WAGOLL visual literacy with model text and word bank. A fun alternative life cycle explaning the self-propagation cycle of the Cordyceps fungus which turn ants into zombies. Year 5 love this explanation text! Can be linked to Science but main focus is explanation in English.

WAGOLL Model text: Written in the style of a speech this persuasive text links to history and Anglo-Saxons to convince Danes, Jutes, and Saxons to settle in England. Devices used: Power of 3 Alliteration Embedded clauses Rhetorial questions Facts Opinions Emotive language Statistics Parenthesis Can be adapted to fit Viking or Roman invaders.