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Writing with 5 Ws

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Writing with 5 Ws

📝 Part 1: Identifying the 5 Ws

Read this sentence: "Whaea Princess went to the shops in Māngere Bridge yesterday to get some lunch for school."

1. Who is this sentence about?

The shops

Whaea Princess

The school

2. What did they do?

Went to the shops

Ate lunch

Went to school

3. Where did they go?

Answer: _________________________________

4. When did this happen?

Answer: _________________________________

5. Why did they go there?

Answer: _________________________________

🎯 Part 2: Planning Your Own Sentence

Use this graphic organiser to plan a sentence about someone going somewhere:

Who? (person or character)
What? (what did they do?)
Where? (place)
When? (time)
Why? (reason)
Now write your complete sentence using your plan above. Remember to start with a capital letter and end with a full stop!

👥 Part 3: Peer Feedback Activity

Partner's name: _____________________

Read your partner's sentence and identify the 5 Ws:

My partner's sentence:

In my partner's sentence, I can find:

Who (person/character)

What (action)

Where (place)

When (time)

Why (reason)

Capital letter at the start

Full stop at the end

One thing I liked about my partner's sentence:

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