Year 6 - English
Planning and writing the second section of an essay about the Windrush
The Empire Windrush: essay writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils use research of the Empire Windrush to write an essay about why the Windrush Generation immigrated and what life in Britain was like for them. Pupils write formally throughout, using facts and varied sentence structures, and they follow a clear line of argument across the essay.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use your research to plan and write the second section of an essay about the Windrush.
Key Notes
- Writing is most successful when structure, content and vocabulary is planned.
- Information in this section should be specific and detailed.
- Cohesion, making use of research and a formal tone are appropriate in an essay.
- An essay can use a bank of research, evidence, statistics and quotes to inform the reader.
Vocabulary To Learn
- cohesive devices: linguistic structures that can enhance text flow
- adverbial complex sentence: a sentence that includes a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause
- non-finite complex sentence: a sentence that includes a main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause
- parenthesis: extra information that can be added or removed from a sentence and it still makes sense
- brackets: punctuation marks that can be used to add additional information to a sentence
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may write the full section as one paragraph.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Writing is most successful when structure, content and vocabulary is planned. Information in this section should be specific and detailed.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'cohesive devices'
linguistic structures that can enhance text flow.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may write the full section as one paragraph. Correction: Parts of the plan are explicitly allocated into paragraphs one and two. This is also modelled in the second learning cycle.
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- Planning and writing the first section of an essay about the Windrush Study Guide
- Planning and writing the introduction of an essay about the Windrush Study Guide
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