Year 5 · WAGOLLs
Year 5 Model Texts
3 annotated model texts written to meet the Year 5 expected standard. Each comes with a clean version for reading and an annotated version for teaching.
The Cliff House
Atmospheric narrative opening about a child arriving at an isolated cliff-top house. Uses relative clauses, modal verbs, semicolons, brackets and dashes for parenthesis, and integrates description with action. Meets Year 5 expected standard.
Diary EntryThe Night of the Storm
First-person diary entry from a child evacuated during World War 2, written the night they arrive at their billet. Uses first-person past tense, emotional reflection, time markers, modal verbs, and direct rhetorical questions. Meets Year 5 expected standard.
PersuasionWhy You Should Read Every Day
A persuasive piece arguing for daily reading. Models rhetorical questions, modal verbs, statistics, emotive language, and a clear call to action. Meets Year 5 expected standard.