How to write a reflection statement

Introduction

- Introduce your piece by name and text type.

- Explain the purpose and audience to which you were writing

Sentence Starters:

➢ My informative/persuasive/discursive piece, “Name of piece” is an exploration... ➢ My aim in

this piece of writing was to...

➢ My intention in writing...

- Explain why this piece is for that particular audience.

Sentence Starters:

➢ This piece can... for my intended audience...

➢ I believe the form/structure of my writing piece allows/shows...

➢ My writing piece is designed to help the audience reflect/challenge/think ... ➢ I wrote this
piece for...

➢ To appeal to my intended audience...

➢ My writing piece is likely to connect to...audience

- General explanation of the focus or key component of your piece – specific language, point of
view, character, setting, stimulus etc.

Paragraph 1 and 2 (EVALUATION OF YOUR OWN PIECE OF WRITING AND PRESCRIBED

TEXT)

The focus muse be on your own piece of writing, evidence should be used from the prescribed
text to justify

or show how it helped your piece. Always refer back to your own piece.

- Explain a focus or key component of your own writing piece that links to what you used from
the studied text.

- Give a quote from your own piece.

- Evaluate the overall use of this in your own piece.

Sentence Starters:

➢ The use (idea, style, form, language etc.) is influenced by.... ➢ The use of (author)’s work
has helped me in...

➢ Through this I have reflected...

➢ The structure of .... helped me engage with....

➢ For this reason...

➢ My use of.... emerged from my study of...

➢ I drew inspiration from...

➢ I wanted the audience to feel...

➢ The overall impact of .... Resulted in .....

- Introduce your prescribed text.

o “to consolidate my informative/persuasive/discursive piece, I focused on/studied the text ...”

- Explain what you used from this text – idea, content, style, form, language, techniques, tone,
characterisation

etc.

- Give a quote from the prescribed text.

➢ I drew inspiration from...

➢ I wanted the audience to feel...

➢ The overall impact of .... Resulted in .....

- Link back to your piece

Conclusion

- Simple summary and purpose of your own writing piece.

- May give personal insight into what this piece means to you.

Sentence Starters:

➢ Ultimately...

➢ I feel that...
General Reflection – Year 12

School assessment allows for an extended reflection. This scaffold is designed for 700 – 800
words.

Introduction

- Introduce your piece by name and text type.

- Explain the topic, purpose and audience.

Sentence Starters:

➢ My informative/persuasive/discursive piece, “Name of piece” is an exploration... ➢ My aim in

this piece of writing was to...

➢ My intention in writing...

- General explanation of the focus or key component of your piece – specific language, point of
view, character, setting, stimulus etc.

Paragraph 1 – Purpose and Audience

- Outline the purpose of you own piece.

- Link purpose to audience and the form you have chosen.

- Explain why this piece is for that particular audience.

- Link back to purpose with examples. Does not have to be a quote.

Sentence Starters:

➢ This piece can... for my intended audience...

➢ I believe the form/structure of my writing piece allows/shows...

➢ My writing piece is designed to help the audience reflect/challenge/think ... ➢ I wrote this
piece for...

➢ To appeal to my intended audience...

➢ My writing piece is likely to connect to...audience

Paragraph 2 and 3 (EVALUATION OF YOUR OWN PIECE OF WRITING AND PRESCRIBED
TEXT)

The focus muse be on your own piece of writing, evidence should be used from the prescribed
text to justify

or show how it helped your piece. Always refer back to your own piece.

- Explain a focus or key component of your own writing piece that links to what you used from
the studied text.

- Give a quote from your own piece.

- Evaluate the overall use of this in your own piece.

Sentence Starters:

➢ The use (idea, style, form, language etc.) is influenced by.... ➢ The use of (author)’s work
has helped me in...

➢ Through this I have reflected...

➢ The structure of .... helped me engage with....

➢ For this reason...

➢ My use of.... emerged from my study of...

➢ I drew inspiration from...

➢ I wanted the audience to feel...

➢ The overall impact of .... Resulted in .....

- Introduce your prescribed text.

o “to consolidate my informative/persuasive/discursive piece, I focused on/studied the text ...”

- Explain what you used from this text – idea, content, style, form, language, techniques, tone,
characterisation

etc.

- Give a quote from the prescribed text.

➢ I drew inspiration from...

➢ I wanted the audience to feel...

➢ The overall impact of .... Resulted in .....

- Link back to your piece

Conclusion

- Simple summary and purpose of your own writing piece.

- May give personal insight into what this piece means to you.

Sentence Starters:

➢ Ultimately...

➢ I feel that...