of vocabulary.  Use A FOREST if possible.  Vary punctuation, sentence length and focus.  Make sure you use paragraphs

 Use the correct layout.  Plan ideas (this will help with paragraphs).  Include an introductory paragraph.  Have a clear viewpoint.  Always be polite.  Take care with spelling – especially simple words.  Check you haven’t used a comma when you should have used a full stop.  Remember to start the letter in the correct way.  If you are asked to write to a newspaper, include ‘The Editor’ above the address  If you write to a named person, end with ‘Yours sincerely.’

 Purpose – inform, persuade, advise.  Audience – most would aim at a wide audience, some would be at young and some at aimed at older people.  Language – match the audience and purpose.  Tone – match to audience and purpose

 A clear title  Paragraphs that are short  Subheadings  Show where illustrations go by inserting a box and writing what would be included – do not draw pictures  You can use some bullet points – but remember that you are showing that you can use a range of sentence structures and punctuation.  Think about the layout – do you want to use columns?

 Audience – often teenage magazine readers, but could be older.  Purpose – inform, advise, persuade.  Language – less formal than a report. Usually quite chatty (but think about audience)  Tone – this will depend on task, but often not too serious.

 Good, catchy title – designed to attract the reader  How are you going to hook the reader? Rhetorical question, fact, statistic.  Clear introductory paragraph.  You can use sub-headings if you want to.  Language which suits purpose.  Use of A FOREST.  Punctuation, sentence length and focus.  Clear conclusion.

 Audience – often students in the school, but could be more general.  Purpose - to inform or persuade – this depends on the task.  Language - this will depend on audience – but remember that it is an exam to test your writing ability.  Tone - generally formal, but this will also depend on your audience

 A clear opening where you introduce yourself and the purpose of your talk.  Show awareness of your audience.  Use A FOREST.  Use direct address – this will show that you are including the audience.  Use emotive language.  Use paragraphs, but you don’t need subheadings. Range of sentence length, focus and punctuation.  Exaggerate.  Try to show both sides of the argument to offer balance.  Be firm, though, in your own opinion.  Finish the speech with thanks.

 Audience –generally a teenage magazine  Purpose - to be able to give your opinion on a book, film, TV programme or a CD.  Language -informal.  Tone - lively and entertaining.

 Clear titles used throughout to help guide the reader.  Entertaining opening paragraph.  Details of actors given.  Brief summary of the film – but don’t give away too much plot.  Look at what was enjoyable about the film/book/CD/TV programme.  A new paragraph about the weaknesses.  Humour to keep the reader interested.  The final paragraph sums up the writer’s views.  Remember to give a star rating.

Content and Organisation C grade: your writing matches the task and audience You have written enough and included detail You have used paragraphs and structure makes sense Vocabulary is varied and appropriate E grade: you have some idea who you are writing for Your layout is partially correct, but could be improved You have begun to add detail, but this is patchy There is some evidence of structure, but this is patchy You have attempted to vary some vocabulary, but this is limited  SPAG  C grade: You vary sentence structure and openings  You use full stops, commas and apostrophes correctly with very few mistakes  You make few, if any, spelling mistakes  You are careful with tense. Singular verbs are used with singular adjectives  E grade: There is evidence of some variety of sentence length and openings  There are some mistakes with full stops, commas and apostrophes.  Most of your spellings are correct  Generally you maintain tense

 marks  Sophisticated understanding of task with sustained awareness of reader  Detailed coverage of topic which is well judged  Points are convincingly developed  Paragraphs are used to enhance effect  Ambitious vocabulary and stylistic devices  7-9 marks clear understanding of purpose with clear awareness of audience  Ideas are covered well with paragraphs used to structure writing  Style matches audience  Vocabulary is varied  4-6 marks  Shows awareness of task and audience  Satisfactory coverage  Logical order of paragraphs  Attempts to vary style to purpose  Some varied vocabulary used  marks  Effective variation of sentence structure  Sophisticated range of sentence to achieve effect  Punctuation is varied, accurate and used confidently  Virtually all spellings are correct  Tenses are carefully controlled  4-5 marks  A good range of sentence length is used to achieve effect  A range of punctuation is used accurately  Most spellings of familiar and unfamiliar words is accurate  Control of tense and agreement is correct  2-3 marks  Sentences are varied  Some control over punctuation  Spelling of common words is mostly accurate  Control of tense and agreement is usually secure

 How would you approach?  Write a review suitable for a teenage magazine of a book, film, TV programme or a CD.  You have heard that the council is going to demolish the local swimming pool. Write a letter to the council persuading them to change their minds.  Write an article for a Sunday magazine about being a teenager.

Good Luck!