Writing Sample #1 - Tuesday 9th February 2016

What is an effective piece of writing? - What might we see?

Ideas
- Skill Focus: The relevance, quantity, quality, selection and elaboration of ideas for the topic

Structure & Language
- Skill Focus: The presence and development of structural and language features appropriate to the specified purpose

Organisation
- Skill Focus: The organisation of ideas into a coherent text

Vocabulary 

- Skill Focus: The range, precision and effectiveness of word choices appropriate to the topic

Sentence structure 

- Skill Focus: The quality, effectiveness and correctness of sentences

Punctuation 

- Skill Focus: The accurate use of sentence punctuation markers and the range and accuracy of other punctuation to aid understanding of the text and to enhance meaning

Spelling 

- Skill Focus: The difficulty of words used and the accuracy of the spelling