Week 3 Winter April Writing Topic Guide

Week 04 Autumn 2015 April Writing Topic GuideEvaluation List Pointers, using Book 2 (Keywords in bolded capital letters):

SPROUT 1 STORYWRITING

> WRITING TOPIC:

TOM visits your TOWN this WEEKEND. Imagine your own tour attractions and great places in your town and write a story about where you take Tom and what you do with him.> ACCEPT IF STUDENTS: 1. mentioned a specific name of town/place in Korea instead of town2. mentioned any action/s done together with Tom

3. mentioned any generic place in students town like library, playground, even their house/apartment> GRADE AS SATISFACTORY IF STUDENTS:1. used a character other than Tom2. just answered one of the underlined follow-up instruction [students should mention both place and activity/ies]> NOTES:

1. Do not tag as PW_COPYING if there is at least ONE idea that is not copied from the writing topic; grade normally. However, if students copied AS IS any of the two sentences of the topic especially, mark down creativity.

2. The keywords above are essential for relevancy to be tagged good just as long as students write a story RELEVANT to the above prompt as well.

SPROUT 2STORY WRITING

> WRITING TOPIC:

MARK is very stressed because of his low test scores. He wants to get rid of his stress by spending a day at an amusement park. Write your own story of his day at an AMUSEMENT PARK.> ACCEPT IF STUDENTS: 1. mentioned any kind of activities or actions done in the amusement park2. mentioned several places as long as majority of the activities/actions were done in the amusement park> GRADE AS SATISFACTORY IF STUDENTS: 1. mentioned a character other than Mark2. mentioned a place other than an amusement park> NOTES:

1. Do not tag as PW_COPYING if there is at least ONE idea that is not copied from the writing topic; grade normally. However, if students copied AS IS any of the two sentences of the topic especially, mark down creativity.

2. The keywords above are essential for relevancy to be tagged good just as long as students write a story RELEVANT to the above prompt as well.

SPROUT 3STORY WRITING

> WRITING TOPIC:

ANGELA is having a bad DREAM. In her dream, she can't do the things that she normally has no problem doing in her real life. She notices that the problem is her balance. Write your own story of the things that she would face in her dream because she loses her BALANCE.> ACCEPT IF STUDENTS: 1. mentioned any kind of situation/s that involved balancing> GRADE AS SATISFACTORY IF STUDENTS: 1. mentioned a character other than Angela2. described a bad dread that has nothing to do with balancing> NOTES:

1. Do not tag as PW_COPYING if there is at least ONE idea that is not copied from the writing topic; grade normally. However, if students copied AS IS any of the two sentences of the topic especially, mark down creativity.

2. The keywords above are essential for relevancy to be tagged good just as long as students write a story RELEVANT to the above prompt as well.

SAPLING 1ESSAY WRITING

> WRITING TOPIC:

Zumba is one of the fun workouts that is becoming more and more popular these days. It is exciting and not boring unlike other exercises such as running and cycling. Do you think HAVING FUN while WORKING OUT is IMPORTANT? Why?> ACCEPT IF STUDENTS: 1. used other term/s or phrase/s to imply having fun like enjoying oneself/enjoyable work out2. used other term/s to mean working out like to exercise or to train or used specific names of working out like doing Zumba, jogging, running

> GRADE AS SATISFACTORY IF STUDENTS: 1. discussed only about Zumba without connecting it to the prompt question > NOTES:

1. Mark down in Thesis Sentence for any of the elements not mentioned.

2. Do not tag as PW_COPYING/PLAGIARISM if there is at least ONE idea that is not copied from the writing topic; grade normally.

SAPLING 2ESSAY WRITING

> WRITING TOPIC:

Some people enjoy VISITING NATURAL ATTRACTIONS while others prefer GOING TO MAN-MADE SITES such as amusement parks and museums. Which do you think is BETTER? Why?> ACCEPT IF STUDENTS: 1. did not mention the other option [example: visiting natural attractions is better]2. mentioned specific natural attractions like mountains, beaches, jungles instead of the phrase natural attractions [It is better to go to the beaches]

3. mentioned specific man-made sites like amusement parks and museum instead of the phrase man-made sites [It is better to visit museums]> GRADE AS SATISFACTORY IF STUDENTS: 1.

> NOTES:

1. Mark down in Thesis Sentence for any of the elements not mentioned.

2. Do not tag as PW_COPYING/PLAGIARISM if there is at least ONE idea that is not copied from the writing topic; grade normally.