Year 2 Comprehension and Writing Practice Pack – A Letter to a Friend

This resource pack provides opportunities for Year 2 pupils to develop comprehension and writing skills in preparation for SATs and end of year assessments.

It is part of a collection of resources, covering a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts, and includes a model text with questions and answers, plus a fully resourced writing task. A PowerPoint is also provided.

What is included in this letter writing resource pack?

• Letter to a friend PowerPoint
  With questions for the pupils to consider and prompt for the writing activity
• Letter to a friend question sheets
  This includes an example letter between Jeslene and Jordan, and a series of comprehension questions for children to answer
• Letter to a friend answer sheets
  Includes answers for the question sheet
• Letter-writing sheets
  This printable PDF asks children to pretend they are Jeslene and write a letter back to Jordan, answering his questions and adding any other details you like. A letter writing template is included to support pupils’ writing.
• Letter to a friend word mat
  With a handy selection of words children may want to include in their letter
• Teacher’s notes

What is formal writing?

Formal writing is often used in academic and business work, and is characterised by a serious tone.

What is informal writing?

Informal writing is similar to a spoken conversation, and is characterised by a more personal tone, and often includes things like contractions, slang and figures of speech.

National Curriculum English programme of study links

Writing

• To write for different purposes
• Planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about
• Writing down ideas and / or key words, including new vocabulary
• Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense ...
• Proof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation

Reading

• Continue to apply phonic knowledge and skills as a route to decode words
• Read accurately by blending sounds in words that contain the graphemes taught so far, especially recognising alternative sounds for graphemes
• Read accurately words of two or more syllables ...
• Checking the text makes sense to them as they read and correct inaccurate reading
• Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done
• Answering and asking questions

This resource is part of the KS1 SATs Practice Packs collection.
View more from this collection

• Teacher notes
• Whole text
• PowerPoint
• Question and answer sheets
• Let's Get Writing activity,Word mat