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Year 7 English
Name:
Task #6:
Due:
Orientation writing
Week 10 (Tues)
Task Description and Assessment
Your task is to demonstrate your knowledge of figurative language by writing the orientation to a narrative
CURRICULUM CONTENT
Creating Literature
Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts, for example, using rhythm, sound effects,
monologue, layout, navigation and colour (ACELT1805)
Interacting with others
1.
Use interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information, selecting body language, voice qualities and other elements, (for
example music and sound) to add interest and meaning (ACELY1804)
2.
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements to promote a point of view or
enable a new way of seeing (ACELY1720)
Creating texts
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, selecting aspects of subject matter and particular language, visual, and audio features
to convey information and ideas (ACELY1725)
Feedback
Parent Signature
All assessments are submitted according
to the Mazenod College Assessment
Policy. Penalties for late submission,
cheating and plagiarism will be applied.
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Outstanding Orientations
Prior Knowledge:
Last term you studied poetry and figurative language. You also looked at how narrative writing can use
figurative language to create imagery. You have had opportunities to explore ideas and create moods in
your writing.
Task:
Your task is to demonstrate all these skills by writing the orientation to a narrative. The orientation of a
narrative is the beginning - where the setting is established and where the characters are introduced. You
will need to focus on creating setting by using imagery as well as figurative language, adjectives and
sensory language.
Teachers – Please tell me which image you prefer for this assessment.
Use the image below as inspiration for your narrative:
Image #1
Image #2
Your orientation needs to be 1 ½ - 2 typed pages in length and should:
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Establish the setting,
Create a particular mood,
Introduce a character and
Introduce a future conflict.
Your orientation also needs to be written in third person point of view and in past tense (all of this
information is included on your planning sheet).
Remember you are only writing the orientation of a narrative. You might plan an entire short story (or
even a novel!) but your job is only to create the beginning of it for this task.
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Preparation:
You will be working on this task in class, for homework and in your Workshop/Extension lessons. Once
you have completed a rough copy, during each subsequent lesson you will focus on a particular skill and
apply it to this draft.
You will need to:
1. Create a draft (a rough copy) on a page in your OneNote notebook called Orientation: Draft.
(Your teacher may set this up for you)
2. You will then copy and paste this rough copy (draft) into a new OneNote page called Orientation:
Working Copy
3. Once you have completed the editing process you are ready to submit your Good Copy.
4. Copy your orientation into a word document to submit to our teacher
(either as a hard copy or inserted into your Onenote notebook).
5. Complete the activities in class to help guide your orientation writing.
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Remember:
This task is assessing your ability to use figurative language to construct a setting and establish a mood.
This is your opportunity to show off how amazing you are at writing, so make the most of it!
Adjectives (describing words)
Figurative language.
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Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Sensory language
Imagery
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Sight
Sound
Touch
Taste
Smell
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR
1.Discuss your main character:
Who is your main character? Explain why your character is feeling the way they do in the orientation.
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2. Discuss your setting:
What specific place did you choose as your setting? How did you create imagery in the setting? Give
examples of figurative language, adjectives, sensory language you can use.
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3. Discuss your conflict(s):
What problems will your character have to face or overcome? How will you hint at these conflicts?
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4. Summarise your narrative:
Explain what would happen in the rest of your story if you were to finish the narrative.
(Write a brief summary below).
ORIENTATION
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MARKING KEY
THIS MARKING KEY WILL BE USED TO MAKE AN ON-BALANCE JUDGMENT ABOUT ACHIEVEMENT BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN TAUGHT IN THIS UNIT OF STUDY
Receptive Modes
Text structure
Language features
Spelling and punctuation
Editing
Excellent
achievement
20 - 17
High
achievement
16 - 14
Satisfactory
achievement
13 - 10
Creates an engaging and
structured text with clear
purpose and audience, such as a
narrative that includes an
interesting introduction, a clear
storyline, including a conflict,
resulting in an appropriate
resolution.
Creates a structured and
coherent text for a particular
purpose and audience; for
example, a narrative with a clear
introduction, conflict, and
resolution.
Creates a simple text which has
a sense of structure and
purpose.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Accurately uses a range of
language features and simple,
compound and complex
sectences for effect.
Experiments with a range of
language features and sentence
structures to influence an
audience.
Selects a variety of language
features and familiar sentence
structures to influence an
audience.
Uses simple familiar language
and sentence structures to
convey meaning to a reader.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Uses complex vocabulary,
figurative language and
idiomatic expressions to develop
ideas and create vivid images in
a text.
Uses a range of vocabulary and
some figurative language to
enhance descriptions in a text.
Creates a text using language
features for effect.
Creates a text using familiar
language to describe and
explain.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Consistently spells a range of
difficult words correctly and
accurately uses a range of
punctuation.
Correctly spells a range of
common and some difficult
words and accurately uses some
complex punctuation to clarify
meaning.
Usually uses common grammar
and spelling correctly.
Mostly uses familiar spelling,
punctuation and grammar
correctly.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Employs a range of strategies to
effectively monitor and edit own
work to improve accuracy and
meaning; for example, adds
and/or deletes words to
enhance fluency.
Edits and monitors own work for
accuracy and to improve clarity;
for example, inserts additional
or alternative words.
Employs simple strategies to
monitor and edit own work for
accuracy and meaning; for
example, crosses out and
rewrites words.
Identifies and may correct some
of the errors made, including
spelling and punctuation.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Creates an engaging and wellstructured text, such as a
narrative, that presents ideas
with an effective orientation,
well-developed characters, an
appropriate conflict, and logical
resolution.
Limited
achievement
9-7
Very low
achievement
6-0