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Writing Process Vocabulary
LANGUAGEKnow and use the vocabulary of the writing process — compose, plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, genre, audience, purpose, narrative, recount, instruction, paragraph, sequence, and detail — and understand that these words describe distinct steps and decisions that all writers make, not just tasks to tick off
Mastery Evidence
- Use 'compose', 'revise', and 'edit' correctly when describing the stages of writing
- Explain who the 'audience' is for a piece of writing and how that changes what they write
- Describe the purpose of a piece of writing (to persuade, inform, entertain, or instruct) and match their language to it
Assessment Prompt
“If you asked [child] to explain what they're doing when they write a story at school, could they walk you through each step using words like 'plan', 'draft', and 'revise' — showing they understand it's a process, not just one sitting?”
Prerequisites0
No prerequisites — this is a foundational topic.
Unlocks12
- Shared Research ProjectssoftAges 5—9
- Writing opinionshardAges 5—7
- Planning Ideas Before WritinghardAges 6—10
- Organising Writing into ParagraphshardAges 7—10
- Rehearsing and Varying SentencessoftAges 7—8
- Revising and editinghardAges 6—7
- Building Writing StaminahardAges 6—7
- Writing to informhardAges 5—7
- Simple Stories with Beginning and EndinghardAges 5—7
- Responding to Writing FeedbacksoftAges 5—7
- Saying Sentences Before Writing ThemhardAges 5—6
- Writing PoetrysoftAges 6—7