Letters and emails are written for a variety of purposes: to inform, persuade, report, recount or discuss. The resources in this pack focus on the structure of letters and emails. They could be used during an English unit focusing on informal or formal letter or email writing to share the features needed and identify the features in model texts that are shared.
The posters can be used to teach how these text types are structured and the grammar, vocabulary and punctuation typically used.
A planning sheet is included to support pupils when noting and organising their ideas before writing their letter or email, identifying the purpose and audience for their letter or email.
What is included in this resource?
- Writing letters and emails poster (LKS2 and UKS2 versions available)
- Letter or email planning sheet
- Letter template
- Email template
National Curriculum programme of study links
Year 3 / 4 writing - composition
Pupils should be taught to plan their writing by:
- discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
- discussing and recording ideas
Year 5 / 6 writing - composition
Pupils should be taught to plan their writing by:
- identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own
- noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary