This letter WAGOLL is written from the point of view of a soldier, who has just experienced the Christmas Truce during WW1. The soldier writes to his wife back home, recounting the event. The letter is written to the Greater Depth standard, and so would be ideal for use for higher ability children, or as a whole class stimulus to extend and develop sentence structure and vocabulary use. Also included is a word-bank with key vocabulary, as well as examples of sentences using dialogue to advance the action parenthesis (brackets, dashes and commas) dashes for additional information split speech colon list sentences semi colon with a conjunctive adverb short, impact sentences

This WAGOLL is written for use primarily within Parliament Week, but can be incorporated into the curriculum at any time. It is written at the higher end of the Expected Standard, so is ideal for use as a whole class resource. It follows a scene in the House of Commons, where MP’s are having to choose whether they vote ‘for’ or ‘against’. Also included is a word bank, which contains descriptive phrases for the atmosphere within parliament, as well as the politicians and your own character’s emotions. It also includes example sentences for colons subordinate clauses short, impact sentences rhetorical questions (with repetition) figurative language

The WAGOLL is written to the Greater Depth standard, and follows the demise of John Franklin and his lost expedition. The WAGOLL is ideal for use for students working at the Greater Depth standard, or as use whole class as a stimulus to extend and develop children’s writing. The WAGOLL focuses on Cohesion Pathetic fallacy (with the use of snow as a tool to mirror the growing desperation of the men) Dialogue to advance the action Figurative language Also included is a word-bank which provides key vocabulary and examples of pathetic fallacy intensifying throughout the narrative, as well as figurative language.

The following resources are based upon the Richard Johnson picture book, ‘Once Upon a Snowstorm’ and are pitched at a Year 6 audience. A hyper-link to the book on YouTube is included in the PowerPoint, so owning the book is not necessary. The planning is appropriate for one week, including opportunity to edit and improve, as well as publish (or extend the writing, if considering use as a moderation piece). Included in the week’s planning is a PowerPoint presentation, taking teachers through the sequence of lessons, resulting in a setting description as the children’s written outcome by the end of the week. In addition, there are two example WAGOLLs, an immersion lesson and a skills practising lesson, where children are working on figurative language. Each lesson starts with 3 GPS SATs style questions as revision. The lessons follow the following sequence: 1 - immersion 2 - vocabulary/phrase bank building 3 - write 4 - finish writing. Edit and improve 5 - publish The build up focuses on children’s oracy and development of figurative language, specifically pathetic fallacy and personification.