Writing - What should it look like?

What should Year 6 writing look like?

To meet the National Standards for writing, we have to be writing solidly at Level 3L by the end of the year. To be above the national standards, we have to be starting to write at Level 4E of the curriculum.

 

 

What does this mean? Well use the following website to look at what you'd need to be able to do, make sure you share it with your parents.

http://www.cocklebay.school.nz/images/stories/national_standards/cbs_writing_goal_cards.pdf

Here is the level 3 success criteria. Do you do all of this independently and consistently? If not, what do you need to work on?

 

At Level Three

 

Audience, Purpose and Voice

I independently apply a process and write texts choosing

language and overall text structures that suit my audience and

purpose (recounting, describing, narrating, reporting, arguing

or explaining)

I can identify the text features appropriate to the task

I independently write about several experiences or ideas

including detail or personal comment and group these in

paragraphs beginning to use related links

I independently use content that is relevant to the curriculum

task or items of information and include detail and/or comment

supporting the main points

I write clear and concise evaluations of tasks using

supporting evidence and detail

I independently use a wide variety of precise and effective

descriptive words (adjectives, adverbs, nouns and verbs) and

adjectival and adverbial phrases that clearly convey ideas,

experiences or information

I independently use subject specific vocabulary

I independently use similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia and

imagery to support meaning and for effect

I independently choose appropriate media for publishing

including visual and digital

Structure

I routinely and independently plan and organise rich

language, ideas and information using a variety of planning

tools

I independently write simple and compound sentences that

vary in their beginnings, structures and lengths and are correct

grammatically, and complex sentences that are mostly

grammatically correct (using conjunctions such as when, how,

because, although)

I use complex punctuation such as possessive apostrophes

for possession, commas for clauses, or semicolons

I independently use titles, sub headings, labelled diagrams,

charts, maps and illustrations to support meaning

Proofreading and Editing

I independently proof read to correct grammar, spelling and

punctuation using appropriate computer based or print tools

I spell most words correctly and demonstrate knowledge of

common spelling patterns

I independently review and revise my writing to clarify meaning

and add impact, often in response to feedback

National Standard by the end of Year 6

Creates texts in order to meet the writing demands of the NZ Curriculum at Level 3