Primary English writing types

Tried-and-tested text type resources for KS1 and KS2, plus a few different ideas, to teach different types of writing with your primary pupils

Tes Resources Team

Primary pupils with notebooks starting to think of different ideas and writing types to start their writing

Top ways of exploring different writing techniques with your primary classes

As pupils start to learn about writing types, a great way to increase their understanding of the differences between them all is to get them to have a go at writing their own. That's why we've gathered a selection of engaging resources, to give your class the inspiration and support they need to write in a variety of styles, with everything from non-chronological report lessons and diary entry practice activities to story writing knowledge organisers and biography planning mats.

If you are looking for even more resources for developing your primary pupils' writing skills, why not explore Editing and improving writing with primary pupils with helpful lesson activities, support mats and checklists for editing and improving writing?

Narrative writing

SLOW WRITING - SUSPENSE WRITING - COMPLETE LESSON
Raphella

SLOW WRITING - SUSPENSE WRITING - COMPLETE LESSON

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A complete lesson based around David Dadau s inspirational SLOW WRITING technique. Aimed at upper KS2 and differentiated fully (3 ways) The lesson develops children s ability to write precisely and consciously to create a vibrant and vivid description of a suspenseful scene in a story. Re...
English- Story Writing- Introduction to narrative
ResourcesForYou

English- Story Writing- Introduction to narrative

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In this lesson, students will understand what different narrative genres there are and will be tasked to guess the genre from the extract given. They will then learn what the different parts to a story are and what are the seven basic plots they can choose from. Finally, they will develop their own ...
Primary | The Perfect Story | Narrative Frame | Guided Writing
Pagecraft

Primary | The Perfect Story | Narrative Frame | Guided Writing

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Support your Primary level students in structuring a story with this pre-made frame. This resource works as a mat or handout, and is available in both colour and black and white, and in A4 size format. The frame coaches students through five paragraphs with suggestions for content, sentence starter...

Informational writing and expository writing

Newspaper planning and writing templates.
Rose Grey

Newspaper planning and writing templates.

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A planning template for newspapers, designed to aid children in including all of the features of a newspaper, as well as a range of SPaG features. There are also two pages of writing templates, based upon a Hogwarts student newspaper, for use in my Harry Potter unit, but this is easily editable!
Dinosaurs Non-Chronological Reports
PrimaryWow

Dinosaurs Non-Chronological Reports

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Dinosaur-Themed Non-Chronological Reports: WAGOLL Examples Bring prehistoric wonders to life in your Year 2, 3 or 4 classroom with my comprehensive set of 'What a Good One Looks Like' (WAGOLL) Non-Chronological Reports (NCRs). Perfect for dinosaur information text studies, these resources make teac...
Biography plan
hollyjack1

Biography plan

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Help your students collate facts and plan paragraphs when writing a biography. Can be used when researching or when planning writing (or both!) Suitable for KS2
Persuasive Writing Word Mat
Chloe Turnbull

Persuasive Writing Word Mat

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Persuasive Writing Word Mat to enhance children's vocabulary in the Infant School. Children are expected to enhance their writing using phrases or words which extend their writing. This is aimed for children aged 6 to 11 years old.