Writing for different genres

Writing for different genres is a downloadable key stage 2 English pack featuring seven original comic strips as prompts to engage and inspire reluctant writers.

The pack includes lesson plans, scaffolded writing templates and worksheets to support children in writing for different text types: a fictional diary, a formal letter, a playscript, a fictional recount, a list, a poem and their own comic strip. It also includes additional teaching ideas to develop children’s own writing skills, including an activity to develop their understanding of metaphor and simile.

The pack comes with a PowerPoint which features a starter activity for each session and useful checklists of the language features and structure of each writing genre.

What’s included?
Includes lesson plans and scaffolded writing templates for each writing genre
Features seven original comic strips as writing prompts
Includes a PowerPoint with starter activities and checklists for the language features and structures of each text type
The sessions can be taught in any order and adapted for different year groups. Perfect for your key stage 2 English lessons to develop children’s skills in writing for a range of purposes.

What’s inside?

‘A Week’s Excuses’ – writing a diary (pages 4-11)
Teaching notes
Comic strip
Diary writing template
Sentence starters
Using direct speech

‘Something Odd Out There’ – writing a formal letter (pages 12-19)
Teaching notes
Comic strip
Letter template with prompts
Letter template without prompts
Blank-bubbled version of ‘Something Odd Out There’

‘Alien Arrival’ – writing a playscript (pages 20-14)
Teaching notes
Comic strip
Playscript template
Blank-bubbled version of ‘Alien Arrival’

‘Jennifer Jones’ – writing a recount (pages 25-28)
Teaching notes
Comic strip
Match report planning template
‘Jennifer Jones’ – all of a muddle

‘Sad I Ams’ – writing a bulleted list (pages 29-32)
Teaching notes
Comic strip
‘Happy I Ams’ – metaphors
‘Happy I Ams’ – list template

‘StereoHead’ – writing poetry (pages 33-36)
Teaching notes
Comic strip
A sense poem planning template
A sense poem writing template

‘The Dark Avenger’ – writing a comic strip (pages 37-42)
Teaching notes
Comic strip
Blank comic strip template and checklist
Blank-bubbled version of ‘The Dark Avenger’