writing
AS91475 Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains, and structures ideas
is worth 6 credits and is internally assessed.
Throughout the year we will carry out writing exercises and drafts. This work must be done in class. In term three you will have the opportunity to select two pieces from your writing to edit and polish for assessment. Each piece of writing should be at least 650 words.
You can see exemplars of student work here.
This UK website has good information on writing for students.
Show, don't tell advice
How to find an idea for a story from a NZ author.
Travel writing examples here:
is worth 6 credits and is internally assessed.
Throughout the year we will carry out writing exercises and drafts. This work must be done in class. In term three you will have the opportunity to select two pieces from your writing to edit and polish for assessment. Each piece of writing should be at least 650 words.
You can see exemplars of student work here.
This UK website has good information on writing for students.
Show, don't tell advice
How to find an idea for a story from a NZ author.
Travel writing examples here:
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cross-curricular writing
Cross-curricular writing for your portfolio
You do a significant amount of writing in your other subjects. Plenty of standards require you to present a report on your findings relevant to your topic of study. Can you use these reports for your writing portfolio? The answer is yes and no!
The success criteria for the English writing portfolio expects that you can demonstrate writing craft. This means that your sentence structures, word choice, the inclusion of language features and overall style have been deliberately chosen to suit your purpose and audience. A report designed to show your content knowledge for your subject teacher does not meet this aspect of the crafting criteria.
However, writing on what you know and understand is to be encouraged for your portfolio. So it is acceptable to take your research and learning from another subject and use this as your context for your writing portfolio. A simple way to adapt your report is to imagine that the information is to be printed in a farming/economic/geographic/health magazine. The likely audience will have some base knowledge of your topic but your writing style will need to be engaging and interesting.
The accuracy aspect of the writing portfolio standard is a challenge for some students. Gaining the credits in the writing portfolio attests that you can independently spell, punctuate and use grammar accurately. If someone else types, proofreads or corrects your work for you, then it is not suitable to be assessed for the writing portfolio standard. You are strongly encouraged to make use of the Grammarly app (or similar) to check your work independently.
You can read NZQA's advice on adapting cross-curricular work here.
You do a significant amount of writing in your other subjects. Plenty of standards require you to present a report on your findings relevant to your topic of study. Can you use these reports for your writing portfolio? The answer is yes and no!
The success criteria for the English writing portfolio expects that you can demonstrate writing craft. This means that your sentence structures, word choice, the inclusion of language features and overall style have been deliberately chosen to suit your purpose and audience. A report designed to show your content knowledge for your subject teacher does not meet this aspect of the crafting criteria.
However, writing on what you know and understand is to be encouraged for your portfolio. So it is acceptable to take your research and learning from another subject and use this as your context for your writing portfolio. A simple way to adapt your report is to imagine that the information is to be printed in a farming/economic/geographic/health magazine. The likely audience will have some base knowledge of your topic but your writing style will need to be engaging and interesting.
The accuracy aspect of the writing portfolio standard is a challenge for some students. Gaining the credits in the writing portfolio attests that you can independently spell, punctuate and use grammar accurately. If someone else types, proofreads or corrects your work for you, then it is not suitable to be assessed for the writing portfolio standard. You are strongly encouraged to make use of the Grammarly app (or similar) to check your work independently.
You can read NZQA's advice on adapting cross-curricular work here.
short story writing
The lecture below takes a formula approach to writing a short story which is well worth trying.
You can read about the MICE quotient here.
The try/fail part of your story is also explained here. Although this page is about plotting a novel, the try/fail part need not be lengthy as Mary Robinette explains in the video. And the page provides a planning template that you might find helpful to see the outline of your entire story.
One extra piece of information you need to remember: NCEA Level 3 writing suggests a minimum word count per piece of writing is 650 words.
You can read about the MICE quotient here.
The try/fail part of your story is also explained here. Although this page is about plotting a novel, the try/fail part need not be lengthy as Mary Robinette explains in the video. And the page provides a planning template that you might find helpful to see the outline of your entire story.
One extra piece of information you need to remember: NCEA Level 3 writing suggests a minimum word count per piece of writing is 650 words.