Writing Sample

WALT:  Entertain

Description: We read the poem “My Remarkable Journey” which inspired us to write our own remarkable journeys about why our homework wasn’t at school today. 

Criteria:

We decided that a quality piece of writing has the following things. Reflect on whether these things are in your story:

Introduction: It hooks the reader in the first few lines making them want to read more 

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Punctuation: Is your writing ready for a reader? Does your punctuation make it easy for them to read?

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Short sentences: Do you create suspense by using these in your writing?

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Onomatopoeia: Are these in your writing to create impact?

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Alliteration: Are these in your writing to create impact?

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Similes/Metaphors: Are these in your writing to create impact?

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Evaluation:

1. What do you think is the best part of your story?

The part where I said I came back from Australia

2. What was the hardest part about completing this portfolio sample?

Copying the story from the book onto my device

3.  Next time, what is a goal you can work towards?

I did my sample quite slowly, so next time I want to be quicker.

Feedback/Feedforward: You did well on the description.

Next time work on the size of the writing of the story. #Josh