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SELF-ASSESSMENT GUIDES

Use the ‘Traffic light’ system to colour in the boxes next to each target in the tables:

GREEN = I can do this. YELLOW = I can sometimes do this. RED = I can’t do this.

PLANNING PARAGRAPHS

My plan has an order that makes My writing has paragraphs.
sense.
My plan has a clear beginning. I begin a new paragraph each time something changes.

My plan has a clear ending. My paragraphs have an order that make sense.

My paragraphs link together using signposting.

My plan contains enough detail. My paragraphs introduce a point and then develop it.
My target for planning:
My target for paragraphs:

GRAMMAR PUNCTUATION
My sentences make sense. I begin sentences with capital letters & end with
full stops, question marks or exclamation marks.
I have used a variety of sentence types.
I have used adverbs and adjectives to add I have used commas for lists and for adding
interest to my writing. information to sentences.
I have used speech marks and apostrophes.
I have used verb tenses correctly.
Subject-verb agreement is correct I have used other punctuation marks such as
(the verb matches the subject). brackets, dashes, colons or semi-colons.
My target for grammar: My target for punctuation:

SPELLING

I have spelt the high frequency (common) words correctly.

I have spelt words with suffixes and prefixes correctly.

I have spelt and used homophones (words that sound the same but have different meanings) correctly.

The spelling is mostly correct throughout my writing.
My target for spelling:

DECORATING PROOFREADING
I have used some ‘WOW’ words and/ or My writing makes sense.
‘emotional’ words in my writing.

I have varied the way I start my sentences. I have checked the spelling and corrected my
I have used the ‘Power of Three’ in my mistakes.

writing. I have checked the punctuation and corrected

I have used ‘Facts and Stats’ or a rhetorical my mistakes.
question in my writing.
I have used a simile, a metaphor or I have checked the grammar and corrected my
alliteration in my writing. mistakes.

My target for decorating: My target for proofreading:

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