Adventure Story Writing
Year 2 adventure story writing frame: plan in a Who and Where table, write in the past tense, then self-check with a four-point list.
Year 2 Writing Worksheets
Planning what to write and encapsulating ideas sentence by sentence, building towards longer pieces of connected writing.
Year 2 English5 worksheets
Writing worksheets to download
Story Planning Storyboard
Year 2 story planning storyboard with six panels from The Beginning to The Ending, plus three planning questions. Free printable sheet.
Proofreading Exit Ticket
Year 2 proofreading exit ticket: fix 'where is my frend' and 'Yesterday, we play football', then rate the lesson. Three tickets per sheet.
Writing Instructions
Year 2 instruction writing worksheet: finish steps for a jam sandwich and handwashing, then write your own. Bossy verbs, time words, model answers.
Writing a Recount of a Real Event
Year 2 recount writing worksheet using Point, Evidence, Explain, Link. Pupils write about Sports Day and a real trip. Model answers included.
Curriculum objectives covered
Writing - composition
“Writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional)”
Writing - composition
“Planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about”
Writing - composition
“Writing down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary”
Writing - composition
“Encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence”
Writing - composition
“Evaluating their writing with the teacher and other pupils”
Writing - composition
“Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form”
Writing - composition
“Proof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]”
Writing - composition
“Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear.”
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly (see English Appendix 2), including full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular)”
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“The present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form”
Writing - composition
“Writing for different purposes”
Writing - composition
“Writing about real events”
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Reading Comprehension
Predicting what might happen next on the basis of what has been read so far, and discussing the sequence of events in books.
Spelling
Learning to spell common exception words and applying the spelling patterns and rules taught in Year 2.
Grammar and Punctuation
Writing sentences with different forms — statement, question, exclamation and command — and choosing the correct form for the purpose.