What the film covers
Leave out too many full stops and a story can’t score more than two out of five for Punctuation, whatever else is on the page. The scale asks about sentence punctuation first and everything else after, and three of the guide’s stories show a two, a three and a five.
All ten criteria, with teaching moves, in how to teach narrative writingStories from the film
From the guide’s sample scripts, with the score each was given for Punctuation.
- October 16, 1981 2 out of 5
- Space Tour 3 out of 5
- In the distance 5 out of 5


A handout to print
Stories from the film, and the scale for this criterion. It comes with free access.
