Level
Year 8 SPaG Bookmark
Expert
Spelling:
All spelling is correct, including complex and
ambitious words
Punctuation:
Uses full range of appropriate punctuation
accurately and for effect*
Grammar:
Confidently uses complex verb forms and sentence
features- embedded phrases & clauses*
(Sophistication in these improves from levels 7-9)
Developing (upper)
Secure
Spelling:
Nearly all spelling is correct
Punctuation:
Uses full range of appropriate punctuation
accurately
Grammar:
Uses a range of appropriate sentence featuresfronted adverbials, prepositional phrases
Spelling:
Common words always correct
Words which are not spelt as they sound
sometimes correct
Most suffixes and prefixes are correct
Punctuation
Uses full range of basic punctuation accurately, but
does not always use commas correctly in complex
sentences.
Developing
Grammar:
Verb tense accurate
Uses compound and complex sentences
Spelling:
Common words mostly correct
Homophones occasionally correct
Suffixes mostly correct
Punctuation
Uses accurate basic punctuation
Uses speech marks and some other speech
punctuation
Uses commas in lists and sometimes to mark
clauses
Emerging
Grammar:
Beginning to vary verb tense accurately
Beginning to use compound and some complex
sentences
Spelling:
Simple words mostly correct
Suffixes occasionally correct
Punctuation:
Uses full stops, capital letters, question marks &
exclamation marks correctly most of the time
Uses commas in lists
Grammar:
May have issues with verb tense
Uses mainly simple sentences
(Accuracy of these improves from levels 1-3)
N.B. Descriptors marked with * are not applicable to
reading assessments.