13 free writing resources for Year 13, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
Good writing is planned writing. Every prompt here includes a short planning section, then a writing task with success criteria that match what teachers look for in narrative, persuasive and informative texts.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
A senior persuasive writing worksheet on making arguments more convincing by engaging seriously with the other side. Students study an…
A senior writing worksheet on transforming a text, a common task in which students re-create a source by shifting its perspective, form or…
An advanced unseen poetry worksheet that trains students to write about how a poem sounds as well as what it says. Using Foundry, an…
A senior text analysis worksheet on how the same text can support different, well-argued interpretations. Using an original extract about…
Students master the mechanics of using evidence in senior essays: embedding quotations grammatically, shortening them with ellipsis,…
A senior writing worksheet on the difference between revising (improving ideas, structure and voice) and editing (correcting expression,…
A structured workshop in which students plan an analytical essay from an original prompt on an original short text, 'High Water', about a…
Exam-style questions with worked solutions.
A timed essay practice set built on an original prose passage in which a teenager interprets for her father at a medical appointment and…
Clear explanations, examples and tips.
A guide to the comparative essay for senior English, in which two texts are put in conversation about an idea. Using two original…
The skills that separate a good English exam result from a very good one: reading the command term accurately, unpacking the question,…
A practical method for the unseen-text section of senior English exams: a five-step first-read routine, what to look for in prose, poetry,…
Prompts with planning space and success criteria.
A senior writing task that teaches the features of reflective and discursive writing: exploring an idea from several angles in a…
A senior writing worksheet on expository writing, the form that explains rather than argues or narrates. Students examine an original…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
