Developing essay-writing skills at secondary

Hand-picked skills lessons and tools to support secondary pupils as they tackle essay writing in any subject area

Tes Resources Team

Secondary student practising their essay writing skills with a range of supportive resources including essay writing guides, sentence starters and supportive worksheets

Take students through the steps to effective essay writing in any subject with these skills lessons and supporting tools

Most students have a love-hate relationship with essay writing. They recognise that it’s one of the best vehicles through which to demonstrate their understanding of a particular topic or subject area, but crafting an essay can take a long time.

Why not make the prospect less daunting with this collection of hand-picked lesson ideas? We’ve also chosen some top tools to help learners to develop their skills, and their confidence, at each stage of the essay-writing process.

Sentence starters and vocab mats

GCSE AQA New Spec French Writing Mat - 150 Word
grisedaw

GCSE AQA New Spec French Writing Mat - 150 Word

£3.00
(4)
Writing Mat designed to assist students in the writing of the 150 words, 32 mark task, in the new AQA paper 4 writing exam. Higher Only. Has a checklist of advised ingredients to include in the written task, as well as lots of vocab, suggested phrases and vocabulary. Ideal to use in class when compl...
PEE Paragraph Sentence Starters
alexandrajoannebrazier

PEE Paragraph Sentence Starters

£3.00
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Used for both Key Stages 3 and 4 in English Language. Designed to be printed double sided (PEE on one side, connectives on reverse, same with writing and vocabulary) for students to use during assessment/guided writing. I have them printed in colour on card and laminated for my classroom and it's a ...

Classroom displays and student handouts

Writing Purposes - Helpsheets/Posters for Literacy and English
TandLGuru

Writing Purposes - Helpsheets/Posters for Literacy and English

£1.00
(3)
These handy helpsheets have been employed by teachers across the curriculum to aid students completing extended writing tasks for a particular purpose. There are helpsheets for: \- Informing \- Describing \- Analysing \- Arguing \- Explaining \- Evaluating \- Persuading \- Instructin...
FREE Signposting Posters for Classroom Display
James Heafield

FREE Signposting Posters for Classroom Display

FREE
(1)
**10 Free Signposting and Key Words/Phrase Posters to make a Classroom Display** This display will help students with essay writing in a number of subjects including Religious Studies, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics, History & English.
Analytical Verbs Wall Display
miss_literature

Analytical Verbs Wall Display

FREE
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A collection of 60 different analytical verbs used to create a word wall to support students with their analytical writing. My classes have found have this wall display incredibly helpful when writing essays and they need inspiration to vary their use of analytical verbs to help strengthen their work.