This Year 2 ‘A Letter From…’ writing assessment resource pack provides the opportunity for Key Stage 1 pupils to produce cross-curricular writing that can be assessed against the KS1Teacher Assessment Framework (TAF).
Pupils will write an informal letter from a contrasting location, after revisiting vocabulary to describe places in geography. A pupil writing checklist is provided to encourage independent proofreading and editing.
Year 2 writing checklists with TAF statements can be used to assess pupils against the year 2 writing standards for working towards, expected and greater depth standards.
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.
What is included in this resource?
- Letter writing Teacher slides PowerPoint
With questions for the pupils to consider and prompt for the writing activity
- Pupil success criteria checklists
This tick list for pupils to self-assess their writing contains question prompts such as ‘Have you described human and physical features?’ and ‘Have you written in the style of a letter?’
- Pupil writing sheets
This printable PDF has a linked to the theme for their writing
- TAF writing assessment checklist
To be used by the teacher to show evidence against the KS1 Teacher Assessment Framework writing statements
- Teacher’s notes
National Curriculum English programme of study links
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