R1: demonstrate understanding of explicit meanings

• Show that you understand the obvious meanings communicated in a text

R2: demonstrate understanding of implicit meanings and attitudes

• Show that you can identify hints or suggestions in a text to uncover the writer’s underlying meanings and attitudes.

R3: analyse, evaluate and develop facts, ideas and opinions, using appropriate support from the text

• Analyse and assess the facts, ideas, and opinions in the text, explaining and building on them where necessary. Include supporting evidence, such as quotations or references to the text.

R4: demonstrate understanding of how writers achieve effects and influence readers

• Show how a writer creates particular effects and influences their audience through the use of language. Consider the writer’s deliberate choices and their purpose.

R5: select and use information for specific purposes

• Identify and use relevant information from the text to answer questions accurately and effectively.

W1: articulate experience and express what is thought, felt and imagined

• Write clearly and effectively to convey thoughts, feelings, and experiences, whether real or imagined.

W2: organise and structure ideas and opinions for deliberate effect

• Arrange and connect ideas and opinions logically and purposefully to engage and influence your reader.

W3: use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures appropriate to context

• Choose a variety of suitable vocabulary and sentence structures to achieve specific effects within your writing.

W4: use register appropriate to context

a)     Adjust your tone and style of writing to suit the purpose, audience, and format of the task.

W5: make accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar

• Ensure your writing is accurate, avoiding mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and grammar.