40 marks -- 45 minutes --To craft a piece of fictitious writing with extensive, ambitious
vocabulary and quality-crafted devices
Assessment objectives:
1. AO5: Content and Organisation
Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and
register for different forms, purposes and audiences.
Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support
coherence and cohesion of texts.
Content Organisation
• Communication is convincing and • Varied and inventive use of structural
compelling (Story does not need to be features
incredibly imaginative or unique, just needs • Writing is compelling, incorporating a
to be interesting to read) range of convincing and complex ideas
• Tone, style and register are assuredly • Fluently linked paragraphs with
matched to purpose and audience seamlessly integrated discourse markers
• Extensive and ambitious vocabulary (Big (therefore, additionally, etc.)
words) with sustained crafting of linguistic
devices (language devices) (good quality
devices - not your usual ‘trees danced in
the wind’)
2. AO6: Technical Accuracy
Students must use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and
effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
Vocabulary Grammar
• Uses a full range of appropriate sentence • Sentence demarcation is consistently
forms for effect secure and consistently accurate (Using full
• Uses Standard English consistently and stops, exclamation marks, question marks)
appropriately with secure control of • Wide range of high level punctuation is
complex grammatical structures used with a high level of accuracy (; : - )
• Extensive and ambitious use of • High level of accuracy in spelling,
vocabulary including ambitious vocabulary
, Must include these assessment objectives in EVERY paragraph.
Key specification point 1: ‘ambitious vocabulary’
Don’t use Instead use
Happy Euphoric, jubilant
Sad Morose, Somber
Angry Indignant, Exasperated
Calm Serene, Harmonious
Big Colossal, Gargantuan
Small Miniature, Miniscule
Confused Befuddled, Perplexed
Lazy Lackadaisical, Lethargic
Important Paramount, Imperative, Integral
Bad Abominable, Atrocious
Evil Heinous, Malevolent
Slow Leisurely, Sluggish
Fast Agile, Nimble
Tired Fatigued, Drained
Powerful Authoritative, Compelling
Weak Fragile, Feeble
Good Exceptional, Commendable
Tasty Appetising, Luscious
Disgusting Loathsome, Gruesome
Scared Petrified, Startled
Beautiful Dazzling, Fascinating, Exquisite, Ornate, Ethereal
Ugly Hideous, Unsightly
Brave Gallant, Valiant
vocabulary and quality-crafted devices
Assessment objectives:
1. AO5: Content and Organisation
Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and
register for different forms, purposes and audiences.
Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support
coherence and cohesion of texts.
Content Organisation
• Communication is convincing and • Varied and inventive use of structural
compelling (Story does not need to be features
incredibly imaginative or unique, just needs • Writing is compelling, incorporating a
to be interesting to read) range of convincing and complex ideas
• Tone, style and register are assuredly • Fluently linked paragraphs with
matched to purpose and audience seamlessly integrated discourse markers
• Extensive and ambitious vocabulary (Big (therefore, additionally, etc.)
words) with sustained crafting of linguistic
devices (language devices) (good quality
devices - not your usual ‘trees danced in
the wind’)
2. AO6: Technical Accuracy
Students must use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and
effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
Vocabulary Grammar
• Uses a full range of appropriate sentence • Sentence demarcation is consistently
forms for effect secure and consistently accurate (Using full
• Uses Standard English consistently and stops, exclamation marks, question marks)
appropriately with secure control of • Wide range of high level punctuation is
complex grammatical structures used with a high level of accuracy (; : - )
• Extensive and ambitious use of • High level of accuracy in spelling,
vocabulary including ambitious vocabulary
, Must include these assessment objectives in EVERY paragraph.
Key specification point 1: ‘ambitious vocabulary’
Don’t use Instead use
Happy Euphoric, jubilant
Sad Morose, Somber
Angry Indignant, Exasperated
Calm Serene, Harmonious
Big Colossal, Gargantuan
Small Miniature, Miniscule
Confused Befuddled, Perplexed
Lazy Lackadaisical, Lethargic
Important Paramount, Imperative, Integral
Bad Abominable, Atrocious
Evil Heinous, Malevolent
Slow Leisurely, Sluggish
Fast Agile, Nimble
Tired Fatigued, Drained
Powerful Authoritative, Compelling
Weak Fragile, Feeble
Good Exceptional, Commendable
Tasty Appetising, Luscious
Disgusting Loathsome, Gruesome
Scared Petrified, Startled
Beautiful Dazzling, Fascinating, Exquisite, Ornate, Ethereal
Ugly Hideous, Unsightly
Brave Gallant, Valiant
