What Writing Tests Want
03/13/23 • 24 min
Ep. 40
Exams and tests where students have a prompt to respond to, either a text statement or an image, and have to produce an extended piece of original writing
(like the NAPLAN Writing Test, the GAT Writing Task and Module C of HSC Advanced English)
often have students agonising over things that, in terms of the mark scheme, don't matter.
Writing tests are simply vehicles for your teen to show their writing skill and level.
The actual topic or story-line they choose is not important overall.
Join me behind the scenes of these types of exams and tests to discover:
- what is most important in them,
- the specific TEN criteria your teen will be marked on, one way of another,
and
- why your teen should select an idea that allows them to showcase all ten elements to the highest level.FEATURED ON THE SHOW:
- Episode 18: The Truth Behind Creative Tasks
- NAPLAN Narrative Writing Marking Guide
- NAPLAN Persuasive Writing Marking Guide
(Both from: https://www.nap.edu.au/resources) - The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
- Next Level Coaching (for 10WGT graduate students only): Join the waitlist
- Get on my email Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
Ep. 40
Exams and tests where students have a prompt to respond to, either a text statement or an image, and have to produce an extended piece of original writing
(like the NAPLAN Writing Test, the GAT Writing Task and Module C of HSC Advanced English)
often have students agonising over things that, in terms of the mark scheme, don't matter.
Writing tests are simply vehicles for your teen to show their writing skill and level.
The actual topic or story-line they choose is not important overall.
Join me behind the scenes of these types of exams and tests to discover:
- what is most important in them,
- the specific TEN criteria your teen will be marked on, one way of another,
and
- why your teen should select an idea that allows them to showcase all ten elements to the highest level.FEATURED ON THE SHOW:
- Episode 18: The Truth Behind Creative Tasks
- NAPLAN Narrative Writing Marking Guide
- NAPLAN Persuasive Writing Marking Guide
(Both from: https://www.nap.edu.au/resources) - The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
- Next Level Coaching (for 10WGT graduate students only): Join the waitlist
- Get on my email Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
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(Or maybe you’d love to grill the teacher, in which case these will also work. Just ask them with your best 'stern face') ;)FEATURED ON THE SHOW:
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- The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
- Next Level Coaching (for 10WGT graduate students only): Join the waitlist
- Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
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FEATURED ON THE SHOW:
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- The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
- Next Level Coaching (for 10WGT graduate students only): Join the waitlist
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Parents of Hardworking Teens - What Writing Tests Want
Transcript
You’re listening to the Parents of Hardworking Teens Podcast, episode 40 - and today we’re talking about what writing tests really want from your teen. Specifically, writing tests where your teen has to write in response to a prompt or image. I know some students find it really challenging to come up with something on the spot for those, but I want everyone to know, that coming up with a great idea to write about is not the most important thing. So if you’d like to get behind the scenes
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