Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Assessment criteria

Refer back to this when you complete your assessments throughout this unit:


You will be assessed on how well you: 

§  Consider the effects of the technology you are using on your composition and the resulting meaning.
§  Use appropriate language and text structure for the different mediums.
§  Explain and justify your choices in terms of purpose, audience and context.
§  Adapt your writing (structure and language forms) into different media for different audiences and context.
§  Critically evaluate the way information and ideas are shaped by the different technologies used.
§  Describe and evaluate the differences emerging as a result of your adaptations and the different technologies used.


Marking Guidelines
A
  • Consistent ability to communicate effectively through composition, by transforming ideas and information into engaging texts appropriate to their audiences and context through sophisticated selection of language forms and structure.
  • Insightful and perceptive adaptation of texts into different media with adjustments that takes into account the intended context and audience.
  • Constructive and critical analysis and evaluation of language and structure of texts and effect of technology on composition, demonstrated through ability to identify, describe and explain their adaptations and the effect of their choices on meaning.

B
  • Clear ability to communicate effectively through composition, by transforming ideas and information into texts appropriate to their audiences and context through appropriate selection of language forms and structure.
  • Adapts texts into different media with some insightful adjustments that takes into account the intended context and audience.
  • Critical analysis and evaluation of language and structure of texts and effect of technology on composition, demonstrated through ability to identify, describe and explain their adaptations and the effect of their choices on meaning.

C
  • Ability to communicate effectively through composition, by transforming ideas and information into texts appropriate to their audiences and context through selection of language forms and structure.
  • Adapts texts into different media with adjustments that take into account the intended context and audience.
  • Sound analysis and discussion of language and structure of texts and effect of technology on composition, demonstrated through their ability to identify and explain their adaptations.

D
  • Transforms ideas and information into texts for different audiences and contexts.
  • Adapts texts into different media with some adjustments that take limited account of the intended context and audience.
  • Some discussion of language and structure of texts and effect of technology on composition, and the ability to identify their adaptations.

E
  • Limited ability to transform ideas and information into texts for different audiences and contexts.
  • Limited ability to adapt texts into different media with rudimentary adjustments to account for obvious differences in context and audience.
  • Limited ability to identify adaptations made to text.


Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Welcome Year 10!

Welcome to your class blog, Year 10 English students.


During this unit on how technology is shaping the language of news - and throughout the rest of the year - this is a place for your thoughts, reflections and, at times, classwork and homework.

If you're reading this, then you have been asked to work on your first piece of writing for this unit of work. I would encourage you to write on here whenever you like, not just when you have been given a specific task.

Write every day if you'd like - and if you want some tips on daily writing exercises to hone those skills, ask me at the end of class.

That's all from me for now ... welcome again!

Mr Dyson