QUICK REVISION ...NOTICE WRITING SECTION B – CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS

 QUICK  REVISION  ...NOTICE WRITING  

You are Josely Mathew, the President of the school book club. The club is organising a

drive for promoting reuse of study materials and books. Draft a notice in about 50

words, for the school notice board, addressing students of classes X-XII, informing them

about this drive and urging them to contribute to the endeavour. Mention how the

donated books would would benefit a charitable cause.

OR

B Asthe House Captain of A.B.M Public School, Telangana, draft a notice in not more than

50 words for the school notice board, informing House members from X-XII about the

change in topic and submission dates for Round 1 of ‘Discovery’ - the upcoming InterHouse Reasearch-based Paper Presentation Competition. Do not forget to issue an

apology for the above. You are Kruthika Reddy.

Format – 1 Content -2 Organisation of ideas -1 Accuracy 1

FORMAT – 1 mark

Box, NOTICE (centre), name of issuing authority- organisation/ agency (centre), date of issue(aligned left),

Authorisation name, designation & signature (bottom left)

NOTE-full credit if all aspects 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

(As listed in value points) --- ½ mark *4=2 marks

ORGANISATION OF IDEAS -1 mark

1 mark -- Consistent to frequent display of the listed parameters.

 Highly effective style capable of conveying the ideas convincingly with appropriate layout of a notice viz.

opening line to indicate the target audience, details/ information to be shared, mention of last date (if the

Q lends itself to it), Line about contacting the undersigned etc.

 Carefully structured content with organised information presented cohesively in an aligned manner.

 Highly effective register (formal tone, tense, and vocabulary), relevant, lucid and appropriate

sentences for conveying the idea/s precisely and effectively.

½ mark – Limited display of listed parameters.

 Inconsistent style, expression sometimes awkward, the layout of the notice, 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.

 The range of vocabulary is limited but manages to convey, largely, the overall meaning and the purpose of

the writing.

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.

1.A 

You are Josely Mathew, the President of the school book club. The club is organising a drive for promoting

the reuse of study materials and books. Draft a notice in about 50 words, for the school notice board, addressing

students of classes X-XII, informing them about this drive and urging them to contribute to the endeavour.

Mention how the donated books would benefit a charitable cause.

Value Points

 Correct format ( as listed above)

 Drawing attention—students of X-XII

 Mentioning the event

 Giving details -D,T,V

 Sharing how donated books would benefit a charitable cause + urging them to contribute

 Line with reference to the undersigned

OR

1.B 

As the House Captain of A.B.M Public school, Telangana, draft a notice in not more than 50 words for the

school notice board, informing House members from X-XII about the change in topic and submission dates

for Round 1 of ‘Discovery’ - the upcoming Inter-House Reasearch-based Paper Presentation Competition. Do

not forget to issue an apology for the above. You are Kruthika Reddy.

Value Points

 Correct format ( as listed above)

 Drawing attention—House members of X-XII

 Sharing the changes—giving context

 Giving details -D,T,V

 Line of polite apology/ inconvenience regretted etc.

 Line with reference to the undersigned