ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT
Controlling time in a story
Assessment Criteria and What A Good One Looks Like
Below you will find the Skill Check assessment criteria for this skill, and underneath you will find an example of what a good one looks like, with a brief explanation of how it fits the criteria.
Assessment Criteria for Controlling time in a story, including using timeshifts
minus
any of these things
Hardly anything written
Very poor accuracy or written expression
Gets the tense wrong if there is a timeshift required
Fails to convey the amount of time required, if an amount of time is specified
equals (just) to plus (secure)
all of these things
Suitable amount written with reasonable written expression
Switches to past perfect tense at the start of any required timeshift
Keeps time sufficiently slow or fast in order to convey the time, if an amount of time is specified.
Moves time forwards competently
star
all of these things
All the = criteria
General writing style is effective
Move time forwards/backwards effectively
What a good one looks like
Example task
Read the story summary below and then complete the task underneath.
When Aaliya arrived at the party, she knew it was going to be hard work. None of her cousins seemed to be there, and the only other children were toddlers. She spent some time trailing her parents before sneaking off to a quiet room so she could look at her phone without being lectured. Her Instagram was full of photos of her friends having a much better time. She was so bored! Then the boy came in. He was the son of her auntie’s new boyfriend and they clicked immediately. On the way home from the party, scrolling through the boy’s Instagram in the car, she felt it was all worth it.
Write a section of the story summarised above in which 1 minute passes. You will need to use slow-time in your writing, but you mustn’t mention any specific units of time (e.g. seconds/minutes). Aim to write roughly 6-8 sentences.
Example response
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