How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum at Key Stage 2

A practical, accessible teaching sequence to help teachers of junior classes: teach about the organization and language features of the six non-fiction text types (recount, report, instruction, explanation, persuasion and discussion); link non-fiction writing to pupils' work across the curriculum so they can use content learned in other subject areas as the basis for writing in a particular text type; develop pupils' ability to organize their non-fiction writing appropriately, in terms of text type, layout and paragraphing; and focus on significant language features of the text-types.

The teaching sequence is also designed to develop pupils' appreciation of the underlying structures of non-fiction texts, thus linking the acquisition of literacy skills to "thinking skills" in general.