Writing

Developing students’ writing

Why is writing important? There are many reasons its important to develop students’ ability to write across the curriculum, here are just a few: in history, it gave humans the ability to store and retrieve ideas efficiently and accurately.   it is durable. It is steadfast and hardwearing. It is expected to be polished in …

Resources

Alan Peat sentences Writing in Primary Schools-what we know works Tier_2_word_school_guide Writing Mats to support children Year 3 Writing Mats Year 4 Writing Mats Year 5 Writing mats Year 6 Writing Mats ISPACED Poster Steve Bowkett Steve Bowkett Inspiring Writing Steve Bowkett pictures resources to inspire writing (right click and save image to use):

Planning

This writing progression of skills grid would be useful to help plan writing in English. The vocabulary, grammar and punctuation section has been taken from Mike Cain’s mastery in writing book which links to the National Curriculum. You could also use the grids to help assess at the end of the year. If you are …

Assessment

Xavier writing assessment grids Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Xavier moderation form master Greater Depth Year 6 Achieving-Greater-Depth-Standard-in-Year-6-Writing Creative-Writing-Prompts explorative-considerations-for-teaching-to-greater-depth KS2_teacher_assessment_moderation_training_pack_1 KS2 writing moderation workshop Writing Exemplification materials Click HERE to view examples of pupils’ work to support teachers’ assessment of English writing at the end of key stage 1. …