Project Marksheet: Write A Fractured Fairy Tale

Project Brief:

Write an entertaining fractured fairy tale for a young adult fiction audience.

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To be successful in this piece of writing you must: Yet to meet expectations In line with expectations Above expectations Exceptional

Experiment creatively with the fairy-tale genre Maintain a clear and convincing narrative perspective Choose interesting words and sentence types to make your writing entertaining Describe an engaging setting and craft interesting characters Use dialogue creatively and make sure it’s punctuated correctly

Overall mark

Yet to meet expectations In line with expectations

Above expectations Exceptional Next steps Examine how you did in each of the success criteria above, then decide what you need to focus on. Next time I need to: 1 2 ©The Educational Company of Ireland 3

Project Brief: The Poet’s Toolbox

PROJECT BRIEF

Create a visually appealing informative booklet for aspiring teenage poets that outlines and explains a variety of poetic techniques, exploring the etymology (the history of a word or where the word comes from), morphology (the way a word is put together or structured) and definitions of simile, metaphor, personification, rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia. Learning outcomes R4 Developing critical vocabulary. R8 Reading texts to understand simple figurative language. R10 Know how to use language resources to develop vocabulary. W1 Plan, draft and redraft. W3 Writing for purpose: to inform. W4 Writing in specific text types: informative leaflet. W5 Engage with models to enrich written work. How long will this project take? This project takes about three forty-minute classes to complete or could be used as a homework project. What is needed to complete this project? Textbook and activity book Student access to a device and the internet Several pieces of blank A3 or A4 paper Where should my students complete this project? This project works really well as a homework project to consolidate classroom learning, but can also be completed in class. Can this project be completed in pairs, groups or individually? This project works best as an individual piece. How can I assess this project? You could use either the whole-class feedback template or the project feedback marksheet to assess this project.©The Educational Company of Ireland

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