YEAR

9 ENGLISH
TOPIC: Heroes Who are they?
Inquiry How are heroes represented in literature?

How can literature extend our understanding of a hero?

How can we use literature to express our ideas about heroes and inform?

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TASK 1 DUE: Friday Week 4

Your task:
Using the superhero you have designed, write a creative narrative.

Your narrative should:
follow the three-act-structure of narratives: the setup, the confrontation and the resolution
have a creative title
be 500-800 words

Your planning should include:
the spine and three-act breakdown of an existing story
the spine of your narrative
dot-pointed notes of your narrative, broken down into the three-act structure
any changes you have made to your hero character from the previous task

You will be provided with class time to develop your assignment, however you will have to use some homework time to
ensure you meet the deadline. The task is due by 4pm on the due date. Ensure you make this deadline (even if absent) to
achieve your Classcraft XP and avoid a zero score.

To submit:
attach your planning and marked draft to this sheet
submit your narrative to Showbie as a PDF

YEAR 9 ACHIEVEMENT STANDARD
A FEATURES
GRADE
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
* Narrative is engaging and well-written.
Understand how to use a variety of
* Writing is separated into logical paragraphs.
language features to create different

* Three-act structure is evident.
levels of meaning
* Action rises throughout the story.
In creating texts, students demonstrate
how manipulating language features,
* Narrative is creative.

images and sound can create innovative
* All planning components are included and are detailed.
texts.
* The narrative has been carefully edited for spelling, capital
Edit for effect, selecting vocabulary and
letters and punctuation.
grammar that contribute to the precision
* Changes have been made from the draft to improve the story.

and persuasiveness of texts. Using
* Language is descriptive, engaging and clear.
accurate spelling and punctuation.
* Dialogue is used at least once.
* Point of view and tense are consistent throughout.
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