Question - Feature Article (1 Viewer)

[rightie]

i have a question - more of a problem actually.
in our trial for adv eng we had to write a feature article. We lost marks because we didnt write it in columns
is this right?

 

[A l]

No, I don't think so. First of all, with writing booklets being lined paper, it wouldn't make sense to divide it in columns. It would be the same as as asking to provide a picture or visual image, which you are not supposed to do anyway.
Secondly, not all feature articles contain columns. Some feature articles are just written material without any dividing of columns. Losing marks just because of that, would be ridiculous. It would be too much emphasis on layout.
Marks should be allocated mainly in accordance to demonstration of the understanding of a concept, the way it is communicated to the intended audience and the appropriate use of language, structure and form to the specific text type.

 

[sf_diegoxrock]

I guess you lost marks because you didn't follow the conventions of a feature article, which was an outcome being assessed. If you're going to make mistakes, make them now, make them big.. then you'll learn from them before the HSC

 

[serge]

they shouldnt expect you to waste time on presentation,
you dont have enough time for that
so if you were asked to compose a conversation, would you need to record it on tape? that school dropped the ball

 

[kami]

i have a question - more of a problem actually.
in our trial for adv eng we had to write a feature article. We lost marks because we didnt write it in columns
is this right?

When testing in the HSC, it is the style and conventions of writing that you are meant to use - not a technical aspect which in newspapers is not even governed by the writers of the article but the constraints of the medium.
It would also be assumed that the trial was intended to test you in preparation for the HSC so there is no rationale for her expecting something, which is in this kind of assesment, outside the criterion. Maybe if this were a presentation I would be able to see your teachers point but not in this. You should definitely talk to her about it and try to get an understanding of why you were docked marks because the reason cited is not a good reason at all.

 

[silvermoon]

it's an interesting problem --> technically, yes, you ARE supposed to write in proper format. this can even include graphics (you are not expected to actually draw graphics, but you could be expected to put a box showing where a graphic referred to in your text would go). the same goes for putting weblinks on if you are asked to design a webpage. however, as kami pointed out, it is difficult to do these things in a BOS booklet --> which is one of the reasons they are basically never used in HSC questions.

 

[Haku]

everyone keep telling me that the style is important. use the right form the equestion asks.

but for the KL trial feature article the top girl just wrote a freaken essay, only at the beginning say "in this ""article""...." and she got like full marks.!!!

and her "essay" didn;t even answer the question except in conclusion.



so should we all forgo form and aim for content and flow of the writing?

 

[ur_inner_child]

i think it may have been something your school trial randomly placed as a rule.


either way


setting it out in columns shows less of an understanding of a feature article as a medium, than if you did a witty, critical analysis of texts

 

[MissSavage29]

i have a question - more of a problem actually.
in our trial for adv eng we had to write a feature article. We lost marks because we didnt write it in columns
is this right?

my english teacher always liked us using collums purely becuase it stops you writing an essay instead of a feature article. if you are using colums you are really forced to keep your sentences short, to the point, put in pictures, use headings, have larger quotes etc... and i also found that it helps get you in the right frame of mind - what you are writing does look like a feature article.
collums help you to remember to do all these things

whereas when you didn't use a collum he would get anoyed because people would fall into 'essay mode' and write longer paragraphs, and forget to put in pictures and stuff - which makes a feature article a feature article.

plus - it does show the marker you know what a feature article actually is - and why it is different from other peices of writing.

In the long run It does not take more then 40 seconds to get your lead pencil and idraw an line down the middle of your page so you can write in colums - just to be on the safe side

 

[silvermoon]

everyone keep telling me that the style is important. use the right form the equestion asks.

but for the KL trial feature article the top girl just wrote a freaken essay, only at the beginning say "in this ""article""...." and she got like full marks.!!!

and her "essay" didn;t even answer the question except in conclusion.



so should we all forgo form and aim for content and flow of the writing?

no, you should not "forgo form and aim for content and flow of the writing?" --> what's the problem with doing both?
The quality of your writing in constructing a feature article should be equal to that of an essay. If your school did not mark you down for not using the correct form then that's something that they, for whatever reason, have decided to do independantly. if an HSC question asked you to construct a feature article, you should at least make some attempt at using the correct format. As MissSavage said, it doesn't take much effort to divide a page into two columns, even if that was all you did.