This resource contains a model text for a letter of complaint. This can be explored with your children as a good example of what you might expect them to write. Give children time to look at the model text, analyse the vocabulary used and the sentence structure. What elements might they want to use in their own writing?

Then pupils can use the writing frame to create their own letter of complaint. Pupils may want to write out a first draft in their books and use this worksheet to write a final copy to be proudly presented on the classroom wall. Encourage children to use all the ideas, vocabulary and editing techniques they have learnt to produce a high-quality piece of writing.

The teaching PowerPoint for this writing unit also provides a blank writing frame for you to model writing techniques and demonstrate what a writer’s thought process might be. It could be where you do a shared piece of writing to guide and inspire your writers.