Achieved

Introduction One of the following:

● Rhetorical question (Have you ever wondered?...)
● Anecdote (a short event that shows a character’s personality)
● Speech (“Hey! Give me back my dog”.)
Character development
Show not tell
Applies Senses (taste, smell, hear, see, touch)
Similes (comparison using like or as)
Metaphors (comparison of two things)

Rising Small, medium and large problem that escalates (gets bigger)
Action/ The problem is clear
Build Up Problem words (unfortunately, disastrously)

Problem

Solution Small, medium and large solution that escalates.

The solution is clear
Solution words (luckily, fortunately, thankfully)

Ending One of the following concluding technique:

● Skip forward in time (A few years later…)
● Moral of the story (lesson)
● Cliff hanger (Make the reader wonder)

Sentence Complex Sentences (Sentences that start with A.A.A.W.W.U.B.B.I.S)

Structure Variety of sentence starters: Adverbs (quickly), prepositions (above), connectives
(although), time connectives (eventually).

Vocabulary Powerful verbs and adjectives (stuttered NOT said)

Punctuation Correct punctuation.

● Capital Letters
● Punctuation ( . , ! ? “)

Cohesion Logically organised

Clear flow and easy to follow

Grammar ● Verbs Match Subject

○ I run, she runs, we run, they run
● I used the correct tense and the same tense throughout.
● I used the/a correctly
○ The dinosaurs were angry.
○ Dinosaurs were angry*
● I used was/were correctly
○ There was a pen. There were some pens.
○ I/He/She/It was happy.
○ We/They/You were happy.
● I used a/an correctly.
○ a before consonants (a cat, a dog, a tree)
○ an before vowels (an apple, an ice cream)
● I have used the correct prepositions with verbs:
○ woke up, yelled out, went ahead, let out, ran away, etc.