Year 5 Fiction: Visual Planning

We don't always need to plan by writing. Visual learners may benefit from planning by drawing a story map or a sketch.


Task: Please complete your Heath Robinson sketch and write a six-eight line description of the machine, using all of Bald Worm's descriptive techniques:


Feeling clever: Use Lemony Snicket's writing style when describing the machine

We'll be using this description in a full Snicket story tomorrow!

(Image by X; used under Creative Commons agreement)

Year 5 & 6 Homework: Twitter Writing Competition

Falcons Girls know that 'every word counts' when writing a story. We're going to test this out with our first annual Bald Worm Twitter Writing Competition - and best of all, your parents can take part, too!

Visit Bald Worm's Twitter page to see where we'll be publishing the winning entries.

Homework: Draft your Bald Worm Twitter Writing Competition entry. You may find it easiest to draft on Word, and keep track of characters at the bottom of the screen. Remember, every word counts.

Due: Friday.

P.S. Year 5 studied the writing of Lemony Snicket over the weekend. Listen to their analysis of Lemony Snicket's prose style on a special eduboo podcast: