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Writing Composition Teaching Resources

Discover schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in English for Key Stage Two covering written composition of different fiction, non-fiction and poetry text genres

Discussion

Practise writing discussion texts to present different arguments for and against different issues

Explanations

Research and compose different texts to explain and illustrate how and why things work

Familiar Settings

Explore how to compose and edit different narrative stories with a range of familiar settings

Formal Writing

Investigate how to format different texts using formal writing and sentence structures

Instructions

Compose and edit different instructions to match a range of specific functions and experiences

Journalistic Writing

Write reports on different events and issues using journalistic language and text structures

Letter Writing

Investigate how to compose different types of letters for a range of functions and purposes

Mystery and Detective

Practise writing narrative fiction to match the text features and structures of mystery and detective stories

Persuasive Writing

Explore how to use persuasive writing and vocabulary in texts for different purposes and functions

Play Scripts

Practise writing and composing play scripts to dramatise different stories and events

Poetry

Investigate how to write different forms of poetry about a range of things, themes and ideas

Recounts

Compose and edit real and imagined recounts of different activities and experiences

Reports

Practise writing and editing non-chronological reports on different themes and topics

Science Fiction

Explore how to write narrative fiction to match the text features and structures of science fiction stories

Story Writing

Compose and edit a range of narrative fiction texts to match different styles and genres

  • Giant Fruit Story Maps
    Role-play and record ideas for a narrative story based on a book by Roald Dahl about travelling in a giant fruit
  • Story Happenings
    Practise adding fronted adverbials to say when, where or how something happened in a story
  • Word Sums ly
    Identify and build different words by adding the suffix ly to a selection of word roots
  • Easter Egg Cookies
    Select vocabulary words to complete instructions about how to bake biscuits shaped as Easter eggs