English
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What features does a diary text need?
When teaching pupils how to write diary entries, there are certain features I expect them to focus on. Structural/organisational features Language features Grammar features If the above success criteria are included, then the text will do its main job: read like a diary. Additional features can also be included to make the diary more interesting…
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What is a WAGOLL and how can it be used?
WAGOLL, an acronym standing for ‘What A Good One Looks Like’, is an example text that can be used to demonstrate effective writing. WAGOLLs 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…
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Stig of the Dump Writing Ideas
Stig of the Dump is a popular children’s novel by Clive King. Here are some writing ideas for each chapter of this modern children’s classic. Chapter 1: Diary entry Write a diary entry from Barney’s point of view or that of his sister, Lou, on the day he first met Stig. Chapter 2: Instructions Write…
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The Iron Man Writing Ideas
Here are some writing ideas based on the popular children’s novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Chapter One 1. Write a diary entry from the point of view of a witness to the Iron Man’s fall onto the beach, such as a fisherman or swimmer. 2. Write an internal monologue from the point of…