The Shorter Writing Task is only worth 12 marks. You are advised to spend just twenty minutes on it. A small amount of that time has to go into planning but it is only the actual writing that is assessed. Assessment is organised like this - a maximum of 8 marks for "Composition and Effect" and a maximum of 4 marks for "Sentence Structure, Punctuation and Text Organisation".
See this prickly little fellow below - he's called Humphrey - much cuter than last summer's Tongo Lizard! Click on him and he will take you to the shorter writing task that Y6 pupils had to tackle back in 2003. You won't be able to copy and paste this page because it is a PDF file. Having checked the exam paper out and having made a swift plan on paper, you are then asked to bring up a Word page and attempt this piece of writing. Put your name on it. You will have twenty minutes in total and it will be marked for you. You will need to print it off. There are sometimes technical glitches with printers in the CLC so please be patient.
See this prickly little fellow below - he's called Humphrey - much cuter than last summer's Tongo Lizard! Click on him and he will take you to the shorter writing task that Y6 pupils had to tackle back in 2003. You won't be able to copy and paste this page because it is a PDF file. Having checked the exam paper out and having made a swift plan on paper, you are then asked to bring up a Word page and attempt this piece of writing. Put your name on it. You will have twenty minutes in total and it will be marked for you. You will need to print it off. There are sometimes technical glitches with printers in the CLC so please be patient.
When you have finished your shorter writing task you will go back on KS2 Bitesize for more unstructured exploration. This time only explore Reading. Again click on Popeye below:-
Hi! I am Popeye and I will take you to KS2 Bitesize again! READING! Just click on me. By the way - eating spinach also helps kids to do well in their SATs! Yummy mummy!
