PM Writing

A new, digital teaching experience

Transform the teaching of writing in your classroom using this innovative, blended programme that systematically develops explicit writing skills in all your students.

How to use PM Writing in your classroom

• Engaging exemplar texts deconstruct text purpose, text structure and language features.

• Differentiated lesson plans assist pupils working Towards, At and Beyond levels.

• Assessment is easy with pre-assessment tasks and checklists, and easy-to-implement Text Type assessments.

• Extensive professional support videos and resources build confidence in teaching key aspects of writing.

Teacher Portal: Everything you need to explicitly teach writing

An enormous range of online teacher support is available on the PM Writing Teacher Portal. Simply log in to the Portal with the unique code on the inside front cover of any Exemplars for Teaching Writing Big Book.

The Teacher Portal includes:

Differentiated Lesson Plans:

• Learning Intentions and Success Criteria to support assessment
• In-depth focus on Audience and Purpose, and Text Structure
• Explicit activities focusing on Language Features such as Grammar and Punctuation, and Sentences
• Spelling strategies to support students’ writing
• Modelled, Interactive, Guided and Independent Writing activities.

Student Activities and Writing Scaffolds:

• Consolidate pupils’ knowledge of text structure and language features
• Support children through the stages of planning and drafting, editing and publishing their own texts

Student Videos:

• Support children’s understanding of key language features, such as grammar and sentence structures

Extensive Professional Support:

• Refresh your knowledge around the teaching of writing, the writing process, key features of text types, grammar, and other language features
• PM Writing support videos ensure easy implementation in the classroom

Pre-Assessment and Assessment Tasks:

• Help teachers decide which students are most suited to the Towards, At or Beyond differentiated activities
• Determine your pupils’ level of understanding using Assessment Task checklists

Scope and Sequences:

• Newly updated and expanded-upon Scope and Sequences

Deconstructing and constructing text with Exemplars

PM Writing Exemplar Texts – Emergent

• model a range of text types commonly taught in the early years of schooling
• support oral language and vocabulary development
• provide opportunities to build simple sentences for composing simple texts

PM Writing Exemplar Texts – Early to Extending

• model a range of text types commonly taught in the first eight years of school
• present and deconstruct each text type
• explore text structures and highlight key language features

Hear from the PM Writing authors

Watch the video below to hear PM writing authors Debbie Croft and Annie Facchinetti discuss how the new edition of PM Writing helps teachers create successful writers in their classroom.

PM Writing Second Edition Teaching Resources

PM Writing Second Edition Linked Texts

PM Writing First Edition

Looking for original PM Writing resources and graded texts? You can browse the PM Writing First Edition collection including Exemplar Texts, teacher and student resource books, and student assessment and activity pages here.