Language Y11 Transactional Writing
Task 1: How many marks would you give sample answer 1?
Task 2: How many marks do you think sample answer 2 deserves?
The sample answer is to this task:
Write a lively article entitled 'The Joys of Exercise'.
Use the mark scheme provided and what you have learned about transactional writing in order to award a mark. Remember to mark content and organisation (out of 12) and vocabulary, sentence structure, punctuation and spelling (out of 8) separately. What advice would you give this candidate to help them improve?
Joys of Exercise sample answer 1 unannotated.pdfRemember, the task was:
Write a lively article entitled 'The Joys of Exercise'.
Use the mark scheme to help you.
In this answer, try to identify every spelling and grammatical or punctuation error.
Joys of Exercise sample answer 2 unannotated.pdfTransactional writing student mark scheme.pdfTask 3 - Checking your marking
Compare your marks to these marked versions. What have you learned from looking at these sample answers?
Joys of Exercise sample answer 1 annotated.pdfJoys of Exercise sample answer 2 annotated.pdfTask 4 - How many marks?
Task 5 - How many marks?
Mark this sample answer. See if you can identify all the spelling and grammatical errors as you do so.
The title of this task was:
A local businessman has applied for permission to hold an outdoor music festival in your area. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper either supporting or opposing this idea.
Music festival letter sample answer 2 unannotated.pdfMark this sample answer. See if you can identify all the spelling and grammatical errors as you do so.
The title of this task was:
A local businessman has applied for permission to hold an outdoor music festival in your area. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper either supporting or opposing this idea.
Music festival letter sample answer 1 unannotated.pdfTransactional writing student mark scheme.pdfTask 6 - Checking your marking
Read the marked sample answers and compare them to what you thought. Remember to set yourself targets or reminders of things you need to do in order to perform well in this section in the exam.
Music festival letter sample answer 2 annotated.pdfMusic festival letter sample answer 1 annotated.pdfTask 7
Consider the following task:
You organised a meal for your family in a local restaurant to celebrate your grandma's 70th birthday, but the evening was a disappointment. Write a letter to the owner of the restaurant about your disappointment.
Read the sample answers. Can you rank them in order of success? What have candidates done in order to perform better than others? Try awarding them marks using the mark scheme and your experience of marking so far.
Restaurant letter of complaint student response 2 unannotated.pdfTransactional writing student mark scheme.pdfRestaurant letter of complaint student response 3 unannotated.pdfRestaurant letter of complaint student response 1 unannotated.pdfTask 8 - What did the examiner think?
Compare your thoughts and marks with what the examiner thought, and make a note of anything you learn in doing so.
Restaurant letter of complaint student response 2 annotated.pdfRestaurant letter of complaint student response 1 annotated.pdfRestaurant letter of complaint student response 3 annotated.pdfTask 9 - Exam Practice
Write your own response to the task:
You organised a meal for your family in a local restaurant to celebrate your grandma's 70th birthday, but the evening was a disappointment. Write a letter to the owner of the restaurant about your disappointment.