Year 6 Assessment Rubric Unit 4: Happily Ever

After - An Exploration of Fairy Tales

Name:
Teachers: Mr Henshaw, Mr Binge, Ms Pollock, Ms Lee, Ms Turner
Date assigned: 23rd - 27th May
Task: Newspaper Article (This task assesses Criteria B, C, D)
You must write a newspaper article exploring one of the fairy
tales you have studied in class.

Criter
ion

Assessment Descriptors

Mark

ORGANISING
The student:
i. makes sophisticated use of organization and structure to
effectively suit the context and purpose
ii. effectively organizes opinions and ideas clearly and
sensibly, with ideas building on each other in a
sophisticated way

/8

PRODUCING TEXT
The student:
i. produces a text that demonstrates a high degree of
creativity; demonstrates a high degree of thought,
imagination and insight and perceptive exploration and
consideration of new perspectives and ideas
ii. makes perceptive choices in terms of style,
demonstrating clear awareness of non-fiction genre and
understanding of audience.
iii. selects extensive relevant details and ideas from the
chosen fairy tale.

/8

USING LANGUAGE
The student:
i. effectively uses a range of appropriate vocabulary and
sentences
ii. writes in a consistently appropriate style that suits the
context and purpose

/8

iii. uses grammar, syntax and punctuation with a high

degree of accuracy; errors are minor and communication is
effective
iv. spells / writes with a high degree of accuracy; errors are
minor and communication is effective

(Tota
l)

Level Achieved

Criterion
B:
Organisin
g

1-2

3-4

5-6

7-8

Your ability
to organize
and
structure
your ideas
in a way
that suits
your
context
and
purpose
is
Your ability
to organise
your ideas
in a way
that is clear
and
sensible
is

Work
not
attempt
ed

Minimal /
Not
always
appropriat
e

Adequat
e

Compete
nt

Sophistica
ted and
Effective

Work
not
attempt
ed

Minimal

Sometim
es
evident

Criterion
C:
Producing
Text

1-2

Your level of
creativity
is

Work
not
attempt
ed

Your
imaginatio
n and
insight in
your text
is

Work
not
attempt
ed

Evident:

Effective:

ideas build
on each
other

ideas build
on each
other in a
sophisticat
ed way

3-4

5-6

7-8

Limited

Sometim
es
evident

Considera
ble

Of a high
degree

Limited

Sometim
es
evident

Considera
ble

Of a high
degree

Your
exploratio
n and
considerati
on of new
perspectiv
es and
ideas is.

Work
not
attempt
ed

Limited

Sometim
es
evident

Substanti
al

Perceptive

Your
linguistic
and
stylistic
choices,
for nonfiction,
are.

Work
not
attempt
ed

Minimal

Sometim
es
appropri
ate

Thoughtfu
l

Effective

Your
awareness
of the
audience
of your text
is
Your
understan
ding of
relevant
details and
ideas from
the fairy
tale is...

Work
not
attempt
ed

Limited

Adequat
e

Good

Good

Work
not
attempt
ed

Minimal

Sometim
es
evident

Sufficient

Extensive
and
precise

Criterion
D: Using
Language

1-2

3-4

5-6

7-8

Your use of
a range of
appropriat
e
vocabulary
and
sentences
is

Work
not
attempt
ed

Limited

Adequat
e

Varied

Effective

Your ability
to write in
a style that
suits the
context
and
purpose of
your text

Work
not
attempt
ed

Inappropri
ate or
nonexistent

Sometim
es

Compete
nt

Consistent
ly
Appropriat
e

is
The
accuracy of
your
grammar,
syntax and
punctuatio
n is
Your errors
in
communic
ation are

Work
not
attempt
ed

Limited

Sometim
es
evident

Of a
considera
ble
degree

Of a high
degree

Work
not
attempt
ed

Problemati
c

Sometim
es a
problem

Occasion
ally a
problem

Minor: you
communica
te
effectively