English // Writing Composition

Responding to Writing Feedback

With teacher guidance, re-read own writing aloud to check it sounds right; listen and respond to questions and suggestions from teacher or peers to add detail, clarify meaning, and strengthen writing — this is the scaffolded beginning of writing self-evaluation, not an independent skill

Ages
5 to 7
Type
Thinking skill
Builds on
4 topics
Leads to
3 topics
Standards
5 codes

Quick check

When the learner's teacher asks them to read their own writing aloud and then asks "does that bit make sense?", can the learner listen to the feedback and make a simple change to improve it?

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Topic // Mastery

What mastery looks like

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • Reread own writing and spot a missing word or unclear sentence
  • Add a detail in response to a question (e.g. 'Can you tell me more about...?')
  • Make at least one improvement to a piece based on feedback

Topic // Map

Where this fits

What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.
  • RequiredMust come first
  • HelpfulHelps, but not essential

Before this

4 topics
  • Checking Your Own WorkHelpful

    Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn // Ages 5 to 6

    Re-reading own writing to check it makes sense is the writing-domain form of the universal self-checking habit

  • Simple Stories with Beginning and EndingHelpful

    Writing Composition // Ages 5 to 7

    Need writing to revise

  • Writing Process VocabularyHelpful

    Writing Composition // Ages 5 to 8

    Re-reading and responding to feedback is more effective when pupils know terms like 'revise', 'edit', and 'meaning'

  • Feeling of not understandingHelpful

    Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn // Ages 6 to 7

    Noticing when your own writing doesn't make sense requires the universal comprehension-monitoring habit applied to one's own text

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Responding to Writing Feedback

Ages 5 to 7 // Thinking skill

Leads to

3 topics
  • Revising and editingRequired

    Writing Composition // Ages 6 to 7

    Proofreading builds on Y1 revising writing

  • Revising and editing (age 8+)Required

    Writing Composition // Ages 8 to 9

    Independent writing self-evaluation (8-9) builds directly on the scaffolded version introduced with teacher support (5-7)

  • Reviewing Own WritingHelpful

    English Thinking // Ages 8 to 10

    Independently judging whether writing achieves its intended effect grows out of the scaffolded habit of re-reading writing and responding to teacher and peer feedback

Topic // Standards

Curriculum standards

Codes for the curriculum statements this topic maps to. Each publisher owns its standard text.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
W.1.5W.K.5
The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document
Eng/KS1/Y2/WC/3aEng_Y1_WC_04Eng_Y1_WC_05

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