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Play Instruction Builder
Order supplied steps for familiar classroom tasks and games, using stated sequence clues and practical dependencies. This does not assess independent instruction writing or safe practical completion. Saving is off unless you choose it.
Arrange supplied instructions for familiar tasks and games. Independent instruction writing and practical completion are not assessed.
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Play Letter Register
Choose formal or informal wording for a stated reader and purpose, classify supplied sentences by register, and recognise selected parts of a clear formal letter. Saving is off unless you choose it.
Choose wording and recognise selected formal-letter features. Full letter layout, thank-you-letter composition and independently written texts are not assessed.
Year 3 · English
Assess and improve structure in Year 3 English
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Focus on using headings and subheadings to structure writing. Open support for “Identify the Features of Instructions”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 3 learners practise using headings and subheadings to structure writing.
The activities include Identify the Features of Instructions, Identify the Purpose and Audience of a Text, Understand the Structure and Layout of a Formal Letter, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Identify the Features of Instructions — support from Oak National Academy
- Identify the Purpose and Audience of a Text — support from Twinkl
- Understand the Structure and Layout of a Formal Letter — support from Twinkl
- Use Headings and Subheadings — support from Twinkl
- Write a Set of Instructions — support from Oak National Academy
- Write a Thank You Letter — support from Twinkl
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Learning the Features of Instructions
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Recognising Purpose and Audience
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What Is Standard English?
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Fiction vs Non-Fiction Text Features
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Writing Instructions for How to Make a Monster Pizza
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Oak: Learning the features of instructions
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Writing for Purpose and Audience
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Formal and Informal Language
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Oak: Writing instructions for how to make a monster pizza
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Oak features of instructions worksheet and quizzes
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How to Write a Formal Letter
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Non-Chronological Report Writing
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PlanIt Y3 Headings and Subheadings
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Oak instruction-writing worksheet and quizzes
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