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KS3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 3 - Gothic and the Uncanny · Week 13
Pages: HT2 Assessment - final Gothic short story (1500 words)
Final assessment: polished Gothic short story of ~1500 words.
Lesson 1
What students do
Recap success criteria for Gothic writing.
Task
Annotate your draft against criteria.
Success criteria
Every criterion ticked or flagged.
Lesson 2
What students do
Pair-share one strong passage aloud.
Task
Hear one improvement suggestion.
Success criteria
Last-minute improvement noted.
Lesson 3
What students do
Final SPaG and clarity check.
Task
Proofread top-to-bottom for errors.
Success criteria
Final corrections logged.
Lesson 4
What students do
Begin supervised final write-up.
Task
Write/type final version under classroom conditions.
Success criteria
First 750 words completed neatly.
Lesson 5
What students do
Complete and submit final assessment.
Task
Finish story (1500 words); brief written reflection.
Success criteria
Full story submitted; reflection names 2 craft choices.
AI marking - try this with the English Hub feedback engine
Students can submit their independent paragraph to the AI feedback engine for AO-aligned commentary. Their teacher sees the same feedback alongside their own marking. The task is auto-loaded into the practice surface - students just write and submit.
Open the marking surface with this task pre-loaded →