KS2 English Writing non-fiction instructions Complete Lesson Making Monsters

A complete, full lesson (slide show, worksheet, activities - approx 1 hour - 1.5 hours) about writing clear and precise instructions or algorithms, ideal for English/literacy in Year 4, year 5 or Year 6, and perhaps Year 7. Fully ready to load up and teach!

Students follow instructions or algorithms for drawing monsters, and then evaluate the instructions, considering how to improve their precision and clarity. At the end, they have to write their own clear, precise instructions or algorithm that somebody else could use to draw a specific monster.

I have taught this to Year 4 and Year 5, in English, when studying instruction texts. I have taught a similar lesson to year 5 computing. My class really enjoyed this lesson, and it formed a solid first lesson in a unit on instruction writing.

It takes about 1 hour to complete, depending on the class. There is a slide show to work through, a worksheet for the first set of activities (following and evaluating instructions), and a final slide that students use to write their own set of instructions.

I hope that you find this useful!