1. Creative coursework
Year 12

2. L.O: to understand how to craft a
successful piece of coursework
All will be able to recognise key features of a
successful coursework piece.
Most will be able to comment on why the
features make the coursework successful.
Some will be able to independently critically
analyse a piece of work, commenting on key
features and how they make the piece
successful.

3. Take notes
Year 12 Creative coursework: Recap!
16th January 2012:Creative Draft due in to
Element 1 teacher
Weeks beginning 30th January and 6th February:
Creative tutorial fortnight
Week beginning 20th February: Creative final
deadline

4. Take notes
What is the creative coursework?
Part B of the assignment requires candidates to produce a
piece of creative writing which demonstrates their
understanding and appreciation of one or both of their
chosen paired texts. (Poe and Chandler)
The creative piece must have clear links to the set text(s)
and must harmonize with the set theme( violent
tendencies).
Candidates are required to submit a sheet of handwritten
notes as evidence of their initial planning along with
their submission.
Word count for creative piece: between 500 and 850
words

5. Take notes
What else do I need to know?
• Your creative piece MUST fall under the theme
of ‘violent tendencies’.
• The piece must be in a written form. E.g. A
letter between two characters, an additional
chapter. It cannot be a spoken form E.g. A
conversation between two characters.
• If you go over the word limit you will be pulled
down the rank order and lose marks.

6. Take notes
What am I being assessed on?
AO1 – Use of written English.
AO2- Use of appropriate genre conventions,
language, style and form.
AO4- Evidence of originality; viewpoint,
harmonising with or challenging set theme.

7. The Masque of the Red Death
We are going to read this story as a class.
What is it about?
Do you think this is an effective story? Why?

8. Example: Additional material for ‘The
Masque of the Red Death’
Let’s have another look at the AO’s:
AO1 – Use of written English.
AO2- Use of appropriate genre conventions,
language, style and form.
AO4- Evidence of originality; viewpoint,
harmonising with or challenging set theme.
On your post it note- write down some evidence to
show an AO that is met in the c/w.
Is this is successful piece of coursework?

9. What is
Select an example
successful
about this Another example: of where it hits an
AO.
example?
We sipped on the blood red wine from our seemingly
eternally full glasses, talking and conversing about the ways
of the world, politics and wine: in the latter topic he would
always best me. Considering I remember the event in such
great detail, it is surprising that I do not know what we
were arguing about or how it began. At first it was a
pleasant disagreement between intellectuals, but our once
amicable and companionable argument suddenly turned
sour and vicious, in the same way that storms out at sea
can quickly become hellish maelstroms. Fortunato, for all
his wisdom and brevity, could not accept that I thought that
he was wrong about something or other ,and so he struck
me, with the speed of a viper. This was not an entirely
unusual occurance, but the look in his eye, like looking at
the brink of some maddening abyss, was entirely new.

10. Band system: Coursework Grading.
Looking at the coursework mark scheme – what
band do you think both these pieces are?
Now we are going to have a go at writing
creatively.
You will be working on this in class time.

11. Take notes
Task: The Red Death personified.
You are going to write a dramatic monologue from
the perspective of ‘The Red Death’. You will
describe your attack on Prince Prospero’s palace-
your slyness, and violent tendency to spread.
When your creative piece is complete you will be
peer marking your work. I will only be marking
one short paragraph of it.
Today you will just be gathering ideas, vocabulary
and planning your written piece.
We will start writing your piece next lesson.