Composing with a purpose: narrative craft, persuasion, paragraph structure and the editing habits that make writing readable.
These are the statements the English Year 7 syllabus makes about Writing and Representing. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Narrative openings and voice - Writing and Representing, Year 7.
Descriptive writing: showing rather than telling - Writing and Representing, Year 7.
Persuasive techniques and appeals - Writing and Representing, Year 7.
Informative text structures - Writing and Representing, Year 7.
Paragraphing with a topic sentence - Writing and Representing, Year 7.
Sentence variety and length - Writing and Representing, Year 7.
Punctuation for effect - Writing and Representing, Year 7.
Vocabulary choice and connotation - Writing and Representing, Year 7.
Editing and proofreading - Writing and Representing, Year 7.
Writing for a specified audience - Writing and Representing, Year 7.
Year 7 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Writing and Representing are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones English Year 7 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Writing and Representing is module 2 of 3 in English Year 7. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses English Year 7 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.