Can anyone help me level this piece of writing please?

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Hi my ds does not enjoy writing at all and it is a struggle to get him to do any Nevertheless I am trying to help him at home. I was wondering if he has made any progress since September. It is short and sweet. Many thanks.

Once upon a time there was a Dragon he was calld Dragoney. He was brav and red like figher(fire). Sudunly there was a dasling night(knight) in armer(armour). The Dragon brevd(breathed) some flaming figher (fire) at the night(knight) in armer and then he was ded (dead). The end.

can anyone help? i know its a short piece, sorry.

This is exact, is it? It's his capitalisation and punctuation? How old is he? If he's pretty young then it's pretty good. I think we could have understood it without interpretations and adults being able to understand the work without the child's help is one of the rules of judging.

1a+/2c depending on other evidence. I like it by the way.

He is in yr 2, just turned 7 last week. His teacher said he is behind with his writing last year, so I was just wondering he is a long way behind or catching up a little.Thanks for your comments learnandsay & Djwkin.

His teacher keeps drilling full stops and capital letters so perhaps it is sinking in !

He's got full stops, capital letters and more. He has adjectives, he has a different sentence starter (suddenly) and a simile thrown in too. That's quite a lot for such a short piece. I think he's doing really well and definitely catching up.

Would have levelled this as a 2c if there was more of it. Just not enough evidence to make a full judgement. There are beginnings of higher level writing so lots of potential and progress can be made with the right teaching and support. Hope that makes sense.