1. Creative Writing Controlled Assessment, March 2012: Mr Waugh’s Year 10 Class
Creative Writing
Produce a piece of writing inspired by a short sequence from a
film.
Your answer should be around 600 words in length and use as its
inspiration a scene from the film “Gattaca”.
The achievement objectives for this assessment state that it should:
Ø Write to communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, using and
adapting forms and selecting vocabulary appropriate to task and purpose
in ways that engage the reader.
Ø Organise information and ideas into structured and sequenced sentences,
paragraphs and whole texts, using a variety of linguistic and structural
features to support cohesion and overall coherence.
Ø Use a range of sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with
accurate punctuation and spelling.
Using a film as inspiration:
Ø You may wish to follow a minor character, respond to a situation, extend
a conversation, a explore place or even a building.
Ø Interpret the visual and aural scope of the film, taking particular notice of
textures, colours, sounds and symbolic references
Ø Focus your writing on a particular moment or event, beware of becoming
too narrative-heavy or of using figurative language for the sake of it.
You have two periods to complete this controlled assessment, run in two
sessions with an overnight break between these. The first session should be
used for planning and drafting your response, and the second for editing and
producing a final copy - remember, in this assessment spelling, punctuation
and grammar are assessed.
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