Organising Paragraphs Around a Theme

Year 3 EnglishWriting3 pages

About this worksheet

This Year 3 writing sheet spends three pages on building a paragraph around one idea. It opens with a model paragraph about the rainforest canopy, labelled Point, Evidence, Explain and Link. Pupils then finish four sentence starters on why rainforest trees matter. The last task asks for a full paragraph on why the rainforest is a good habitat for animals, with no starters. Example answers cover both tasks. It follows the England National Curriculum objective on organising paragraphs around a theme.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Writing - composition

โ€œOrganising paragraphs around a themeโ€

The model paragraph shows the structure, and questions 1 and 2 have pupils keep every sentence on one theme.

What's inside this worksheet

Rainforest Paragraphs

A model paragraph about howler monkeys and bright macaws high in the canopy, split into its Point, Evidence, Explain and Link parts.

Scaffolded Practice

Pupils complete four starters, from "Rainforest trees are very important because..." to "Therefore, the trees are..."

Independent Writing

Pupils answer "Why is the rainforest a great habitat for animals?" in one paragraph that uses all four parts.

Answer Key

An example paragraph for each question, one about trees as shelter and one about year-round rain, sunshine and food.

How teachers use it

Rainforest topic

Use it in a geography unit on rainforests, once pupils know what the canopy layer is.

Two starting points

Give question 1 to pupils who need the sentence starters, and move confident writers straight to question 2.

Colour coding

Before anyone writes, ask pupils to underline each part of the model paragraph in a different colour.

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