Perky Piung’s Email Adventure: Making Email Writing (Part 6) Fun for Year 5 Learners 💌🐢
Monday, October 26, 2026
Teaching writing can be challenging, especially when our learners are still developing the confidence to express their ideas in English. Sometimes, they know what they want to say, but putting those ideas into sentences and organising them into a proper email can feel like a big task.
That is one of the reasons I created Perky Piung’s Email Adventure, a writing module designed to help Year 5 learners explore the purpose and structure of email writing through familiar topics and guided practice.
💌 A Little Adventure, One Email at a Time
Perky Piung’s Email Adventure is organised into eight units, covering a variety of topics that Year 5 learners can relate to, including towns and cities, days, wild animals, school life, food and drinks, sports and hobbies, family and friends, and holidays and travel.
Each unit contains two sections, giving learners more opportunities to practise writing emails for different purposes and audiences.
From describing a favourite wild animal to recommending a holiday destination, learners are encouraged to share information, describe experiences, express preferences and communicate their ideas in writing.
✏️ Three Tasks, Gradually Building Confidence
One of the key features of this module is its three-task approach. Rather than expecting learners to write a complete email independently from the beginning, the activities guide them through progressively more independent writing.
Task 1: Complete the Email
Learners use a word bank to complete a partially written email. This provides vocabulary support and helps them become familiar with useful sentence structures.
Task 2: Complete the Email with Your Own Ideas
Learners begin to personalise their writing by filling in the gaps with their own information and ideas. They still have a framework to follow, but they have more freedom to express themselves.
Task 3: Write Your Email
Finally, learners write their own email of approximately 30–50 words. With less scaffolding, they have the opportunity to apply what they have practised in the earlier tasks.
I hope this gradual progression will make email writing feel less intimidating and help learners develop greater independence over time.
🐢 Meet Perky Piung!
Of course, no Perky Piung resource would be complete without our little turtle friend!
Perky Piung appears throughout the module to make the learning experience more inviting. The worksheets use playful illustrations, clear writing spaces and a consistent layout to help young learners focus on the task while enjoying the adventure.
I also included Perky’s Email Check, a simple checklist that reminds learners to review important parts of their email, from greeting their friend to signing their name.
These small reminders encourage learners to take greater responsibility for checking their own work.
🎨 Designed for the Classroom
The worksheets are presented in black and white, making them practical for printing and photocopying. The illustrations are designed to remain engaging even without colour, while the three-task layout provides a consistent structure across the different sections.
My aim is to create a resource that is both visually appealing and useful for everyday classroom practice.
🌱 Still Growing, Still Learning
Creating teaching materials is always a work in progress. Every classroom brings different needs, and every group of learners reminds me that there is no single approach that works for everyone.
With Perky Piung’s Email Adventure, I hope to provide my learners with a little more guidance, a little more confidence and plenty of opportunities to practise writing for a purpose.
After all, writing is not just about filling in blanks or getting every sentence right. It is about learning to communicate our thoughts and ideas with others.
So, let's open an envelope, sharpen our pencils and begin a new writing adventure with Perky Piung! 💌
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Happy teaching and happy writing!
Teacher Asniem 🐢💗
