GCSE Creative Writing whole-class feedback system with editable DIRT lesson, teacher coding sheets and student reflection resources.

Are you tired of writing the same feedback repeatedly across a set of creative writing assessments?

This resource provides a complete whole-class feedback system for Creative Writing, helping teachers deliver meaningful feedback whilst reducing marking workload.

Using WWW (What Went Well) and EBI (Even Better If) codes, students identify strengths, understand targets and actively improve their work through a structured DIRT (Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time) lesson.

Designed specifically for narrative and descriptive writing, the resource focuses on vocabulary choices, sentence structures, language techniques, punctuation, structure, audience, register and crafting writing for effect.

Included in this resource:

• Fully editable PowerPoint lesson

• Teacher guide

• Creative Writing WWW and EBI coding system

• Improvement and redrafting activities

• Peer assessment tasks

• Self-assessment activities

• Teacher feedback recording sheet

• Whole-class feedback analysis sheet

• Student feedback and reflection sheet

Suitable for:

• GCSE English Language

• KS3 English

• Creative Writing

• Narrative Writing

• Descriptive Writing

• AQA

• Edexcel

• OCR

• WJEC / Eduqas

Ideal for formative assessment:

• Mid-unit writing assessments

• Descriptive writing tasks

• Narrative writing practice

• Drafting and redrafting lessons

• Feedback lessons

• Retrieval and improvement activities

Ideal for summative assessment:

• End-of-unit assessments

• Mock examinations

• GCSE English Language Paper 1 Question 5 preparation

• Department assessments

• Standardised writing assessments

Students are guided through a clear improvement process, selecting a paragraph to rewrite, identifying targets, redrafting their work and evaluating whether improvements have been successful.

Why teachers like it:

✓ Reduces marking workload

✓ Creates meaningful DIRT lessons

✓ Encourages student ownership of feedback

✓ Supports both formative and summative assessment

✓ Provides a consistent approach across classes and departments

✓ Fully editable to suit your school’s feedback policy

✓ Can be used repeatedly across multiple year groups and writing units