ASSESSMENT FEEDBACKHunger Games Creative Writing Assessment

Starter◦Write down three things that you think you need to improve in your spelling, punctuation and grammar

E.g. punctuating speech

1. Punctuating Speech

2. Comma splicing

3. Commas

4. Types of sentences

5. Spelling rules

6. Colons and semi-colons

1. PUNCTUATING SPEECHKieraJack D-BFarahLagshanConnor

2. COMMA SPLICINGEmmanuellaJack SAamnaRhysLucy

3. COMMASToyosiCaseyFunmiLiamAlfie

4. TYPES OF SENTENCES

IzzyJoeJJBairaveeKemi

5. SPELLING RULESSadieAaronMahdiJack HHarry

6. COLONS AND SEMI-COLONSAdiDilanOmoSarah

1. Punctuating Direct SpeechPunctuate these sentences:

What’s the matter said John

John shouts I hate the Capitol so much that I want there to be an uprising

Katniss cried I volunteer I volunteer as tribute

What rules are there when punctuating speech?1. If direct speech comes after the information about who is speaking, you should use a comma to introduce the piece of speech, placed before the first speech mark. 2.3.4.

KieraJack D-BFarahLagshanConnor

2. Comma splicing◦What is comma splicing?

◦How can you describe an independent clause in simple terms?

◦Give an example of one correct sentence and one incorrect sentence

◦How can you fix a comma splice?◦ You can add a connective (and, because, so)◦ …...............................................................................◦ ...................................................................................

EmmanuellaJack SAamnaRhysLucy

3. CommasA comma is a punctuation mark which helps you pause during reading.

Commas are used to:◦ Separate items from a list◦…............................................................◦ ................................................................◦ ................................................................◦ ................................................................

Give examples for each point

ToyosiCaseyFunmiLiamAlfie

4. Types of sentences◦ What three types of sentences are there?SimpleC….................................................C….................................................

Give an explanation for each one in simple termsSimpleCC

IzzyJoeJJBairaveeKemi

5. Spelling rules◦What common spelling rules can you remember from primary school?

◦Give some examples of words using these spelling rules

SadieAaronMahdiJack HHarry

6. Colons and Semi-Colons◦ When do you use colons?To introduce an idea....................................................................◦ When do you use semi-colons?To make a list clear, the items can be separated by semi-colons. ….................................................................

Colon or semi-colon? Punctuate the sentence with either a colon or semi-colon1. The roads aren’t safe it’s been snowing for three days.2. My motto in life is simple spend part of every sunny day outdoors.3. Some people write on a computer other people write with a pen.

AdiDilanOmoSarah

Improvements Paragraph◦After looking at your assessment, choose one paragraph that has the most SPaG errors and write an improvements paragraph.

◦Use your notes and my feedback to help you!

10 minutes

Peer assessmentWrite a WWW and EBI for your partner

Have they:◦Comma spliced?◦Used semi-colons and colons correctly?◦Spelt correctly?◦Used commas correctly?◦Punctuated speech correctly – used quotation marks and have the

punctuation mark inside the 2nd quotation mark?

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