Year 3 · WAGOLLs
Year 3 Model Texts
3 annotated model texts written to meet the Year 3 expected standard. Each comes with a clean version for reading and an annotated version for teaching.
Narrative
The Stone Keeper
A short story about a child who finds an unusual stone in the woods. Uses fronted adverbials, prepositional phrases, conjunctions, paragraphing for sequence, and direct speech. Meets Year 3 expected standard.
Non-chronological ReportThe Amazing Octopus
An information text about octopuses. Models subheadings, formal tone, present tense, and topic-related vocabulary. Meets Year 3 expected standard for non-chronological reports.
ExplanationHow Volcanoes Erupt
An explanation of how volcanoes erupt. Models cause-and-effect connectives, technical vocabulary, present tense, and paragraph organisation. Meets Year 3 expected standard.