Appendix Examples of Closing the Gap marking Comments (Literacy): Range of Prompts WILF What the child Wrote Improvement Prompt Scaffold Prompt (A-BA) Example Prompt (BA) (AA-A) Why? Justifying a Your letter explains your ‘It was dismal’ Say why you Why was it a dismal time? Choose one of these: statement character’s feelings thought this. Why did you hate being there? ‘It was dismal because… …I was bored all the time. …I only had my granddad to talk to’ How? Giving more detail Your story dilemma tells ‘Nobody believed him’ Say how you think How do you thing Darryl felt Tick how he felt: the reader what your this made him feel. about not being believed? Write …Angry. character is thinking an extra sentence that tells us. …Annoyed. _________ your idea. Add something Your account contains The burglar ran Re-write this Fill in the gap with an adverb: Tick which adverb would describe effective adjectives and towards the car park sentence using a The burglar ran _______ly how the burglar ran: The burglar adverbs. and drove off. better adjective for towards the car park and drove ran… sad and an adverb off. Quickly? here. Slowly? or ________ your choice Change something Your description uses ‘He was a bad Think of a better What kind of monster was he? Which of these words describes powerful adjectives monster’. word than ‘bad’. Think of another word that the monster better than ‘bad’: means the same as ‘bad’ and Ferocious? write it below. Evil? __________ your idea. Tell us more Your story opening ‘James went to Describe what What type of boy is James – Choose one of these to describe introduces the character. school’ James is like. good, bad, excitable? James character: James was a ______boy. James was a kind, likeable boy with a great sense of humour. For instance…
Appendix Examples of Closing the Gap marking Comments (Literacy): Range of Prompts WILF What the child Wrote Improvement Prompt (AA-A) Scaffold Prompt (A-BA) Example Prompt (BA) Why? Justifying a statement Your letter explains your character’s feelings ‘It was dismal’ Say why you thought this. Why was it a dismal time? Why did you hate being there? Choose one of these: ‘It was dismal because… …I was bored all the time. …I only had my granddad to talk to’ How? Giving more detail Your story dilemma tells the reader what your character is thinking ‘Nobody believed him’ Say how you think this made him feel. How do you thing Darryl felt about not being believed? Write an extra sentence that tells us. Tick how he felt: …Angry. …Annoyed. _________ your idea. Add something Your account contains effective adjectives and adverbs. The burglar ran towards the car park and drove off. Re-write this sentence using a better adjective for sad and an adverb here. Fill in the gap with an adverb: The burglar ran _______ly towards the car park and drove off. Tick which adverb would describe how the burglar ran: The burglar ran… Quickly? Slowly? or ________ your choice Change something Your description uses powerful adjectives ‘He was a bad monster’. Think of a better word than ‘bad’. What kind of monster was he? Think of another word that means the same as ‘bad’ and write it below. Which of these words describes the monster better than ‘bad’: Ferocious? Evil? __________ your idea. Tell us more Your story opening introduces the character. ‘James went to school’ Describe what James is like. What type of boy is James – good, bad, excitable? James was a ______boy. Choose one of these to describe James character: James was a kind, likeable boy with a great sense of humour. For instance…