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Shorter Writing Task

Year 5

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A night under the stars

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Imagine you have been chosen to write a description for one of the following camping experiences…..

………….a night under the stars..a night under the stars.

Gill Foan English Martyrs Catholic Primary

School

Gill Foan English Martyrs Catholic Primary

School

Gill Foan English Martyrs Catholic Primary

School

Gill Foan English Martyrs Catholic Primary

School

Use your mind’s eye

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Use all your senses

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Descriptive writing

Describe what it would be like to spend a night in either :

• The desert• The forest• The Arctic You have 25 minutes….

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RememberVary sentences for effect

Correct punctuation

Paragraphs

Imagination

Figurative language

Does your writing keep the Does your writing keep the reader hooked and reader hooked and interested throughout?interested throughout?