A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Year 7 Empathic Writing : Agony Aunt / Uncle Letter Task
and Rubric
Task :Write a letter from Demetrius or Helena explaining your problem and
the Agony Aunt / Uncle’s reply
A problem page writing frame: Demetrius / Helena
You will need to look at Act 1:1 and Act 2: 1 to work out what the problems for each
character are. Plan what has happened to them, and what feelings and thoughts they would
have about the events.
Dear Aunt…
I have a terrible problem with…
Many things have happened to me recently. It all started when…
After that…
Finally…
At first I felt…
I also felt…
Now I don’t know what to do about it all. Please tell me what you think I should do…
A confused fan.
THE REPLY
Dear confused fan,
I read over your problems with…and I sympathise with what has happened to you.
If …
I think that you should…
I also think that you could …
I hope everything sorts itself out!
Aunt / Uncle
Assessment :
Content
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Use ideas from the text
Show understanding of the
character’s viewpoint
Language and Style
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Appropriate vocabulary and tone
Modal verbs
Appropriate sentence structures
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Year 7 Empathic Writing : Agony Aunt / Uncle Letter Task and Rubric
Task :Write a letter from Demetrius or Helena explaining your problem and the Agony
Aunt / Uncle’s reply
Criterion A: Content
Level of
Achievement
E
D
C
B
A-A*
Descriptor
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You need to make sure you understand what to do.
You need a lot more detail and examples from the text to support your ideas.
You need to think a lot more about thoughts, feelings and attitudes of the character.
You need to make your ideas more relevant.
You need more detail and examples from the text to support your ideas.
You need to think about the thoughts, feelings and attitudes of the character.
You have included some obvious ideas but need to identify subtleties.
You have shown some detail and examples from the text to support your ideas but not consistently.
You are beginning to show some awareness of the thoughts, feelings and attitudes of the character.
You have included many good ideas and identified subtleties.
Most of the time you have shown substantial use of detail and examples from the text to support your ideas.
You have shown a good awareness of the thoughts, feelings and attitudes of the character.
You have included many perceptive ideas.
You have consistently chosen illuminating detail and examples from the text to support your ideas.
You demonstrate the thoughts, feelings and attitudes of the character with a high level of knowledge and
understanding.
Criterion C: Style and Language
Level of
Descriptor
Achievement
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Your vocabulary and tone are often inappropriate.
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You need to make use of modal verbs.
E
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You need to think about the sentences you use.
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You have demonstrated little awareness of the character’s and agony aunt / uncle’s voice.
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Your vocabulary and tone are sometimes appropriate.
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You occasionally make use of modal verbs.
D
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You are beginning to think about the sentences you use.
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You have demonstrated some awareness of the character’s and agony aunt / uncle’s voice.
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Your vocabulary and tone are generally appropriate.
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You are able to show some thought about your choice of modal verbs.
C
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You sometimes make use of appropriate sentences.
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You have demonstrated a growing awareness of the character’s and agony aunt / uncle’s voice.
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Your vocabulary and tone are mostly appropriate.
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You are able to choose appropriate modal verbs.
B
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You often choose appropriate sentence structures.
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You have demonstrated a consistent awareness of the character’s and agony aunt / uncle’s voice.
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Your vocabulary and tone are always appropriate.
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Your choice of modal verbs is consistently appropriate.
A-A*
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Your choice of sentence structures is always appropriate.
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Your writing is always appropriate to the character’s and agony aunt / uncle’s voice.
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