Greater Depth Writing Challenge: Change the Viewpoint

Year 6 EnglishWriting2 pages

About this worksheet

A two-page greater depth challenge for Year 6. A short stimulus reports that the Golden Scarab vanished from Gallery 4 at midnight, while the night guard thought he was alone. Pupils tell the heist twice: a breathless diary entry from the thief in an informal register, then a formal police witness statement the next morning. A four-box plan covers each voice, the key moment and a draft subjunctive sentence. A bank of twelve words such as audacious, perpetrator and surveillance supports the change of register. It follows the England National Curriculum for Year 6 writing.

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Greater Depth Writing Challenge: Change the Viewpoint: Writing - page 1

Greater Depth Writing Challenge: Change the Viewpoint: Writing - page 2

Curriculum objectives covered

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

“Recognising vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms”

Box 4 of the plan asks pupils to draft a subjunctive sentence for the formal statement.

Writing - composition

“Ensuring correct subject and verb agreement when using singular and plural, distinguishing between the language of speech and writing and choosing the appropriate register”

The plan sets contractions and slang in the diary against precise, objective language in the statement.

Writing - composition

“Selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning”

The task tells pupils to show how word and grammar choices change the same event between the two texts.

What's inside this worksheet

One Night, Two Voices

Two sentences about the stolen Golden Scarab beside a photo of an empty display case, then the task to write from two viewpoints.

Quick Plan (5 Minutes)

Four boxes: the thief's informal voice, the formal voice of the statement, a moment both people noticed and a draft subjunctive sentence.

Words You Could Use

Twelve words, from heart-pounding and bolted to breached, undetected and requisitioned.

Your Dual-Viewpoint Narrative

A page of lines for both pieces of writing.

How teachers use it

Model the subjunctive

Before box 4, put one example on the board, such as If I were the thief or It is vital that every case be checked.

Split the page

Have pupils rule a line halfway down page 2, diary above and statement below, so the two registers sit side by side.

Choose the witness

Agree who gives the statement before anyone writes. The night guard was in the building, so his account gives pupils the most to work with.

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