Spelling Strategies Poster

A twist on the standard fairytale story. Learners can roll a dice to help them build their story.

This resource teaches learners how to write a newspaper article by looking at the main features. It covers Names of newspapers Headlines Bylines/leadlines Formal tone

This lesson explains the purpose and audience of a persuasive text. It then teaches different persuasive strategies. It includes a writing task which is to persuade a family member to get you a new pet. It also contains a modeled letter which can be used as an example for learners.

This writing resource works well along the RSPB Bird Watch which takes place this time of year. Whether children are actively bird watching outside or simply learning about birds around them, it is a great way to engage with nature. This lesson models for learners how to research four different birds and take notes in their jotter. It then demonstrates how to turn these short notes into engaging sentences for their reader. Finally it models for learners how they can lay this out neatly in their jotter and include some of the key features of an information text like headings, subheadings, pictures and captions.

This resource focuses on describing setting during creative writing. It begins with a starter which focused on personification and teaches learners how to use personification and create it. The resource then shows a number of winter settings and encourages learners to describe the setting using the five senses. This can be printed as a page for learners to complete independently or in small groups. Alternatively, it can be completed as a whole class on the interactive whiteboard. The resource then talks the learners through the process of planning. This resource uses the story mountain format which has been attached as a pdf. Finally, the resource gives a modelled story opener to discuss with learners.

This scheme of work provides lesson for the full novel of Mr Nobody’s Eyes by Michael Morpurgo. It covers a range of reading skills throughout e.g. prediction comprehension main ideas summarising metalinguistics Character visualisation key themes evaluations

This writing resource shows learners how to create a persuasive leaflet for their own theme park. They must use persuasive strategies to engage their reader and promote their park.

Short grammar input which revises the rules for direct speech and includes some written activities.

This literacy starter resource contains 20 different starter activities. It provides a range of starters across a variety of literacy genres. It has tasks related to spelling, grammar, writing and listening & talking. The starter aims to revise and consolidate common issues which revise in literacy for learner in KS2. It looks at issues such as homophones, proof reading, direct speech and many other areas. All activities are short and can be completed on whiteboards. Many starters also contain a challenge task for more able learners. It contains 20 different starter activities.

This resource teaches learners how to use persuasive strategies and use these to create a persuasive letter to Santa. It discusses the effect of different persuasive devices then provides a modeled letter that can be the basis of class discussion for learners to identify the strategies used and the effect they have. It also models the correct layout of a letter.

Word of the week starter PPT. This can be used weekly or daily as a starter to help learners develop their vocabularly.

Short grammar lesson singular and plural nouns. Includes a QR to a game that learners could play and includes some written tasks.

This writing lesson teaches and models how to use figurative and descriptive writing to create a spooky setting. It models an example for learners and contains a planning page for learners to plan their own writing in a setting of their choice.

This resource encourages learners to describe halloween characters through the use of descriptive and figurative language. It then builds up to the learners creating their or own or describing a well known character. Lesson includes a planning page that can be printed.

This Chinese New Year is the year of the dragon so the writing focus is going to be on a character description of a Chinese Dragon. This resource explains the five different aspects of a character that pupils should describe in order to successfully convey their character to their reader. It also provides a modelled text, and a table worksheet for them to record examples of each aspect from the text. This will help give them inspiration for their own story. This resource includes the main lesson, the recording table and the planning page. I have also included a printed copy of the texts which could be printed out for pupils.

This reading comprehension retells the story of the Great Race which created the Zodiac calendar. It contains two tasks: Task 1: Analyses new or tricky vocab Task 2: Comprehension questions

This lesson teaches children about persuasive writing and different persuasive strategies they can use. It then gives different targets (success criteria) that learners need to achieve in order to successfully produce a good persuasive letter. It also includes two different example texts (one good and one that requires improvement)

Discursive Writing - Should Animals be Kept in Zoos. This resource explains discursive writing, models a table for learners to complete, provides a short planning format example, includes a modelled paragraph and contains a word bank for learners.

This is fun resource to help learners frame an imaginative spooky story. Learners roll a dice to help them choose -who? -where? -when? -what happens?