For further information, see the booklet Assessment for learning (Ref: 0521-2004) from Learning and teaching in the primary years http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/learning_and_teaching/1041163/.

Phase 1

Predict possible events in a narrative based on their experience of other texts during shared and guided reading (teacher observation, self-evaluation).

Phase 2

Tell an adventure narrative during role-play with the events organised sequentially into problem and resolution during independent sessions (self-evaluation, feedback against agreed criteria).

Phase 3

Compose complete sentences correctly demarcated by capital letters and full stops (marking and feedback against agreed success criteria). Write a short story with the events organised sequentially into problem and resolution (marking and feedback against agreed success criteria).