Placement paper (test #3, typed, reading half of the fiction paper) sat and marked: 9/40, 0 blank of 4, closed by her at 32 of 120 min (attempt #11). List question 4/4 — four distinct points from the right lines. Language question 2/8, Level 1: one quotation from inside the lines, a literal comment and personification described in her own words with no effect; the word → suggests → reader chain did not appear. Structure question 2/8, Level 1: opening focus and a change of focus named, generic 'read on' effect, stayed on structure, ending not mentioned. 'Do you agree' question 1/20, Level 1: one sentence taking a view, no quotation — this question shape has never been taught. Seven spelling slips across four short typed answers. No teaching ran; the hyena structure paragraph from session 47 is still open.
FIRST: finish the hyena structure paragraph — the opening sentence that names the moment (the ending) and where it sits, before the quote; then what that ending does to the reader (session 47). Starter, no notes: the three steps for explaining one word (5th ask); define anti-climax; spell writer, because, cottage. THEN the placement paper (test 3, lighthouse text) is re-worked as teaching, one question per lesson — parent decision 30 Sep; sequence in the subject note 'Placement paper 1 re-work'. Lesson 1: her storm answer — one word from her own quotation through what it suggests and what the reader feels, then a second quotation. Lesson 2: the structure question, current wording. Lesson 3: the 20-mark 'do you agree' shape taught on this text, then written with hints; none on a fresh text before that. Re-marks go in the summary as 'was X, now Y with hints', never as an attempt. Fri 2 Oct: second placement paper at /exam/5. Fairground branch and ~6 Oct timed description stand.
| Topic | Name | Change | Evidence recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1.1 | Not started → Not started | Placement paper 30 Sep, list-four question: 4/4 unaided, four distinct points all from lines 1-8, 9 min (guide 5). List format, not the 2026 multiple-choice format. No status change from marking. | |
| R2.1 | Developing → Developing | Placement paper 30 Sep, language question 2/8 (Level 1), unaided, timed window: one quotation, literal comment ('the storm has started'), 0 of 3 chain steps applied to a word — no 'suggests', no reader. 2 sentences in 16 min. No status change from marking. | |
| R2.2 | Gap → Gap | Placement paper 30 Sep, language question: method identified in her own words ('giving the storm some human feters') with 0 effect attached and the term not used. 1 method, 0 effects. No status change from marking. | |
| R3.1 | Developing → Developing | Placement paper 30 Sep, structure question 2/8 (Level 1), unaided: opening focus named first (cottage), one change of focus (storm), effect generic ('keep the reader wanting to read on'); ending and footprints not named; 0 quotations; 3 sentences in 3 min. No status change from marking. | |
| R3.3 | Not started → Not started | Placement paper 30 Sep, structure question: 3 of 3 sentences about focus and change of focus, 0 about word choice. First unaided evidence on a fresh source. No status change from marking. | |
| R4.1 | Not started → Not started | Placement paper 30 Sep, 'do you agree' question 1/20: 0 quotations, 0 references to the text in a one-sentence answer written in 2 min of a 20 min guide. Untaught — baseline. No status change from marking. | |
| R4.2 | Not started → Not started | Placement paper 30 Sep, 'do you agree' question: a view is stated in sentence 1 (agrees with the student), 1 of 1 sentences; nothing follows it. Untaught — baseline. No status change from marking. |