WAGOLL, an acronym standing for ‘What A Good One Looks Like’, is an example text that can be used to demonstrate effective writing.
A WAGOLL can be used in the classroom to help pupils to create their own piece of writing based on the model text.
Often WAGOLLs are used by the teacher modelling the writing process, thinking aloud their choices as they write, with the WAGOLL as a guide.
Pupils can then be given a copy of the WAGOLL to examine the text for features of the particular writing genre being demonstrated, and other relevant language, grammar and punctuation features.