Model postcard from Willie from the classic novel Goodnight Mister Tom, plus feature find worksheet, answers, writing template and success criteria grids.
This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapter 19 of Michelle Magorian’s historical World War Two novel. The postcard is written from evacuee Willie’s perspective when he is on holiday, and is addressed to his friend George from Little Weirwold.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar postcard WAGOLL text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Postcard writing template
• Postcard success criteria
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the example postcard, use the WAGOLL to complete the feature find worksheet, and then plan and write their own postcard from William, Tom Oakley or Zach.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar postcard:
• Date
• Greeting
• Non-standard English
• Contractions
• Fronted adverbials
• Relative clauses
• Brackets
• Subordinate clauses
• Dashes for emphasis
• Expanded noun phrases
• Similes
• Colons instead of ‘because’
• Semi-colons in complex list
• Sign off
• Full name
• Address
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