Writing

You will start to write longer pieces of text. It could be stories, letters or emails. You could also write a blog or a newspaper article. Remember to think about who you are writing for.

Assessment

English: Producing Language Outcome 1 — writing

1 Produce simple written texts by:

1.1 Selecting ideas and content, using a simple format and structure, appropriate to purpose and audience

1.2 Applying knowledge of language in terms of language choice and technical accuracy

Literacy Outcome 3 — writing

3 Write simple technically accurate texts by:

3.1 Organising ideas appropriately in writing

3.2 Selecting and using simple language including the use of appropriate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Watch the videos below. They will give you some information on how to write and how to set your writing out.

Writing: Writing a letter

Writing: Building up paragraphsParagraphs help you to group related sentences together. They are useful for writing letters, reports and stories.

Writing: Format and styleIt is important that you choose the right format and style of your writing for the audience you are writing for.

Sentence grammar: Sentence structureGetting sentence structure right, is crucial in being able to communicate what you're trying to say in writing.

Activity

Use the planner and the template below to help you to write an email to the council complaining about the rubbish by the river.

Planning your email

Sending an email

Template for sending an email

Activity

Use the templates below to support you to write a newspaper article about how environmentally friendly your town is. Include things that the community have done to make it look better and you could suggest things that everyone could do to help. You could even ask for volunteers at the end to make the town look even better.

Writing a newspaper article.docx

Writing a newspaper article

Newspaper template.docx

Newspaper article template

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