Top THREE reasons children FAIL story writing in the 7+ Assessments
/1.The story does not make sense
They go off on tangents and the story is unclear.
The story does not link to the story title.
The reader cannot understand what the child has written.
If the story doesn’t make sense, the assessor will simply not read it and the story will not pass.
2. The child has not followed the instructions provided.
Story writing is generally a continuation of the comprehension or a stand alone story in which the children are give a story title or a set of images to write a story about. Recently, most stories have been linked to the comprehension task.
If students are asked to complete the passage for example and they do not do this, the story will not pass.
If students are asked to write a story called ‘The Fountain’ and they do not mention a fountain, they will not pass.
If students are asked to include speech punctuation and higher level descriptive language and they don’t do this, they will not pass.
These are just a fe examples.
3. Handwriting is illegible
If the assessor cannot read the story, it will not pass
Master these three things when teaching story writing to your child and they will definitely pass the story writing part of the 7+ Assessments. Don’t master these and they will not.
Always remember that they are 1:100’s of students being assessed. The assessors will read hundreds of stories. Your child’s story needs to stand out from the rest. Your child’s story needs to be so well written and your child’s story needs to be the one that will WOW the assessors and enable them to pass this part of the 7+ Assessments.
Story writing is my super power and I have helped hundreds of children over the last 15 years to be able to write amazing stories not just for their 7+ Assessments but for life!
