Student B Persuasive Writing Pre Test

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Getting There

Audience ● Limited awareness ● Some attempt to ● Supports reader ● Links audience ● Uses deliberate choice of
of audience orientate reader understanding with purpose to words and persuasive
in order to persuade reader devices to engage reader
● Engages audience
persuade

Text Structure ● No evidence of ● Some evidence of ● Text contains ● Most ● All components of text
structural text structure introduction, body components of are well developed
components and conclusion text are
● Coherent arguments
developed
with supporting
evidence

Ideas ● No evidence or ● One or 2 ideas ● Three ideas are ● Elaborated ● Ideas are elaborated and
insufficient supported with ideas are contribute effectively to
● Ideas are
evidence some elaboration presented in a writers position
unrelated to topic
logical order

Vocabulary ● Minimal ● Uses mostly ● Uses some precise ● Sustained use of ● Accurately uses a
persuasive or simple topic persuasive words precise words range of precise and
topic words used words to to enhance effective words and
● Uses some
persuade opinion phrases to persuade
appropriate topic
words

Cohesion ● Limited ● Some correct ● Text contains ● Uses cohesive ● Deliberately uses
cohesion links between related parts devices to allow cohesive devices
sentences that are linked text to flow
● Continuity of ideas
 and tightly linked
sections of text

Paragraphing ● No evidence of ● Attempts to use ● Paragraphs are ● Body ● Paragraphing

paragraphing some linked in a paragraphs supports entire
paragraphs to logical order contain a main argument, aiding
separate ideas point followed reading
by supporting
detail

Sentence ● Uses incomplete ● Most simple and ● Uses all sentence ● Uses all sentence ● Uses a variety of
Structure sentences compound types with some types accurately grammatically correct
sentences are accuracy sentences
● Uses some
correct
● Meaning is clear different sentence ● sentences express
● Attempts to use beginnings precise meaning
complex which persuades the
sentences reader

Punctuation ● No evidence of ● Mostly uses ● Sentence level ● Provides accurate ● Writing contains
correct capital letters and punctuation is markers to enable accurate use of all
punctuation full stops to begin correct smooth and applicable
and end efficient reading punctuation
sentences

Spelling ● Spells some words ● Spells some words ● Most words spelt ● Recognises ● Spells all words
correctly correctly, correctly misspelt words correctly including
including most and uses a variety unfamiliar and
● Uses close
high frequency of resources for difficult words
approximations to
words correction
spell unknown
words
 Persuasive ● No evidence of ● Uses mainly ● Uses some ● Effective use of ● Sustained and
Devices persuasive devices personal opinion persuasive some devices that effective use of
to persuade devices to persuade reader persuasive devices to
support writers impact reader
position

Student B Post Test Results

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Getting There

Audience ● Limited awareness ● Some attempt to ● Supports reader ● Uses deliberate ● Establishes strong
of audience orientate reader understanding choice of words credible voice
in order to and persuasive
● Engages and ● Controls writer/reader
persuade devices to
persuades audience relationship
engage reader

Text Structure ● No evidence of ● Some evidence of ● Text contains ● Most ● All components of text
structural text structure in introduction, body components of are well developed
components order to persuade and conclusion text are
● Coherent arguments
developed
with detailed supporting
evidence

Ideas ● No evidence of ● One or 2 ideas ● Three ideas are ● Elaborated ● Ideas are crafted to be
appropriate supported with ideas are highly persuasive
 content ● Ideas may be some elaboration presented in a ● ideas are elaborated by a
unrelated to topic logical order range of issues

Vocabulary ● Minimal ● Uses mostly ● Uses some precise ● Sustained use of ● Accurately uses a
persuasive or simple persuasive words to persuade precise words range of precise and
topic words used words and topic to enhance effective words to
● Uses some
words opinion persuade, in an
appropriate topic
articulate manner
words

Cohesion ● Limited ● Some correct ● Text contains ● Uses cohesive ● Deliberately uses
cohesion links between related parts devices to cohesive devices
sentences that are linked maintain flow of
● Continuity of ideas
text
and tightly linked
sections of text

Paragraphing ● No evidence of ● Attempts to use ● Paragraphs are ● Body ● Well constructed

paragraphing some linked in a paragraphs paragraphs are
paragraphs to logical order contain a main ordered and build
separate ideas point followed complete argument
by supporting
detail

Sentence ● Uses incomplete ● Most simple and ● Uses all sentence ● Uses all sentence ● Uses a variety of
Structure sentences compound types with some types accurately controlled and well-
sentences are accuracy developed sentences
● Uses some
correct that persuade the
● Meaning is clear different sentence
reader
● Attempts to use beginnings
complex
sentences
Punctuation ● Uses limited ● Mostly uses ● Sentence level ● Provides accurate ● Accurate use of all
punctuation capital letters and punctuation is markers to enable applicable
full stops to begin correct smooth and punctuation
and end efficient reading
Provides precise
sentences
markers to pace and
control reading of text

Spelling ● Spells some words ● Spells some words ● Most words spelt ● Correctly spells at ● Correctly spells at
correctly correctly, correctly least 10 difficult least 10 difficult
including most words words
● Uses close
high frequency
approximations to ● Recognises ● Correctly spells some
words
spell unknown misspelt words challenging words
words and uses a variety
of resources for
correction

Persuasive ● No evidence of ● Uses mainly ● Uses some ● Effective use of ● Sustained and
Devices persuasive devices personal opinion persuasive some devices that effective use of
to persuade devices to persuade reader persuasive devices to
support writers impact reader
position
● Persuasive devices
appeal to readers
values or emotions