Help pupils develop their instructional writing skills with this Key Stage 1 resource pack. Pupils will read the WAGOLL model text, How To Keep A Teacher Happy. This demonstrates all the key features of an instructional text.
Pupils can annotate the text to identify the title, introduction, list of equipment, numbered steps, imperative verbs, command sentences, adverbs and challenge tasks. They will then use these techniques to write instructions for keeping other people or pets happy, adding humour and creativity.
What’s included
- Model Text – How To Keep A Teacher Happy: Pupils read a full example showing how to structure an instructional text. The text provides clear examples of numbered steps, imperative verbs and adverbs, a list of equipment and a challenge task to use words with different suffixes. Pupils can discuss how the author keeps instructions clear and engaging, and how they could adapt ideas for their own writing.
- Instructions Writing Sheet: This PDF contains success criteria and examples of imperative verbs and adverbs. Pupils can refer to it when planning or writing their own instructions. A challenge task encourages them to experiment with words ending in different suffixes.
- Instructions Ideas Sheet: Pupils explore and organise their own ideas for writing instructions on how to keep someone happy, or even how to care for a pet.
- Instructions Writing Plan: This worksheet helps pupils structure their own instructional text, using information from the ideas sheet. Teachers can also use it to plan other types of instructional writing, such as recipes or game rules.
- Idea Cards: A set of cards provides inspiration for different versions of “How To Keep ________ Happy.” Blank cards allow pupils or teachers to add their own ideas.
- Writing Frame: A ready-to-use template for pupils to present their finished instructions clearly and neatly.
National Curriculum links
Year 1: Pupils plan writing by saying out loud what they will write and composing sentences orally. They write sentences independently using clear structure and vocabulary.
Year 2: Pupils plan writing before beginning, consider the purpose and audience, and write for a range of purposes. They practise structuring instructions logically and applying grammar skills, including imperative verbs and adverbs.
This pack gives teachers everything you need to guide pupils in writing clear, engaging instructions, while encouraging creativity, humour and careful use of grammar and punctuation, all based on a WAGOLL text.