Writing
Y6
General Reminders
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Use a wide variety of punctuation
Select suitable connectives
Arrange your writing into paragraphs
Choose vocabulary carefully
Write as neatly as possible
Check your spelling
Narrative
• Introduction – to grab the reader’s
attention – action – dialogue - warning
• Build up of events - leading to flashback
• Dilemma – who? what? where? when? why?
• Resolution – solve the problem
• Ending – cliffhanger – not a tidy ending –
think about starting for new chapter
Playscript
• Set the scene
• Write dialogue - including stage
directions
• Include all punctuation except speech
marks
Journalistic
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Headline – limit to 20 characters
Summary of event - orientation
Full details of event
Facts about the people involved e.g
age, address
• Reorientation – final comment
• Written in columns
Explanation
• Introduction – explain the topic
• Write in chronological order
• Link paragraphs using time
connectives wherever possible
• Try to use a conversational style to
appeal to the reader
Persuasive
• Introduction – neutral facts –
statistic – reference to question
• Argument for – with reasons
• Argument against – with reasons
• Summary – draw together both sides
of the argument and add your own
opinion
Persuasive Connectives
as a result to begin with this proves
another reason is on the other hand
therefore consequently
the main reason
some people think
after looking at both sides
advantages are disadvantages are
Report
• Introduction – explain subject – short
paragraph
• Organise content into different areas –
each area has own paragraph
• Order of paragraphs should not matter
• E.g. Cop Lane School : uniform, teachers,
classes, lunchtimes, after school activities,
school trips etc
Biography/Autobiography
Biography – information about
someone else and their life
Autobiography – information
about yourself and your life
Diary extract
• Start with a date
• Use a friendly style – imagine you are
talking to someone
• Might start with Dear ………..
• Write in paragraphs
Writing a letter
• Writer puts own address in top right
hand corner
• Start – Dear Mrs. Atkins,
• Write in paragraphs
• Ending – love from, best wishes,
yours sincerely, yours faithfully
Connectives (1)
because so
yet but
eventually at length until then
therefore meanwhile similarly
however moreover
thus later
also on the other hand instead
consequently nevertheless
Connectives (2)
notwithstanding next finally
furthermore for example
as a result initially firstly lastly
then
after next
this causes
subsequently before finally
Punctuation
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Capital letters and fullstops
Commas
Speech marks (inverted commas)
Question marks and exclamation
marks
• Parentheses (brackets) - dashes
• Semi colons and colons