Year 5/6 - Wonder by R. J. Palacio - 3 Week Writing Unit

Key Details:
Year 5/6 - Wonder by R. J. Palacio - 3 Week Writing Unit

Learning Outcomes/Success Criteria:
**Week 1: **

• identify the language and structural features of the focus text type.
• Children can write an effective diary selecting language, form, format and content to suit a particular purpose.
• Children can research, prepare and present orally a reasoned account of a particular life.
  Week 2:
  -explore the conventions of formal and informal letters: language features and structure
  -I am learning to plan and write a formal letter of complaint.
  -I am learning to plan and write an informal letter.
  **Week 3: **
• Children can write a new scene for a story in the style of an author. They can organise the scene into a sequence of paragraphs. (5 days)

Final outcomes: (BIG WRITING):

• To adopt an appropriate style and tone of writing. (x2)
• To write an alternative ending in the style of the author.

My Toolkits:
Week 1:
I can write a diary entry from the perspective a character Me Friend Teacher

1. Own target
2. Use pronouns
3. Use a range of connectives
   First, after a while, later in the day.
4. Write in the past tense
5. Use comments as a descriptive technique
   You see, speaking honestly
6. Use first person narrative

Week 2:

I can write a formal letter of complaint Me Friend Teacher

1. Own target
2. Use letter layout
3. Use formal tone and formal language
   Dear Sir or Madam
4. Use the language of complaint
   I regret to have to inform you
   Regretfully, I am writing to complain about…
   This is unacceptable
5. Use the first person
   I, me, we, us, our

Week 3:
I can write an alternative ending in the style of the author. Me Friend Teacher

1. Own target
2. Include thoughts and feelings
3. Use ‘Show, not tell’ to create description
   Heart pounding, I entered the room.
4. Use a variety of sentence lengths and types
   Then it happened. You see, it wasn’t an ordinary day but a day that I would end up remembering forever…
5. Use comments as a descriptive technique
   You see, speaking honestly
6. Use the first person narrative

The whiteboard has been created using SmartNotebook, but I have exported the file so there is a Powerpoint version as well, this will require editing to however you want it.