Imaginative Information Report- Assessment Task 2- English

Due date: Tuesday Week 10

Dear Professor________________, you are going to create
an informational report on the new species of dragon you
have been studying. This report is going to be on display in
the Public Meathead Library, therefore it is important you
provide as much detail as possible for your fellow Vikings.
They need to be informed about this new species of dragon
sited on The Isle of Berk. Your report should contain the
following sections
- Table of contents
- A physical description
- Habitat
- Diet
- Special abilities
- Dangers
- Interesting facts
- A detailed illustration
- Glossary
You have the option of adding any other sections, diagrams
or special features to your information report.











My species









Habitat
Physical
Description
Diet

Special
Abilities
Dangers
Interesting
facts
Labelled Diagram of your dragon

















Table of Contents
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- Brainstorm your dragon and its features thinking
of as much detail as possible
- Draw a sketch of your dragon
- Organise your brainstorming information
necessary sections
- Using example reports as a guide, write the draft
of your information report ensuring consideration
is taken to include a detailed and well thought of
report
- Proofread!! Use the checklist provided to check
that you have included all the necessary
information and features
- Give your report to Miss Reker who will have a
look at your draft and provide feedback
- Type up your report and create your book




You are a Professor and this book will be on display in
the Meatheads Public Library. Therefore your work
must be your best! Take your time and use this
checklist as a guide to ensure your information report
has the appropriate features.
Yes
Needs
Improvement
Have I completed each section of my report as stated on
the task sheet?

Do my paragraphs have topic sentences (A sentence that
introduces the topic focus)

Do I have a range of simple, compound and complex
sentences?

Have I used pronouns effectively? (replacing the name of
something for they, their, animal, it etc)

Do my proper nouns have capitals?


Have I included noun groups?


Have I included adverb groups?

Have I included prepositional phrases?


Have I checked for spelling and punctuation?

Have I exchanged reports with a class member and had
them proofread my work and give me feedback?

My report is presented in a neat and organised way that
is easy for the viewer to read?

Have I used my imagination to create a new species of
dragon?


A B C D E
Structure Information report is skilfully
set out correctly beginning with
contents page and organised
paragraphs that are sequenced
correctly.


Paragraphs are all neatly
organised with simple, complex
and compound sentences as
well as topic sentences that fit
into the correct sub heading

Information report is mostly
set out correctly beginning
with contents page and
following paragraphs that are
mostly sequenced correctly

Paragraphs are mostly
organised with simple,
complex and compound
sentences as well as topic
sentences that fit into the
correct sub heading
Some of the information report
is set out correctly with most
features included.



Some paragraphs are organised
with simple, complex and
compound sentences as well as
topic sentences that fit into the
correct sub heading
A small amount of the
information report is set
out correctly however
needs improvement


Paragraphs show little
organisation that lack a
range of simple, complex
and compound sentences
With assistance, student will
work towards setting out
information report correctly


With assistance, student can
work towards creating an
organised report that contains a
range of difference sentences.
Language
Features
Report skilfully contains all
appropriate language features
such as noun groups, verb
groups, pronouns, text
connectives and prepositional
phrases
Report contains most
appropriate language features
such as noun groups, verb
groups, pronouns, text
connectives and prepositional
phrases
Report contains some
appropriate language features
such as noun groups, verb
groups, pronouns, text
connectives and prepositional
phrases
Report contains small
amount of language
features such as nouns,
verbs, pronouns, text
connectives and
prepositional phrases
however needs more
detail
With assistance, student can
work towards including language
features in an informational
report
Presentation Students present their
information report in a neat,
organised and engaging way.
Students present their
information report in a mostly
neat, organised and engaging
way.

Students present some of their
information report in a neat,
organised and engaging way.

Students present their
information report in a
way that lacks
organisation and appeal
to the reader.
With assistance student can
work towards presenting their
information report in an
organised and engaging way.

Editing, spelling
and punctuation
Report contains little or no
errors with spelling,
punctuation and grammar.
Report contains only a small
amount of errors with
spelling, punctuation and
grammar.
Report contains some spelling,
punctuation and grammar
errors.
Report contains a
reasonable amount of
spelling, punctuation and
grammar errors.
With assistance student could
produce and information report
that has little or no spelling,
punctuation and grammar errors