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Year 6

The Empire Windrush: essay writing

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  • Developing essay writing
  • Reading and writing texts that inform

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In this unit, pupils use research of the Empire Windrush to write an essay about why the Windrush Generation immigrated and what life in Britain was like for them. Pupils write formally throughout, using facts and varied sentence structures, and they follow a clear line of argument across the essay.

This unit builds on the Year 6 unit, 'The Empire Windrush: diary writing', in which pupils learnt about the historical context and lived experience of Caribbean immigrants' arrival in Britain after World War II. In this unit, pupils base an essay on research around the moment in history concerned, why the Windrush Generation immigrated, what their expectations were and what their experiences of arriving and staying in Britain were like, including sensitive themes of racism and prejudice. This unit prepares pupils to write another essay in the Year 6 unit, 'Polar regions: essay writing'.

  1. Identifying features of an essay in preparation for writing about the Windrush
  2. Researching the Windrush in preparation for writing an essay
  3. Planning and writing the introduction of an essay about the Windrush
  4. Planning and writing the first section of an essay about the Windrush
  5. Planning and writing the second section of an essay about the Windrush
  6. Planning and writing the conclusion of an essay about the Windrush

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