Model Writing for Ages 7-12 Fiction, Non-Fiction and Poetry Texts Modelling Writing Expectations from the National Curriculum

Are you looking for excellent writing models to support teaching writing, punctuation and grammar from the 2014 National Curriculum? Model Writing for Ages 7-12 is a compilation of short, photocopiable texts including fiction, non-fiction and poetry that provides teachers with writing models for a wide range of genres, writing styles and topics while incorporating the National Curriculum obligations.

With stories ranging from historical accounts of the Vikings and the Blitz to a more sophisticated version of Little Red Riding Hood, and writing genres ranging from persuasive writing texts to newspaper reports, Model Writing for Ages 7-12 provides teachers with an example for every eventuality. The perfect aid for teaching writing, each text is accompanied by a table listing which statutory assessment criteria it includes, as well as a blank table for pupils to collect examples themselves.

This invaluable text is essential for upper Key Stage 2 and lower Key Stage 3 teachers, particularly literacy coordinators and all those who lack confidence with the grammatical concepts in a text.

Part 1: Fiction Chapter 1: Aiden and the Dragon Chapter 2: Death is Everywhere Chapter 3: Description Chapter 4: Gold, Fire and Death Chapter 5: Red Chapter 6: The Blitz Chapter 7: The Myth of Osiris and Isis Part 2: Chapter 8: Biography of Louis Braille Chapter 9: Autobiography of Louis Braille Chapter 10: Vikings Plunder Unsuspecting Monastery Chapter 11: The Dunkirk Miracle Chapter 12: Letter Home from a Soldier on the Dunkirk Beaches Chapter 13: What is so Incredible about the Life Cycle of a Mayfly? Chapter 14: What do you cook a Fussy, Grumpy Dragon for Dinner? Chapter 15: Should Children Have Been Evacuated in World War 2? Chapter 16: The Argument for Quitting Social Media Chapter 17: How did the Ancient Egyptians Mummify their Dead? Part 3: Poetry Chapter 18: Grammar Poems Chapter 19: Figurative Language Definitions Chapter 20: Sentence Structure Poetry Ideas Chapter 21: Angry Earth Chapter 22: The Earthquake Chapter 23: The Island Chapter 24: If I Were… Chapter 25: I Wish I Were… Chapter 26: Men of Docks Chapter 27: Peace Chapter 28: Winter Diary – Poetry to Prose Chapter 29: Metaphor Poem Chapter 30: Personification Poem Part 4: Grammar Chapter 31: Nouns and Noun Phrases Chapter 32: Pronouns Chapter 33: Determiners Chapter 34: Adjectives Chapter 35: Adverbs Chapter 36: Subject Verb Agreement Chapter 37: Conjunctions Chapter 38: Verbs Chapter 39: Inverted Commas Chapter 40: Semi-colons and Colons Chapter 41: Passive and Active Sentences

Leysa Henderson is a Specialist Leader in Education for Primary Literacy and Director of Kreative Futures Consulting and Training, UK.