Teach pupils how to write clear and engaging emails with this KS2 text types resource pack. Pupils will explore the impact of audience and purpose on the style and formality of an email.
They will begin by reading two WAGOLL model texts. The first is a formal email requesting time off from an employer, demonstrating professional language, paragraphs, subject line, greeting and sign-off.
The second is an informal email to a friend, showing a conversational tone, first-person perspective and casual expressions. Pupils can annotate these texts to identify key features such as conjunctions, formal language, parenthesis, paragraphing and structure.
Once pupils are familiar with the models, they'll use writing prompt cards to plan and write their own emails. They'll decide which prompts require a formal style and which require an informal approach, considering audience and purpose. This encourages pupils to think critically about tone, word choice and sentence structure.
What’s included in this resource
- Formal email model text: A WAGOLL showing clear structure, subject line, greeting, introduction, paragraphs, conclusion, sign-off and formal language
- Informal email model text: A WAGOLL showing casual tone, first-person perspective, conversational phrasing and paragraphing
- Email writing sheet: Two PDFs (LKS2 and UKS2) with success criteria, examples of conjunctions for LKS2 and parenthesis and formal language for UKS2
- Email writing prompts: Scenario cards to help pupils choose the correct tone and style for their email
- Email writing plan: Worksheet to structure and organise ideas before writing
- Themed writing paper: Templates for presenting finished emails clearly and neatly
The model texts and resources encourage pupils to use subject lines, greetings, introductions, paragraphs, conclusions and sign-offs correctly. Pupils will practise writing in the appropriate style, organising ideas logically and using grammatical features such as conjunctions, parenthesis and formal vocabulary.
Curriculum links
- Year 3/4: Pupils discuss and compare similar writing to understand structure, vocabulary and grammar. They extend sentences using a wider range of conjunctions
- Year 5/6: Pupils identify audience and purpose, select the appropriate form, use models to guide writing and practise parenthesis and formal vocabulary
This pack gives you everything needed to teach email writing in a structured and engaging way, helping pupils plan, draft and present professional and personal emails confidently.