Level 3 Level 5 – Pupil Name: Requirement 1 Requirement 2 Requirement 3 Requirement 4 Have you made a How does it start? Is the form or Have you started your plan? What happens next? genre the best one for sentences in different How does it end? exploring the story you ways? have chosen? Are there any words Have you followed you might need to your plan? Have you used check for spelling? paragraphs? Have you used a style that supports the genre Does the story move at of your story? Does the writing make the right pace Is the meaning clear? sense? (introduction not too (If not, what can you long and ending not do to make it clear?) Have you too rushed)? considered other Have you varied the structures for your word order to make the Have you used story such as writing interesting for appropriate and flashback, chronology, your audience? interesting words and retrospective or details to interest your parallel perspectives? reader? Are your tenses consistent and Does the story move at accurate? Is the plot well the right pace planned and easy to (introduction not too follow? Have you used a long and ending not dictionary to help with too rushed)? vocabulary choices Is the outcome and spelling? believable? Have you used a range Are your characters’ of punctuation actions appropriate for (apostrophes, commas, their personalities? speech marks) to help make your meaning clear? Is there a mix of short and long sentences and simple, compound and complex structures?
Level 3 – Level 5 Pupil Name: Requirement 1 Requirement 2 Requirement 3 Requirement 4 Have you made a plan? Have you followed your plan? Does the story move at the right pace (introduction not too long and ending not too rushed)? How does it start? What happens next? How does it end? Have you used paragraphs? Is the meaning clear? (If not, what can you do to make it clear?) Have you used appropriate and interesting words and details to interest your reader? Is the plot well planned and easy to follow? Is the outcome believable? Are your characters’ actions appropriate for their personalities? Is the form or genre the best one for exploring the story you have chosen? Have you used a style that supports the genre of your story? Have you considered other structures for your story such as flashback, chronology, retrospective or parallel perspectives? Does the story move at the right pace (introduction not too long and ending not too rushed)? Have you started your sentences in different ways? Are there any words you might need to check for spelling? Does the writing make sense? Have you varied the word order to make the writing interesting for your audience? Are your tenses consistent and accurate? Have you used a dictionary to help with vocabulary choices and spelling? Have you used a range of punctuation (apostrophes, commas, speech marks) to help make your meaning clear? Is there a mix of short and long sentences and simple, compound and complex structures?
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