Writing with intent across forms: analytical essay, creative response to a text, speech and reflection.
These are the statements the English Year 9 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.
Analytical essay structure - Writing and Representing, Year 9.
Creative response to a studied text - Writing and Representing, Year 9.
Persuasive speech writing - Writing and Representing, Year 9.
Imaginative writing from a stimulus - Writing and Representing, Year 9.
Reflective writing - Writing and Representing, Year 9.
Stylistic imitation - Writing and Representing, Year 9.
Writing with a thesis - Writing and Representing, Year 9.
Selecting and embedding evidence - Writing and Representing, Year 9.
Ending a piece effectively - Writing and Representing, Year 9.
Editing for precision and economy - Writing and Representing, Year 9.
Year 9 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 9 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 9. 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 9 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.