Year 6 - Mr Mussell Homework

Lesson three: writing a first draft

Today, you are going to write your first draft of a newspaper report.

Remember to use your plan from yesterday to set out your writing.

Some tips:

• Your headline should be short and snappy.
• The first sentence sums up what the story is about.
• Write in the third person and the past tense.
• Split your report up into paragraphs to help the reader understand the information.
• If you use quotes, don't forget speech marks.
• Use both facts and opinions. Facts answer the five Ws.

You should write for 30-40 minutes. If you finish earlier, you have not written enough - add more details!