Assessment Worksheet
TN-ENGL-ACT-22837 · v1.4
Author's Purpose
ACT · English · Comprehension · National Curriculum (UK)
Grade
ACT
Subject
English
Topic
Comprehension
Subtopic
Author's Purpose
Curriculum
National Curriculum (UK)
Difficulty
Mixed
Time
40 minutes
Total marks
54
Student name
Teacher name
Date
Learning objectives
- Recognise author's purpose accurately in english contexts.
- Explain the underlying rule of author's purpose in the student's own words.
- Apply author's purpose to multi-step and unfamiliar problems.
- Justify a chosen method and identify errors in another student's work.
Skills assessed
- Fluency and recall
- Method and setting out
- Reasoning and justification
- Problem solving in context
- Self-assessment
Instructions
- Write your name, your teacher's name and the date in the header.
- Answer every question in the space provided. Continue on the back if needed.
- Show all working — method marks are awarded even when the final answer is wrong.
- Work under exam conditions. You have 40 minutes.
- Complete the reflection box at the end before you hand the sheet in.
Warm-up
Bloom: Remember · 4 marks
Answer quickly. These check you are ready for the topic.
1.Write down one fact you already know about author's purpose.
[1]2.Write down one fact you already know about author's purpose.
[1]3.Circle one fact you already know about author's purpose.
[1]4.State one fact you already know about author's purpose.
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Recall
Bloom: Remember · 4 marks
Complete from memory. No calculator, no notes.
1.Label the key term used in author's purpose described here: item 1.
[1]2.Define the key term used in author's purpose described here: item 2.
[1]3.List the key term used in author's purpose described here: item 3.
[1]4.Label the key term used in author's purpose described here: item 4.
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