What to do
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
You are going to produce ONE piece of writing in English, either non-fiction or fiction, inspired by the idea of ‘contrast’. You may explore contrasts through descriptions of settings or characters, or different points of view on a topic or incident.
Your writing should:
- develop insights, opinions, observations, or a narrative using the idea of contrast
- use a range of stylistic conventions that will have an impact on the reader
- be approximately 350-750 words.
Step 1
Revisit your Statement of Intent and the plan you have made for your writing. Use this plan to structure and draft your writing.
- Identify the stylistic conventions that best suit your type of text and incorporate these to develop insights, opinions, observations, or a narrative using the idea of contrast. Stylistic conventions include stylistic features, language features, and structural features.
- Consider your use of stylistic features (such as vocabulary selection and syntax). Choose language that will help engage the reader with your insights, opinions, observations, or narrative, and that are appropriate to the contrast your piece of writing explores.
- Identify the language features that you could use to develop your insights, opinions, observations, or narrative and incorporate these into your writing. Examples of language features could include:
- figurative language (such as metaphor, simile, personification)
- sound devices (such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance)
- other language features (such as euphemism, hyperbole, irony).
- Consider how you will use structural features to shape and organise your writing into a coherent whole. Examples of structural features include:
- constructing paragraphs and sequencing your ideas to create impact
- using transitions to move from one idea to the next
- narrative point of view.
Step 2
Edit and craft your writing. You should:
- review your work to see if your narrative, insights, opinions, or observations using the idea of contrasts are clearly communicated
- consider different language choices to strengthen your meaning, or to increase the impact on your audience
- look for places where you can make your writing more concise
- check your punctuation, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure.
Step 3
Complete and submit your writing.
You are going to produce ONE piece of writing in English, either non-fiction or fiction, inspired by the idea of ‘contrast’. You may explore contrasts through descriptions of settings or characters, or different points of view on a topic or incident.
Your writing should:
- develop insights, opinions, observations, or a narrative using the idea of contrast
- use a range of stylistic conventions that will have an impact on the reader
- be approximately 350-750 words.
Step 1
Revisit your Statement of Intent and the plan you have made for your writing. Use this plan to structure and draft your writing.
- Identify the stylistic conventions that best suit your type of text and incorporate these to develop insights, opinions, observations, or a narrative using the idea of contrast. Stylistic conventions include stylistic features, language features, and structural features.
- Consider your use of stylistic features (such as vocabulary selection and syntax). Choose language that will help engage the reader with your insights, opinions, observations, or narrative, and that are appropriate to the contrast your piece of writing explores.
- Identify the language features that you could use to develop your insights, opinions, observations, or narrative and incorporate these into your writing. Examples of language features could include:
- figurative language (such as metaphor, simile, personification)
- sound devices (such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance)
- other language features (such as euphemism, hyperbole, irony).
- Consider how you will use structural features to shape and organise your writing into a coherent whole. Examples of structural features include:
- constructing paragraphs and sequencing your ideas to create impact
- using transitions to move from one idea to the next
- narrative point of view.
Step 2
Edit and craft your writing. You should:
- review your work to see if your narrative, insights, opinions, or observations using the idea of contrasts are clearly communicated
- consider different language choices to strengthen your meaning, or to increase the impact on your audience
- look for places where you can make your writing more concise
- check your punctuation, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure.
Step 3
Complete and submit your writing.
How to present your learning
You will present your submission as a piece of writing. This may be handwritten or digital. It should be approximately 350-750 words for prose.
If you are writing poetry or other written pieces that are significantly shorter, you may need to submit two or more pieces to provide sufficient evidence for the Achievement Standard. Discuss this with your kaiako.
You are encouraged to focus on the quality of your writing rather than the length of the writing.
You should proofread, edit, and refine your writing before you submit it. You may also submit a Statement of Intent.
You are allowed to use spellcheckers and non-generative grammar checkers. You must not use any form of generative AI or other tools that can automatically generate content at any stage of the writing process.
You will present your submission as a piece of writing. This may be handwritten or digital. It should be approximately 350-750 words for prose.
If you are writing poetry or other written pieces that are significantly shorter, you may need to submit two or more pieces to provide sufficient evidence for the Achievement Standard. Discuss this with your kaiako.
You are encouraged to focus on the quality of your writing rather than the length of the writing.
You should proofread, edit, and refine your writing before you submit it. You may also submit a Statement of Intent.
You are allowed to use spellcheckers and non-generative grammar checkers. You must not use any form of generative AI or other tools that can automatically generate content at any stage of the writing process.
Timeframe
You will have 6-8 hours of class time to complete this Assessment Activity. Your kaiako will provide details of the assessment duration and checkpoints, and the final submission date.
You will have 6-8 hours of class time to complete this Assessment Activity. Your kaiako will provide details of the assessment duration and checkpoints, and the final submission date.
Getting started
- Your kaiako will help you to understand how writers use language conventions and techniques, point of view, structure, contexts, to shape their writing and position their audience for specific purposes. You will also have had opportunities to complete a variety of writing activities and receive feedback on your work.
- Decide on the sort of ‘contrast’ your writing is going to explore or express. Decide on your text type.
- Familiarise yourself with the language features, structure, and vocabulary you should use for this type of text.
- Sum up your planning in a brief Statement of Intent (up to 150 words). This will include:
- the contrast you have selected and the type of text you intend to produce
- the purpose of the writing - what do you want to communicate and who is the intended audience?
- the sort of style, mood, or effect you want your writing to have.
You may submit this Statement with your writing, but it is not assessed.
- Your kaiako will help you to understand how writers use language conventions and techniques, point of view, structure, contexts, to shape their writing and position their audience for specific purposes. You will also have had opportunities to complete a variety of writing activities and receive feedback on your work.
- Decide on the sort of ‘contrast’ your writing is going to explore or express. Decide on your text type.
- Familiarise yourself with the language features, structure, and vocabulary you should use for this type of text.
- Sum up your planning in a brief Statement of Intent (up to 150 words). This will include:
- the contrast you have selected and the type of text you intend to produce
- the purpose of the writing - what do you want to communicate and who is the intended audience?
- the sort of style, mood, or effect you want your writing to have.
You may submit this Statement with your writing, but it is not assessed.
What to do
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
You are going to produce ONE piece of writing in English, either non-fiction or fiction, inspired by the idea of ‘contrast’. You may explore contrasts through descriptions of settings or characters, or different points of view on a topic or incident.
Your writing should:
- develop insights, opinions, observations, or a narrative using the idea of contrast
- use a range of stylistic conventions that will have an impact on the reader
- be approximately 350-750 words.
Step 1
Revisit your Statement of Intent and the plan you have made for your writing. Use this plan to structure and draft your writing.
- Identify the stylistic conventions that best suit your type of text and incorporate these to develop insights, opinions, observations, or a narrative using the idea of contrast. Stylistic conventions include stylistic features, language features, and structural features.
- Consider your use of stylistic features (such as vocabulary selection and syntax). Choose language that will help engage the reader with your insights, opinions, observations, or narrative, and that are appropriate to the contrast your piece of writing explores.
- Identify the language features that you could use to develop your insights, opinions, observations, or narrative and incorporate these into your writing. Examples of language features could include:
- figurative language (such as metaphor, simile, personification)
- sound devices (such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance)
- other language features (such as euphemism, hyperbole, irony).
- Consider how you will use structural features to shape and organise your writing into a coherent whole. Examples of structural features include:
- constructing paragraphs and sequencing your ideas to create impact
- using transitions to move from one idea to the next
- narrative point of view.
Step 2
Edit and craft your writing. You should:
- review your work to see if your narrative, insights, opinions, or observations using the idea of contrasts are clearly communicated
- consider different language choices to strengthen your meaning, or to increase the impact on your audience
- look for places where you can make your writing more concise
- check your punctuation, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure.
Step 3
Complete and submit your writing.
You are going to produce ONE piece of writing in English, either non-fiction or fiction, inspired by the idea of ‘contrast’. You may explore contrasts through descriptions of settings or characters, or different points of view on a topic or incident.
Your writing should:
- develop insights, opinions, observations, or a narrative using the idea of contrast
- use a range of stylistic conventions that will have an impact on the reader
- be approximately 350-750 words.
Step 1
Revisit your Statement of Intent and the plan you have made for your writing. Use this plan to structure and draft your writing.
- Identify the stylistic conventions that best suit your type of text and incorporate these to develop insights, opinions, observations, or a narrative using the idea of contrast. Stylistic conventions include stylistic features, language features, and structural features.
- Consider your use of stylistic features (such as vocabulary selection and syntax). Choose language that will help engage the reader with your insights, opinions, observations, or narrative, and that are appropriate to the contrast your piece of writing explores.
- Identify the language features that you could use to develop your insights, opinions, observations, or narrative and incorporate these into your writing. Examples of language features could include:
- figurative language (such as metaphor, simile, personification)
- sound devices (such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance)
- other language features (such as euphemism, hyperbole, irony).
- Consider how you will use structural features to shape and organise your writing into a coherent whole. Examples of structural features include:
- constructing paragraphs and sequencing your ideas to create impact
- using transitions to move from one idea to the next
- narrative point of view.
Step 2
Edit and craft your writing. You should:
- review your work to see if your narrative, insights, opinions, or observations using the idea of contrasts are clearly communicated
- consider different language choices to strengthen your meaning, or to increase the impact on your audience
- look for places where you can make your writing more concise
- check your punctuation, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure.
Step 3
Complete and submit your writing.
How to present your learning
You will present your submission as a piece of writing. This may be handwritten or digital. It should be approximately 350-750 words for prose.
If you are writing poetry or other written pieces that are significantly shorter, you may need to submit two or more pieces to provide sufficient evidence for the Achievement Standard. Discuss this with your kaiako.
You are encouraged to focus on the quality of your writing rather than the length of the writing.
You should proofread, edit, and refine your writing before you submit it. You may also submit a Statement of Intent.
You are allowed to use spellcheckers and non-generative grammar checkers. You must not use any form of generative AI or other tools that can automatically generate content at any stage of the writing process.
You will present your submission as a piece of writing. This may be handwritten or digital. It should be approximately 350-750 words for prose.
If you are writing poetry or other written pieces that are significantly shorter, you may need to submit two or more pieces to provide sufficient evidence for the Achievement Standard. Discuss this with your kaiako.
You are encouraged to focus on the quality of your writing rather than the length of the writing.
You should proofread, edit, and refine your writing before you submit it. You may also submit a Statement of Intent.
You are allowed to use spellcheckers and non-generative grammar checkers. You must not use any form of generative AI or other tools that can automatically generate content at any stage of the writing process.
Timeframe
You will have 6-8 hours of class time to complete this Assessment Activity. Your kaiako will provide details of the assessment duration and checkpoints, and the final submission date.
You will have 6-8 hours of class time to complete this Assessment Activity. Your kaiako will provide details of the assessment duration and checkpoints, and the final submission date.
Getting started
- Your kaiako will help you to understand how writers use language conventions and techniques, point of view, structure, contexts, to shape their writing and position their audience for specific purposes. You will also have had opportunities to complete a variety of writing activities and receive feedback on your work.
- Decide on the sort of ‘contrast’ your writing is going to explore or express. Decide on your text type.
- Familiarise yourself with the language features, structure, and vocabulary you should use for this type of text.
- Sum up your planning in a brief Statement of Intent (up to 150 words). This will include:
- the contrast you have selected and the type of text you intend to produce
- the purpose of the writing - what do you want to communicate and who is the intended audience?
- the sort of style, mood, or effect you want your writing to have.
You may submit this Statement with your writing, but it is not assessed.
- Your kaiako will help you to understand how writers use language conventions and techniques, point of view, structure, contexts, to shape their writing and position their audience for specific purposes. You will also have had opportunities to complete a variety of writing activities and receive feedback on your work.
- Decide on the sort of ‘contrast’ your writing is going to explore or express. Decide on your text type.
- Familiarise yourself with the language features, structure, and vocabulary you should use for this type of text.
- Sum up your planning in a brief Statement of Intent (up to 150 words). This will include:
- the contrast you have selected and the type of text you intend to produce
- the purpose of the writing - what do you want to communicate and who is the intended audience?
- the sort of style, mood, or effect you want your writing to have.
You may submit this Statement with your writing, but it is not assessed.