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Free Year 9 Writing Worksheets

9 free writing resources for Year 9: 9 worksheets. Answers included.

Text types, planning and writing craft. Year 9 extends algebra to expanding brackets and two-step equations, adds percentages increase and decrease, ratio and rates, index laws and congruence.

Students will practise: identifying rhetorical questions, inclusive language, emotive language, evidence and repetition; explaining how a persuasive technique affects a listening audience; analysing the structure of a persuasive speech; writing an analytical paragraph about persuasive language; using persuasive techniques in an original speech; planning a narrative around a character, a conflict and a turning point; showing a character's feelings through action, dialogue and detail; writing an engaging opening that establishes setting and character.

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Worksheets

Printable practice with an answer sheet.

  • Worksheet

    Persuasive Techniques in Speeches

    Students read an original student speech arguing for a school garden and learn to identify and explain five key persuasive techniques:…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    35 min
    Questions
    15 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Building Tension and Suspense in Narrative Writing

    Students learn how writers make readers hold their breath. Using an original suspense passage, they examine techniques such as short…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    35 min
    Questions
    10 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Modality and Objective Language in Formal Reports

    Students learn to control how certain they sound in formal writing by choosing high, medium or low modality, and to match their certainty…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    30 min
    Questions
    25 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Text Analysis: Character, Setting and Mood in a Short Story Opening

    Students study an original short story opening and learn how authors build character, setting and mood in only a few paragraphs. They…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    35 min
    Questions
    10 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Paraphrasing Sources and Writing a Summary in Your Own Words

    Students learn to use information from a source without copying it. Working with an original article about bees, they identify the main…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    35 min
    Questions
    10 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Planning a Narrative: Story Arc, Conflict and Resolution

    Students learn to plan a narrative before they write it. They study the five stages of a story arc (orientation, complication, rising…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    35 min
    Questions
    11 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Poetry Analysis: Imagery, Sound and Structure

    Students read an original poem about a beach at low tide and learn to discuss how a poet creates meaning through imagery, sound and…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    35 min
    Questions
    13 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Using Evidence in Informative Writing: Facts, Statistics and Quotations

    Students learn how informative writers support each point with evidence and explain it rather than dropping it in. They classify evidence…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    30 min
    Questions
    12 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

Writing Prompts

Prompts with planning space and success criteria.

  • Writing Prompt

    The Day Before — Narrative Writing

    A narrative writing prompt for Year 9: write a story set on the day before something in a character's life changes for good. Students…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    50 min
    Questions
    12 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

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Common questions

What do Year 9 students learn about writing?

Text types, planning and writing craft. At Year 9, our resources focus on: identifying rhetorical questions, inclusive language, emotive language, evidence and repetition; explaining how a persuasive technique affects a listening audience; analysing the structure of a persuasive speech; writing an analytical paragraph about persuasive language.

Where should we start?

Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.

Are answers included?

Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.

How to use these resources

  1. Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
  2. Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
  3. Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
  4. Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.

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