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6. Writing a STORY:
A story can be written in an INFORMAL style.
Title: Story Title
Who is telling the story? You? One of the characters? Someone else?

Setting: Where will the story take place?
Character/ Characters: Make notes about the main character(s) in your story (e.g. age,
appearance, personality).

Plot: Remember to use interesting
 What are the characters doing? adjectives for descriptions.
 What happens to change things? / What problem arises?
 What do they do as a result? / How do they overcome the problem?

Ending: What happens in the end?

7. Writing a FORMAL LETTER (e.g. a letter of complaint):

Greeting: Use ‘Dear Your address
Sir or Madam’ if you Date
don’t know the name Address of person
of the person you you are writing to
are writing to. Don’t forget to
Greeting: e.g. Dear Mr Finch, write in a

If you know who you Introduction: say why you are writing. FORMAL style.
are writing to (e.g.
Mr Finch), end the Explain more about the problem or topic.

letter with Yours
sincerely. Conclusion: Say what you would like to be done about

the problem or topic.
If you started with
Dear Sir/ Madam, Ending phrase (e.g. Yours sincerely,)
end the letter with Sign your name. If your signature is hard
Yours faithfully. to read, you can print your
name below it.

8. Writing an INFORMAL LETTER (e.g. a letter to a friend):
This is very similar to the FORMAL letter above, but:
 You can use an INFORMAL style (see page 4).
 You don’t need to put the address of the person you are writing to.
 You can end in an informal way such as ‘Best wishes’ or ‘Love’.

Self Assessment Guide for Planning:

My plan has an order that makes Use the ‘Traffic light’ system to
sense. colour in the boxes next to each
My plan has a clear beginning. Red/yellow/green Traffic lights target in the table:

GREEN = I can do this.

My plan has a clear ending. YELLOW = I can sometimes do this.

My plan contains enough detail. RED = I can’t do this.
My target:

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