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SELF-ASSESSMENT RECORD FOR WRITING TASKS

Each writing task asks you to focus on how well you used one of the writing tools.
When you have completed a task, use the ‘Traffic light’ system to colour in the
boxes next to each target for that task.
GREEN = I can do this.
YELLOW = I can sometimes do this.
RED = I can’t do this.

Writing Task 1: Newspaper article about an escaped snake.

PUNCTUATION SELF-ASSESSMENT Date:

I begin sentences with capital letters and end with full stops, question
marks or exclamation marks.

I have used commas for lists and for adding information to sentences.

I have used speech marks and apostrophes.

I have used other punctuation marks such as brackets, dashes, colons or

semi-colons.
My target for punctuation:

Writing Task 2: An animal story.

PARAGRAPHS SELF-ASSESSMENT Date:

My writing has paragraphs.

I begin a new paragraph each time something changes.

My paragraphs have an order that make sense.

My paragraphs link together using signposting.

My paragraphs introduce a point and then develop it.

My target for paragraphs:

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