1.5 Formal Writing

Overcoming ChallengesYear 11 Formal Writing 1.5

3 credits

Updated for use with 1:1 devices 2014Christine Wells

Your Mission…

This assessment activity requires you to write a formal opinion article of at least 350 words.

You will be given a list of issues to choose from.

Your audience will be other students, staff, and the wider community.

Your writing will be published on your blog.

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Project Based Learning

1. Open ended driving question or challenge

2. Creates a need to know essential content & skills

3. Covers significant content

4. Requires inquiry to learn and create something new

5. 21st Century skills: collaboration, critical thinking, communication and creativity

6. Allows student voice and choice

7. Revision and reflection

8. Create a product to share publicly

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Driving Question

How can we share our challenges in a formal and engaging way?

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Discover

1. To learn the conventions of formal writing

2. To research an issue and find evidence to support your ideas

3. To learn how to develop and structure your ideas

4. To discover how make your blog scannable

Learning Intentions

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Discover: The conventions of formal writing

1.Read through the following website:

https://sites.google.com/site/reeftonyear10/formal-writing/rrrrr

2.Use http://www.quizyourfriends.com to create a quiz to test each other on the conventions.

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Gathering Processing Applying

ThinkingRelating to othersUsing language, text and symbolsManaging selfParticipating & contributing

Discover: Issues & Challenges

http://sofs.hubpages.com/hub/Its-hard-on-teens

http://www.stageoflife.com/

http://www.helpguide.org/topics/teens.htm

1.Use the links above to find an issue or challenge that you can relate to.

2.Use SimpleMind+ to record ideas or create a brainstorm of possibilities for your article. Answer the following:

• Identify the challenge or issue

• Describe 3 ways that the challenge/issue is portrayed

• Record at least 3 quotes about the challenge/issue

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Gathering Processing

ThinkingUsing language, text and symbolsManaging self

Discover: Structuring Ideas

http://www.library.dmu.ac.uk/Support/Heat/index.php?page=485

1. In pairs, read the above link and use Educreations, Explain Everything or VideoScribe to create a presentation which explains the structure of an essay.

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Discover: Developing Ideas9

Discover: Make your blog scannable

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/20/scannable-content/

1.In pairs, read the above link to learn how to make your blog easier to read and more appealing to the reader.

2.List 5 ideas from the article that you will include when you create your blog.

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Gathering Processing


Create: Time to write!

Now that you have your information on what to write and how to write, it’s time to get started.

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Processing Applying


Create: Editing

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Remember to edit your work by:

•Strengthen your opening to command attention •Replace informal words or phrases with words more

appropriate for formal writing •Improve the flow of your sentences •Vary the way your sentences start •Improve the links between ideas •Add links, sub-headings, or keywords •Add more supporting evidence •Add explanations to link your evidence to your ideas.



Create: Proof read

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Proofing means that you should check your work carefully for errors. Here is a list of some common problems in writing:

•missing punctuation (for example, full stops, commas, apostrophes, speech marks)

•missing or misused capital letters •incomplete or incorrect sentences •incorrect paragraphing •misspelt words •mixed-up tenses •incorrect use of conventions of online writing.



Share

A developed piece of formal writing is published on a blog

The writing has been edited and uses conventions correctly

The writing uses the correct structure and a format appropriate for a blog

Success Criteria

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Reflect

1. Did I get my blog finished by the due date? If not, why not?

2. Did my blog explain the issue well and include appropriate evidence?

3. Have I completed work on this issue in other subjects? If yes, in what ways was this helpful?

4. Do I see any patterns in how I approached my work - such as following an outline, keeping to deadlines? Was this efficient?

5. Did I do an effective job of writing? Explain why?

6. How can I use what I have learnt to make a difference in my life?

17ThinkingUsing language, text and symbolsManaging self

Processing Applying

Bibliography Adapted from NZQA task

peterpappas.com

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/20/scannable-content/

http://www.library.dmu.ac.uk/Support/Heat/index.php?page=485

http://sofs.hubpages.com/hub/Its-hard-on-teens

http://www.stageoflife.com/

• https://sites.google.com/site/reeftonyear10/formal-writing/

• http://www.quizyourfriends.com

• pinterest.com

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