St Stephen’s School
QUESTS
Question/Task Requirements
Plans, revises, edits and refines their own
writing.
Demonstrates a strong command over the
use of correct grammar and sentence
structure, punctation and spelling.
Improves communication by considering
conventions, audience, purpose and
context.
Effectively establishes setting, characters,
plot and theme details reflective of the
fairytale genre.
Effectively adopts appropriate language
conventions, inclusive of emotive phrases
that add suspense and reinforce the
fairytale genre.
The story follows a solid, logical narrative
structure (i.e. Exposition, Complication,
Tension Builds, Climax, Resolution).
Experiments with writing to achieve
various effects and specific audience
responses.
COMMENT
GRADE
Excellent
Well
Established
Progressing
Well
Developing
Experiencing
Difficulty
MARKING CRITERIA
Not
Applicable
Task 2 – Written Production
St Stephen’s School
Quests
Task 2 – Written Production
Task Description
Write an original fairytale for a modern day audience.
Curriculum Framework Focus
This task assesses the following outcome requirements from the curriculum framework:
READING
 Understands how language structures and conventions work to shape meaning.
 Recognises that texts are constructed for particular audiences, contexts and purposes.
WRITING
 Develops familiar ideas and information in their writing, taking account of aspects of audience, purposes and
context.
 Experiments with specific text types and demonstrates control over most language conventions.
 Uses a range of strategies to plan and revise writing.
Length: 400 words minimum
Time Allocation: 2 weeks
Weighting: 25 marks
Due:
What you will need to do . . .
8.
Hand in your brainstorms, notes, drafts and final copy.
1.
Investigate the construction of varying fairytale stories
and track the elements of the fairytale genre within
them.
9.
Submit all work along with this signed declaration.
2.
Analyse language and how it creates a sense of
suspense and fantasy.
1. SETTING: Either modern (suburban, town, urban) or traditional (castles,
cottages, mountains, rivers, and forests).
3.
Revise and consider short story elements.
4.
Brainstorm ideas and topics for a new, modern
fairytale.
2. CHARACTERS: Heroic protagonist, opposing antagonist. Traditional character
types are evident (i.e. - king, princess, peasant, youngest sister, cruel older
sisters, simpleton, cruel stepmother, giant, and witch).
5.
Write first draft of a fairytale short story.
6.
Complete the editing process in this order: self-edit;
peer-edit; teacher edit. Re-write the draft to produce a
second re-worked draft.
7.
Drafting, proof reading, editing and reworking.
Your Fairytale Short Story should include the following:
3. THEMES: Modern versions of Good vs. Evil; struggle of love; inequality in
social class etc.
4. COMPLICATIONS/OBSTACLES: A challenge or task is issued to the
protagonist; elements of magic; conflict between protagonist and antagonist.
5. STRUCTURE: Make sure you establish an Orientation (beginning “Once upon a
time...”), Complication, Building of Tension, Climax and Resolution (“...and they
lived happily ever after”).
STUDENT DECLARATION (Please staple this task sheet to the front of your submitted task) I declare that, in part and whole, this
is my own work and has not been used for any other subject or previous school year. I too have kept a hard copy of my final piece of
work.
Student’s name:_________________________________________________________________
Student’s signature__________________________________
Date__________________