Would someone mind leveling this for me?

[Fuzzymum1]

I would be interested to know what level this piece of writing is if you wouldn't mind. It was written by hand and then typed up on the computer so I have no idea what his writing was like on this occasion but it is usually legible and reasonably neat but definitely not the neatest in his class.

He was given the title and sub-headings but the paragraphs are his own work. Some of the key words were written on the board apparently - like cenotaph, wreath, soldiers, symbol etc

Remembrance Day
Why do we wear poppies?
We wear poppies so that we can remember the soldiers who died in the war. when someone came to visit the battale field it was just mud but a few years later loads of poppies grew. He thought it would be a good symbol.

How do we remember?
At the elefanth month, the elefanth day, the elefanth hour we have 2 minits silence to remembere the soldiers. In London they have a satatue where the Queen puts a wreath. THe statue is called the cenotaph.

What special things help us remember?
Poppies help us to remember as well as bravery medals, The cenotaph in London helps people remember aswel. When they drive past they could peak out of the window.

At a rough guess I would say 3c. The punctuation is not quite secure enough for a 3b (lack of capitals at the beginning of a sentence and a comma instead of a full stop.)

Sentence structure is quite good- uses different sentence openers.
Spelling needs a bit of work but mainly sound and plausible attempts at unknown words.

Having said that there is no where near enough evidence for an accurate level to be given.

He may not be inspired by the topic and may therefore write at a much higher level for other genre (e.g. stories recounts letters etc.)

<a class="break-all" href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110809101133/nsonline.org.uk/node/48412" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here is the App sheet for levels 2 and 3. For a clear level at the lowest (e.g. 3c) four boxes from AFs 1-6 need to be completely ticked off. For a secure level (3b) a few more and for the whole level (3a)everything needs to be be achieved.

I'd say 3c...possibly moving into a 3b.

Quite hard to level it when you don't know exactly how independently it was done but I'd say a solid 3c...with elements of 3b.

Thank you both, his teacher said she was really pleased with it. He's in year 2 so a 3 is very pleasing.

Lovely writing from a year 2. I like the 2nd paragraph and the sentence starting 'In London...' That's a good level 3 sentence. Also the start of that paragraph, the use of commas is impressive. :) good job.

It is a nice piece of writing and he has used some lovely sentence openers but I don't think this a level 3. I would say level 2. However there isn't really enough to give a firm level, particularly as the organisation and some of the vocabulary has been done for him.

He's probably on track to achieve level 3 by the end of the year but I don't think he's there quite yet.

I agree unfortunately the work isn't independent so I would be reluctant to level it at all but it's clear he is developing an interesting writing style. Well done Fuzzy's son

If I knew that he'd chosen the 'technical' vocabulary himself and the organisation/headings were his I'd be willing to perhaps give it a sublevel and maybe consider 3c.

It looks like he's going to go on to produce some really interesting pieces of writing in the future though. He's obviously doing well and I would be very pleased with it.

When levelling writing lots of examples are looked at never just one piece. It would be foolish to try to level one example especially out of context. If you are concerned your child is not achieving I would speak to the teacher.

Wow- the beginning of year 2 and he is writing like this already! Well done little Fuzzy!

Sussex-

You can absolutely level a single piece of writing! It doesn't mean the writer is operating at that level all the time but you can level am individual piece. The best way to level a writer is if course to look at a sample. However, you can level one piece.

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mammadiggingdeep you absolutely can NOT accurately level a single piece of writing the system isn't intended to be used that way although of course schools attempt to do so all the time.

You can level a piece if writing. It doesn't mean the writer IS that level, it means the piece of writing has elements if that level. Every school does this at some point...when gathering samples for Year 2 and Now Year 6 many schools level each piece to then gain a picture if the writer. They therefore are levelling individual pieces of writing.

• of writing

No single piece of writing can evidence all the criteria required to gain a specific level. Hence once piece can only give an indicator that a child may be working at X level.
I'd be interested in knowing which criteria mammadiggingdeep is using if she can?

one not once

Personally, I'd be a bit worried about a school that was gathering samples and then levelling each piece to get a picture of a writer. I'm not sure how that would give an accurate picture or level of a child.

"it means the piece of writing has elements if that level." having elements of a level is not the same thing as being that level ...