Service Description

The Year 4 Guided Writing Service is specially designed to build confidence and lay the foundations of higher concepts of writing. With the Grammar School and Eleven Plus Exams getting tougher every year, we hope this will give them the head start required to achieve success. Language takes time to improve and there certainly isn’t any magic button that can be pushed to make a child a better writer, it is a journey. However, practice and constructive feedback will definitely speed up that journey for your child. Our evaluation and feedback will not just mark the mistakes but also tell your child where and how they could have improved. So for example, we won’t just say add similes or improve punctuation. We will tell them where, how and what similes could have been added; where, how and what punctuation could have been used. This is what your child needs to improve and this is what we promise to do.

Each genre and subgenre comes with a comprehensive guidance which will tell your child everything they need to know about writing an assignment in that particular genre. Every week one assignment along with specific guidance on how to complete will be emailed to you. Upon receipt of the completed assignment, a personalised feedback and grading are provided.

1. Story Writing - 10 weeks

This module takes the student through the various types of story writing. This module starts with easier types of story writing like where the title is given to much more challenging types where you have to write a story with a given setting. Guidance is given to improve your child's imagination for each story and advice on what to include and what not to.  

Here are some of the specific types of stories covered in the module:

1. Story with given Titles
2. Story with given Openers
3. Story with given Endings
4. Story where Ingredients are given
5. Story that is a Retake on a fairy tale
6. Story from the Point of view of an object
7. Story based on a Picture
8. Story based on a Setting
9. Story with a Flashback

2. Diary Writing - 6 Weeks

This module covers various types of diary writing. The module will start with the easier experience based diary writing and move on to the diary entry of an object, animal, bird or another character.

Here are some of the specific types of diary writing covered in the module:

1. Diary entry after an experience
2. Diary entry of a person
3. Diary entry of an animal or bird
4. Diary entry of an object
5. Diary entry of a character from a story, book or film

3. Recount Writing - 4 weeks

This module takes the student through recount writing. The guidance includes planning notes on how to structure the recount and what language to use.

Here are some of the specific types of recount writing covered in the module:

1. Recount of an Experience
2. Recount of a memorable day
3. Recount of overcoming a fear
4. Recount of a trip

4. Descriptive Writing -  6 weeks

This module takes the student through the various types of descriptive writing and offers comprehensive guidance on how to plan, write and review a descriptive writing task.

This module covers:

1. Description of a Place
2. Description of an Animal or Bird
3. Description of an Object
4. Description of a Person

5. Report Writing - 6  weeks

This module takes the student through various different types of report writing including newspapers, magazines, reviews and information leaflets. The review writing is further broken down into review of a book, a toy, an experience and a film. The guidances offer comprehensive help with planning, language, length and avoiding common mistakes.

This module covers:

1. Newspaper Reporting
2. Review Writing

6. Persuasive Writing -  6  weeks

This module takes the student through all aspects of persuasive writing. The guidance offers help with identifying the purpose and audience of each type of task and using the appropriate techniques.

This module covers:

1. Balanced Argument
2. Advertisements
3. Persuasive Leaflets                     

7. Letter Writing - 4 weeks

This module covers informal letters. The guidances offer help with formats, language, understanding the purpose and audience.

The informal letters include letters to family and friends on interesting and challenging topics.

8. Writing based on a given Piece of Text -  6 weeks

This module takes the student through the different genres of writing when a passage is given. The passages and genre specific guidance is also given for each task.

This module covers:

1. Continuing a story from a passage
2. Changing the point of view
3. Diary entries based on a passage

* Exemplar write-ups:

As part of this service exemplar (model) write-ups from other students will be shared when feedback is provided, where these are available.