2015

Year 8
English Assessment Task 1
Creative Writing

Date Issued: 17th October, 2015

Date Due: 24th October , 2015

Task:

Write an original fantasy story in about 500-800 words based on any one of the given
pictures. Your story must have a title, orientation, complication and resolution. Your story
must also fulfill most elements of the fantasy genre studied in class.

Student
• EN4-1A responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical
analysis, imaginative expression and pleasure
• EN4-3B uses and describes language forms, features and structures of texts
appropriate to a range of purposes, audiences and contexts
• EN4-6C identifies and explains connections between and among texts
• EN4-5C thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about
information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts

Marking Criteria:
• The writing has an effective orientation.
• Paragraphs are used to organise the writing and dialogue correctly.
• The writing contains a variety of correctly structured sentences.
• Tense is consistently maintained.
• Punctuation is used correctly.
• Spelling is mostly correct.
• Writing techniques appropriate to narrative are used.
• The writing uses some elements of fantasy genre.
• The writing concludes effectively.
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