Year 9
Heroes Formal Writing
Assignment
You are to write a formal letter to Mr Rennie explaining to him why your hero
(from your research assignment) should be invited to speak to the school at
assembly next term.
REMEMBER to follow the structure that we have looked at.
What type of formal writing will this be?
Why do you think your hero should be invited to speak? You will need to
brainstorm to have 3 or 4 strong reasons around which you can write your
body paragraphs (using SEX).
This is how you will be marked:
Working towards
Level 4
Not Achieved
Ideas
Achieved at
Level 4
Achieved
Working towards
Level 5
Merit
 Ideas lack development and  Some ideas are begun to be  Basic ideas are expressed
contain little (if any)
supporting detail or
explanations.
expressed and a simple
attempt is made to explain
them using relevant
supporting detail(s).
and have begun to be
developed with supporting
details.
Achieved at
Level 5 and beyond
Excellence
 Ideas are developed


Structure
 No attempt made to
paragraph.
 Obvious attempt made at
 Effective paragraphing that  Clear introduction and
paragraphing, not entirely
successful.

Style
follows an accepted format,
i.e. SEX(Y) or similar.
May make use of topic and
linking sentences to begin
and end paragraph.
 Lacks formality. Use of slang  Some sense of formality but  Uses some sophisticated

and abbreviations interrupts
writing.
Writing lacks detail and/or
evidence.
 Writing does not make
sense.
Mechanics  Spelling and grammatical
errors make writing difficult
to understand.
lapses with consistency.

vocabulary.
are basic but clear.
beginnings and lengths.
 Some spelling and
grammatical errors but
writing makes sense.

evidence are detailed and
specific.
Successfully uses some
language features such as
emotive lang, rhetorical
questions, imperatives and
repetition…etc…
 Some minor lapses in
spelling and grammar that
does not interrupt the ideas.
conclusion that state point of
view are evident.
Ideas are logically linked and
clearly organised from most
to least important.
Clear use of topic sentences.

 Uses sophisticated
 Sentences and punctuation  Points/ideas and supporting 
 Use a variety of sentence
persuasively and with
imagination.
Logical and precise ideas are
supported by well-chosen
examples.
Main ideas may be linked
back to the question.
vocabulary that is
convincing and persuasive.
Sentences are constructed
with ‘persuasion’ in mind.
 Writing is confident with a
wide range of writing
conventions, e.g. emotive
lang, rhetorical questions,
imperatives and
repetition…etc…
 Spelling and grammar is
accurate with few errors.