AC9E4LE05 • Homework
Creating and Editing Literary Texts
Download a separate 8-question worksheet aligned to this curriculum code.
Open practiceEight original writing and editing tasks
Use a notebook or download the printable sheet. Build one garden story across the linked planning, drafting and feedback tasks; the other tasks give you fresh scenes. Keep actual writing and peer comments.
1. Writing task
Plan an original story about an unexpected visitor to a school garden. Write a character goal, two setting details, a problem and two linked events.
Adult guidance and possible response
Possible plan: A child wants to protect seedlings; the garden has a loose fence and soft soil; a rabbit enters; the child asks an adult to help close the gap after the rabbit leaves safely.
Require a usable original plan whose setting and events connect to a goal; avoid harming wildlife.
2. Writing task
Using your garden plan, write a 5–7 sentence first draft. Include an opening, a purposeful character action and a clear outcome.
Adult guidance and possible response
A complete original garden story, with understandable links from the visitor problem to action and outcome.
Assess actual connected writing, not a list of features. Different viewpoints and outcomes are acceptable.
3. Writing task
Create a separate 3-sentence scene in which a character is excited but trying to stay quiet in a museum. Show both through actions.
Adult guidance and possible response
Example: Isha pressed her hands over a grin when she saw the model dinosaur. She tapped her cousin’s sleeve instead of calling out. Together they tiptoed closer.
Require excitement and controlled quietness conveyed by related actions; accept alternative details.
4. Writing task
Add a two-turn conversation to your garden story. Let each speaker suggest a different safe way to respond. Add the action they choose.
Adult guidance and possible response
Two connected spoken suggestions followed by a clear safe chosen action.
Check distinct speakers, ideas relevant to the problem and an action that advances the story. Assess dialogue as storytelling, with understandable punctuation.
5. Writing task
Draft: “Ned carried a kite. The path was slippery. He fell.” Rewrite it in 3–4 sentences to explain how the slippery path affects Ned’s choices before any fall. You may prevent the fall.
Adult guidance and possible response
Example: Ned’s shoes slid on the wet path. He tucked the kite under his arm and took shorter steps. At the steep part, he asked his aunt to hold his hand.
Require a precise setting obstacle and linked safe response; the task deliberately permits a changed outcome.
6. Writing task
Write two versions of a sentence describing a fluttering curtain: one literal and one with an apt literary device. Explain which you would choose for a gentle morning scene.
Adult guidance and possible response
Literal: The curtain moved in the breeze. Figurative: The curtain waved a soft good morning. Either may suit; the explanation should identify the chosen effect.
Require accurate literal/nonliteral distinction and a purpose-linked choice; do not insist figurative writing is always better.
7. Writing task
Share your garden draft with a peer. Record one strength and one specific suggestion from them; ask a follow-up question and record their reply. Offer the same help on their draft.
Adult guidance and possible response
Actual two-way feedback tied to each draft, such as a request to explain where the visitor entered and a reply identifying the loose fence.
Retain both writers’ actual comments. Adult-only practice is useful but must not be marked as observed peer collaboration.
8. Writing task
Revise your garden draft using one useful peer suggestion. Copy the original and revised section, then explain one change to storyline, character or setting.
Adult guidance and possible response
Actual before/after passages plus a specific explanation, such as adding a loose fence earlier to explain the visitor’s entry.
Require a substantive responsive edit preserving useful original content; assess the actual revision rather than agreement with every suggestion.