Extending range: imaginative writing with structure, persuasive forms beyond the essay, and voice that can be adjusted.
These are the statements the English Year 8 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.
Imaginative writing with a twist - Writing and Representing, Year 8.
Writing dialogue that reveals character - Writing and Representing, Year 8.
Feature article structure - Writing and Representing, Year 8.
Review writing - Writing and Representing, Year 8.
Poetry writing and form - Writing and Representing, Year 8.
Voice and register - Writing and Representing, Year 8.
Cohesion across paragraphs - Writing and Representing, Year 8.
Persuasive essay structure - Writing and Representing, Year 8.
Using a stimulus as a starting point - Writing and Representing, Year 8.
Reflecting on your own writing choices - Writing and Representing, Year 8.
Year 8 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 8 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 8. 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 8 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.