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SEA Creative Writing

Timed story planning, gripping openings and solid endings, description, paragraphing and a weekly marked composition routine for pupils, parents and teachers preparing for the SEA Creative Writing paper.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for SEA Creative Writing, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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📝 Caribbean School Exams

SEA Creative Writing

Preparing for the SEA Creative Writing paper: planning stories under time, strong openings and endings, description, paragraphing and marked practice compositions.

  1. SEA Creative Writing format and marking check
  2. Baseline timed composition with a first score
  3. Rubric rewritten as a child-friendly checklist
  4. Composition folder and score log
  5. Week-by-week writing plan to SEA day
  6. Home writing corner with an exam clock
  7. Handwriting speed and legibility check
  8. Writing targets agreed with the class teacher
  9. Collection of model compositions
  10. Saturday timed composition routine
  11. Twice-weekly ten-minute quick-write
  12. Monthly rubric progress review
  13. Personal proofreading list of repeated slips
  14. Story ideas notebook from everyday life
  15. Reading like a writer each week
  16. Weekly parent read-aloud check-in
  17. Monthly redraft of a marked composition
  18. Writing buddy swap with a classmate
  19. Sensory notes from real places
  20. Five-minute story plan under time
  21. Openings that hook the reader
  22. Endings that solve the problem
  23. Showing feelings through action and the senses
  24. Paragraphing by time, place, person and speaker
  25. Dialogue that moves the story forward
  26. Characters built in three strong details
  27. Building suspense towards the climax
  28. Sentence variety and strong verbs
  29. Local settings and voice in Standard English
  30. Picture prompt practice set
  31. Story starter and given opening practice set
  32. Title, topic and given ending practice set
  33. Splitting the clock between planning, writing and checking
  34. First or third person as a default
  35. Getting to the problem in the first paragraph
  36. Moving away from memorised stories
  37. Deciding on extra writing lessons
  38. First full mock under exam conditions
  39. Second mock marked by a fresh pair of eyes
  40. Last full practice composition before SEA
  41. Final fortnight before SEA
  42. Exam morning plan for the writing paper
  43. Support plan for a reluctant writer
  44. Stretching a confident writer to the top band
  45. Exam access arrangements for a child with learning needs
  46. Supporting SEA writing from a distance
  47. Late start eight-week writing rescue plan
  48. Weekly class composition marking cycle
  49. Moderation session and exemplar bank for teachers
  50. Small-group writing lessons programme for tutors

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

SEA Creative Writing format and marking check

Before any practice, you need to know exactly what the writing paper asks for this year: how long it runs, what kinds of prompts appear and how marks are split across the rubric. Formats have changed before, so the Ministry of Education's current SEA information and specimen papers, not an older cousin's memory, are the source to trust. One evening spent on this stops weeks of practising the wrong thing.

First tasks

  • Find the current SEA information on the Ministry of Education website
  • Write down the time allowed and the prompt types on one page
  • Save or print the published rubric for the writing paper
  • Ask the class teacher to confirm the format at the next meeting

Baseline timed composition with a first score

A single story written under real exam timing shows where marks are being lost today: planning, openings, paragraphing, endings or careless slips. Marked against the rubric, it gives a starting score to compare every later piece with, so progress becomes something you can see rather than guess.

First tasks

  • Choose an unseen prompt from a past or specimen paper
  • Set a timer for the official time and let your child write alone
  • Mark the piece against each rubric category
  • Record the total and the two weakest categories in the log

Rubric rewritten as a child-friendly checklist

Marking rubrics are written in teachers' language, which a ten or eleven year old cannot easily use to check a story. Rewriting each category as two or three plain questions (Does my first line make someone want to read on? Did I start a new paragraph when the place changed?) gives your child a tool for every piece, including the checking minutes on exam day.

First tasks

  • Read the rubric aloud with your child, one category at a time
  • Rewrite each category as two or three plain questions
  • Test the checklist on an old composition and note the fixes
  • Show the checklist to the class teacher for a quick check

Make it yours.

Install SEA Creative Writing, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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