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An example informal letter text written from Ruth to her grandparents, plus feature find worksheets and answers, and teacher notes. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 10 of Ian Serraillier’s World Ward II novel The Silver Sword.

Resources provided:
• Exemplar informal letter text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Teacher notes

The model letter is from Ruth to her grandparents in Switzerland explaining what has happened to the Balicki family. Pupils read the exemplar informal letter, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets, and then plan and write their own letters.

The following layout, language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL:
• Address
• Date
• Greeting with comma
• Introductory paragraph
• Conclusion
• Sign off
• Second person
• Feelings
• Modal verbs
• Omitted ‘that’
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials with commas
• Prepositional phrases
• Relative clauses
• Subordinate clauses
• Possessive nouns
• Brackets for additional detail
• Colons for emphasis
• Commas before coordinating conjunction
• Contractions
• Dashes for qualification
• Synonyms
• Commas in a list
• Conjunctive adverbs with semi-colons and commas

The resources are provided as PDFs and editable Word documents.

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A bundle of example texts based on the historical World War II novel *The Silver Sword* by Ian Serraillier, plus additional feature find resources. The following model text packs are included in this bundle: • Character profile • Diary • Informal letter • Playscript **Character profile pack** The following resources have been provided: • Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text about Joseph • Feature find worksheet with answers • Planning templates, differentiated x3 • Writing templates, differentiated x3 • Character trait word bank **Diary pack** The following resources have been provided: • Exemplar diary entries WAGOLL text from Bronia's point of view • Feature find worksheet, differentiated x3 • Feature find answers • Planning sheets, differentiated x3 **Informal letter pack** The following resources have been provided: • Exemplar informal letter WAGOLL text from Ruth • Feature Find worksheets • Feature Find answers • Teacher notes **Playscript pack** The following resources have been provided: • Exemplar playscript WAGOLL text • Feature Find worksheets • Feature Find answers If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. 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