Welcome to
Manor Leas Junior Academy
The Process
The Gateway
Begin at the Gateway with a ‘hook’ session to intrigue and enthuse young writers
Use objects, people, images or role-play to stimulate questions about the chosen text
Give pupils the opportunity to predict the text
Establish the purpose and audience of the writing
Revisit previous mastery skills and ongoing skills
The Pathway
Introduce pupils to new writing skills from their year group curriculum
Provide opportunities to practise and apply the skill they have learnt through short and extended writing tasks including character descriptions, poetry, dialogue between characters, fact files or diary entries in role
Provide opportunities to re-cap and apply previously taught skills
Challenge greater depth writers through a wider range of tasks
Writeaway
Section and sequence texts independently or collaboratively
Create extended pieces of writing over time
Opportunity to apply mastery skills
Time for planning, writing, drafting, revising, editing and publishing
A fiction or non-fiction outcome (covering a wide range of genres and themes over the year)