Grade 7 Imaginative and creative writing.

Using Sandra Cisneros's 'The House on Mango Street' and

other texts your teacher may have shared with you as an
influence, write a short creative piece.

You may also wish to incorporate the idea of a journey to

enable your piece to be eligible for the YIS literary
magazine writing competition. (see advert)

Here are some possible starting points:

Write a descriptive piece based on a person you know
well. (Read 'Born Bad' again to help you)

Use "A journey" to get you thinking about a possible

short story. (SHORT story)

Think of an original way to present a real

journey you have been on (creative/personal)

Name:.................................... Class:.........

Level Ideas Structures Style & language

Questions to help you: Questions to help you: Questions to help you:

How imaginative and
original are your ideas?
How well do your examples
support your ideas?
How skillfully have I structured
my writing?
How well have I used
sentences and paragraphs?
How accurate, varied and
effective is my use of
language?
Have I used language
appropriate for a wide
audience, including my
teachers, parents and fellow
students

9-10 Imagination and depth of My piece is purposefully My style and language

thought are clearly evident organised achieves a desired effect
S in my work appropriate to the purpose of
T I use a variety of sentence the piece of writing
R My work is engaging and I types and styles to achieve
O have taken risks to make it stylistic effects I understand and have shown
N unique that punctuation can be used
G I use paragraphs and as an element of style
transitions carefully and
effectively I use a tone and voice that add
to the impact of my writing
7-8 Imagination and depth of I use a variety of sentence My style and language are
E thought are evident in my types and styles to achieve accurate and somewhat
F work stylistic effects varied
F
E Errors in spelling, punctuation
C My work is engaging I use paragraphs and and word-use are infrequent
T transitions carefully and and never impede
I effectively understanding
V I use a consistent tone and
E voice

5-6 Imagination is evident in I attempt to use a variety of My style and language are
D my work sentence types appropriate to task and
E audience
V I use paragraphs and transitions
E My work is generally reasonably well There are only a few errors in
L engaging There is an attempt to spelling, punctuation and
O sequence my ideas word-use
P I use a consistent tone and
I voice
N
G

3-4 My ideas show a basic I attempt to organise my work My use of language is not
E understanding of the task always effective
I use basic paragraphs
M I develop some ideas There may be regular errors in
E spelling, punctuation and word
R use.
GING

1-2 My ideas show a limited I am unsuccessful in organising There are significant

NOT understanding of the task my work weaknesses with the style and
YET I attempt the task language I have used

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