Writing

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Writing

• Y6

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General Reminders

• 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

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Narrative

• Introduction to grab the readers 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

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Playscript

• Set the scene
• Write dialogue - including stage directions
• Include all punctuation except speech marks

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Journalistic

• 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Biography/Autobiography
Biography information about someone else and
their life Autobiography information about
yourself and your life
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Diary extract

• Start with a date
• Use a friendly style imagine you are talking to
  someone
• Might start with Dear ..
• Write in paragraphs

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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

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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

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Connectives (2)

• notwithstanding next finally
  furthermore for example
• as a result initially firstly lastly
• then after next this causes
• subsequently before finally

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Punctuation

• Capital letters and fullstops
• Commas
• Speech marks (inverted commas)
• Question marks and exclamation marks
• Parentheses (brackets) - dashes
• Semi colons and colons