Your Principal wants to form a School Council (a group of teachers and students) to discuss ways of improving school life for everyone. You would like to apply to be one of the students on this School Council. You decide to write a letter to the Principal to say why you should be chosen. Write your letter. You must include the following: • why you agree that a School Council is important • a brief summary of your personal qualities and achievements and why they make you suitable for the position • the improvements to school life you would like to suggest first and why. Cover all three points above in detail. You should make your letter polite and persuasive. Start your letter ‘Dear Principal' and remember to provide a suitable ending.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2017). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [15 marks Task Fulfilment] Good understanding of purpose.
2. [15 marks Task Fulfilment] Clear awareness of situation and audience.
3. [15 marks Task Fulfilment] Format entirely appropriate.
4. [15 marks Task Fulfilment] All required points developed in detail, fully amplified and well organised.
5. [15 marks Task Fulfilment] Given information well used to justify personal opinion and interpretation.
6. [15 marks Task Fulfilment] Tone and register entirely appropriate.
7. [15 marks Language] Highly accurate, apart from very occasional slips.
8. [15 marks Language] Sentence structures varied for particular effects.
9. [15 marks Language] Verb forms largely correct and appropriate tenses consistently used.
10. [15 marks Language] Vocabulary wide and precise.
11. [15 marks Language] Punctuation accurate and helpful.
12. [15 marks Language] Spelling accurate, apart from very occasional slips.
13. [15 marks Language] Paragraphs have unity, are linked, and show evidence of planning.