This Year 2 writing assessment resource pack provides the opportunity for Key Stage 1 pupils to produce cross-curricular writing that can be assessed against the KS1Teacher Assessment Framework (TAF).
Pupils will write a write a recount, describing what their hometown is like, using age-appropriate geographical vocabulary. A pupil writing checklist is provided to encourage independent proofreading and editing.
Year 2 writing checklists with TAF statements can be used to assess pupils against the Year 2 writing standards for working towards, expected and greater depth standards.
What is a recount?
A recount is written in the past tense about events that have happened. Examples of tests that are recounts include: diaries. an account of a school event or trip out, an historical account of events, letters and postcards, newspaper articles and re-telling well-known stories.
What is included in this resource?
- Teacher slides PowerPoint
- Picture cards
- Pupil success criteria checklists
For pupils to self-assess their writing
- Pupil writing sheets
Linked to the theme for their writing
- TAF writing assessment checklist
To be used by the teacher to show evidence against the KS1 Teacher Assessment Framework writing statements
- Teacher’s notes
National Curriculum English programme of study links
Pupils should be taught to develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by:
- Writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional)
- Writing about real events
- Writing poetry
- Writing for different purposes
Consider what they are going to write before beginning by:
- Planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about
- Writing down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary
- Encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence
Make simple additions, revisions and corrections to their own writing by:
- Evaluating their writing with the teacher and other pupils
- Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form
- Proof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation
- Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear