Higher/Nat 5 BROADSHEET REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS

BROADSHEET REVIEW

 

Choose a quality piece of journalism, from a broadsheet newspaper, which is comment or opinion-based. Good papers to use include: The Herald, Scotsman, Times, Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, Scotlandon Sunday, Sunday Herald, Observer on Sunday etc. You can use an on-line article if you wish.

• Read through the article and then complete the following:

1. a summary of the main point / argument of the article, including date, paper and journalist’s name (try to include purpose and audience if you can- why it was written and who it was written for!)

2. a summative analysis of key features of the writer’s craft

a. tone and register

b. word choice and imagery

c. use of humour

d. use of anecdote / statistics / expert witness

e. structure, including linking paragraphs, contrasts and developments of argument

f. specific use of rhetorical skills such as hyperbole and understatement, antithesis, climax and anti climax

3.A brief conclusion evaluating the success of the piece.

One of these should be completed every month, due in on a FRIDAY. After the initial few, they should not take you longer than 15 minutes. As you get more and more feedback, your reviews should become better and better with time! Note form is acceptable if clearly headed and detailed.

Absent 3rd years: tomorrow's writing assessments!!!

Writing assessments start tomorrow and will continue over 3 whole periods to ensure they are perfect before assessment.

You will be assessed against the following criteria:


English: Creation and Production
Outcome 1 The learner will:

•1 Create and produce detailed written texts by:

•1.1 Selecting significant ideas and content, using a format and structure appropriate to purpose and audience

•1.2 Applying knowledge and understanding of language in terms of language choice and technical accuracy

•1.3 Communicating meaning at first reading


English: LITERACY
Outcome 3 The learner will:

•3 Write detailed technically accurate texts by:

•3.1 Selecting and using appropriate language

•3.2 Organising writing appropriately

•3.3 Using appropriate spelling, grammar and punctuation

During the assessment, you will not be allowed your jotter or full folder. You can, however, have the following things with you:


•Your pink planning sheet


•Character charts


•An A4 sheet of setting descriptions/ openings/other notes

Make sure your planning is completed in detail and that you have everything ready to start your assessment.

If you think you are organised, then why don’t you have a practice run?- start writing. That means that when you sit your assessment, you will know exactly what to do, or what not to do!