This document outlines the requirements for a descriptive narrative or short story assignment, including choosing a form, identifying the intended audience and their interest, and establishing the purpose and how it connects to the overall context and prompt. Students must highlight or write in their chosen form, explain who their audience is and why they would be engaged, and discuss what understanding or message they want the audience to come away with regarding topics like society, relationships, or conflict.

1. Statement of explanation Folio Task One Semester One

2. The form I have decided to use is ( highlight your choice ): Most of you will be doing a descriptive narrative or a short story All you have to do it highlight the form you have chosen of write it in under ‘other’

3. Audience Who is your audience and why might they engage with this piece of writing? Where might this piece be read or seen and who might it be directed at? Why might that group be interested in the piece?

4. Purpose What is it you intend your audience to understand as a result of reading your piece? Are you making a comment about society? Is there a social message? Inequality between the sexes? Violence in society? School? Bullying? A comment about relationships?

5. Connection to Context, Prompt and Text How does your piece show an understanding of the context of Encountering Conflict? How does it explore the prompt? Does your piece illustrate how the responses of your characters show an understanding of how we all encounter conflict differently? Does your piece explore internal or external conflict?