Wolves in the Walls/ The Way of the Wolves

 During our English journey the children have been using books to inspire their writing:  Wolves in the Walls and The Ways of the Wolf. The children have been honing their letter writing skills using expanded noun phrases, using openers as well as adverbials and modal verbs to help develop cohesion across their writing. 

It has been truly inspiring to see them thinking about their vocabulary and literary features and the impact this is making in their writing.







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