Mastery Writing Student Self-study Workbook 3

Mastery WritingStudent Self-studyWorkbook 3Mastery Writing Self-Study Unit 3: Parent and Student Guide

This booklet is for KS3 students to practise writing on their own or with the help of a parent, guardian or carer.This is the third Mastery Writing workbook and you should have completed workbooks 1 & 2 before youcomplete this workbook. If you have not fully completed the first 2 workbooks, go back to workbooks 1 & 2 tofully complete those activities first before you attempt this booklet.What will I do and learn? You will learn to write well-structured action stories and fantasy quests featuring an opening, problem,solution and happy ending.You will learn about key grammatical rules that will make your writing more accurate and precise.How do I use the booklet? Set aside 1 hour to complete each lesson (20 minutes on grammar tasks and 40 minutes on the writingtask).Read the grammar rules and explanations carefully before completing the tasks.For the grammar tasks, you can find the answers in the answer booklet.If you are unfamiliar with some of the grammar rules and terminology, go back to workbooks 1 & 2where you will find full explanations.How do the lessons work?Each lesson is divided into four parts:1. Do Now reviewing previously studied grammar: 5 minutes2. New grammar instruction and exercise one: 5 minutes3. Revision exercises two and three: 10 minutes4. Error correction. 5 minutes5. Explanation of how to structure your story: 10 minutes6. Planning and writing your story: 20 minutes7. Reading and checking your story: 5 minutesHow can I check the quality of my writing? After finishing your writing, re-read and check through it. Circle the key vocabulary. Underline and labelthe Mastery Checks.Use the online Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary to check any key vocabulary you do not know.If you have not used all the Mastery Checks or key vocabulary, edit your work to include them.Can parents, carers and siblings help?Yes, of course! Family members can help in the following ways: Help you check your work using the answer booklet we provide.Help you with the planning of the story and check your writing after you have completed it using theMastery Checks.Write a story at the same time as you. You could then compare your stories and check each other’swriting.What else can I do if I love writing and I want more of a challenge? Keep writing stories using your own ideas.Use the structure you learn in this unit to write other types of stories, such as fantasy quests andmysteries.2

Lesson 1Do NowTask: Put the commas in the correct places in this student’s writing.Last Wednesday Khaled Tamara and I went to the park. I arrived before themdespite leaving late getting lost and getting stuck in traffic. For twenty minutes Iwaited for them and wondered where they had got to before they finally arrived.I didn’t mind that they were late because they brought a wonderful picnic ofsandwiches crisps and lemonade. Khalid apologised and said “Sorry we were solate”. Just before I left my mum said that she needed everything in the fridge forpack lunches. At the last minute I had to unpack what I’d made go to the shopsand make up a whole new picnic.’Exercise 1Task: Correct the comma splice or fragment.1. Supermarket eggs can’t hatch, that’s impossible.2. A young man wanted to hatch a duck from an egg, he bought the eggs fromthe supermarket.3. Even though his parents knew that he was determined to hatch a duck froman egg.4. The young man had bought a special egg incubator from ebay, it worked!5. Although he enjoyed keeping his baby duck in the bedroom in the beginning.3

Exercise 2Here are some grammatical rules to help you with Exercise 2.4

Task: Fill in the blank space with the correct version of the verbs eserveshowWhen I mark my students’ essays, I a warm and fuzzy feeling.There is one student who particularly hard. Heeverything that I teach him. He everythingI say. He always for corrections. In my opinion, hea reward. This essay that I am holding in my hands nowme with joy and hope for the future generation. Each wordout with truth. The ending a tear to myeye. It that I am not such a terrible teacher, after all.5

Exercise 3Task: Add speech punctuation and a P whenever you think there should be a newparagraph.Good morning said Kim, I’d like to buy a shirt please. The shop assistant looked athim and smiled. Are you looking for something smart or casual? she asked. Quitesmart, please Kim replied. We have a large selection over here the shop assistantreplied. I think blue would suit you. Do you know your size? Yes thank you. I will havea look replied Kim. He wandered over to the display to find the perfect shirt.Error CorrectionCorrect the errors in this passage (There are 9 errors)Two days after Christmas I decide to visit Sherlock Holmes. I wanted to wish him amerry Christmas. When I arrived at Baker Street, I found my friend resting on thesofa. Next to him an old worn, dirty hat was slouched over the back of a chair, I sawa magnifying glass sitting on a nearby table.“I suppose this hat has something to do with a crime? I asked.“No, my dear watson,” answered Holmes. “It’s not to do with a crime but is justone of those odd little events that take place in a large city like London. I receivedthe hat on Christmas morning from a policemen named Peterson.6

WritingYou are going to write a comeuppance story. It builds on the problem-solution storystructure. A comeuppance is when someone who does something bad receives apunishment for what they did.Let’s look at the structure for a comeuppance story.Before you write your comeuppance story, plan the story in the boxes on the nextpage. Use the slide below to help you.7

Story Writing: You should make sure you have planned your story by writing your ideas for eachstory part in the boxes on the next page.Look at the vocabulary below the image on the next page. You will need to useeach of these words in your writing to help you write your comeuppance story.Tick off the words as and when you use them in your story.You will also need to make sure you have included all of the mastery checks inyour writing. You have 30 minutes to complete your writing.DavePart one: OpeningPart two: Bad deedPart three: Bad deed revealedPart four: ashamedhurledapologisedhumiliatedMastery ChecksMastery Check 1Mastery Check 2Mastery Check 3I have included at least onesentence with twosubordinate clauses in it.I have included speech andpunctuated it correctly.All my verbs are in the rightform for their subjects.Crafting check: I have written a clear comeuppance story in which a characterdoes a bad thing and is punished for it.8

Lesson 2Do Now:Correct the following sentences.1. This sentence demonstrate everything that are wrong with students who don’tproofread.2. Even J.K. Rowling check her work before she send it off to the publishers.3. Rushed work show the reader that the student do not care enough aboutwhat they is studying.4. Everybody make mistakes. This is why your teacher ask you to proofread yourwork.5. The student who say, “There are no need to proofread because my essayhave no errors,” will surely find that their essay are full of errors.9

Exercise 1Task: Add speech punctuation and a P whenever you think there should be a newparagraph.Would anybody mind if I took the last apple? I asked, reaching into the fruitbowl. Not at all. You’re welcome to it, my friend replied, and please don’t buy anymore of them. What have you got against apples? I asked, raising one eyebrow. Ijust prefer fruit from plants, she said, like strawberries, raspberries and blackberries.Rather than apples, pears and plums, I laughed. Exactly, she said. Please rememberthat the next time you go shopping. Next time, why don’t you buy your own fruit? Isaid, signalling an end to the conversation. She looked up but didn’t reply.10

Exercise 2Here are some grammatical rules to help you with Exercise 2.11

State whether the sentences have been written in the first, second or third person.1. I was at Baker street at three o’clock precisely, but the train had alreadydeparted.2. Kenny and Kyle developed a special handshake to prove their friendship.3. You whip the eggs really well and add cheese.4. We made our way into the forest to escape the wicked witch.5. Aliens are a real threat to planet Earth.6. “You have taken my pencil from me!” cried the upset child.12

Exercise 3Task: Make any fragments into complete sentences by adding independentclauses.1. Despite my warnings.2. To make sure that she could afford to go on holiday.3. She looked through the window.4. At the end of the street and round the corner.5. Whether or not you want to go to school.6. Due to the rain, wind and cold temperatures.7. When she got home from school.8. However much he tried.9. I ran for the bus and ripped my tights.13

Error CorrectionCorrect the errors in this passage (There are 10 errors)The two boys took Oliver to a new part of the city. There was no empty andrundown building on these streets. In this part of town the sidewalks were clean, thebuggies were shiny, and all of the people were well dressed except Oliver Dodgerand Charley. There was so many people on the street that no one noticed them.Dodger and Charley wove their way through the crowd. Oliver walked behindhim. Oliver walked behind his friends he watched as they picked their way throughthe crowd. Dodger would stand very close to a gentleman while Charley keptwatch. When Charley gave a quick, sharp, whistle, Dodger jumped back and theywalked away. This happened several times as Oliver watched, he were confusedabout this game. What were they doing.14

WritingToday, we are going to look at horror stories, which are often underpinned by thecomeuppance structure.Here is the structure of a horror story:Story Writing: You should make sure you have planned your story by writing your ideas for eachstory part in the boxes on the next page.Look at the vocabulary below the image on the next page. You will need to useeach of these words in your writing to help you write your horror story. Tick off thewords as and when you use them in your story.You will also need to make sure you have included all of the mastery checks inyour writing. You have 30 minutes to complete your writing.Plan your story outline in the boxes on the next page. Use the slide below to helpyou.15

Writing a comeuppance horror storyAndyPart one: OpeningPart two: Bad deedPart three: Bad deed revealedPart four: almenacingfogobscuredMastery ChecksMastery Check 1Mastery Check 2Mastery Check 3I have not used anyfragments.I have included speech andpunctuated it correctly.All my verbs are in the rightform for their subjects.Crafting check: I have written a horror story with a clear comeuppance structure.16

Lesson 3Do Now: Look at the sentences. State whether they have been written in the first,second or third person.1. Your cooking is wonderful because you always use exactly the right spices.2. Caliban can be seen as a monster, but I actually see him as a sensitivecharacter.3. We went swimming in the sea before we came to see you.4. The whole family went on a camping trip together last year.5. I am writing to inform you that your application for work experience has beensuccessful.Exercise 1Task: Rewrite this conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Sowerberry with the correctspeech punctuation and paragraphing.Mrs. Sowerberry placed her hands on her hips and said well? She did not soundvery happy. My dear said Mr. Sowerberry. I’ve brought home a workhouse boy.We can put him to work in the shop. He looks pretty small she frowned. Well, yesMr. Sowerberry said He is rather small. I’m sure that he will grow, though. Ofcourse, she snapped he will grown on our food and ------------------17