Genre marking ladders-Biography Genre marking ladders-Biography

Objectives Pupil/peer Teacher Objectives Pupil/peer Teacher

assessment assessment
I have written an introduction to say why the I have written an introduction to say why the
person is special person is special
I have written in chronological order (time I have written in chronological order (time
order). order).
I have used time connectives eg. Next, after, I have used time connectives eg. Next, after,
meanwhile etc meanwhile etc
I have included illustrations (if helpful) I have included illustrations (if helpful)
I have used the past tense I have used the past tense
I have included quotations I have included quotations
I have varied my sentence length- used both I have varied my sentence length- used both
long and short sentences long and short sentences
I have included dates and ages for the key I have included dates and ages for the key
points in life points in life
I have indicated new phases of life with a new I have indicated new phases of life with a new
paragraph/chapter paragraph/chapter
I have used 3rd person- he/she/they I have used 3rd person- he/she/they
I have included details and description to help I have included details and description to help
the reader understand what has happened the reader understand what has happened
I used basic punctuation correctly including I used basic punctuation correctly including
capital letters (full stops, commas, question capital letters (full stops, commas, question
and exclamation marks) and exclamation marks)
I have used complex punctuation correctly I have used complex punctuation correctly
(brackets, hyphen, colon, semi-colon, (brackets, hyphen, colon, semi-colon,
apostrophe, speech marks) apostrophe, speech marks)
I have used wow words I have used wow words
I have written most vividly and given most I have written most vividly and given most
attention to the key events attention to the key events
My conclusion evaluates the persons’ life and My conclusion evaluates the persons’ life and
their impact on the world. their impact on the world.