Level 1 – Level 3 Pupil Name: Requirement 1 Requirement 2 Requirement 3 Requirement 4 What is going to happen in your story? How are you going to write it? Is one of the characters going to tell it? How does it start? What happens next? How does it end? Does the story move at the right pace (introduction not too long and ending not too rushed)? Have you used the words included in our word bank? How does it start? What happens next? How does it end? Is the action clear to the reader? Have you used the help sheet to organise your writing? Have you used interesting words and phrases to engage your reader? Does it look like a diary, a letter or a story? Is it the same voice throughout, or have you switched from first person to third person without meaning to? Does the story move at the right pace (introduction not too long and ending not too rushed)? Are your letters evenly sized and spaced? Have you used capital letters where you don’t need them? Have you used capital letters for starting and full stops for finishing sentences? Is your writing easy to read? Are there any words we might need to check for spelling? Have you started your sentences in different ways? Have you used any question marks or exclamation marks properly? Does the writing make sense? Can you use better words anywhere?
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?
Level 5 – Level 7 Pupil Name: Requirement 1 Requirement 2 Requirement 3 Requirement 4 Have you re-read your own work as a reader, not a writer? Would changes to structure or wording have more impact on readers? Have you considered changing word order to emphasise particular actions/ events/ objects? Have you used precise vocabulary? Have you shown, not told? Does the story develop logically and coherently and at a lively pace? Have you used apt and sophisticated vocabulary precisely? Have you revealed the story in a gripping way? Are there too many clues? Is there enough preparation for the reader to believe the ending? Are the characters sustained and believable? Do any characters behave out of character? Have you hooked your reader and sustained that interest? Is there anywhere you could condense or cut to make more impact? Is the setting important? What vocabulary and linguistic effects could help to create more impact? Have you re-read your own work as a reader, not a writer? Have you sustained the features of your chosen genre throughout your story? Is there anywhere that changes to structure or wording would have more impact on readers? Have you revealed the plot in an interesting structure so that the reader is surprised or gripped by the story? Can you cut your writing to sharpen the impact of the structure you have chosen? Have you used a range of sentence structures, including one and two word sentences for impact? Have you spelled your sophisticated vocabulary accurately? Have you used a range of punctuation for effect or to build a sense of character? Have you used any unnecessarily complex that make your meaning less clear?