UKS2 Writing Lessons

Explore writing lessons for a range of purposes, including writing to inform, persuade, entertain and discuss. Each section focuses on the skills pupils need to develop effective, purposeful writing.

Sentence Openers

‘Ed’ Sentence Openers

Adverb Sentence Openers

Conjunction Sentence Openers

Dialogue Sentence Openers

Prepositional Phrase Sentence Openers

Simile Sentence Openers

‘Ing’ Sentence Openers

Sentence Structures

Complex Sentences

Compound Sentences

Using Parenthesis to Vary Sentence Structure

Simple Sentences

Writing to Discuss

Language for a Balanced Argument

Avoiding Bias in Writing

Evidence to Support a Point in an Argument

Introduction for a Balanced Argument

Sentence Openers for a Balanced Argument

Explaining Reasons with Formal Language

Using Linking Words to Develop Ideas in a Balanced Argument

Concluding a Balanced Argument

Subordination in a Balanced Argument

Writing to Entertain

Short Sentences to Create Tension

Show Don’t Tell

Powerful Verbs

Personification

Similes and Metaphors

Hyperbole

Advancing Action and Description through Dialogue

Expanded Noun Phrases with Relative Clauses

Setting the Mood through Weather and Colour

Writing an Effective Narrative Introduction

Using Parenthesis to Add Description

Varying Sentence Structure for Effect

Writing to Inform

Writing an Effective Newspaper Introduction

Writing an Introduction for an Explanation Text

Journalistic Language

Writing an Introduction for a Non-Chronological Report

Sentence Openers for a Non-Chronological Report

Cause and Effect Conjunctions and Adverbials to Explain

Writing Objectively to Inform

Using Formal Language to Inform

Parenthesis to Inform

Technical Vocabulary in Information Texts

Using the Passive Voice in Information Texts

Writing to Persuade

Persuasive Language

Rhetorical Questions for Persuasion

Using Exaggeration to Persuade

Using Modal Verbs to Persuade

Changing Tone to Persuade

Directly Addressing the Reader to Persuade

Short Sentences to Persuade

Using Emotive Language to Persuade

Using Consequence and Conditional Language to Persuade

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