A model text for Year 5/6 based on a mining accident for a Victorian child It was used to support children in language generation and structural understanding alongside Street Child by Berlie Doherty. This text includes examples of the following Year 6 objectives for writing: Expected in narratives, describe settings, characters and atmosphere integrate dialogue in narratives to convey character and advance the action use a range of devices to build cohesion (e.g. conjunctions, adverbials of time and place, pronouns, synonyms) within and across paragraphs Greater Depth write effectively for a range of purposes and audiences, selecting the appropriate form and drawing independently on what they have read as models for their own writing (e.g. literary language, characterisation, structure)

A narrative model text for Year 6 based on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. It was used to support children in language generation and structural understanding alongside One Thousand and One Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean. This text includes examples of the following Year 6 objectives for writing: Expected in narratives, describe settings, characters and atmosphere integrate dialogue in narratives to convey character and advance the action use a range of devices to build cohesion (e.g. conjunctions, adverbials of time and place, pronouns, synonyms) within and across paragraphs Greater Depth write effectively for a range of purposes and audiences, selecting the appropriate form and drawing independently on what they have read as models for their own writing (e.g. literary language, characterisation, structure)