SecondaryNational Strategy
Reality show applicationYear 8 writing task
Teacher pack
Guidance
Curriculum andStandards
English subjectleaders and teachers of EnglishStatus: Recommended
Date of issue: 01-2006
Ref: DfES 1789-2005 CDO-EN
Assessing pupils’ progress in English at Key Stage 3
Reality show application
Year 8 writing task
Framework objectivesWriting 6Experiment with figurative language in conveying a sense of character and setting.
Writing tripletImagine, explore, entertain
Assessment focusesAF1 Write imaginative, interesting and thoughtful texts.AF2 Produce texts which are appropriate to task, reader and purpose.AF3 Organise and present whole texts effectively, sequencing and
structuring information, ideas and events.AF4 Construct paragraphs and use cohesion within and between
paragraphs.AF5 Vary sentences for clarity, purpose and effect.AF6 Write with technical accuracy of syntax and punctuation in phrases,
clauses and sentences.AF7 Select appropriate and effective vocabulary.AF8 Use correct spelling.
Time neededTwo consecutive lessons. Timings will need to be adapted if lessons arelonger or shorter than 60 minutes.
All the tasks are designed to be completed within two 60-minute lessons.
These timings are estimates for guidance rather than obligatory timings. The most important consideration is that pupils should have sufficient time to complete the task, working independently. Unfinished tasks are unlikelyto produce evidence on all the assessment focuses.
Teachers may adjust the timings for the task to take account of their particularcircumstances, but should bear in mind that spending overmuch time on anysection may disadvantage pupils.
Pack includesTeacher notesPages of pupil booklet OHT 1 – task description and features checklistOHT 2 – advice sheetOHT 3 – text: My MotherOHT 4 – planning sheet for My MotherPlanning sheetMarking guidelinesAnnotated exemplar responses
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Task outlineThis task requires pupils to write entertainingly about an event which vividlyportrays a friend with whom they wish to audition for a reality television show.As preparation, they study the description of a character, paying particularattention to the techniques and language features used to convey thecharacter. They then draw on what they have learned to write an entertainingportrait of their friend.
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Teacher notes
Teaching sequence
� Share the learning objective with the class, rephrasing as appropriate forthe group.
LESSON 1 Introduction (15 minutes)� Clarify what is meant by figurative language: words that create pictures in
the mind through the use of comparisons such as similes, metaphors, etc.,and point out its importance in creating vivid descriptions of character and setting.
� Explain to the class that they are going to apply to be on a reality TV show,where groups of friends have to live together in isolation from the realworld. Have a brief discussion about reality TV, and the type of people whogo on these shows.
� Introduce the task to the class (OHT 1 – page 2 of the pupil booklet),covering up the features list for the moment.– Write about an event involving one of your friends, which clearly shows
what sort of person he/she is and which creates a really vivid picture ofhim/her so that the producers of the TV programme can appreciatehis/her potential entertainment value.
� Ask pupils in pairs to text-mark the task, e.g. by underlining or highlightingthe words and phrases which identify the audience, purpose and form ofthe piece of writing they are required to write. This will help pupils toengage with the task before they look at the model of writing.
� Introduce the advice sheet (OHT 2 – page 3 of the pupil booklet), whichgives details about the TV show and suggestions as to what pupils mightinclude in their writing. Emphasise that as the audience is a televisionproduction team, the account needs to engage their interest and convincethem that the characters described would talk and behave in a way thatwould make entertaining viewing. Explain that the piece of writing shouldclearly show why this person would be good on the programme.
� Ask pupils to turn to page 3 of the pupil booklet and spend about five minutes reading through the advice sheet. They should then respond tothe suggestions by noting down some of their initial ideas for their writing.
� Take feedback from pupils on what they think are the most importantaspects of the task. To help them focus on the task, draw out theimportance of detail – of action, speech, appearance – in conveyingcharacter. Encourage pupils to highlight any other information that theclass agree to be important.
� Show the pupils the checklist of writing features for the task (OHT 1 – page 2 of the pupil booklet). Explain that other sections of the checklist will be looked at later in the lesson and then draw pupils’ attention to‘figurative language’. Ask the class for suggestions as to how figurativelanguage might feature in this task. Take some brief feedback and clarifyany misunderstanding.
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This will help pupils start to become familiar with the assessment criteria forthe task before they study a model or begin their own piece.
Development (40 minutes)� Remind the class that their task is to construct an entertaining account of
an event containing vivid description which selects appropriate detail anduses figurative language to clearly reveal the character of their friend.Explain that, to help them prepare for their own piece of writing, they arenow going to read an extract from a narrative containing vivid descriptionof a character. Show the piece My Mother (OHT 3) and ask pupils to turnto page 4 in their booklet. Read the text aloud to the class as a sharedread so that less experienced readers are able to access the text.
� Then ask pupils, in pairs, to look more closely at the first five paragraphsfor examples of figurative language that create a clear picture of the maincharacter and highlight the examples that they find. Spend five minutes onthis task.
� Take some brief feedback from pupils of examples of figurative languagethey have identified, using OHT 3 to annotate the examples of figurativelanguage. Read through the examples below, highlighting them on theOHT. Discuss with the class the effect of the imagery, focusing on thecomparisons and suggestions of particular words. Clarify anymisunderstanding.
� Now display the checklist of writing features for the task and ask pupils inpairs to look again at My Mother on page 4 of their booklet and identifyother features of writing in the checklist.
� Take selective feedback for each feature in turn, asking pupils to share withthe class the examples that they found during their exploration. Seeexamples in the table overleaf.
� Now display OHT 3 to annotate the features identified from the checklist.Emphasise that these features will help them write a well-structured,entertaining description of the person they have chosen.
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Features to include Examples
figurative language, including similes and metaphors
“knotted-string legs”
“one of those really phoney“mothers”
“the look of a dandelion “seed-head”“the mountain of overflowing carrier bags”
Plenary (5 minutes)� Remind pupils of the task that they are going to complete in the next
lesson and ask them to recall the features of writing to which they havebeen introduced in the lesson. Choose one quotation from My Mother andask the class to tell you which feature from the checklist it is. Dependingon the time available, this can be done for all of the features.
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Features to include Examples
Use of past tense fornarrative
Use of present tense forintroducing character
Well-chosen detail
Extended noun phrases
Dialogue that revealscharacter
“I arrived home” “announced” “made me think”
“always reminds me” “a pair of rather large feet,complete the picture”
“Her head always seems to be pushed forward”
“an elongated, slim upper body”
“‘People are absolutely“fascinating’”“‘she’s just having a cup of
tea while we think aboutwhere she could spend the night!’”
“‘I couldn’t just step over her and ignore her, could I?’”
LESSON 2� Remind pupils of the learning objectives for these two lessons.
Introduction (15 minutes)� Remind pupils of the task and the features of writing for this task on page
2 of the pupil booklet. Draw attention particularly to the need to recount anincident that reveals character and to the importance of using figurativelanguage.
� Direct pupils to the advice sheet (OHT 2 – page 3 of the pupil booklet) andask them to choose one point that, as a class, they think is important toinclude in their piece of writing. Demonstrate on the board how to developthe point into an entertaining account. As you are writing, discuss yourideas and decisions out loud so that pupils can observe the process ofcomposition.
If you wish, the example below can be used. This is an attempt to exemplifythe second suggestion on the advice sheet (OHT 2). It is part of an account ofan incident that demonstrates Helen’s personality. This example containssome weak or inadequate language choices, which provide an opportunity forpupils to edit and suggest improvements.
Example: Finally catching sight of them, Helen thrust her arm into the air like anOlympic shot-putter about to throw, and bellowed to attract theirattention. They, and the rest of the audience, turned just in time to seeher as she belly-flopped on to the unsuspecting string section tuning upfor the overture, having missed her footing as she strode across thecorner of the orchestra pit.
� Check with the class that the example chosen fits the checklist of features,annotating the example on the board. Take some suggestions from theclass as to how the example might be improved and briefly discuss themerits of the alternatives proposed.
Development (45 minutes)� Show OHT 4. Explain that this was the planning for the piece,
My Mother, they studied in the previous lesson. Briefly talk through howthe plan on OHT 4 has helped to give a structure to the ideas in the My Mother piece.
� Now ask pupils to turn to the planning sheet on page 6 of the pupil booklet and complete their plan for their own piece of writing. Leave OHT4 up as a guide while they do this and refer them to the advice sheet onpage 3. Give pupils no more than five minutes to complete the planningsheet, as they had the opportunity to think through their ideas during theprevious lesson.
� Explain to pupils that they are now going to write their own text about anevent involving one of their friends which clearly shows their suitability for aTV reality show. Remind pupils to make use of the model, the checklist ofwriting features and their planning sheet to help them write. They shouldstart writing on page 7 of the pupil booklet. They should spend 30 minuteson this.
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These are not test conditions so prompt pupils if necessary (e.g. to writemore, to explain themselves more clearly and so on). Do not, however, providesupport of a kind that means that pupils are no longer responding to the taskindependently. If this kind of support is necessary for an individual in thecontext of the lesson, you will need to take the degree of support into accountwhen making the assessment judgement.
It is good practice to:� tell pupils if they have not written enough or are writing too much;� prompt them to explain their answer more clearly;� generally encourage them;� clarify a question or issue for the whole class if there seems to be a fairly
general misunderstanding;� remind pupils how much time they have left to complete the task.
� In the last ten minutes, ask pupils to check their work for technicalaccuracy and against the checklist of writing features. They should tick the feature when they have found evidence that it has been addressed.
Assessment� Use the marking guidelines to judge the pupils’ overall levels on the
assessment focuses. Highlight, then tick, the sections of the markingguidelines according to the features you find and then consider whetherthe weight of evidence is at secure or low level 3, 4 or 5.
� Annotated exemplar responses to the task at every level are also includedfor reference and to give guidance on how the criteria are to be applied.
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These materials have been developed by QCA in partnership with the Secondary National Strategy.
The help provided by the teachers and pupils who have trialled the materials as part of the Monitoring Pupils’ Progress in English project has been invaluable.
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My mother always reminds me of a young, inquisitive ostrich. It’s not just that she’s tall, it’s theoverall shape created by an elongated, slim upper body and a pair of knotted-string legsseparated by a large middle portion. A small head, framed by wispy strands of hair that refuseall attempts at control, and a pair of rather large feet, complete the picture.
Her head always seems to be pushed forward, as if trying to get a better look at something.This is because she usually is: her very clear, very blue eyes are short-sighted and she’s alwayslosing her glasses; but it’s also because she takes such an intense interest in just aboutanything and everything. Some of my friends say that when they first met her they felt likethey were under interrogation, but then they came to realise that she was just interested – inthem, their families, in what they do, think, everything! “People are absolutely fascinating,Jane! They teach you so much!”
She’s really embarrassing to be with, sometimes, because she talks to anyone – and this is whyI arrived home last week and found a ‘bag-lady’ drinking tea in our kitchen.
“This is Annie – she’s just having a cup of tea while we think about where she could spend thenight!” announced my mother in response to the look of horror on my face as I took in themountain of overflowing carrier bags, and the twitching of my nose as it tried to identify theunfamiliar smell. The over-bright tone, and the way even more strands of hair than usualseemed to have escaped, giving her the look of a dandelion seed-head, made me think thatmy mother was not really on top of the situation.
“I’m just going to help Jane get started on her homework, Annie – won’t be a minute!” shetrilled, sounding like one of those really phoney mothers they have in situation comedies onthe television, while propelling me very firmly back through the kitchen door and into theliving room.
“What’s going on?” I demanded as my mother closed the door behind us and collapsed ontothe sofa.
“Don’t ask!” she said – then proceeded to tell me.
Apparently, my mother had arrived home from work to find Annie sitting on our frontdoorstep, in the rain, surrounded by her collection of bags, and crying.
“Well I couldn’t just step over her and ignore her, could I?” pleaded my mother.
Which is why she had brought her in for a cup of tea and listened to her tale of woe, which,as far as my mother could make out basically came down to her having nowhere to spend thenight – “though she doesn’t seem to have a very secure grip on reality – and her sense ofdistant past and recent past seems a bit confused, I must admit,” remarked my mother, absent-mindedly winding a loose thread around her finger as she tried to make sense of Annie’srambling tale.
“I’ve made all sorts of suggestions and phoned every department I can think of that mighthave some sort of responsibility for situations like this and, well, I can’t find anybody to takeany responsibility. It really is a terrible state of affairs . . . ”
Before she could get on her soapbox about social responsibility, I cut in.
Text/Page 4 of pupil booklet
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“So what are you going to do?”
“The thing is,” she replied, “she seems to think that because I asked her in, she can stay here …” Her voice tailed off and she looked at me questioningly, as if she was hoping that Iwould say that was a marvellous idea, absolutely no problem whatsoever!
“Dad’ll go mad,” I said.
As the faint, desperate gleam of hope faded from her eyes, we both heard a door slam.“That’ll be him!” she gasped.
My father is a lovely, patient man – very caring, but he thinks that some of my mother’s‘projects’ as he calls them, go beyond what he can reasonably be expected to agree to; I thinkthis could be one of those ‘projects’. And looking at my mother’s expression as she leapt upoff the sofa, I think even she recognised that fact.
“You see to Annie,” she hissed, “I’ll talk to him!” And she launched herself through the door,leaving me doing an impersonation of a stranded goldfish. However, I knew I couldn’t justabandon her, so I followed her into the hall only to find her with the front door open, staringafter our visitor as she shuffled down the drive.
“But Annie! Where will you stay?” she called.
“Mum! Leave it!” I growled, dragging her back inside before Annie could change her mind.“Just be thankful for a lucky escape!”
“Yes. Yes, I suppose you’re right. But, you know, the camp bed … ”
At that point, luckily, we heard dad’s car.
“You’re right, of course,” she said, holding open the front door for dad.
“I’ve just passed a really sad case at the end of the road,” he said, getting out of the car.“An old dear with a stack of carrier bags. I wonder where she’s come from.”
“Mmm. I wonder. Poor thing!”
Text/Page 5 of pupil booklet
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OHT 1/Page 2 of pupil bookletTask description and features checklist
Task:
Write about an event involving one of your friends, which clearly shows what sort ofperson he/she is and which creates a really vivid picture of him/her so that theproducers of the TV programme can appreciate his/her potential entertainment value.
Use of past tense for narrative
Use of present tense for introducing character
Well-chosen detail
Dialogue that reveals character
Extended noun phrases
Figurative language, including similes and metaphors
Features to include Tick if included
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OHT 2/Page 3 of pupil bookletAdvice sheet
ADVICE SHEET
Are you and your friends the people we’re looking for?
Channel X is looking for a group of friends to spend a week at an outdoor pursuitscentre in Scotland. We need people with good personalities who viewers wouldenjoy watching as they have a go at a range of activities such as orienteering, rock-climbing, canoeing and pot-holing.
Interested?
All you have to do is write to us and tell us a story involving one or more of yourfriends, which clearly shows what sort of people they are and which creates a reallyvivid picture of them.
Some suggestions:
� Decide what aspects of your friends’ personalities and behaviour would maketelevision viewers want to watch them.
� You should try to think of an incident which really brings out this aspect of yourfriend’s character.
� Create as vivid a picture as you can of your friend by including some, or all, of thefollowing:
– a description of what they look like: physical features, style, physical mannerisms,gait, etc.;
– what they say and how they say it: tone, pace, vocal mannerisms;
– how they think of themselves: self-confidence;
– what other people think and say about them: those who know them well andthose who don’t.
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OHT 3/not in pupil bookletText: My Mother
My Mother
My mother always reminds me of a young, inquisitive ostrich. It’s not justthat she’s tall, it’s the overall shape created by an elongated, slim upperbody and a pair of knotted-string legs separated by a large middleportion. A small head, framed by wispy strands of hair that refuse allattempts at control, and a pair of rather large feet, complete the picture.
Her head always seems to be pushed forward, as if trying to get a betterlook at something. This is because she usually is: her very clear, very blueeyes are short-sighted and she’s always losing her glasses; but it’s alsobecause she takes such an intense interest in just about anything andeverything. Some of my friends say that when they first met her they feltlike they were under interrogation, but then they came to realise that shewas just interested – in them, their families, in what they do, think,everything! “People are absolutely fascinating, Jane! They teach you somuch!”
She’s really embarrassing to be with, sometimes, because she talks toanyone – and this is why I arrived home last week and found a ‘bag-lady’drinking tea in our kitchen.
“This is Annie – she’s just having a cup of tea while we think about whereshe could spend the night!” announced my mother in response to thelook of horror on my face as I took in the mountain of overflowing carrierbags, and the twitching of my nose as it tried to identify the unfamiliarsmell. The over-bright tone, and the way even more strands of hair thanusual seemed to have escaped, giving her the look of a dandelion seed-head, made me think that my mother was not really on top of thesituation.
“I’m just going to help Jane get started on her homework, Annie – won’tbe a minute!” she trilled, sounding like one of those really phoneymothers they have in situation comedies on the television, whilepropelling me very firmly back through the kitchen door and into theliving room.
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OHT 4/not in pupil bookletPlanning sheet for My Mother
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Planning sheet/Page 6 of pupil booklet
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.g. dis
appear,
u
nce
rta
in,
excla
im
like
ly e
rro
rs:
•o
cca
sio
na
l ph
on
etica
lly p
lau
sib
le
sp
elli
ng in c
on
tent
word
s,
e.g
. b
oa
rd,
acse
pt,
hu
ng
rey,
tery
fin
g
•d
ou
ble
co
nso
na
nts
in
pre
fixe
s,
e.g
.irre
gu
lar,
unn
ece
ssa
ry
L4
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to v
ary
le
ng
th,
str
uctu
re a
nd
su
bje
ct of se
nte
nces
•use o
f som
e
su
bo
rdin
ating
co
nne
ctive
s,
e.g
.if,
wh
en,
beca
use
•so
me
vari
atio
n,
genera
lly a
ccura
te, in
te
nse
and
verb
form
s
•se
nte
nce
s d
em
arc
ate
d
accura
tely
thro
ughout th
e
text,
inclu
din
g q
ue
stio
n
mark
s
•sp
eech
mark
s to
denote
speech g
enera
lly
accura
te,
with s
om
e o
ther
speech p
unctu
ation,
wh
ere
ap
pro
priate
•com
mas u
sed in lis
ts
an
d o
cca
sio
na
lly t
o m
ark
cla
use
s,
alth
ou
gh n
ot
alw
ays a
ccura
tely
•id
ea
s a
re o
rga
nis
ed
by
clu
ste
rin
g r
ela
ted
poin
ts o
r b
y t
ime
se
qu
en
ce
•id
ea
s a
re o
rga
nis
ed
sim
ply
with
a fittin
g
op
en
ing
an
d c
losin
g,
som
etim
es lin
ked
•id
ea
s g
en
era
lly in
lo
gic
al se
qu
ence
but
overa
ll direction o
f w
riting
oft
en
not
cle
arly s
ign
alle
d
•p
ara
gra
phs/s
ectio
ns
he
lp t
o o
rga
nis
e c
on
tent,
e.g
.m
ain
id
ea u
su
ally
su
pp
ort
ed o
r e
lab
ora
ted
by follo
win
g s
ente
nces
•w
ithin
para
gra
phs/
se
ctio
ns,
limite
d r
an
ge
of
co
nn
ective
s b
etw
ee
n
se
nte
nce
s,
e.g
. over-
use
of
“als
o”
or
pro
no
uns
•so
me
atte
mp
ts t
o
esta
blis
h s
imp
le lin
ks
be
twe
en
pa
rag
rap
hs/
se
ctio
ns n
ot
alw
ays
ma
inta
ine
d,
e.g
. firs
tly,
ne
xt
•re
leva
nt
ide
as a
nd
co
nte
nt
ch
ose
n t
o a
pp
ly t
o
ap
pe
ar
on
te
levis
ion
•so
me
id
ea
s a
nd
mate
rial develo
ped in
de
tail,
e.g
. de
scri
ptio
ns
ela
bo
rate
dby a
dverb
ial
an
d e
xp
an
de
d n
oun
p
hra
ses
•str
aig
htf
orw
ard
vie
wp
oin
t g
en
era
lly
esta
blis
hed a
nd
ma
inta
ine
d,
e.g
.m
ain
tain
ing a
con
sis
tent
sta
nce a
bo
ut
the c
ha
racte
r ch
ose
n
•m
ain
pu
rpose o
f w
ritin
g
to e
nte
rta
in is c
lea
r b
ut
no
t a
lwa
ys c
onsis
tently
main
tain
ed
•m
ain
fea
ture
s o
f se
lecte
d fo
rm o
f a
n
ap
plic
atio
n a
re c
lear
an
d
ap
pro
priate
to p
urp
ose
•sty
le g
en
era
lly
ap
pro
priate
to t
ask,
thou
gh
a
wa
ren
ess o
f re
ade
r n
ot
alw
ays s
usta
ined
•so
me
evid
en
ce o
f delib
era
te v
ocabula
ry
ch
oic
es
•so
me
exp
an
sio
n o
f g
en
era
l voca
bu
lary
to
m
atc
h topic
of
rete
lling o
f e
ve
nts
co
rrect sp
elli
ng o
f:
•m
ost com
mon g
ram
matical
fun
ctio
n w
ord
s,
e.g
. yo
u,
beca
use,
although
•m
ost
ad
ve
rbs w
ith
-ly
form
ation
like
ly e
rro
rs:
•hom
ophones o
f com
mon
gra
mm
atica
l fu
nction
word
s, e
.g.
the
y’re
/th
eir/th
ere
, o
f/ha
ve/o
ff
•o
cca
sio
na
l ph
on
etica
lly p
lau
sib
le
sp
elli
ng in c
on
tent
word
s,
e.g
. board
, a
cse
pt,
hu
ng
rey,
tery
fin
g
•o
cca
sio
na
l in
flecte
d w
ord
s,
e.g
.-e
s,
-ed,
-ies,
-ie
d,
-er,
-e
st,
-ie
r, -
iest,
-in
g
IE
Ove
rall
asse
ssm
en
t (t
ick o
ne
bo
x o
nly
) S
ecu
re 5
L
ow
5
Se
cu
re 4
L
ow
4
Secondary
Nat
iona
l Str
ateg
yfo
r sc
hool
imp
rove
men
t
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ing
gu
idelin
es –
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8 t
ask –
Reality
sh
ow
ap
plicati
on
Asse
ssin
g p
up
ils’ p
rog
ress in
En
glis
h a
t K
ey S
tag
e 3
Pupil
nam
e........................................................................................
Form
.................................
Date
...............................
A
F5 –
vary
sen
ten
ces f
or
cla
rity
, p
urp
ose a
nd
e
ffe
ct.
AF
6 –
wri
te w
ith
te
ch
nic
al accu
racy o
f s
yn
tax a
nd
p
un
ctu
ati
on
…
AF
3 –
org
an
ise a
nd
p
resen
t w
ho
le t
exts
e
ffe
cti
ve
ly…
AF
4 –
co
nstr
uct
para
gra
ph
s a
nd
use
co
hesio
n w
ith
in a
nd
b
etw
een
para
gra
ph
s.
AF
1 –
wri
te i
ma
gin
ati
ve
, in
tere
sti
ng
an
d
tho
ug
htf
ul
texts
.
AF
2 –
pro
du
ce t
exts
w
hic
h a
re a
pp
rop
riate
to
ta
sk, re
ad
er
an
d
pu
rpo
se.
AF
7 –
se
lec
t a
pp
rop
ria
te
an
d e
ffecti
ve v
oca
bu
lary
. A
F8 –
use c
orr
ect
sp
ellin
g.
L4
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to v
ary
le
ng
th,
str
uctu
re a
nd
su
bje
ct of se
nte
nces
•use o
f som
e
su
bo
rdin
ating
co
nne
ctive
s,
e.g
.if,
wh
en,
beca
use
•so
me
vari
atio
n,
genera
lly a
ccura
te, in
te
nse
and
verb
form
s
•se
nte
nce
s d
em
arc
ate
d
accura
tely
thro
ughout th
e
text,
inclu
din
g q
ue
stio
n
mark
s
•sp
eech
mark
s to
denote
speech g
enera
lly
accura
te,
with s
om
e o
ther
sp
eech
pu
nctu
atio
n,
wh
ere
appro
priate
•com
mas u
sed in lis
ts
an
d o
cca
sio
na
lly t
o m
ark
cla
use
s,
alth
ou
gh n
ot
alw
ays a
ccura
tely
•id
ea
s a
re o
rga
nis
ed
by
clu
ste
rin
g r
ela
ted
poin
ts o
r b
y t
ime
se
qu
en
ce
•id
ea
s a
re o
rga
nis
ed
sim
ply
with
a fittin
g
op
en
ing
an
d c
losin
g,
som
etim
es lin
ked
•id
ea
s g
en
era
lly in
lo
gic
al se
qu
ence
but
overa
ll direction o
f w
riting
oft
en
not
cle
arly s
ign
alle
d
•p
ara
gra
phs/s
ectio
ns
he
lp t
o o
rga
nis
e c
on
tent,
e.g
.m
ain
id
ea u
su
ally
su
pp
ort
ed o
r e
lab
ora
ted b
y
follo
win
g s
en
tences
•w
ithin
para
gra
phs/
se
ctio
ns,
limite
d r
an
ge
of
co
nn
ective
s b
etw
ee
n
se
nte
nce
s,
e.g
. over-
use
of
“als
o”
or
pro
no
uns
•so
me
atte
mp
ts t
o
esta
blis
h s
imp
le lin
ks
be
twe
en
pa
rag
rap
hs/
se
ctio
ns n
ot
alw
ays
ma
inta
ine
d,
e.g
. firs
tly,
ne
xt
•re
leva
nt
ide
as a
nd
co
nte
nt
ch
ose
n t
o a
pp
ly t
o
ap
pe
ar
on
te
levis
ion
•so
me
id
ea
s a
nd
mate
rial develo
ped in
de
tail,
e.g
. de
scri
ptio
ns
ela
bo
rate
dby a
dverb
ial
an
d e
xp
an
de
d n
oun
p
hra
ses
•str
aig
htf
orw
ard
vie
wp
oin
t g
en
era
lly
esta
blis
hed a
nd
ma
inta
ine
d,
e.g
.m
ain
tain
ing a
con
sis
tent
sta
nce a
bo
ut
the c
ha
racte
r ch
ose
n
•m
ain
pu
rpose o
f w
ritin
g
to e
nte
rta
in is c
lea
r b
ut
no
t a
lwa
ys c
onsis
tently
main
tain
ed
•m
ain
fea
ture
s o
f se
lecte
d fo
rm o
f a
n
ap
plic
atio
n a
re c
lear
an
d
ap
pro
priate
to p
urp
ose
•sty
le g
en
era
lly
ap
pro
priate
to t
ask,
thou
gh
a
wa
ren
ess o
f re
ade
r n
ot
alw
ays s
usta
ined
•so
me
evid
en
ce o
f delib
era
te v
ocabula
ry
ch
oic
es
•so
me
exp
an
sio
n o
f g
en
era
l voca
bu
lary
to
m
atc
h topic
of
rete
lling o
f e
ve
nts
co
rrect sp
elli
ng o
f:
•m
ost
com
mon g
ram
matical
fun
ctio
n w
ord
s,
e.g
. yo
u,
beca
use,
although
•m
ost
ad
ve
rbs w
ith
-ly
form
ation
like
ly e
rro
rs:
•hom
ophones o
f com
mon
gra
mm
atica
l fu
nction
word
s, e
.g.
the
y’re
/th
eir/th
ere
, o
f/ha
ve/o
ff
•o
cca
sio
na
l ph
on
etica
lly p
lau
sib
le
sp
elli
ng in c
on
tent
word
s,
e.g
. b
oa
rd,
acse
pt, h
ungre
y, te
ryfin
g
•o
cca
sio
na
l in
flecte
d w
ord
s,
e.g
.-e
s,
-ed,
-ies,
-ie
d,
-er,
-e
st,
-ie
r, -
iest,
-in
g
L3
•re
lian
ce m
ain
ly o
n
sim
ple
se
nte
nces
•a
nd
, b
ut,
so a
re th
e
most com
mon c
onnectives
•so
me
lim
ite
d v
ari
atio
n
in u
se
of te
nse a
nd v
erb
fo
rms, n
ot
alw
ays s
ecu
re
•str
aig
htf
orw
ard
sente
nces u
sually
d
em
arc
ate
d a
ccu
rate
ly
with
fu
ll sto
ps, ca
pita
l le
tters
, q
uestio
n a
nd
excla
mation m
ark
s
•co
mm
a s
plic
ing
evid
en
t, p
art
icu
larl
y in
n
arr
ative
•so
me
, lim
ite
d, use
of
sp
eech
pu
nctu
atio
n,
wh
ere
appro
priate
•so
me
lim
ite
d a
tte
mp
t to
o
rga
nis
e id
ea
s w
ith
so
me
rela
ted p
oin
ts p
laced
ne
xt
to e
ach o
the
r
•o
pe
nin
gs a
nd c
losin
gs
usu
ally
sig
na
lled
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to
se
qu
ence id
eas o
r m
ate
ria
l lo
gic
ally
, no
t alw
ays s
uccessfu
l
•som
e p
ara
gra
phs/
se
ctio
ns o
fte
n lackin
g
inte
rna
l str
uctu
re,
e.g
. one-
se
nte
nce
pa
rag
raph
s o
r id
eas r
andom
ly o
rganis
ed
•w
ithin
para
gra
phs/
sections, som
e lim
ited
att
em
pt to
lin
k s
ente
nces,
e.g
.use
of
pro
nou
ns,
oft
en
inconsis
tent, o
r of
ad
ve
rbia
ls
•m
ove
me
nt
be
twe
en
p
ara
gra
phs/s
ectio
ns
ab
rup
t o
r d
isjo
inte
d
•so
me
ap
pro
pri
ate
id
ea
s
and c
onte
nt in
clu
ded in a
n
att
em
pt
to a
pp
ly t
o b
e o
n
tele
vis
ion
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to
ela
bo
rate
on b
asic
in
form
ation o
r events
, e.g
.n
ou
ns e
xp
an
de
d b
y s
imp
le
adje
ctives
•a
tte
mpt
to a
do
pt
vie
wp
oin
t a
bo
ut
the
ch
ara
cte
r, t
ho
ug
h o
fte
n n
ot
ma
inta
ine
d o
r in
co
nsis
tent,
e.g
.att
itu
de e
xp
resse
d,
bu
t w
ith little e
lab
ora
tio
n
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to
esta
blis
h p
urp
ose to
en
tert
ain
, th
ou
gh o
fte
n
su
pe
rfic
ial
•so
me fe
atu
res o
f se
lecte
d fo
rm o
f a
n
ap
plic
atio
n a
re s
igna
lled
to
th
e r
eader
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to
esta
blis
h a
pp
rop
riate
sty
le
of
an e
nte
rta
inin
g
ap
plic
atio
n,
bu
t n
ot
alw
ays
co
nsis
tent
or
susta
ine
d
•sim
ple
, genera
lly
ap
pro
priate
, vo
ca
bu
lary
u
se
d, th
ou
gh o
fte
n lim
ite
d
in r
an
ge
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to u
se
word
s f
or
eff
ect, t
o
en
tert
ain
th
e r
ead
er
co
rrect sp
elli
ng o
f:
•som
etim
es,
com
mon
gra
mm
atica
l fu
nction
word
s, e
.g.
with,
could
like
ly e
rro
rs:
•fr
equent phonetically
pla
usib
le
sp
elli
ng in c
on
tent
word
s,
e.g
. veiw
, re
cie
ve,
co
rse
, th
ort
•fr
eq
ue
ntly in
inflecte
d e
nd
ings,
e.g
.-e
s,
-ed, -i
es,
-ie
d,
-er,
-est,
-ier,
-ie
st, -
ing
B3
IE
Ove
rall
asse
ssm
en
t (t
ick o
ne
bo
x o
nly
) S
ecu
re 4
L
ow
4
Se
cu
re 3
L
ow
3
Be
low
3
Secondary
Nat
iona
l Str
ateg
yfo
r sc
hool
imp
rove
men
t
Annotated exemplar responses
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Level 3: Response and commentary
Commas used ina list (AF6 L4 b3)
This is a response that makes only the most limited attempt to organise material intosections (AF4), relying on sequencing related points to provide some coherence (AF3).Initially there is some awareness shown of the need to write entertainingly (AF2) andvocabulary choices are made for effect (AF7), but content is not entirely well chosen forpurpose even if there is some elaboration of the basic information given (AF1). Sentencestructures are not always securely controlled, but there is some attempt to usesubordination and some accurate use of different tense and verb forms (AF5).Demarcation of straightforward sentences is accurate and there is some use of the commain a list (AF6). There are few occasional phonetically plausible spellings (AF8).
For most of the assessment focuses, there is little evidence of the pupil addressing morethan the level 3 criteria and not always fulfilling these securely. Hence the overalljudgement is secure level 3.
Reliance onmainly simplesentencestructures (AF5 L3 b1)
Only superficialrecognition ofpurpose toentertain(AF2 L3 b1)
Some attempt to use words for effect(AF7 L3 b2)
Straightforwardsentencesdemarcated (AF6 L3 b1)
Some attempt todivide materialinto sections(AF4 L3 b1)
Related pointsplaced next toeach other(AF3 L3 b1)
Most commongrammaticalfunction wordsspelt correctly(AF8 L4 b1), with occasionalphoneticallyplausiblespellings(AF8 L4 b4)
Some attempt toelaborate onbasic information(AF1 L3 b1)
Some variationin verb andtense forms(AF5 L4 b3)
Use of adverbialconnective tolink sentences(AF4 L3 b2)
Use ofsubordinatingconnectives tovary sentencelength (AF5 L4 b2)
19© Crown copyright 2006 Secondary National Strategy | Assessing pupils’ progress in DfES 1789-2005 CDO-EN English at Key Stage 3
Mark
ing
gu
idelin
es –
Year
8 t
ask –
Reality
sh
ow
ap
plicati
on
Level 3 e
xam
ple
Asse
ssin
g p
up
ils’ p
rog
ress in
En
glis
h a
t K
ey S
tag
e 3
Pupil
nam
e........................................................................................
Form
.................................
Date
...............................
A
F5 –
vary
sen
ten
ces f
or
cla
rity
, p
urp
ose a
nd
e
ffe
ct.
AF
6 –
wri
te w
ith
te
ch
nic
al accu
racy o
f s
yn
tax a
nd
p
un
ctu
ati
on
…
AF
3 –
org
an
ise a
nd
p
resen
t w
ho
le t
exts
e
ffe
cti
ve
ly…
AF
4 –
co
nstr
uct
para
gra
ph
s a
nd
use
co
hesio
n w
ith
in a
nd
b
etw
een
para
gra
ph
s.
AF
1 –
wri
te i
ma
gin
ati
ve
, in
tere
sti
ng
an
d
tho
ug
htf
ul
texts
.
AF
2 –
pro
du
ce t
exts
w
hic
h a
re a
pp
rop
riate
to
ta
sk, re
ad
er
an
d
pu
rpo
se.
AF
7 –
se
lec
t a
pp
rop
ria
te
an
d e
ffecti
ve v
oca
bu
lary
. A
F8 –
use c
orr
ect
sp
ellin
g.
L4
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to v
ary
le
ng
th,
str
uctu
re a
nd
su
bje
ct of se
nte
nces
•use o
f som
e
su
bo
rdin
ating
co
nne
ctive
s,
e.g
.if,
wh
en,
beca
use
•so
me
vari
atio
n,
genera
lly a
ccura
te, in
te
nse
and
verb
form
s
•se
nte
nce
s d
em
arc
ate
d
accura
tely
thro
ughout th
e
text,
inclu
din
g q
ue
stio
n
mark
s
•sp
eech
mark
s to
denote
speech g
enera
lly
accura
te,
with s
om
e o
ther
sp
eech
pu
nctu
atio
n,
wh
ere
appro
priate
•com
mas u
sed in lis
ts
an
d o
cca
sio
na
lly t
o m
ark
cla
use
s,
alth
ou
gh n
ot
alw
ays a
ccura
tely
•id
ea
s a
re o
rga
nis
ed
by
clu
ste
rin
g r
ela
ted
poin
ts o
r b
y t
ime
se
qu
en
ce
•id
ea
s a
re o
rga
nis
ed
sim
ply
with
a fittin
g
op
en
ing
an
d c
losin
g,
som
etim
es lin
ked
•id
ea
s g
en
era
lly in
lo
gic
al se
qu
ence
but
overa
ll direction o
f w
riting
oft
en
not
cle
arly s
ign
alle
d
•p
ara
gra
phs/s
ectio
ns
he
lp t
o o
rga
nis
e c
on
tent,
e.g
.m
ain
id
ea u
su
ally
su
pp
ort
ed o
r e
lab
ora
ted b
y
follo
win
g s
en
tences
•w
ithin
para
gra
phs/
se
ctio
ns,
limite
d r
an
ge
of
co
nn
ective
s b
etw
ee
n
se
nte
nce
s,
e.g
. over-
use
of
“als
o”
or
pro
no
uns
•so
me
atte
mp
ts t
o
esta
blis
h s
imp
le lin
ks
be
twe
en
pa
rag
rap
hs/
se
ctio
ns n
ot
alw
ays
ma
inta
ine
d,
e.g
. firs
tly,
ne
xt
•re
leva
nt
ide
as a
nd
co
nte
nt
ch
ose
n t
o a
pp
ly t
o
ap
pe
ar
on
te
levis
ion
•so
me
id
ea
s a
nd
mate
rial develo
ped in
de
tail,
e.g
. de
scri
ptio
ns
ela
bo
rate
dby a
dverb
ial
an
d e
xp
an
de
d n
oun
p
hra
ses
•str
aig
htf
orw
ard
vie
wp
oin
t g
en
era
lly
esta
blis
hed a
nd
ma
inta
ine
d,
e.g
.m
ain
tain
ing a
con
sis
tent
sta
nce a
bo
ut
the c
ha
racte
r ch
ose
n
•m
ain
pu
rpose o
f w
ritin
g
to e
nte
rta
in is c
lea
r b
ut
no
t a
lwa
ys c
onsis
tently
main
tain
ed
•m
ain
fea
ture
s o
f se
lecte
d fo
rm o
f a
n
ap
plic
atio
n a
re c
lear
an
d
ap
pro
priate
to p
urp
ose
•sty
le g
en
era
lly
ap
pro
priate
to t
ask,
thou
gh
a
wa
ren
ess o
f re
ade
r n
ot
alw
ays s
usta
ined
•so
me
evid
en
ce o
f delib
era
te v
ocabula
ry
ch
oic
es
•so
me
exp
an
sio
n o
f g
en
era
l voca
bu
lary
to
m
atc
h topic
of
rete
lling o
f e
ve
nts
co
rrect sp
elli
ng o
f:
•m
ost
com
mon g
ram
matical
fun
ctio
n w
ord
s,
e.g
. yo
u,
beca
use,
although
•m
ost
ad
ve
rbs w
ith
-ly
form
ation
like
ly e
rro
rs:
•hom
ophones o
f com
mon
gra
mm
atica
l fu
nction
word
s, e
.g.
the
y’re
/th
eir/th
ere
, o
f/ha
ve/o
ff
•o
cca
sio
na
l ph
on
etica
lly p
lau
sib
le
sp
elli
ng in c
on
tent
word
s,
e.g
. b
oa
rd,
acse
pt, h
ungre
y, te
ryfin
g
•o
cca
sio
na
l in
flecte
d w
ord
s,
e.g
.-e
s,
-ed,
-ies,
-ie
d,
-er,
-e
st,
-ie
r, -
iest,
-in
g
L3
•re
lian
ce m
ain
ly o
n
sim
ple
se
nte
nces
•a
nd
, b
ut,
so a
re th
e
most com
mon c
onnectives
•so
me
lim
ite
d v
ari
atio
n
in u
se
of te
nse a
nd v
erb
fo
rms, n
ot
alw
ays s
ecu
re
•str
aig
htf
orw
ard
sente
nces u
sually
d
em
arc
ate
d a
ccu
rate
ly
with
fu
ll sto
ps, ca
pita
l le
tters
, q
uestio
n a
nd
excla
mation m
ark
s
•co
mm
a s
plic
ing
evid
en
t, p
art
icu
larl
y in
n
arr
ative
•so
me
, lim
ite
d, use
of
sp
eech
pu
nctu
atio
n,
wh
ere
appro
priate
•so
me
lim
ite
d a
tte
mp
t to
o
rga
nis
e id
ea
s w
ith
so
me
rela
ted p
oin
ts p
laced
ne
xt
to e
ach o
the
r
•o
pe
nin
gs a
nd c
losin
gs
usu
ally
sig
na
lled
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to
se
qu
ence id
eas o
r m
ate
ria
l lo
gic
ally
, no
t alw
ays s
uccessfu
l
•som
e p
ara
gra
phs/
se
ctio
ns o
fte
n lackin
g
inte
rna
l str
uctu
re,
e.g
. one-
se
nte
nce
pa
rag
raph
s o
r id
eas r
andom
ly o
rganis
ed
•w
ithin
para
gra
phs/
sections, som
e lim
ited
att
em
pt to
lin
k s
ente
nces,
e.g
.use
of
pro
nou
ns,
oft
en
inconsis
tent, o
r of
ad
ve
rbia
ls
•m
ove
me
nt
be
twe
en
p
ara
gra
phs/s
ectio
ns
ab
rup
t o
r d
isjo
inte
d
•so
me
ap
pro
pri
ate
id
ea
s
and c
onte
nt in
clu
ded in a
n
att
em
pt
to a
pp
ly t
o b
e o
n
tele
vis
ion
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to
ela
bo
rate
on b
asic
in
form
ation o
r events
, e.g
.n
ou
ns e
xp
an
de
d b
y s
imp
le
adje
ctives
•a
tte
mpt
to a
do
pt
vie
wp
oin
t a
bo
ut
the
ch
ara
cte
r, t
ho
ug
h o
fte
n n
ot
ma
inta
ine
d o
r in
co
nsis
tent,
e.g
.att
itu
de e
xp
resse
d,
bu
t w
ith little e
lab
ora
tio
n
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to
esta
blis
h p
urp
ose to
en
tert
ain
, th
ou
gh o
fte
n
su
pe
rfic
ial
•so
me fe
atu
res o
f se
lecte
d fo
rm o
f a
n
ap
plic
atio
n a
re s
igna
lled
to
th
e r
eader
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to
esta
blis
h a
pp
rop
riate
sty
le
of
an e
nte
rta
inin
g
ap
plic
atio
n,
bu
t n
ot
alw
ays
co
nsis
tent
or
susta
ine
d
•sim
ple
, genera
lly
ap
pro
priate
, vo
ca
bu
lary
u
se
d, th
ou
gh o
fte
n lim
ite
d
in r
an
ge
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to u
se
word
s f
or
eff
ect, t
o
en
tert
ain
th
e r
ead
er
co
rrect sp
elli
ng o
f:
•som
etim
es,
com
mon
gra
mm
atica
l fu
nction
word
s, e
.g.
with,
could
like
ly e
rro
rs:
•fr
equent phonetically
pla
usib
le
sp
elli
ng in c
on
tent
word
s,
e.g
. veiw
, re
cie
ve,
co
rse
, th
ort
•fr
eq
ue
ntly in
inflecte
d e
nd
ings,
e.g
.-e
s,
-ed, -i
es,
-ie
d,
-er,
-est,
-ier,
-ie
st, -
ing
B3
IE
Ove
rall
asse
ssm
en
t (t
ick o
ne
bo
x o
nly
) S
ecu
re 4
L
ow
4
Se
cu
re 3
L
ow
3
Be
low
3
Secondary
Nat
iona
l Str
ateg
yfo
r sc
hool
imp
rove
men
t
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Level 4: Response and commentary
Appropriateopening(AF3 L4 b2)
Some evidenceof deliberatevocabularychoices (AF7 L4 b1)
Almost allsentencesaccuratelydemarcated (AF6 L4 b1) andsome use ofcommas to markclauses (AF6 L4 b3)
Paragraphs helpto organisecontent(AF4 L4 b1)
Relevantinformationchosen (AF1 L4 b1), with some ideasdeveloped indetail (AF1 L4 b2)
Most commongrammaticalfunction wordsand adverbsspelt correctly(AF8 L4 b1/2)
Main purpose ofwriting is clear,although needto entertain notconsistentlymaintained (AF2 L4 b1)
Occasional errorsin inflectedwords/endings(AF8 L4 b5)
Some attempt to vary sentencelength andstructure (AF5 L4 b1)
Withinparagraphs,limited range ofconnectivesbetweensentences(AF4 L4 b2)
Ideas generallyin logicalsequence, butoverall directionnot clearlysignalled(AF3 L4 b3)
Ending signalledand refers backto opening(AF3 L5 b2)
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This is a competently organised response that uses paragraphing to order material (AF4),sequencing points logically with an appropriate opening and ending (AF3) even if theoverall direction of the writing is not always clearly signalled. Relevant information isprovided, with some appropriate use of detail (AF1), and there is an awareness of purposealthough the writing is not consistently entertaining (AF2).
Some attempt is made to vary the length and structure of sentences (AF5), which aremainly accurately demarcated with some use of the comma to mark clauses (AF6). Somedeliberate choices of vocabulary are made (AF7) to lend weight to the recommendationand there are few spelling errors in most grammatical function words and adverbs (AF8).
For all the assessment focuses, there is little evidence of the pupil beginning to addressthe level 5 criteria, but the level 4 requirements are consistently satisfied. Hence theoverall judgement is secure level 4.
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ing
gu
idelin
es –
Year
8 t
ask –
Reality
sh
ow
ap
plicati
on
Level 4 e
xam
ple
Asse
ssin
g p
up
ils’ p
rog
ress in
En
glis
h a
t K
ey S
tag
e 3
Pupil
nam
e........................................................................................
Form
.................................
Date
...............................
A
F5 –
vary
sen
ten
ces f
or
cla
rity
, p
urp
ose a
nd
e
ffe
ct.
AF
6 –
wri
te w
ith
te
ch
nic
al accu
racy o
f s
yn
tax a
nd
p
un
ctu
ati
on
…
AF
3 –
org
an
ise a
nd
p
resen
t w
ho
le t
exts
e
ffe
cti
ve
ly…
AF
4 –
co
nstr
uct
para
gra
ph
s a
nd
use
co
hesio
n w
ith
in a
nd
b
etw
een
para
gra
ph
s.
AF
1 –
wri
te i
ma
gin
ati
ve
, in
tere
sti
ng
an
d
tho
ug
htf
ul
texts
.
AF
2 –
pro
du
ce t
exts
w
hic
h a
re a
pp
rop
riate
to
ta
sk, re
ad
er
an
d
pu
rpo
se.
AF
7 –
se
lec
t a
pp
rop
ria
te
an
d e
ffecti
ve
vo
cab
ula
ry.
AF
8 –
use c
orr
ect
sp
ellin
g.
L5
•a v
ariety
of sente
nce
length
s, str
uctu
res a
nd
su
bje
cts
pro
vid
es c
larity
a
nd
em
ph
asis
•w
ide
r ra
ng
e o
f co
nn
ective
s u
sed
to
cla
rify
re
latio
nsh
ip b
etw
ee
n
ide
as,
e.g
. a
lth
oug
h,
on
the o
ther
hand, m
eanw
hile
•so
me fe
atu
res o
f sente
nce s
tructu
re u
sed t
o
bu
ild u
p d
eta
il o
r con
ve
y
shades o
f m
eanin
g, e.g
. va
riatio
n in
wo
rd o
rde
r,
modals
in v
erb
phra
ses
•fu
ll ra
nge o
f punctu
ation u
sed
accu
rate
ly t
o d
em
arc
ate
se
nte
nce
s,
inclu
din
g
sp
eech
pu
nctu
atio
n w
he
re
appro
priate
•syn
tax a
nd
pu
nctu
atio
n
with
in t
he s
en
tence
ge
ne
rally
accu
rate
, in
clu
din
g c
om
mas to m
ark
cla
uses, th
ough s
om
e
err
ors
occu
r w
he
re
am
bitio
us s
tru
ctu
res a
re
att
em
pte
d
•m
ate
rial is
str
uctu
red
cle
arl
y,
with
se
nte
nce
s
org
an
ised
into
ap
pro
pri
ate
p
ara
gra
phs
•develo
pm
ent of
mate
ria
l is
eff
ective
ly
ma
na
ge
d a
cro
ss t
ext,
e.g
. clo
se
re
fers
back t
o
openin
g
•o
ve
rall
dire
ctio
n o
f th
e
text
su
pp
ort
ed
by c
lea
r lin
ks b
etw
ee
n p
ara
gra
ph
s
•p
ara
gra
phs c
learly
str
uctu
re m
ain
id
eas
acro
ss te
xt
to s
up
po
rt
pu
rpo
se o
f re
co
un
tin
g a
n
eve
nt,
e.g
. cle
ar
ch
ron
olo
gic
al o
r lo
gic
al
links b
etw
ee
n p
ara
gra
ph
s
•w
ithin
para
gra
phs/
sections,
a r
ange o
f d
evic
es s
up
po
rt c
oh
esio
n,
e.g
.se
cure
use o
f p
ron
ou
ns,
con
nective
s,
refe
rences b
ack t
o t
ext
•lin
ks b
etw
ee
n
pa
rag
rap
hs/s
ectio
ns
ge
ne
rally
ma
inta
ined
a
cro
ss w
ho
le t
ext
•re
leva
nt
ide
as a
nd
m
ate
rial develo
ped w
ith
so
me
im
agin
ative
deta
il
•d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
idea
s
an
d m
ate
ria
l a
pp
rop
ria
tely
sh
ap
ed f
or
an
ente
rta
inin
g
ap
plic
atio
n t
o b
e o
n
tele
vis
ion
•cle
ar
vie
wp
oin
t e
sta
blis
he
d,
ge
nera
lly
consis
tent, w
ith s
om
e
ela
bo
ratio
n,
e.g
. som
e,
un
eve
n, d
evelo
pm
en
t of
indiv
idual voic
e o
r ch
ara
cte
risa
tio
n in r
ole
•m
ain
pu
rpose o
f w
ritin
g
to e
nte
rta
in is c
lea
r a
nd
co
nsis
tently m
ain
tain
ed
•fe
atu
res o
f sele
cte
d
form
of a
n a
pp
lica
tio
n
cle
arl
y e
sta
blis
he
d,
with
so
me
ad
ap
tatio
n to
ente
rtain
ing
•appro
priate
sty
le c
learly
esta
blis
he
d t
o m
ain
tain
re
ad
er’s inte
rest
thro
ug
hou
t
•voca
bu
lary
ch
ose
n f
or
eff
ect,
to
ente
rta
in t
he
re
ader
•re
aso
nab
ly w
ide
voca
bu
lary
use
d,
tho
ug
h
no
t a
lwa
ys a
pp
rop
ria
tely
co
rrect sp
elli
ng o
f:
•com
mon g
ram
matical fu
nction
word
s c
onsis
ten
tly
•a
lmo
st a
ll in
flecte
d w
ord
s
•m
ost
de
riva
tio
na
l su
ffix
es,
e.g
. -io
n,
-ise
, -a
l/ia
l, -
ab
le/ible
•m
ost
pre
fixe
s, e
.g. dis
appear,
u
nce
rta
in,
excla
im
like
ly e
rro
rs:
•o
cca
sio
na
l ph
on
etica
lly p
lau
sib
le
sp
elli
ng in c
on
tent
word
s,
e.g
. b
oa
rd,
acse
pt,
hu
ng
rey,
tery
fin
g
•d
ou
ble
co
nso
na
nts
in
pre
fixe
s,
e.g
.irre
gu
lar,
unn
ece
ssa
ry
L4
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to v
ary
le
ng
th,
str
uctu
re a
nd
su
bje
ct of se
nte
nces
•use o
f som
e
su
bo
rdin
ating
co
nne
ctive
s,
e.g
.if,
wh
en,
beca
use
•so
me
vari
atio
n,
genera
lly a
ccura
te, in
te
nse
and
verb
form
s
•se
nte
nce
s d
em
arc
ate
d
accura
tely
thro
ughout th
e
text,
inclu
din
g q
ue
stio
n
mark
s
•sp
eech
mark
s to
denote
speech g
enera
lly
accura
te,
with s
om
e o
ther
speech p
unctu
ation,
wh
ere
ap
pro
priate
•com
mas u
sed in lis
ts
an
d o
cca
sio
na
lly t
o m
ark
cla
use
s,
alth
ou
gh n
ot
alw
ays a
ccura
tely
•id
ea
s a
re o
rga
nis
ed
by
clu
ste
rin
g r
ela
ted
poin
ts o
r b
y t
ime
se
qu
en
ce
•id
ea
s a
re o
rga
nis
ed
sim
ply
with
a fittin
g
op
en
ing
an
d c
losin
g,
som
etim
es lin
ked
•id
ea
s g
en
era
lly in
lo
gic
al se
qu
ence
but
overa
ll direction o
f w
riting
oft
en
not
cle
arly s
ign
alle
d
•p
ara
gra
phs/s
ectio
ns
he
lp t
o o
rga
nis
e c
on
tent,
e.g
.m
ain
id
ea u
su
ally
su
pp
ort
ed o
r e
lab
ora
ted
by follo
win
g s
ente
nces
•w
ithin
para
gra
phs/
se
ctio
ns,
limite
d r
an
ge
of
co
nn
ective
s b
etw
ee
n
se
nte
nce
s,
e.g
. over-
use
of
“als
o”
or
pro
no
uns
•so
me
atte
mp
ts t
o
esta
blis
h s
imp
le lin
ks
be
twe
en
pa
rag
rap
hs/
se
ctio
ns n
ot
alw
ays
ma
inta
ine
d,
e.g
. firs
tly,
ne
xt
•re
leva
nt
ide
as a
nd
co
nte
nt
ch
ose
n t
o a
pp
ly t
o
ap
pe
ar
on
te
levis
ion
•so
me
id
ea
s a
nd
mate
rial develo
ped in
de
tail,
e.g
. de
scri
ptio
ns
ela
bo
rate
dby a
dverb
ial
an
d e
xp
an
de
d n
oun
p
hra
ses
•str
aig
htf
orw
ard
vie
wp
oin
t g
en
era
lly
esta
blis
hed a
nd
ma
inta
ine
d,
e.g
.m
ain
tain
ing a
con
sis
tent
sta
nce a
bo
ut
the c
ha
racte
r ch
ose
n
•m
ain
pu
rpose o
f w
ritin
g
to e
nte
rta
in is c
lea
r b
ut
no
t a
lwa
ys c
onsis
tently
main
tain
ed
•m
ain
fea
ture
s o
f se
lecte
d fo
rm o
f a
n
ap
plic
atio
n a
re c
lear
an
d
ap
pro
priate
to p
urp
ose
•sty
le g
en
era
lly
ap
pro
priate
to t
ask,
thou
gh
a
wa
ren
ess o
f re
ade
r n
ot
alw
ays s
usta
ined
•so
me
evid
en
ce o
f delib
era
te v
ocabula
ry
ch
oic
es
•so
me
exp
an
sio
n o
f g
en
era
l voca
bu
lary
to
m
atc
h topic
of
rete
lling o
f e
ve
nts
co
rrect sp
elli
ng o
f:
•m
ost com
mon g
ram
matical
fun
ctio
n w
ord
s,
e.g
. yo
u,
beca
use,
although
•m
ost
ad
ve
rbs w
ith
-ly
form
ation
like
ly e
rro
rs:
•hom
ophones o
f com
mon
gra
mm
atica
l fu
nction
word
s, e
.g.
the
y’re
/th
eir/th
ere
, o
f/ha
ve/o
ff
•o
cca
sio
na
l ph
on
etica
lly p
lau
sib
le
sp
elli
ng in c
on
tent
word
s,
e.g
. board
, a
cse
pt,
hu
ng
rey,
tery
fin
g
•o
cca
sio
na
l in
flecte
d w
ord
s,
e.g
.-e
s,
-ed,
-ies,
-ie
d,
-er,
-e
st,
-ie
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iest,
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cu
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Level 5: Response and commentary
Main purposeestablished andmaintained (AF2 L5 b1)
Sections help toorganise content(AF4 L4 b1)Points structured
clearly withsentencesorganised intoparagraphs(AF3 L5 b1)
Relevant ideaschosen anddevelopedappropriately(AF1 L5 b1)
Variety ofsentence lengthsand structureprovides clarityand emphasis(AF5 L5 b1)
Correct spellingof inflectedwords (AF8 L5 b2)
Sentencesdemarcatedaccurately (AF6 L4 b1) andsome use ofcommas to markclauses (AF6 L4 b3)
Fitting ending(AF3 L4 b2)
Vocabularychosen for effectto supportpurpose toentertain (AF7 L5 b1)
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This fluent response confidently elaborates appropriate subject matter (AF1), adapting awell-chosen anecdote to the demands of the task and consistently focusing on the needto entertain (AF2). Content is clearly structured and managed across the text (AF3), usingparagraphs to support the organisation of material (AF4). There is some variety ofsentence structures to provide emphasis, although these are not always entirely securelymanaged (AF5). Sentence demarcation is consistently accurate, with some use of thecomma to mark clauses (AF6). Vocabulary is appropriately deployed for the purpose ofwriting to entertain (AF7) and there are few spelling errors in inflected words (AF8).
For all the assessment focuses, there is evidence of the pupil addressing the level 5 criteriaand, in most cases, fulfilling them with some confidence. Hence the overall judgement issecure level 5.
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ing
gu
idelin
es –
Year
8 t
ask –
Reality
sh
ow
ap
plicati
on
Level 5 e
xam
ple
Asse
ssin
g p
up
ils’ p
rog
ress in
En
glis
h a
t K
ey S
tag
e 3
Pupil
nam
e........................................................................................
Form
.................................
Date
...............................
A
F5 –
vary
sen
ten
ces f
or
cla
rity
, p
urp
ose a
nd
e
ffe
ct.
AF
6 –
wri
te w
ith
te
ch
nic
al accu
racy o
f s
yn
tax a
nd
p
un
ctu
ati
on
…
AF
3 –
org
an
ise a
nd
p
resen
t w
ho
le t
exts
e
ffe
cti
ve
ly…
AF
4 –
co
nstr
uct
para
gra
ph
s a
nd
use
co
hesio
n w
ith
in a
nd
b
etw
een
para
gra
ph
s.
AF
1 –
wri
te i
ma
gin
ati
ve
, in
tere
sti
ng
an
d
tho
ug
htf
ul
texts
.
AF
2 –
pro
du
ce t
exts
w
hic
h a
re a
pp
rop
riate
to
ta
sk, re
ad
er
an
d
pu
rpo
se.
AF
7 –
se
lec
t a
pp
rop
ria
te
an
d e
ffecti
ve
vo
cab
ula
ry.
AF
8 –
use c
orr
ect
sp
ellin
g.
L5
•a v
ariety
of sente
nce
length
s, str
uctu
res a
nd
su
bje
cts
pro
vid
es c
larity
a
nd
em
ph
asis
•w
ide
r ra
ng
e o
f co
nn
ective
s u
sed
to
cla
rify
re
latio
nsh
ip b
etw
ee
n
ide
as,
e.g
. a
lth
oug
h,
on
the o
ther
hand, m
eanw
hile
•so
me fe
atu
res o
f sente
nce s
tructu
re u
sed t
o
bu
ild u
p d
eta
il o
r con
ve
y
shades o
f m
eanin
g, e.g
. va
riatio
n in
wo
rd o
rde
r,
modals
in v
erb
phra
ses
•fu
ll ra
nge o
f punctu
ation u
sed
accu
rate
ly t
o d
em
arc
ate
se
nte
nce
s,
inclu
din
g
sp
eech
pu
nctu
atio
n w
he
re
appro
priate
•syn
tax a
nd
pu
nctu
atio
n
with
in t
he s
en
tence
ge
ne
rally
accu
rate
, in
clu
din
g c
om
mas to m
ark
cla
uses, th
ough s
om
e
err
ors
occu
r w
he
re
am
bitio
us s
tru
ctu
res a
re
att
em
pte
d
•m
ate
rial is
str
uctu
red
cle
arl
y,
with
se
nte
nce
s
org
an
ised
into
ap
pro
pri
ate
p
ara
gra
phs
•develo
pm
ent of
mate
ria
l is
eff
ective
ly
ma
na
ge
d a
cro
ss t
ext,
e.g
. clo
se
re
fers
back t
o
openin
g
•o
ve
rall
dire
ctio
n o
f th
e
text
su
pp
ort
ed
by c
lea
r lin
ks b
etw
ee
n p
ara
gra
ph
s
•p
ara
gra
phs c
learly
str
uctu
re m
ain
id
eas
acro
ss te
xt
to s
up
po
rt
pu
rpo
se o
f re
co
un
tin
g a
n
eve
nt,
e.g
. cle
ar
ch
ron
olo
gic
al o
r lo
gic
al
links b
etw
ee
n p
ara
gra
ph
s
•w
ithin
para
gra
phs/
sections,
a r
ange o
f d
evic
es s
up
po
rt c
oh
esio
n,
e.g
.se
cure
use o
f p
ron
ou
ns,
con
nective
s,
refe
rences b
ack t
o t
ext
•lin
ks b
etw
ee
n
pa
rag
rap
hs/s
ectio
ns
ge
ne
rally
ma
inta
ined
a
cro
ss w
ho
le t
ext
•re
leva
nt
ide
as a
nd
m
ate
rial develo
ped w
ith
so
me
im
agin
ative
deta
il
•d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
idea
s
an
d m
ate
ria
l a
pp
rop
ria
tely
sh
ap
ed f
or
an
ente
rta
inin
g
ap
plic
atio
n t
o b
e o
n
tele
vis
ion
•cle
ar
vie
wp
oin
t e
sta
blis
he
d,
ge
nera
lly
consis
tent, w
ith s
om
e
ela
bo
ratio
n,
e.g
. som
e,
un
eve
n, d
evelo
pm
en
t of
indiv
idual voic
e o
r ch
ara
cte
risa
tio
n in r
ole
•m
ain
pu
rpose o
f w
ritin
g
to e
nte
rta
in is c
lea
r a
nd
co
nsis
tently m
ain
tain
ed
•fe
atu
res o
f sele
cte
d
form
of a
n a
pp
lica
tio
n
cle
arl
y e
sta
blis
he
d,
with
so
me
ad
ap
tatio
n to
ente
rtain
ing
•appro
priate
sty
le c
learly
esta
blis
he
d t
o m
ain
tain
re
ad
er’s inte
rest
thro
ug
hou
t
•voca
bu
lary
ch
ose
n f
or
eff
ect,
to
ente
rta
in t
he
re
ader
•re
aso
nab
ly w
ide
voca
bu
lary
use
d,
tho
ug
h
no
t a
lwa
ys a
pp
rop
ria
tely
co
rrect sp
elli
ng o
f:
•com
mon g
ram
matical fu
nction
word
s c
onsis
ten
tly
•a
lmo
st a
ll in
flecte
d w
ord
s
•m
ost
de
riva
tio
na
l su
ffix
es,
e.g
. -io
n,
-ise
, -a
l/ia
l, -
ab
le/ible
•m
ost
pre
fixe
s, e
.g. dis
appear,
u
nce
rta
in,
excla
im
like
ly e
rro
rs:
•o
cca
sio
na
l ph
on
etica
lly p
lau
sib
le
sp
elli
ng in c
on
tent
word
s,
e.g
. b
oa
rd,
acse
pt,
hu
ng
rey,
tery
fin
g
•d
ou
ble
co
nso
na
nts
in
pre
fixe
s,
e.g
.irre
gu
lar,
unn
ece
ssa
ry
L4
•som
e a
ttem
pt
to v
ary
le
ng
th,
str
uctu
re a
nd
su
bje
ct of se
nte
nces
•use o
f som
e
su
bo
rdin
ating
co
nne
ctive
s,
e.g
.if,
wh
en,
beca
use
•so
me
vari
atio
n,
genera
lly a
ccura
te, in
te
nse
and
verb
form
s
•se
nte
nce
s d
em
arc
ate
d
accura
tely
thro
ughout th
e
text,
inclu
din
g q
ue
stio
n
mark
s
•sp
eech
mark
s to
denote
speech g
enera
lly
accura
te,
with s
om
e o
ther
speech p
unctu
ation,
wh
ere
ap
pro
priate
•com
mas u
sed in lis
ts
an
d o
cca
sio
na
lly t
o m
ark
cla
use
s,
alth
ou
gh n
ot
alw
ays a
ccura
tely
•id
ea
s a
re o
rga
nis
ed
by
clu
ste
rin
g r
ela
ted
poin
ts o
r b
y t
ime
se
qu
en
ce
•id
ea
s a
re o
rga
nis
ed
sim
ply
with
a fittin
g
op
en
ing
an
d c
losin
g,
som
etim
es lin
ked
•id
ea
s g
en
era
lly in
lo
gic
al se
qu
ence
but
overa
ll direction o
f w
riting
oft
en
not
cle
arly s
ign
alle
d
•p
ara
gra
phs/s
ectio
ns
he
lp t
o o
rga
nis
e c
on
tent,
e.g
.m
ain
id
ea u
su
ally
su
pp
ort
ed o
r e
lab
ora
ted
by follo
win
g s
ente
nces
•w
ithin
para
gra
phs/
se
ctio
ns,
limite
d r
an
ge
of
co
nn
ective
s b
etw
ee
n
se
nte
nce
s,
e.g
. over-
use
of
“als
o”
or
pro
no
uns
•so
me
atte
mp
ts t
o
esta
blis
h s
imp
le lin
ks
be
twe
en
pa
rag
rap
hs/
se
ctio
ns n
ot
alw
ays
ma
inta
ine
d,
e.g
. firs
tly,
ne
xt
•re
leva
nt
ide
as a
nd
co
nte
nt
ch
ose
n t
o a
pp
ly t
o
ap
pe
ar
on
te
levis
ion
•so
me
id
ea
s a
nd
mate
rial develo
ped in
de
tail,
e.g
. de
scri
ptio
ns
ela
bo
rate
dby a
dverb
ial
an
d e
xp
an
de
d n
oun
p
hra
ses
•str
aig
htf
orw
ard
vie
wp
oin
t g
en
era
lly
esta
blis
hed a
nd
ma
inta
ine
d,
e.g
.m
ain
tain
ing a
con
sis
tent
sta
nce a
bo
ut
the c
ha
racte
r ch
ose
n
•m
ain
pu
rpose o
f w
ritin
g
to e
nte
rta
in is c
lea
r b
ut
no
t a
lwa
ys c
onsis
tently
main
tain
ed
•m
ain
fea
ture
s o
f se
lecte
d fo
rm o
f a
n
ap
plic
atio
n a
re c
lear
an
d
ap
pro
priate
to p
urp
ose
•sty
le g
en
era
lly
ap
pro
priate
to t
ask,
thou
gh
a
wa
ren
ess o
f re
ade
r n
ot
alw
ays s
usta
ined
•so
me
evid
en
ce o
f delib
era
te v
ocabula
ry
ch
oic
es
•so
me
exp
an
sio
n o
f g
en
era
l voca
bu
lary
to
m
atc
h topic
of
rete
lling o
f e
ve
nts
co
rrect sp
elli
ng o
f:
•m
ost com
mon g
ram
matical
fun
ctio
n w
ord
s,
e.g
. yo
u,
beca
use,
although
•m
ost
ad
ve
rbs w
ith
-ly
form
ation
like
ly e
rro
rs:
•hom
ophones o
f com
mon
gra
mm
atica
l fu
nction
word
s, e
.g.
the
y’re
/th
eir/th
ere
, o
f/ha
ve/o
ff
•o
cca
sio
na
l ph
on
etica
lly p
lau
sib
le
sp
elli
ng in c
on
tent
word
s,
e.g
. board
, a
cse
pt,
hu
ng
rey,
tery
fin
g
•o
cca
sio
na
l in
flecte
d w
ord
s,
e.g
.-e
s,
-ed,
-ies,
-ie
d,
-er,
-e
st,
-ie
r, -
iest,
-in
g
IE
Ove
rall
asse
ssm
en
t (t
ick o
ne
bo
x o
nly
) S
ecu
re 5
L
ow
5
Se
cu
re 4
L
ow
4
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Nat
iona
l Str
ateg
yfo
r sc
hool
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rove
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