ENGLISH: Year Ten Semester One 2012 TASK FOUR Name: Teachers name: Due Date:

Task Four Feature Article

You will learn about the conventions of feature articles in order to be able to analyse and interpret examples viewed in-class. You will also construct your own feature article on a current social, cultural or political issue of your choice. You are also required to submit a paragraph outlining the purpose, audience and context of your feature article. *You will need to choose a topic within 2 days of receiving this task sheet, otherwise a topic will be chosen for you.

This task will assess your Writing and Reading skills. To do well in this task make sure you:

Demonstrate your understanding of how feature article conventions are employed to inform and persuade an audience Research a current social, cultural or political issue on which to create your own feature article Explain how you have used feature article conventions to achieve your purpose, as well as explaining the context and audience for your feature article Include relevant factual information in your article in the form of statistics, interviews, facts, tables etc. Demonstrate effective planning, drafting and revising of your writing Use correctly structured paragraphs to create a cohesive and clear article Write with correct grammar and spelling, and use sentences effectively to communicate your ideas

Teachers comment:

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YEAR 10 FEATURE ARTICLE MARKING GUIDE

Very High Achievement Feature Article layout and conventions (R) Highly engaging and coherent; highly effective use of feature article conventions (5) Highly effective use of quotes & evidence from research to support ideas and opinions (5) Clear & correct identification of audience & understanding of text purpose (4) Spelling, punctuation & grammar is sophisticated, correct & enhances writing (4) Full evidence of drafting and editing (2) High Achievement Engaging and coherent; effective use of feature article conventions (4) Effective use of quotes & evidence from research to support ideas and opinions (4) Correctly identifies audience, correct understanding of text purpose (3) Spelling, punctuation & grammar is correct & attempts to add sophistication (3) Satisfactory Achievement Some elements of coherency and attempts to use feature article conventions (3) Some use of quotes & evidence from research (3) Below Satisfactory Achievement Attempts to construct a feature article; lacking in coherency (2) Little use of quotes & evidence from research (2) Limited Achievement No evidence of feature article conventions (1)

Use of quotes & evidence from research to support ideas and opinions (R) Demonstrated understanding of audience and purpose (W)

No use of quotes & evidence from research (0)

Some identification of audience, basic understanding of text purpose (2) Spelling, grammar & punctuation is mostly correct (2) Notes/drafts submitted (1)

Spelling, punctuation & grammar (W)

Little identification of audience, limited understanding of text purpose (1) Frequent errors in spelling, grammar & punctuation (1)

Audience not identified, understanding of text purpose not demonstrated (0) Little to no use of correct punctuation, spelling & grammar (0) No evidence of drafting or planning. (0)

Evidence of drafting and editing processes (W)

Student Reflection What did I do well in this task? What elements of this task could I improve?