Sample Assessment for Functional Skills English Writing Level 2

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1 September 2016 Version 1.2 Sample Assessment for Functional Skills English Writing Level 2 Publishing Job Mark Scheme Note: These materials relate to the Functional Skills English assessments that will be in use from September 2015

2 Functional Skills English Writing Level 2 Sample Assessment Marking Scheme Publishing Job Functional Skills English Level 2 sample assessment Publishing Job 1

3 Question 1 Writing contains all relevant information/ideas. Writing contains most relevant information/ideas. Writing contains some relevant information/ideas. Writing contains insufficient information/ideas. Maximum marks 3 marks Guidance reference number Coverage and Range Expansion on: What kind of event you want the bookshop to hold Why the event will be popular Why the event will benefit the bookshop Information about the author and her book Author s availability. Information/ideas presented concisely. Information/ideas presented concisely some of the time. Information/ideas not presented concisely Information/ideas presented logically. Information/ideas presented logically some of the time. Information/ideas not presented logically. Information/ideas presented persuasively. Information/ideas presented persuasively some of the time. Information/ideas not presented persuasively. Use a range of writing styles for different purposes. Document type must be as specified in the question. Format is suitable for purpose and audience. Format is not suitable for purpose and audience. Structure is suitable for purpose and audience. There is some attempt at appropriate structure for purpose and audience. There is no attempt at structure a 2.3.4a Language is consistently clear and suitable for purpose and audience. Language is clear and suitable for purpose and audience most of the time. Language is clear and suitable for purpose and audience some of the time. Language is not clear or suitable for purpose and audience. 3 marks Functional Skills English Level 2 sample assessment Publishing Job 2

4 Spelling marks Marks length that contains only level 1 Grammar marks Marks Punctuation marks Marks Total for Question 1 26 marks Functional Skills English Level 2 sample assessment Publishing Job 3

5 Question 2 Writing contains all relevant information/ideas on complex subject. Writing contains most relevant information/ideas on complex subject. Writing contains some relevant information/ideas on complex subject. Writing contains insufficient information/ideas on complex subject. Maximum marks 3 marks Guidance reference number Coverage and Range Expansion on: Whether you think young people read more or less now than they used to Why this is the case How publishers can make books more appealing Whether the future is electronic or paper based publishing Recommendations you would make to Binding House Publishing. Information/ideas on complex subject presented concisely. Information/ideas on complex subject presented concisely some of the time. Information/ideas on complex subject not presented concisely. Information/ideas on complex subject presented clearly. Information/ideas on complex subject presented clearly some of the time. Information/ideas on complex subject not presented clearly. Use a range of writing styles for different purposes. Document type must be as specified in the question. Format is suitable for purpose and audience. Format is not suitable for purpose and audience. Structure is suitable for purpose and audience. There is some attempt at appropriate structure for purpose and audience. There is no attempt at structure b 2.3.4b Language is consistently suitable for purpose and audience. Language is suitable for purpose and audience most of the time. Language is suitable for purpose and audience some of the time. Language is not suitable for purpose and audience. 3 marks Functional Skills English Level 2 sample assessment Publishing Job 4

6 Spelling marks Marks length that contains only level 1 Grammar marks Marks Punctuation marks Marks Total for Question 2 Total for English Writing assessment 24 marks 5 *Indicative pass mark *3 out of 50 Functional Skills English Level 2 sample assessment Publishing Job 5

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