EnglishYear 5Writing

Use genre-specific features in writing

Identify the audience and purpose of writing, selecting the appropriate form and using key features of the genre

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Different types of writing are like different outfits. You wear pyjamas to bed, but not to school! 📚

  2. 2

    Which words fit a spooky story best?

  3. 3

    Let's write a spooky opening sentence together!

  4. 4

    Drag the spooky words into the sentence to make it scary.

  5. 5

    Which sentence sounds like a recipe, not a story?

  6. 6

    Now write a recipe instruction. Use bossy verbs!

  7. 7

    What is the most important rule for choosing words in your writing?

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