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The construction sector is believed to be quite hazardous and has the maximum number of fatal work injuries. A safety fair was organised by ‘Building Safely’, an NGO in Mysuru, Karnataka with the overarching theme pertaining to the importance of worker safety in construction zones. You were asked to cover this event as the junior correspondent of a local daily. Write a report covering this event in about 120-150 words. Support your ideas with outline cues given below, to craft your newspaper report.
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Safety fairs: Programmes
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Solution
‘Building Safely’
22 December 2022
The training on construction worker safety was organised by "Building Safely," an NGO in Mysuru, Karnataka. A debate about the value of toolboxes for construction site employees opened the programme. The Safety inspector spoke and emphasised the value of the toolbox for the overall safety of construction workers. At these locations, a movie was played in memory of the deceased, and at other locations, people paid their respects to the workers who had passed away. The IT unit of "Building Safely" organised safety activities for the employees. These electronic games were being played by the workers.
A safety demonstration was organised at the construction site by the "Building Safely" safety staff. DLF Construction Pvt. Ltd. organised a drill in case of an emergency. The safety exhibition, which SDM, Mysuru inaugurated, had representatives from various insurance firms. The insurrectionary campaign was organised at a reduced cost for the workers. The CEO of "Building Safely" gave a thank-you speech to conclude the safety expo. "Building Safely" organised the picnic and lunch for the employees.
Notes
Marking Skills:
FORMAT – 1 mark
NOTE - full credit if both aspects are included. Partial credit (½ mark) if one aspect is missing or erroneous. No credit if both aspects are missing or erroneous.
CONTENT – 2 marks
2 marks
- All points included
- Well-developed with sustained clarity
1½ marks
- Almost all points incorporated
- Reasonably well-developed
1 mark
- Some points incorporated
- Fair attempt at developing ideas with some impact on the clarity of response
½ mark
- Most of the points of the given task are not incorporated
- Limited awareness of task development
ORGANISATION OF IDEAS - 1 mark
1 mark -- Consistent to the frequent display of the listed parameters.
- Highly effective style capable of conveying the ideas convincingly with appropriate layout
- Carefully structured content with organised paragraphing presented cohesively
- Highly effective register (formal tone, tense, and vocabulary), relevant and appropriate sentences for conveying the ideas precisely and effectively.
½ mark – Limited display of listed parameters.
- Inconsistent style, expression sometimes awkward, layout, barely accurate.
- Poor sequencing of ideas; often sporadically clear and related to the given topic in an attempt to maintain a general overall cohesion. Displays disjointed portions, exhibiting a lack of coherence of ideas.
- Range of vocabulary is limited but manages to convey, largely, the overall meaning and the purpose of the writing. Large portion of vocabulary was copied from the question.
ACCURACY - 1 mark
1 mark
- Spelling, punctuation and grammar are consistently/largely accurate, with occasional minor errors, that do not impede communication.
½ mark
- Spelling, punctuation and grammar display some errors spread across, causing minor impediments to the message communicated.
No credit
- Frequent errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar, impeding communication.
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