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NAME: ______________________________________
CLASS: ______________________________________
SCENARIO
Mr Tredoux and the Board of Governors have earmarked 2019 as the year in which the High
School will be revamped. As a senior pupil of CBC, you would like to give your input for the
planned refurbishments.
FORMAT FOR HANDING IN: Each piece should be typed and printed on A4 plain white paper.
You should design an appropriate and business-like cover page on which the following information
should appear:
All pages should be stapled with ONE staple in the top left-hand corner.
If you do not have a printer at home, you may make use of the printers in the High School
Computer Centre.
If you would like me to print them for you, you need to e-mail them to me at least 48 hours (i.e. two
full SCHOOL days; not Saturdays or Sundays) before the deadline. Each document should be
attached in pdf format, correctly labelled as follows:
Correct e-mail etiquette needs to be followed (refer to your notes from the lesson on e-mail
etiquette – available on Edmodo). If not, your e-mail will be returned with the instruction to follow
the correct protocol.
You strongly believe that ONE of the following areas needs to be refurbished as a matter of urgency:
a. tuck shop
b. G.E.T. bathrooms
c. F.E.T. bathrooms
d. Science laboratories/classrooms
e. Drama classrooms
f. Back Field
g. cricket nets
h. the entrance to the High School
i. library
j. a particular classroom (you must stipulate which one)
k. the High School quadrangle
l. the old bicycle shed area
m. provision & location of lockers
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In order to convince Mr Tredoux and the Board that your suggestion is the one that will be
attended to and invested in, you need to do thorough research and hand in a convincing
portfolio of documentation to support your proposal.
Your portfolio of documents must include each of the following (see specific instructions on p. 5):
1. formal letter
2. e-mail
3. agenda & minutes
4. interview
5. formal report
6. blog entry
7. proposal
Notes:
i. You may write the pieces in any order, but there should be a natural 'flow' from piece to
piece i.e. there must be a logical progression from one item of transactional writing to the
next one.
ii. The transactional pieces must be realistic with consistent information. Check names,
addresses, dates etc. for consistency.
iii. Include photographic / visual evidence where necessary.
iv. Remember 'FLAP':
Format – the layout of your piece (refer to the X-Kit handbook and online for
preferred layouts)
Language – formal register and diction (although the blog could be more informal)
Audience – write with a specific reader in mind (e.g. Mr Tredoux and the Board)
Purpose – what are you hoping to achieve with each text?
v. Remember ‘SOAPSTONE’(see p. 4):
speaker
occasion
audience
purpose
subject
tone
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1. FORMAL LETTER
This letter must be addressed to one of the key people involved in the proposal.
e.g. You could write to the architect, explaining what needs to be done to the steps and
gates that form the entrance area to Back Field
2. E-MAIL
You may copy & paste a screenshot of an e-mail. Make sure that all relevant fields are
completed (such as ‘To’, ‘cc’, the subject line). Often, an e-mail is sent after a meeting, to
confirm details / matters discussed.
4. INTERVIEW
You need to interview a REAL person and record the interview in writing (e.g You
could interview Mr Adams about the cricket nets). It is imperative that you respect the time
of your selected interviewee. You must make an appointment at his/her convenience. You
must be PUNCTUAL for the appointment. Your questions must be prepared in advance. If,
for your convenience, you would like to make a recording of the interview on your mobile
phone, you must ask your interviewee for permission BEFORE you start recording. You
also need to give your interviewee a hand-written thank you letter no later than 48 hours
after the interview.
5. FORMAL REPORT
The report should be about ONE aspect of the planned refurbishment. e.g. If you suggested
that the HS quad should have the paving removed and grass planted, the report would give
reasons why this should / should not be done.
6. BLOG ENTRY
This is a personal response to any aspect of the proposed refurbishment. It is up to you to
decide whether your audience is for fellow High School pupils, for the staff of the school or
for the general public. You may have more than one entry if that suits your purposes.
7. PROPOSAL
This is your final REALISTIC proposal for the project. Initially, you might have thought that a
new block of Science laboratories / classrooms should be built on the corner of Back Field
near the tuck shop. Prohibitive expenses (which you discovered in your interview with an
architect) has meant that you now propose that the current Science block be completely
revamped. It will, therefore, be your final piece in the task – that pulls all your information
together.
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Example of an interview:
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Writing, on the whole, provides Competent and at times, impressive use of language.
consistent focus, understanding and Very good understanding of register. Language is
thought. Evidence of a focused fluent and original with evident awareness of audience
response but lacks consistency, which and purpose. Incorporates varied sentence patterns
could have resulted in the writing that reveal an awareness of different syntactic
being awarded a level 7. Evidence of structures. May employ liveliness, sincerity or humour
personal style and voice, although when appropriate; the writing at times may be too
depth and development compromised casual/ personal/ formal. Errors do not impede
in places/ development and depth in readability. Some editing is needed.
evidence but personal style lacking or
compromised. The supplied text is
used generally as stimulus- limited
cutting and pasting integrated with
own ideas.
An ordinary, predictable response that Use of appropriate language with some awareness of
broadly meets the requirements of the audience and purpose. Makes some attempt to
task. Makes an attempt to respond include different sentence patterns but with awkward
sincerely albeit unconvincing in or inconsistent success. Occasional errors that detract
places. Evidence of personal style in from the writing fluency in places. The purpose,
places, although some areas jar with audience and register have been understood. Writing
the question requirements. The is ordinary, but competent.
supplied text is used as stimulus
on occasion – cutting and pasting
integrated with own ideas.
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Ideas in the paragraphs may be Limited awareness of audience and purpose. Limited
inconsistently organised. Some range of syntactic structures. Uses words and that are
evidence of originality, despite limited colourless and flat. Language may be repetitious.
success in taking into account Errors may begin to impede readability. Editing
different audiences and purposes. required for clarity of ideas. Register is not consistent
Superficial response. Limited personal with question’s demands.
style. Development of ideas is
limited/partial and requires further
elaboration. Personal voice is not
always in evidence/limited personal
voice. Over-reliance on supplied
text, which hinders personal
response in places.
Ideas have in instances been Language is flawed and unsuitable for audience or
compromised by insufficient depth, purpose. Language patterns flawed, images
development and organisation. The stereotyped. Errors impede readability; extensive
purpose of the task has been tackled editing required. Vague, confused sentences.
marginally. Vague in places. An Register inappropriate for the task.
inconsistent or incomplete attempt.
Limited evidence of personal voice,
albeit unconvincing. The writing is
compromised and lacks focus and
direction. Over-reliance on supplied
text, which hinders personal
response.
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