This Year 3 writing unit from our Real Writing collection uses an original model text by published children’s author Loretta Schauer. Pupils will explore a non-chronological report about a fictional pupil called Anisha.
All texts in this unit are written by experienced authors and follow a carefully mapped framework to support teaching and learning. Each unit provides two to three weeks of detailed lesson planning, including teacher notes, slides, activity sheets and guidance for practical classroom delivery.
Curriculum links
This unit explicitly addresses Year 3 writing objectives. Pupils will explore irregular past tense verbs and practise using the present perfect tense.
They'll also develop their skills in writing for a real purpose and audience, organising paragraphs around themes and including features such as headings and subheadings.
Pupils will extend sentences with a wider range of conjunctions, adverbials and prepositions to express time, place and cause.
Cross-curricular links include PSHE and science, as pupils reflect on personal development and learning progress. They'll also consider how to evaluate performance fairly, making connections to broader skills in reasoning and assessment.
Vocabulary
Year 3/4 spelling words: answer, continue, difficult, library, naughty, particularly, question, regular
Tier 2 words: confidence, collage, effort, improvement
Tier 3 words: achieve, attain, progress, satisfactory
Key resources
The unit provides:
- Model text in three formats: plain, illustrated, and annotated PDF
- Annotated and non-annotated PowerPoint presentations
- Word cards for vocabulary and grammar activities
- Writing planners, checklists and a ‘How to write a non-chronological report’ poster
- Activity sheets for vocabulary, grammar and composition tasks
Teaching activities
Start lessons with a hook, such as imagining a report for a pet, to engage pupils in thinking about assessment and fair reporting. Pupils will read and analyse the model text, identifying organisational features, tense usage and grammar features.
They'll complete vocabulary activities and practise the use of irregular past tense and present perfect forms.
Next, pupils will plan their own school report using the report text margin planner, organising ideas for each subject or assessment category. They'll write paragraphs with clear topic sentences and apply vocabulary and grammar skills, drafting, proofreading and editing their work over multiple sessions.
Pupil outcomes
By the end of this unit, pupils can:
- Write a structured non-chronological report with headings, subheadings and organised paragraphs
- Apply Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary accurately and appropriately
- Use irregular past tense verbs and the present perfect tense confidently
- Demonstrate secure grammar, punctuation and spelling
- Reflect on personal learning and report performance clearly, linking English writing to real-life contexts