Questions / instructions:
You are going to hear the start of a story called The Wishing Ring. You will hear most of the story — but not its ending.
After you have heard the start of the story. I will ask you to make up your own ending to the story. If you already know this story, you should try to think of your own ending — not the one you already know.
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The Wishing Ring — a folk tale

Once upon a time there was a poor farmer whose life was very hard. He was resting at his work one day when an old witch walked past. She stopped and asked, "Why do you work so hard when it brings so little reward? I'll tell you what to do. Walk straight ahead until you get to a great pine tree in the forest. Chop it down and your luck will be made." The farmer took his axe and started out. After two days he found the pine tree. He chopped at its mighty trunk, and when the tree finally came down, there fell from its highest tip a great bird's nest with two eggs in it.
The eggs rolled on to the ground and broke. Out of one came an eagle, out of the other fell a gold ring. Then the eagle grew and grew until he was half as big as the farmer himself. The eagle tried his wings and as he flew up he called out, "You have rescued me. Take the ring that fell from the egg. Its a wishing ring! Put it on your finger as you speak your wish out loud, and the wish will surely come true. But remember there is only one wish with the ring. When it has come true it will have lost its power and will be like any other ring. So think hard before you make your wish so that you don't regret it later." Then the eagle flew away.

Continuity: follows appropriately from reading

good
some
does not follow storyline

Achieving closure: rounding out the story

very cohesive, satisfying ending
quite cohesive, most elements pulled together
some sense of completion
story not completed

Creativity/originality:

highly creative
good level of creativity
some creative effort
low creativity

Commentary:
Year 8 students had considerably higher success than year 4 students. About 30 percent more year 8 than year 4 students achieved high scores on each attribute. Forty-five percent of year 8 students achieved a strong ending (total score 6–8) compared to 16 percent of year 4 students.