Literacy (Week 11) - Creative Writing Assessment

The Outsiders – Creative Writing Assessment

Task 1:  Creative writing assessment - most of you have written your draft for this assessment.  Please use this time to proofread then share with a friend to proofread before sending it to your teacher to submit .  Click here to open the assessment task


Task 2:  Completion of book and comprehension questions...part of your final assessment for 'The Outsiders' novel is completing reading the 12 chapters of the book and answering the comprehension questions in your booklet.  Use your time to ensure you have done this.

Here is an overview/summary of the 'Outsiders' novel

The Outsiders – Creative Writing Assessment Marking Results

Name:      _________________________________________                                               Grade: (circle):   NYA  /  A  /  M  /  Ex  

	Not yet Achieved	Achieved	Merit	Excellence
Ideas	Text has a many simple, unelaborated ideas related to the topic OR an ideas is related to the topic and has some basic elaboration	Ideas are relevant and begin to show some complexity AND text has one elaborated idea OR text has several ideas that have some elaboration	Ideas are complex and elaborated	Ideas show insight, originality and some authority and/or reflection on the wider world Ideas are deliberately selected, effective and elaborated
Structure and Language	Some structural features are appropriate to purpose AND language features are mostly appropriate to purpose	Structural features are appropriate to purpose and some show development (may be one well-developed element with others less developed) AND language features are appropriate to purpose	Structural features are appropriate to purpose and are developed and mostly controlled AND language features are appropriate to purpose and mostly controlled	Structural features and language features are appropriate to purpose, controlled and effective
Organisation	Text shows control over grouping and sequencing of ideas but paragraphs are not used or are indicated incorrectly Text is coherent	Ideas are organised into basic paragraphs	Paragraphs support the development of the text	Paragraphs are deliberately structured to direct the reader Ideas are linked effectively within and across paragraphing
Vocabulary	Uses a range of everyday words and phrases, with a small number of precise words to add detail	Uses a variety of precise words and phrases to add information and/or interest	Selects words and phrases to enhance meaning and/or mood	Precise language choices consistently enhance meaning and/or mood
Sentence Structure	Correct sentences begin to show variety in structure and type	Most sentences are correct Correct sentences show variety in structure, length and type and have extending phrases and/or clauses OR all sentences are correct but repetitive	Sentence are controlled and show variety in structure, length and type and have extending phrases and/or clauses	Sentences are deliberately crafted to impact and engage
Punctuation	Correct punctuation of most sentences – beginning and end AND some use of other punctuation OR correct use of ALL sentences – beginning and end with no other punctuation used	Correct sentence punctuation AND correct use of other punctuation (contractions, commas in lists) with experimentation in complex punctuation (e.g direct speech, commas for phrases and clauses)	Punctuation assists meaning Sentence punctuation is correct AND a wider range of other punctuation is used correctly, including capital letters	Control of punctuation to enhance meaning Few or no errors in punctuation
Spelling	Spells a range of personal and high-frequency  words correctly (e.g school, friend, outside, playing)	Spells a wide range of high-frequency words correctly	Spells high-frequency and some difficult words correctly	Spells high frequency and a range of difficult words with few or no errors

TASK 6:  Listen & Read

Learning Outcome:  Students will be able to follow the text while listening to the audio and comprehending main ideas in the story.

Students will now be reading the book.  You will need to open the text book, play and listen to the audio, following the text and answer these questions for each chapter….wow!  multi-tasking I know

TEXT BOOK Click here - text book 'The Outsiders'

AUDIO BOOK Click here - audio book 'The Outsiders'

Type in the answers after questions:

Remember to answer using full sentence answers e.g:  Ponyboy and his friends and family come from ……

Chapters 1-3	Where do Ponyboy and his friends and family come from, socially?
	Why are Ponyboy and Johnny embarrassed when Dally is rude to the Soc girls?
Chapters 4-6	Why is it important that the Soc that beat up Johnny originally is the same boy who Johnny kills?
	Why is cutting their hair such a big deal to Johnny and Ponyboy?
Chapters 7-8	Why does Randy say that Bob really wanted someone to tell him “no” occasionally?
	Why doesn’t Two-Bit understand Pony’s concerns about the fight?
Chapters 9-10	Will the greasers’ lives change now that they’ve defeated the Socs?
	How does Dally die?
Chapters 11-12	Who does Ponyboy insist killed Bob?
	How has Pony and Darry’s relationships affected Soda all along?