Brackets

Brackets

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Overview
Using this Resource
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Marking Student Responses
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This task is about when to use brackets.
a)
Writers use brackets in a variety of ways.
Read the following sentences, then give two purposes that writers use brackets for.
 
  • "When he saw her (the office lady), he gave her the money," said the teacher.
  • "Bill in his talk said "Helen Clark was the second elected woman Prime Minister (actually the first) in 1998 (actually 1999)."
  • CHERYL: (yelling and stamping) leave now!
  Brackets can be used for:
 
  1.  
     
     
     
  2.  
     
     
     
b)
Put one or more sets of brackets into the following sentences in the correct position(s).
 
  i)
Volcanoes occur in many places in New Zealand see map page 11.
 
  ii)
Two teams will contest the final, the Flames Canterbury and the Sting Southland.
 
  iii)
John: hiding behind the door Who is there?
 
  iv) "The Terminator" real name David Tua likes to end his fights with knockouts.
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
punctuation, brackets
Description of task: 
This punctuation resource is on the use of brackets. Students explain when brackets are used, then insert them into four sentences.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students’ ability to create texts to meet the writing demands of the New Zealand Curriculum.
 

Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • use basic punctuation correctly, attempting some complex punctuation
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Writing meaningful text: text features, set 5
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
   

Y10 (11/2001)

a)

  

Any 2 of:

  • explaining or describing something.
  • giving extra information.
  • correcting a mistake.
  • indicating stage directions in a script.

2 correct – difficult

1 correct – easy

b)

i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

(see map page 11)
(Canterbury) (Southland)
(hiding behind the door)
(real name David Tua)

very easy
difficult
very easy
easy