The Journey of Growing Up | Explanation Writing Pack | Year 5/6

his fully resourced explanation writing unit explores the topic: The Journey of Growing Up – Understanding the Human Life Cycle. Pupils will investigate the different stages of human development—from infancy to old age—while learning to write detailed and organised explanation texts.

Through engaging content and structured writing practice, pupils will explore how our bodies and minds change across the human life cycle and apply this knowledge to craft informative writing using technical vocabulary, varied sentence structures, and formal tone.

This pack includes:

• 10 detailed lessons with clear learning objectives and teacher modelling
• A two-page WAGOLL (model text) with annotated teacher notes
• Over 110 editable teaching slides
• 17 pupil worksheets aligned with each stage of the writing process
• Sentence stems, writing scaffolds, and success criteria
• Grammar focus: conjunctions, fronted adverbials, and expanded noun phrases
• Audio version of the WAGOLL for accessibility and EAL learners
• Dyslexia-friendly font and layout
• Quizzes, retrieval tasks, and assessment tools included

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