Unit Award Scheme

demonstrated the ability to

1. generate a plan of their own ideas in response to a given picture

2. generate a plan of their own ideas in response to a given scenario

3. match given linguistic techniques to at least two examples

4. write their own examples for each of the given techniques

5. explain the effect of each of the techniques

6. make a list of discourse markers which signal the sequencing of a text

7. identify, from at least three examples, cyclical structure, chronological structure, and a flashback structure

8. match given punctuation marks to their effect in writing

9. write a plan to a given question, identifying the plot, character, conflict, theme and setting

10. write a plan to a given question, identifying at least two linguistic techniques that will be used

11. write a response of at least five paragraphs to a given question, including a clear opening and closing, discourse markers, and at least five different linguistic techniques.