Section outline

  • Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou
    This whakatauki refers to the importance of learning for it is key to your wellbeing. If you follow the path of learning, the world will be your oyster.

    During this week we will be completing our End of Year writing sample.

    This is a piece of writing you may have completed in English or in any other learning area.

    In the first session this week- you will get several writing prompts to choose from. Thereafter, you will choose whether this will be your pice of work for submission or you will work on a piece from another learning area.

    In the second session this week- you will be editing and proofreading your writing piece for submission.

    By the last session of the week our writing pieces will be polished and ready to be assessed.

    I have attached the writing rubric below for you to use as a guideline on what I will be looking for in your work.






    Working Towards

    Working At

    3A

    Working Above

    4P

    Working Beyond

    5B+

    Ideas Development [Variety and Sophistication]

    You are working towards expressing clear, ideas with awareness of purpose, which are organized most of the time, and you have included simple facts



    You have expressed several ideas which are appropriate to the purpose of the task and most of these are explained with simple supporting facts/details 

    You have expressed several ideas which are explained, supported by evidence, and which are appropriate to the intended purpose and audience

    You have discussed relevant and detailed ideas which are supported by effective evidence and you have reflected on links to the wider world and/or other perspectives 

    Structure and Organisation [Syntax and Grammar]

    You are working towards structuring some simple sentences correctly and have started to include a variety of other sentence types and you may have attempted to arrange these into paragraphs



    You have used a variety of accurate sentences which may have errors (such as fragment or run-on sentences) and you are continuing to arrange these into paragraphs (these may not be accurate) 

    You have used a range of sentence structures for effect, which may have a few errors (such as fragment or run-on sentences), and these are arranged into paragraphs which are mostly accurate

    You have crafted a range of accurate sentences for effect, into coherent paragraphs which link to and support other paragraphs

    Language Use [Vocabulary and Language Devices]

    You are working towards using factual and/or descriptive language (as appropriate)  which is suitable for your audience

    You have used language and tone/style that shows a growing understanding of the needs of your audience and may include some language techniques

    You have used interesting language (including some  language techniques) and a writing style which is appropriate to your audience

    You have started to control your use of interesting language/ language techniques relevant to your topic, as well as a writing style appropriate to your audience

    Spelling

    You are working towards spelling most frequently-used words correctly.

    You are spelling frequently-used words correctly and attempting more complex words using spelling patterns and strategies with some success

    You have used knowledge of spelling strategies to correctly spell a range of complex and multi-syllabic words, and these are accurate most of the time

    You have used knowledge of spelling strategies to correctly spell a range of complex and multi-syllabic words, and these mostly  have a high level of accuracy with little inference needed by the reader

    Punctuation

    You are working towards writing  in sentences that start with a capital letter and end with a full stop and may include other punctuation, this may not always be correct

    You have used full stops and capital letters accurately, with some errors in complex punctuation  (e.g. commas, colons, apostrophe, etc.)

    You have used basic and complex punctuation accurately most of the time (e.g. commas, colons, apostrophe, etc.)




    You have used  a range of basic and complex punctuation accurately (e.g. commas, colons, apostrophe, etc.) and your punctuation may support meaning