Childhood Anecdote

Writing Assignment 3: Childhood Anecdote (Section 502)

Part 1 –Text: An anecdote

• Think about something interesting thatreally happened to you when you were a small child. For example:
  • When you got lost.
  • When you did something naughty.
  • When one of your siblings had an accident of some sort.
• Write the story of what happened to you.
• Try and use a variety of different verb phrases you use and their subjects.
• Make sure you answer the 5 Ws & H questions (Who, when, where, what, why and how)
• Write between 200 and 250 words.

Part 2 – Grammatical Analysis

• Choose 10 Verb Phrases from your story.
• Identify as many different tenses and aspects as you can.
• Make a list and then identify the time and aspect. (Use your Verb Phrase chart to help you).

Assessment Criteria

• You will be graded on the following:

Part 1 – Anecdote

• Content – Interesting and relevant to the task (20%).
• Clarity and Communicative Effect (20%) Clarity of message, Ease of reading and understanding (20%).
• Grammatical Accuracy – Accuracy of grammar including punctuation (20%).

Part 2 – Grammatical Analysis

• Task Achievement – Number and variety of phrases or structures (20%).
• Grammatical Analysisof your verb phrases – Labelling and analysis of phrases or structures (20%).

• Draft Deadline: Monday 23^rdMarch11pm (Please email this to me at bowles@zu.ac.ae if you want some feedback).
• Final Submission Deadline: Wednesday 25^th March 11pm (Upload to Blackboard).