Organising Paragraphs Around a Theme

Year 4 EnglishWriting3 pages

About this worksheet

Point, Evidence, Explain and Link give the structure for this three-page Year 4 English writing sheet. A model paragraph called The Lungs of the Earth labels each part, using the Amazon's trees and the oxygen they produce. Pupils then write a scaffolded paragraph about the canopy layer. After that, they write a second paragraph on deforestation with no sentence starters. Each task sits under its own heading and sub-heading. The answer key gives a model for both. It covers the England National Curriculum objectives on paragraphs and organisational devices.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Writing - composition

โ€œOrganising paragraphs around a themeโ€

Both tasks ask pupils to finish with a Link sentence that connects back to the heading's theme.

Writing - composition

โ€œIn non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices [for example, headings and sub-headings]โ€

Each task sits under a heading and a sub-heading, such as Deforestation and Saving the Forest.

What's inside this worksheet

The Lungs of the Earth

A worked PEEL paragraph with each part labelled. It ends by linking back to why the rainforest needs protecting.

Rainforest Habitats: The Canopy Layer

Pupils complete the starters 'For example', 'This shows that' and 'Because of this' to explain why the canopy is a good home for animals.

Deforestation: Saving the Forest

A free paragraph arguing that people should stop cutting down trees in the rainforest, using the full structure.

Answer Key

Model paragraphs that mention monkeys, toucans and trees cleared for farming and new roads.

How teachers use it

Geography link

Use it in a rainforest topic, once pupils know what the canopy layer is.

Scaffold to independence

Mark task 1 before pupils start task 2, so they have a checked paragraph of their own to copy the shape from.

Shared writing

For pupils who need more support, build the task 2 paragraph together on the board and compare it with the model.

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