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You are Zac Skaria, a resident of # 412, Magna Greens Apartments, Gandhi Marg, Jonpara, Mumbai. Three students of grade 10 from your residential complex have rescued and rehabilitated a few old beggars from the neighborhood. You think that their work deserves appreciation and recognition. Write a letter to the President of the RWA, seeking recommendation for these youth, to be nominated for ‘Serving Citizens’ Award’.Suggest other ways such acts of kindness could be recognised and awarded in the future.
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Solution
# 412, Magna Greens Apartments,
Gandhi Marg, Jonpara,
Mumbai
10th August 2021
The President
RWA, Magna Greens Apartments,
Mumbai.
Subject: Nomination for Serving Citizens Award
Dear Madam,
I am writing to nominate three students of our residential complex for the prestigious Serving Citizens Award instituted by RWA. These three grade 10 students that I am nominating live in our apartment complex. Last week, they rescued and rehabilitated a few old beggars living in our neighbourhood. Their kind act not only made a difference in the lives of these poor beggars, but also inspired other children and adults of our locality to engage in similar acts of compassion.
Therefore, I would like to nominate their names for the 'Serving Citizens Award’ and believe that they are truly worthy of it... Please be kind enough to take this appeal forward. I will be highly obliged and grateful.
Thanking You
Yours sincerely,
Zac Skaria
Notes
Marking Scheme
FORMAT – 1 mark
NOTE - full credit if all aspects are included. Partial credit (½ mark) if one-two aspects are missing. No credit if more than two aspects are missing.
Note for given descriptors - Dedicated marks at a level are to be awarded only if ALL descriptors match. If one or more descriptors do not match, the marks are awarded at a level lower.
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 clarity of response
- ½ mark
- Most of the points of the given task not incorporated
- Limited awareness of task development
ORGANISATION OF IDEAS - 1 mark
1 mark - Consistent with a frequent display of the listed parameters.
- Highly effective style capable of conveying the ideas convincingly with appropriate layout of a formal letter viz. addresses, salutation, subscription, and ending
- 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. A large portion of vocabulary copied from question.
ACCURACY - 1 mark
1 mark
- Spelling, punctuation and grammar 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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