ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT

Creating an effective structure (non-fiction)

Assessment Criteria and What A Good One Looks Like

Below you will find the Skill Check assessment criteria for this skill, and underneath you will find an example of what a good one looks like, with a brief explanation of how it fits the criteria.

Assessment Criteria for Creating an effective structure (non-fiction)

minus
any of these things

No plan provided

Does not go from start to the end, or is incredibly short

Does not address the question

Does not use the codes for the paragraph types

equals (just) to plus (secure)
all of these things

An actual plan that goes from the start to the end of the article

Uses the codes for the paragraph types, including the opening and closing

Has enough detail to make sense - doesn’t have to be massively detailed, though it may feel like they’ve quite thought out each paragraph completed

star
all of these things

All the = criteria

At least 3 paragraphs planned in the body

Clear link back to opening in the closing to create a circular structure

Clear argument is evident through the piece – it should feel as if the main thinking has been done

What a good one looks like

Example task

Imagine you had to answer the following question:

“Smartphones cause far more harm than good for teens. They should be banned.”

Write an article for a broadsheet newspaper in response to this statement.

Plan a response to this question, creating an effective structure that you could follow in an exam. Remember to plan not just what you would write but how you would write it (e.g. codes for paragraph types).

Example response

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Notes on this response

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