Download our popular ten-lesson unit of work based on reading and writing instructional texts with a Romans theme. Pupils will make a chocolate Roman road and then create instructions based on becoming gladiator champions! The ten lessons in this unit aim to give children the opportunity to understand the features of instructions as a genre. In the first week, children will engage with the text type by following instructions to make edible Roman roads out of biscuits, chocolates and custard! There is also a grammar focus on using prepositions and imperative verbs. In the second week, pupils will use drama to develop ideas and extend their vocabulary. They will then plan their own set of instructions about becoming Roman gladiator champions and they will then have the opportunity to draft, edit and present their final instructions. The English objectives covered in this unit are: - To give and follow verbal instructions - To use prepositions - To read and follow written instructions - To identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning - To use a range of imperative verbs - To prepare a group performance - To make a plan for my writing - To write my own instructions - To edit my writing - To make decisions about how to present my writing The PDF file contains ten lesson plans and all accompanying pupil resources. Perfect to link literacy and history in your Romans topic! You may also like: Roman Britain Planning Pack Escape from Pompeii Literacy Planning Pack Romans Planning Bundle of all three planning packs .

A bank of words to describe feelings. Can be used as a word bank or cut up into separate cards.

Instructions for making a model woolly mammoth. This resource could be used as a DT lesson to go with the Stone Age topic, as a stand alone fun project or as a part of literacy work about instructional texts.

A list of adverbials of time and place for use with children practising writing sentences with fronted adverbials.

This is a fun introduction to verbal or written instructions in literacy. Pupils give each other instructions to draw the pictures on the cards and see how closely they can match the real picture!

This card sort activity is a good way of revising the features of instructions.

This worksheet helps pupils to act like different animals below and then write a list of verbs to show how each one moves.

A bundle of poetry resources for KS1 containing unit plans, performance poems, activities and worksheets.

A worksheet that pupils can use as a template to plan a story based on the book Escape from Pompeii.

This worksheet allows pupils to label a bunny using different similes.

A bundle of resources based on Tennyson's sea monster poem 'The Kraken', including a week-long unit plan, a copy of the poem, worksheets and activities.

Mega bundle of Romans resources for history and literacy, including unit plans, lesson plans, activities, games and worksheets.

This worksheet provides a template for pupils to create a comic strip version of the story of Charge of the Light Brigade.

The activity allows pupils to look at the poetic devices used in Poe's 'The Raven' and to investigate how each device contributes to the changing poetic mood.

This is a bundle of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' resources, including a weekly unit plan, a printable poem, worksheets and activities.

This activity helps pupils to collect evidence from Poe's 'The Raven' poem to help them to decide whether this type of poetry is lyric. They can then use this to prepare for a written argument or a class debate.

A bundle of resources about Poe's 'The Raven' poem, including a week-long unit plan, a printable poem, worksheets and activities.

This worksheet allows pupils to research the context of Charge of the Light Brigade by using the web to retrieve and record information about the Crimean War.

This worksheet allows pupils to research the literary context of Poe's 'The Raven' poem by investigating other raven figures in classic literature.