QUESTION 1: WRITE IN A

PRESCRIBED FORM

Forms of Writing Possible:

Styles of Writing
June 2007 Formal Report
Needed:
Nov 2007 Newspaper Report
June 2008 Interview – television
Descriptive
Nov 2008 Newspaper report
Persuasive
June 2009 Formal Letter
Argumentative
Nov 2009 Formal Report
June 2010 Interview
Empathetic Writing
Nov 2010 Write a conversation
June 2011 Letter to relative
June 2011 Formal Report What do you know
Nov 2011 Letter of protest about writing in
June 2012 Conversation these styles?
June 2012 Words of a Speech
Genre-
bending
To use structure and
language that is
appropriate for a
particular style of text
Prep Due: Sunday 17 March

Research the conventions of the following types of

writing:

1. Newspaper report
2. Formal letter
3. Dialogue
4. Interview
5. Formal report
6. Magazine article
7. Journal
8. Speech
9. Argumentative
10. Informative
 Newspaper Reports: Structure

Not usually chronological

Paragraph 1: Begin with the very recent past –

usually yesterday
Next Few Fill in the back story – background
Paragraphs: prior to the event
The immediate present and how
Return To: things are developing
Finally: Speculate about the future ...
 Newspaper Reports: Style
Short sentences Short paragraphs

Dramatic vocabulary
Statistical information
Impersonal expressions: no ‘I’
or ‘we’; and no opinion offered
Include interview material: reported
speech; and direct speech – punctuated
properly!•Divorced, former model and mother-of-two,
Stack adjectives and
Susan Smith
descriptive phrases •The German-built, lightweight, fast-moving,
before the noun black Volkswagen
Write a Newspaper Report

About a page and a half on:

The Death of the

Lady of Shallot
 Prescribed Writing
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Information Leaflet Formal Report

Example: Write an information leaflet warning visitors Example: Write the report of the Goldilocks incident
about the dangers of walking through the woods following an Official Enquiry
Features: Features:
Structure - clear opening, general information, more -Headings / Sub-headings
information, summarising conclusion, linking language -Formal Register
Style - interesting easy to read layout, present tense, first or -Factual Details
third person, mostly facts ( and opinion in personal text), -No sensational language
gentle persuasive techniques -Quotes from witnesses

Magazine Article Newspaper Report

Example: Write an article about Goldilocks for a celebrity Example: You are a journalist. Write an article for your
magazine newspaper explaining what has happened.
Features: Features:
-headings / sub-headings Sructure-Recent past, back story, now and developments,
-focus on anecdotes / personal experiences / rltnshps / future
emotions Style: short sentences, dramatic vocabulary, stacked
-Mix of journalistic comment and interview quotes adjectives, tense changes, interview material
-Text boxes / Did you know / Key facts

Speech Letter
Example: Write the speech by Papa Bear on the subject of Example: As Mr. Bear write a letter of complaint to your
“Our Morning from Hell – lessons in home security” local council complaining about the incident.

Features: Features:
-Argumentative structure – intro, first argument, second, -Structure – para 1 the topic of the letter/reason for writing
counter argument, refuted; conc it, para 2 background information, arguments and factual
-Topic sentence details, para 3 request or suggestions for future action
- Persuasive Language -Formal Language
-Linking language -Appropriate sign-off (yours sincerely if letter is addressed
to named person)
Letter

Features:
-Structure formal greeting, formal salutation, date
para 1 the topic of the letter/reason for writing it,
para 2 background information, arguments and factual
details, para 3 request or suggestions for future action
-Style
-Formal Language
Elements of appropriate, formal persuasion
 Formal Letter
Example:
Imagine you are Father Bear. Write a letter to
Mrs Calvert, a detective in the police, which
complains about unwanted visitors. In your letter
you should:

• Make the experience sound frightening and

dangerous
• Give your impressions of Goldilocks
• Persuade Mrs Calvert to support the idea of
a neighbourhood watch programme

Plan your letter. Use the structure and style we have just
investigated, and MAKE SURE YOU ADDRESS ALL
BULLET POINTS
 1. Topic of the
Letter/Reason for Writing
-Say why you are writing
-Request his consideration
for your proposal.
3.Background Info II –
Goldilocks
Key words from prompts:
Give your impressions of G
-What does she look like
(bearing in mind you are
frightened)
-Descriptive Language (A
MAP IS SO V)
-What is her character like
(based on what she said and
did)
2. Background Info I –
What happened and how
it felt
Key words : Frightening
and Dangerous
-Descriptive Language (A
MAP IS SO V)
- Build tension
PLAN
- Sentence variety and
lengths
4. Request – Suggestion for
Further Action
- Back to why you are writing.
- What are you recommending?
Key Words from Prompt:
Make it sound frightening and dangerous
Give your impressions of Goldilocks
Use PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE
 Prep: due Sunday 24 March

Read the Goldilocks and the Three Bears passage.

Imagine you are Father Bear. Write a letter to Mrs
Calvert, a detective in the police, which complains about
unwanted visitors. In your letter you should:

• Make the experience sound frightening and dangerous

• Give your impressions of Goldilocks
• Persuade Mrs Calvert to support the idea of a
neighbourhood watch programme

You have 30 minutes to write the letter

(or 40 minutes to plan and then write it)
Recap: Q1 Write in a Prescribed
Form
How many marks for Reading Assessment Objectives?

How many for Writing?

What are the Reading AOs?

Write a simple, compound and

a complex sentence describing
Goldilocks.
15 points for reading. 5 for writing.
The objectives being tested
are:

Questions 1 and
3 only
Question 2 only

1 an d3
io n s
Q u es t
only
 Dialogue and Interview Writing

1. What are the conventions of interviews?

2. What are the conventions of holding a dialogue?

3. What do you think is required to complete a question

which asks you to write a dialogue?

4. And what about an interview?

Interview: Saverra
Dialogue: Youssef,
Jasmine
Dialogue and Interview Writing - Conventions

1. Both dialogue and interview should use stage directions given in brackets
(sometimes, for effect – don’t overuse them).
2. Both these forms rely on punctuation for effect. Use punctuation
confidently and correctly, to get across shades of meaning.
3. In a dialogue, the speakers should be given an equal share of the dialogue.
In an interview, the interviewee has most of the dialogue. In this exam,
the interviewer’s questions are likely to be given for you, as bullets. It is
the interviewee whom you must write the dialogue for.
4. Lay it out like a script, using colons, as shown.
5. Use language that is realistic to the character. Try and use language that is
appropriate and creates a clear sense of voice.
6. Likely to be less formal than, say, a report, but do remember you are
being assessed on your ability to write well. So balance your writing to
ensure you respond to the assessment criteria – W1-5 and R1-3. What are
they?
 Version 1
Mum: You can’t go out tonight. It’s about
Son: (interrupting with anger) That’s not fair. You always do this. I hate you.
Mum: (assertively) Don’t be rude.

Version 2 – with punctuation. Feel the difference

Mum: You can’t go out tonight. It’s about ...
Son: (interrupting, with anger) That’s not fair ... You always do this. I hate you!
Mum: (assertively) Don’t be rude!

Tips to Improve:
W1: empathetic writing – get into the character and use vocabulary and style
which is appropriate to that character.
W3: a variety of sentence structures and lengths. Good vocab.
W5: confident, correct and interesting use of punctuation marks.

Reading AOs: Read it very, very carefully and include the relevant explicit
meanings. You must also infer the implicit meanings and get those across
appropriately.
Formal
Report
Writing
How do you do it?
Style?
Structure?

Sheza – Report writing

Jocelyn – Informative
writing
 Formal Report Writing - Conventions

Style
•Informative style - Jocelyn
•Formal language
• No sensational language
•Avoid bias – reports should be objective and use evidence only to
form a conclusion or recommendations

Structure
•Factual details - evidence such as quotes from people involved,
facts from the text
•Clear structure – introduction, body, conclusion, recommendations
•Clear headings and sub-headings
•Each paragraph needs a topic sentences, usually at the start.
Example Question
Bullying Nearly Destroyed
Me
You are Head Girl or Head Boy and the Headmaster has asked you
to write a report on this case of bullying. The Headmaster wants you
to tell him about:

•The type of bullying that took place

•The effects this had on Shannon
•How Shannon recovered
•Your recommendations – what we have learnt from this case

You should base your ideas on the passage, but do not copy from it.
Diary Writing Features Checklist

Date –Shows which day the diary entry is about.

First person - Writer is writing about himself.
Past tense - Writer writes about what has happened.
Personal tone - We can almost hear the writer speaking.
Self-reflection - Writer writes about their feelings, thoughts, hopes
and fears.
Rhetorical question - The writer asks questions about what is
happening.
A few short sentence - Used to emphasise the writer’s feelings.
One or two exclamation marks - Used to emphasise the writer’s
feelings.
Paragraphs - Used when a new time, place, person or topic is written
about.
 Holiday Prep:
Next Lesson: Wed 27th
Exam Question 1 1. Re-read all your Literature Texts.

The prescribed form might be: 2. Read all info on them on the
moodle, and do research elsewhere.
•A newspaper report
•A letter 3. Learn top 10 quotes for Gatsby and
•A dialogue Earnest. Practise ‘how to respond
•An interview to essays on poetry’ (on moodle).
•A formal report
•A journal entry (you were given
4. Review the information on the
the handout of the features of
diary writing)
Language exam, on the moodle.

When we return, we will complete Q1 forms – speech

and diary writing, and argumentative, persuasive and
informative writing.
 COURSEWORK CHECK
LANGUAGE
ACTION:

SHAAN, DERVLA, JONNY

LITERATURE
ACTION ON DRAFTS:
ACTION:
JASMINE, JOCELYN, NADINE
SHAAN, CHAD, JOCELYN
SHEZA, JONNY, HARRY

ACTION ON DRAFTS:

JASMINE, DERVLA, SHEZA

 Speech or Talk Writing
How do you do it?
Style?
Structure?

Jonny – Speech writing

Nadine – Argumentative writing
All – Persuasive writing
 Speech Writing - Conventions

Style
• Elements of persuasive and argumentative style
• Language appropriate for the audience – here it will be at least
reasonably formal
•Variety of sentence structures and lengths
• Engaging – persuasive, argumentative
Structure
•Attention Grabber and the rest of the Introduction, which tells the
audience what you are going to address.
• Body - 3 x body points at the most (probably the bullets in the
question). Topic sentences. Linking language between parts.
Snoozebusters – persuasive rhetoric.
•Conclusion which tells the audience what you have addressed,
succinctly and leaves a lingering thought.
Example Question
 Recap: Speeches / Talks
Style
• Elements of persuasive and argumentative style
• Language appropriate for the audience – here it will be at least
reasonably formal
•Variety of sentence structures and lengths
• Engaging – persuasive, argumentative

Structure
•Attention Grabber and the rest of the Introduction, which tells the
audience what you are going to address.
• Body - 3 x body points at the most (probably the bullets in the
question). Topic sentences. Linking language between parts.
Snoozebusters – persuasive rhetoric.
•Conclusion which tells the audience what you have addressed,
succinctly and leaves a lingering thought.
PUT YOURSELF IN
THE SHOES OF
ULYSSES.

WRITE A SPEECH
TO YOUR SUBJECTS
EXPLAINING:

•WHY YOU SHOULD

GO ADVENTURING

•PERSUADE THEM
OF THE MERITS OF
LEAVING
TELEMACHUS IN
CHARGE.
 Diary Writing - Conventions

Date –Shows which day the diary entry is about.

First person - Writer is writing about himself.
Past tense - Writer writes about what has happened.
Personal tone - We can almost hear the writer speaking.
Self-reflection - Writer writes about their feelings, thoughts, hopes
and fears.
Rhetorical question - The writer asks questions about what is
happening.
A few short sentence - Used to emphasise the writer’s feelings.
One or two exclamation marks - Used to emphasise the writer’s
feelings.
Paragraphs - Used when a new time, place, person or topic is
written about.
What is“Bunburying”? Bunburying is the act
Write a definition. of avoiding
responsibilities
by claiming
obligations to a
fictitious person.
You are Algernon Moncrieff, who, we know, is the primary
practitioner of Bunburying.

Look at the example of Aly’s journal he wrote after having taken

the trip up to see Jack at his country manner. In your diary, you
should:

-Explain the events of the day

-Describe your view of Cecily
-Describe your view of Jack
 Tips To Improve Q1 Response

• Read the question carefully to ensure you are doing exactly what it
says.
• Plan your answer.
• Be aware of the main issues and themes in the passage and use
plenty of detail to support your ideas.
• Be aware that evidence of inferential reading is necessary for
Bands 1 and 2 for Reading.
• Ensure you have enough material for between 1 1/2 and 2 sides of
average handwriting, discounting any ‘topping’ and ‘tailing’.
• Give careful consideration to the audience to whom you are
writing, and ensure that your style is appropriate for your purpose.