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Year 6 SATS Writing Evidence: Formal Letter KS2 (Complaint) – Teacher Assessment Framework KS2

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Do you have enough independent writing to assess your Year 6 pupils against the writing Teacher Assessment Framework for the end of Key Stage 2?

Plazoom has created a selection of writing activities linked to the foundation subjects to provide opportunities for cross-curricular writing.

In this writing task, pupils are asked to write a formal letter of complaint about a faulty product (a game). This could be used within a design technology unit, evaluating existing products, before designing and creating their own games.

What is a formal letter?

A formal letter is a type of writing used in professional situations. Examples might include a job application, letter of complaint, a letter to a customer or to parents.
Formal letters should be written using a formal tone. The use of Standard English and formal vocabulary is needed.

What is included in this resource?

  • Personal writing skills checklist

for pupils to write their own writing checklists to encourage independent editing

  • Formal letter writing skills checklist

a list of features, without modelled examples, for pupils to use as a checklist for editing writing

  • How to write a formal letter poster

a poster for display with the key features of a formal letter

a series of posters to display explaining the subjunctive form

  • Game image cards

a collection of images to inspire writing

  • Collecting ideas

a PDF worksheet for pupils to record initial ideas for writing

  • Formal letter KS2 planning sheet

to support pupils when planning, providing a letter writing template to organise ideas

  • Themed writing paper

a PDF writing sheet for pupils to use when writing their final draft

  • Teacher assessment sheets

for teachers to use to assess pupils against the year 6 writing TAF statements which could be placed in pupils’ books as a record of evidence seen

How can this resource support assessment against the TAF statements?

The resource will provide an opportunity for pupils to produce writing independently in the form of a formal letter. Posters displaying formal letter writing standards and a writing skills checklist listing formal writing features are included to support writing. The year 6 writing checklists with TAF statements can be used to assess pupils against the year 6 writing standards for working towards, expected and greater depth, which could be used for internal or external moderation.

End of KS2 TAF Statements the writing could provide evidence for:

WTS

  • To write for a range of purposes
  • To use simple devices to structure writing and support the reader



EXS

  • To write effectively for a range of purposes and audience, selecting language that shows good awareness of the reader
  • To select vocabulary and grammatical structures that reflect what the writing requires doing this mostly appropriately (modal verbs, passive voice)



GDS

  • To exercise an assured and conscious control over levels of formality, particularly through manipulating grammar and vocabulary to achieve this
  • To use the range of punctuation taught at KS2 correctly (colons and semi-colons)

  • Personal writing skills checklist: for pupils to write their own writing checklists to encourage independent editing.
  • Formal letter writing skills checklist: a list of features, without modelled examples, for pupils to use as a checklist for editing writing.
  • How to write a formal letter poster: a poster for display with the key features of a formal letter.
  • Using the subjunctive form posters: a series of posters to display explaining the subjunctive form.
  • Game image cards: a collection of images to inspire writing.
  • Collecting ideas: a PDF worksheet for pupils to record initial ideas for writing.
  • Formal letter planning sheet: to support pupils when planning and organising their ideas.
  • Themed writing paper: a PDF writing sheet for pupils to use when writing their final draft.
  • Teacher assessment sheets: for teachers to use to assess pupils against the year 6 writing TAF statements which could be placed in pupils’ books as a record of evidence seen.
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