Zoe 8A Mice and Men-Newspaper Assesment Sheet

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IdeasStructuresStyle & languageQuestions to help you:

How perceptive andfocused are the ideas in mynewspaper?How effectively does mynewspaper deal with themain themes and issues ofthe novel?

Questions to help you:

How skillfully have I structuredmy newspaper and theindividual items?How well have I usedsentences, paragraphs andtitles?

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How accurate, varied andeffective is my use oflanguage?

Have I used languageappropriate for my(imagined) audience?

9-10STRONGImagination and depth ofthought are clearly evidentin my workMy ideas show a perceptiveunderstanding of thethemes of the novel.I use numerous well-chosen relevant details thatsupport and help myaudienceMy newspaper is purposefullyorganisedI use a variety of sentencetypes and styles to achievestylistic effectsI use paragraphs andtransitions carefully andeffectivelyI use titles and layout skillfullyMy style and languageachieves desired effectsappropriate to each style ofwriting.I use punctuation skillfully.My tone and voice add to theimpact of my writing asappropriate to the task

G8 'OF MICE AND MEN' NEWSPAPER TASK

Writing to inform, explain & describe

This newspaper project is an opportunity to present a collection of written works that you will be producing asour class moves through John Steinbeck’s

Of Mice and Men.

You shouldpresent these works in a local newspaper designed to be read by people livingin the 1920s or 1930s in the vicinity of Soledad/ the ranch/ surrounding towns.Included in your newspaper will be the following items:

1)

Two work wanted ads: one for George, one for Lenny

2)

One letter-to-the-editor (written by a character)

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One obituary

5)

One front page news article (detailing a key event at the ranch)

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One opinion column (expressing and supporting an opinion about akey societal issue)Adding small extra items (sports results, photos, etc.) will add to the overalleffect of your presentation. This project must be word-processed and shouldﬁt on two double-sided sheets of A4 paper. Further instructions will be givenabout each individual news item later.

7-8

EFFECTIVE

Imagination and depth ofthought are evident in myworkMy ideas show a goodunderstanding of thethemes of the novel.I use well-chosenrelevant details thatsupport and help myaudienceI use a variety of sentencetypes and styles to achievestylistic effectsI choose effective titles

My style and language areaccurateand somewhatvaried according to the needsof the item being written.Errors in spelling, punctuationand word-use are infrequentand never impedeunderstandingI use the appropriate tone andvoice for each item

5-6DEVELOPING

Imagination is evident inmy workMy ideas show anunderstanding of thethemes of the novel.I use relevant details thatsupport and help myaudience

I attempt to use a variety ofsentence typesI use paragraphs and transitionsreasonably wellThere is an attempt tosequence my ideasMy style and language areappropriate to task andaudienceThere are only a few errors inspelling, punctuation andword-useI generally use the appropriatetone and voice3-4EMERGINGMy ideas show a basicunderstanding of the taskI develop some ideasI attempt to organise my workI use basic paragraphsMy use of language is notalways effectiveThere may be regular anderrors in spelling andpunctuation

1-2NOTYET

My ideas show a limitedunderstanding of the taskI attempt the taskI am unsuccessful in organisingmy workThere are signiﬁcantweaknesses with the style andlanguage I have used

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Student comments (What are you pleased with? What do you need to work on?)I don

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t really like layout of the ﬁrst page and organization of the ﬁrst page but I really like the secondpage.I

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m proud of my opinionated article. I think I really used my imagination to think of what I could report iton and how I could report it, from what point of view. I

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m proud of it now.I didn

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t really know how to end my front page article and the ending only makes sense if you read it in acertain way,if you read it in another way you would think more should follow it.

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