Used with Year 5. An example of an excellent character description - using a detailed set of criteria. Perfect slow writing opportunity to aid with characterisation. Flipchart to support the delivery of the lesson and really allow children to think about the character. Strong link to the grammar objectives and 2014 Curriculum for writing.

Used with Year 5 and 6. An example of an excellent setting description - using a detailed set of criteria. Perfect slow writing opportunity to aid with descriptive writing. Active Inspire Flipchart to accompany and support delivery. Strong link to the grammar objectives and 2014 Curriculum for writing.

Active Inspire Flipchart. Complete unit of work based around The Golden Compass. Includes 4 writing opportunities. Includes clear WILF lists for each piece of writing, focusing on the objectives from the 2014 Curriculum.

Word document. Setting description following a set of listed expectations. Allows for children to analyse the grammar used in the description and then create their own. Based on the setting for The Day of Ahmed's Secret.

Active Inspire Flipchart and Word Documents. 3 Writing opportunities, linked to the new writing and SPaG objectives. Includes a Slow Write setting description, recount from a different perspective and biography on Nelson Mandela. Full unit of work based around the book Journey to Jo'Burg. Would work well with Year 5 and Year 6 - my students have all been absolutely hooked by this!

Reading, writing, SPaG and speaking and listening activities. Full lesson plans provided and based around Active Inspire Flipcharts. Used with Year 5 and 6 - they were hooked by this unit of work! Key texts required - Journey to Jo'burg, The Hunter and extracts from No Gun for Asmir.

This has been used with Year 5 in a middle school. Writing activity - create a diary after their very first day. Includes diary example and WILF list with clear expectations and objectives from the 2014 Curriculum.

Active Inspire Flipchart and Word document with WILF list linked to writing objectives from the 2014 curriculum. Unit of work to allow children to create their own discussion text - a balanced argument.

A four week scheme of work with four writing opportunities suitable for Upper Key Stage 2. The PowerPoints are based around the short animation ‘Adrift’ from The Literacy Shed website. The unit focuses on narrative writing, a poetry unit, creating a playscript and persuasive writing opportunities. Included with this resource are objective grids/tick sheets which link to national expectations. These will allow for easy teacher assessment of writing. This resource has been successfully delivered both in the classroom and virtually with pupils in Year 5 and Year 6. They have very much enjoyed the writing opportunities and produced some excellent outcomes.

Active Inspire Flipchart. Lesson to develop inference skills focusing on Harry Potter characterisation.

Active Inspire Flipchart. Lovely unit of work with Poem suggestions for analysis and performance. 6 poetry writing opportunities - enables children to create poems using simple structures and inspires a love of poetry. Figurative language focus.

Build up to a writing opportunity for a discussion text. Firstly discussing if dogs should be allowed in parks and then if Children's TV should be taken off the air. Strong focus on adverbials for cohesion and contrast to structure writing and advanced punctuation : ; -. Clear WILF list with objectives linked to the 2014 Curriculum.

Unit of work based around the story 'The Day of Ahmed's Secret'. Active Inspire Flipchart. Lessons build to writing a recount, focusing on the 2014 National Curriculum for writing objectives. Word document WILF list supports these objectives. A large focus on identifying and using adverbials in writing.

Complete writing unit of work - Active Inspire Flipchart. Writing opportunities with integrated SPaG to allow for children to use expanded noun phrases and conjunctions in their writing (amongsth other objectives from the 2014 Curriculum). Based around The Golden Compass from Northern Lights and the book Clockwork.

PowerPoints included to deliver 4 vocabulary lessons. Suitable for either Year 5 or 6 pupils. The focus of these lessons is to support pupils in understanding and using more advanced vocabulary and making better language choices in their writing. 4 writing opportunities are included in this resource, focusing around powerful images and focus words to inspire writing. These 4 sessions include: Autumn Morning, Danger at Sea, Life in the Country and Through the Clouds. Students have enjoyed using these both in the classroom and at home during virtual learning sessions.

Short unit of work giving two writing opportunities. Detailed WILF list allow for focus on the 2014 Curriculum objectives - particularly adverbials, simple, compound and complex sentences. An example of a good explanation is also included. I have used this with Year 5.

This resource includes three objective sheets/grids which can be easily used to assess children’s writing. The three grids reflect the objectives required for a writer who is working towards the expected standard, working at the expected standard or exceeding the expected standard. These have been used with Year 5 to reflect national expectations, but could easily be adapted for Year 6 pupils.