A writing paper asks for one extended piece, a narrative or a persuasive essay for example, against a prompt and a clock. It is marked automatically against the marking rubric for that task, so the mark is criterion by criterion rather than a single impression.
Sitting one
- Read the prompt at the top of the pane.
- Type the response. The live Word count sits in the top bar.
- Press Finish, then Submit test.
The style a paper asks for is shown on its card on the Take Tests tab, so it is possible to practise one form deliberately.
Waiting for the mark
A writing paper is not scored the instant it is submitted. On the Results & Review tab the card reads Magically Marking until it is done. Reload the page a little later.
The marked writing page
Open it with Review Attempt. The total sits beside a row of tabs:
- Original work, the piece as it was written, with the task beside it and a Copy button.
- Marking rubric, the criteria for this task with the mark given for each and why.
- Corrections, specific fixes quoted from the writing itself.
- Exemplar, a stronger version of the same task to read against your child's own.
- Practice, short follow up tasks aimed at whatever the rubric found weakest.
Reading the feedback well
Take the rubric first and the corrections second: the rubric says which criterion cost marks, and the corrections show it happening in your child's own sentences. Bring anything that still does not make sense to a teacher, in class or in a 1-on-1 tutoring session. If the piece needs more practice rather than more feedback, WritingHub is the place for that.