Formal Writing Teaching Resources

Discover lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in English for Key Stage Two to teach about writing texts using formal language

  • Bonfire Party

    Bonfire Party

    Select and use formal and informal language to compose invitations, letters and speeches for a family and town party on Bonfire Night

  • Parties and Celebrations

    Parties and Celebrations

    Investigate how to compose and present invitations, speeches and toasts to manage and organise a special party or celebration using examples of formal language

  • Rounding Hundreds

    Rounding Hundreds

    Explain and model how to round some different numbers to the nearest hundred based on the place values of the digits in each number

  • Rounding Tens

    Rounding Tens

    Identify and record how to round some different numbers to the nearest ten based on the place values of the digits in each number

  • Classic Animal Stories

    Classic Animal Stories

    Investigate the structure and content of classic works of fiction by significant authors with animals as the main characters

  • Cities, Towns and Villages

    Cities, Towns and Villages

    Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition