An example character profile text for The Boy at the Back of the Class about Ahmet, the new boy at school, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers, and differentiated writing templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 4 of Onjali Q. Raúf’s refugee novel The Boy at the Back of the Class.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
• Writing template differentiated x3
• Teacher notes
The character profile text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials with comma
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for possession
• Apostrophes for omission
• Commas in a list
• Colons
• Hyphens
Each resource comes as a PDFs and editable Word file.
Pupils read the model character profile text, identify the features and then write their own character profile using the differentiated templates. The resource could be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character.
More The Boy at the Back of the Class themed resources:
✦ Example Text Bundle
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack
✦ Differentiated Apostrophe Activities
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✦The Iron Man Character Profile Example
✦Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example
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An example diary entry text for The Boy at the Back of the Class written from the point of view of Ahmet, the new boy at school, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 2 of Onjali Q. Raúf’s refugee novel The Boy at the Back of the Class.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
• Teacher notes
The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Metaphors
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Show not tell emotions
• Rhetorical questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Noun phrases
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
• First person POV
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model diary text, identify the features and then write their own diary entry.
More The Boy at the Back of the Class themed resources:
✦ Example Text Bundle
✦ Character Profile Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack
✦ Differentiated Apostrophe Activities
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the book The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf.
The 3 differentiated example texts contain conversations between the narrator and friends and their teacher, Mrs Khan based on Chapter 7 of the book.
Differentiated feature find worksheets with answers are included for easy marking and instant feedback.
Resources are differentiated three ways.
Resources provided:
• Example dialogue texts x3
• Feature find worksheets x3
• Answers x3
• Synonyms for ‘said’ word bank
• Teacher notes
The model texts are useful as WAGOLLs to examine before children attempt their own dialogue writing based on the book.
All documents are provided in PDF and easily editable Word format.
The following features of dialogue and speech can be found in the example dialogues (depending on level of difficulty):
• Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause, separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark
• Reporting clause after the words spoken
• Reporting clause before the words spoken
• Variety of speech verbs used
• Adverbs/adverbials to show how the words were spoken
• New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes
• Actions of the characters
• Feelings of characters shown not told
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the end/beginning
• Two or more sentences spoken at once and split into two by the reporting clause
• One sentence spoken but split into two by the reporting clause
• Contractions used in speech
More The Boy at the Back of the Class themed resources:
✦ Example Text Bundle
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Text Pack
✦ Differentiated Apostrophe Activities
Other popular resources:
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
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✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE
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Three example text packs and a set of differentiated apostrophe activities based on the story The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf.
The example text packs contain Feature Find worksheets, answers, templates and additional resources.
The following resources are included in this bundle:
• Diary entry model text pack
• Character profile model text pack
• Dialogue model text pack
• Differentiated apostrophe worksheets
Each model text pack pack comes with a WAGOLL for pupils to examine and then base their own writing on.
All resources come as editable Word documents and PDFs.
Other popular resources:
Units of Work
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
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✦ Flat Stanley: WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE
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✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
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✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief: Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
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✦ The Spiderwick Chronicles WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification and Answers
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✦ Street Child: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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Punctuation & Grammar Bundles
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✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
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✦ Mummification Bundle
✦ Ancient Greece Myths & Monsters WAGOLL Writing Bundle
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The Boy at the Back of the Class themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of apostrophe activities, focusing on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the popular refugee novel.
The apostrophe worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of apostrophe activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of the punctuation mark and improve their skills in using apostrophes in their writing.
Different types of apostrophes are covered by the worksheets:
• Apostrophes for omission (contractions)
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Teacher notes
The worksheets focus on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Onjali Q. Raúf’s book, The Boy at the Back of the Class .
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet. Teacher notes are provided. Every resource comes in PDF and editable Word format.
Other The Boy at the Back of the Class themed resources:
✦ Example Text Bundle
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack
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✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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Four example text packs based on the story The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd with Feature Find worksheets, answers, templates and additional resources.
The following text packs are included in this bundle:
• Diary entry model text
• Character profile model text
• Letter model text
• Dialogue model text
Each pack comes with a WAGOLL for pupils to examine and then base their own writing on.
All resources come as editable Word documents and PDFs.
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✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
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Nine example character profile texts for the following popular LKS2 children’s book characters:
• The Iron Man from The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
• Stig from Stig of the Dump by Clive King
• Mrs Twit from The Twits by Roald Dahl
• The boy from Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura
• Tomas from The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd
• The boy from The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf
• The girl from Journey by Aaron Becker
• Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
• Christophe from Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell
These exemplar character descriptions are perfect to use as WAGOLLs during World Book Day celebrations or during guided reading and literacy lessons.
The model character profiles come with feature identification worksheets for children to fill in, plus answer sheets that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
After identifying the features of the text, pupils can write their own character descriptions of characters from a book of choice using the Character Profile Templates (also included).
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the texts include:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Rule of three
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Dashes
• Brackets
• Hyphens
• Colons
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A bundle of Ancient Egypt-themed writing packs.
The following resources are included:
• Howard Carter’s diary example text
• Mummification explanation example text
• Mummy embalmer’s diary example text
• Mummification glossary
• Ancient Egyptian boy’s diary example text
Also included:
• Planning template
• Additional glossaries
• Information sheet
• Timeline
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✦ Stig of the Dump Informal Letter Example Pack
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Science Bundle
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✦ 6 Maths Murder Mysteries With Answers BUNDLE
✦ 2D & 3D Shapes Games Maths BUNDLE
✦ 2D Shapes Polygons Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
✦ 3D Shapes Solids Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
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✦ Fun English Writing Games
✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
✦ 15 Fun Maths Arithmetic Games
French Bundles
✦ 10 French Role Play Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animals Role Plays & Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animal Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Games Guess Who the Character Is BUNDLE
✦ French Battleships BUNDLE
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A four week literacy unit of work based on the novel Holes by Louis Sachar for Years 5 & 6, with 20 complete lessons, including all plans, teaching presentations and resources.
This scheme of work for Upper Key Stage 2 contains the following:
• 20 daily lesson plans with differentiation
• 20 lesson presentations with over 200 slides in total
• 43 additional teaching resources with over 100 pages in total (model texts, worksheets, feature finds, answers, word banks, etc)
Some of the objectives covered in this unit of work:
★ Writing
• Setting description (with WAGOLL)
• Diary entry
• Summary
• Non-chronological report (with WAGOLL)
• Balanced argument
• Playscript (with WAGOLL)
• Formal letter (with WAGOLL)
• Dialogue (with WAGOLL)
• Character profile (with WAGOLL)
• Newspaper report (with WAGOLL)
★ Comprehension
• Asking questions
• Drawing inferences
• Making predictions
• Discussing words and phrases
• Summarising main ideas
• Discussing and evaluating language including figurative language
• Justifying views with evidence
★ Spoken Language
• Role play
• Discussions
• Debate
• Performance
★ Grammar & Punctuation
• Modal verbs
• Expanded noun phrases
• Colons
• Hyphens
• Relative clauses
• Adverbs of degree
• Perfect tense
• Conjunctive adverbials
• Subjunctive form
• Question tags
• Semi-colons
• Passive voice
• Embedded phrases and clauses
This unit is ready to teach - just a copy of the novel is required!
Although this unit is designed for UKS2, particularly Year 6, it could easily be adapted for KS3.
All resources and lesson plans come as editable Word documents and in PDF format. All lesson presentations come as editable PowerPoints and as PDF files.
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A fourteen-slide presentation explaining how to use colons, including lots of examples, do’s and don’ts, and quick quizzes to test knowledge.
This presentation comes as an easily editable Powerpoint presentation as well as in PDF format.
The following usages of colons are included:
• Using a colon to introduce a list;
• Using a colon to separate related main clauses where the second clause explains the first clause;
• Using a colon to emphasise a word or phrase.
Other punctuation resources:
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✦ Colons Activities & Quiz
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A set of comprehension questions about the classic poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, with full answers and glossary.
24 questions with a total of 30 marks. The questions and extract cover stanzas 1-6.
This resource comes with the following:
• Pied Piper of Hamelin poem extract with illustrations
• Comprehension questions
• Comprehension answers
• Glossary
This resource is suitable for Upper Key Stage 2 pupils. It is perfect for guided reading or Year 6 SATs practice.
The comprehension includes a variety of question types including a 3 mark ‘What impression’ question.
All resources come as editable Word documents and in PDF format.
Save with a bundle:
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A set of comprehension questions about the classic poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, with full answers and glossary.
19 questions with a total of 24 marks. The questions and extract cover stanzas 12-15.
This resource comes with the following:
• Pied Piper of Hamelin poem extract with illustrations
• Comprehension questions
• Comprehension answers
• Glossary
This resource is suitable for Upper Key Stage 2 pupils. It is perfect for guided reading or Year 6 SATs practice.
The comprehension includes a variety of question types including a 3 mark ‘What impression’ question.
All resources come as editable Word documents and in PDF format.
Save with a bundle:
✦ Classic Poetry Comprehension Pied Piper of Hamelin BUNDLE
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A set of comprehension questions about the classic poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, with full answers and glossary.
19 questions with a total of 26 marks. The questions and extract cover stanzas 7-11.
This resource comes with the following:
• Pied Piper of Hamelin poem extract with illustrations
• Comprehension questions
• Comprehension answers
• Glossary
This resource is suitable for Upper Key Stage 2 pupils. It is perfect for guided reading or Year 6 SATs practice.
The comprehension includes a variety of question types including a 3 mark ‘What impression’ question.
All resources come as editable Word documents and in PDF format.
Save with a bundle:
✦ Classic Poetry Comprehension Pied Piper of Hamelin BUNDLE
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✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
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A differentiated activity where pupils learn more about the characters in Betsy Byars’s novel The Midnight Fox by comparing them.
Pupils must sort quotes from the text as well as summarise the differences between two characters from the story: protagonist Tom and Bubba.
This resource is differentiated three ways. It comes with instructions, extensions and answers.
All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format.
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A bundle of writing resources based on the novel Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce.
The following packs are included in this bundle:
• Character profile
• Diary
• Punctuation
• Literary devices
Model Character Profile Text Pack With WAGOLL
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated planning templates, x3
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Character trait word bank
Diary Entry Model Text Pack With WAGOLL
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
Punctuation Worksheets With Answers
Punctuation marks covered by the worksheets include the following:
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
• Dashes
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Apostrophes for singular possessions
• Apostrophes for plural possessions
• Hyphens
• Ellipses
Literary Devices Differentiated Activities
Literary devices and figurative language examples are explored in the following activities:
• Literary Device Match (differentiated x3): pupils match the literary devices with their definitions and examples (ideal as a paired or small group activity). Answers included.
• Completing Similes: pupils match the beginning and end of the simile sentences. Answers included.
• Identifying Literary Devices (differentiated x3): pupils find and underline listed literary devices used in various extracts from the book. Answers included.
• Simile and Metaphor Meanings (differentiated x3): pupils explain the meanings, or match the meanings, of the similes and metaphors from the novel. Answers included.
All resources come as editable Word documents and as PDFs.
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✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4
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✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Flat Stanley: WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ How to Train Your Dragon: BUNDLE
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land: BUNDLE
✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief: Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ Stone Age Boy: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Street Child: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman: WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Hodgeheg: Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium: Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Twits: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
Other English Bundles
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Unicorn Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions & Persuasive Letter with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Dragon 3 Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
Punctuation & Grammar Bundles
✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
History & Science Bundles
✦ Ancient Egypt Example Text Bundle
✦ Mummification Bundle
✦ Ancient Greece Myths & Monsters WAGOLL Writing Bundle
✦ Animal Non-Chronological Report Bundle
Maths Bundles
✦ Valentine’s Day Maths BUNDLE
✦ Easter Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Christmas Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE - Differentiated Worksheets
✦ 6 Maths Murder Mysteries With Answers BUNDLE
✦ 2D & 3D Shapes Games Maths BUNDLE
✦ 2D Shapes Polygons Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
✦ 3D Shapes Solids Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
English & Maths Games
✦ Fun English Writing Games
✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
✦ 15 Fun Maths Arithmetic Games
French Bundles
✦ 10 French Role Play Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animals Role Plays & Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animal Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Games Guess Who the Character Is BUNDLE
✦ French Battleships BUNDLE
✦ French Shape Vocabulary Games BUNDLE
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A bundle of mummification-themed resources for pupils learning about the history topic of ancient Egypt.
A mixture of fun activities and writing WAGOLLs all about ancient Egyptian mummies and mummification.
The following resources are included in this bundle:
Mummification Explanation Text Example
The following resources are included:
• WAGOLL Mummification Explanation text
• Glossary
Mummify a Tomato Activity Pack
The pack contains the following resources:
• How to Use this Resource teacher sheet
• Mummification Method worksheets
• Mummification Method worksheet answers
• How to Mummify a Tomato instructions
• Coffin Template
• Anubis Mask Template
Mummy Embalmer’s Diary Text Example
The following resource is included:
• WAGOLL Embalmer’s Diary text
Howard Carter’s Diary Pack
The pack contains the following resources:
• Model diary text from the archeologist’s point of view
• Timeline of the discovery of the King Tut’s tomb
• Artefact information sheets detailing some of the discoveries, with pictures
Mummification Vocabulary Matching Activity
The following resources are included:
• Mummification Word, Image and Definition Cards
• Answers
Mummification Glossary
The following resource is included:
• Mummification Glossary sheet
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Ancient Egypt
✦ Ancient Egypt | Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ Ancient Egypt | Egyptian Boy’s Diary Example
Ancient Greece
✦ Ancient Greek Monsters Example Instructional Text Pack
✦ Ancient Greek Monsters Example Non-Chronological Report Text Pack
Stone Age Boy
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE
Stig of the Dump
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE
Moon Landing
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Bundle
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✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4
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✦ Flat Stanley: WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
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✦ The Hodgeheg: Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium: Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword: Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE
✦ The Twits: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Unicorn Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions & Persuasive Letter with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Dragon 3 Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
Punctuation & Grammar Bundles
✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
History & Science Bundles
✦ Ancient Egypt Example Text Bundle
✦ Ancient Greece Myths & Monsters WAGOLL Writing Bundle
✦ Animal Non-Chronological Report Bundle
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✦ Valentine’s Day Maths BUNDLE
✦ Easter Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Christmas Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE - Differentiated Worksheets
✦ 6 Maths Murder Mysteries With Answers BUNDLE
✦ 2D & 3D Shapes Games Maths BUNDLE
✦ 2D Shapes Polygons Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
✦ 3D Shapes Solids Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
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✦ Fun English Writing Games
✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
✦ 15 Fun Maths Arithmetic Games
French Bundles
✦ 10 French Role Play Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animals Role Plays & Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animal Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Games Guess Who the Character Is BUNDLE
✦ French Battleships BUNDLE
✦ French Shape Vocabulary Games BUNDLE
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An example informal letter text written from Tom to his friend Petie, plus feature find worksheets and answers, differentiated planning sheets and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading partway through Chapter 5 of Betsy Byars’s novel The Midnight Fox.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar informal letter text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Letter planning, differentiated x3
• Contractions word bank
The model letter is from Tom to Petie, his best friend back home. It is based on the events that have so far occurred in the story. Pupils read the exemplar informal letter, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets, and then plan and write their own letters from this part of the story or later on.
The following layout, language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL:
• Similes
• Hyperbole
• Slang
• Rhetorical questions
• Non-rhetorical questions
• Contractions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials with commas
• Parenthesis using commas
• Possessive noun phrases
• Dashes for emphasis
• Subordinate clauses
• Greeting
• Sign-off
• Second person POV (direct address)
The resources are provided as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Other Midnight Fox resources:
✦ The Midnight Fox Character Comparison Differentiated Activity
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✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work
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A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. It is a way of writing that makes something sound bigger, smaller, better, worse, etc than it actually is. Hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is a figure of speech and a literary device.
This document contains examples of hyperboles. The hyperbole example list can be used to help to understand this literary device, to identify hyperboles within texts and to use hyperboles in writing.
Example texts and activities featuring hyperboles:
✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack: The Butterfly Lion
✦ Diary Example Text: Boy at the Back of the Class
✦ Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone: Harry’s Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices Differentiated Worksheets
✦ Example Description: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Action Writing Example Text Pack
✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities
✦ Diary Example Text Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text Pack
✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example Pack
✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text Pack
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text Pack
✦ The Twits Example Diary Text Pack
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✦ The Butterfly Lion
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land
✦ Journey
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons
✦ Stone Age Boy
✦ How to Train Your Dragon
✦ The Twits
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A punctuation mark matching activity with three levels of differentiation.
Pupils match each card showing a punctuation mark symbol with an explanation of its use and an example sentence or sentences.
An answer sheet is included.
This activity helps pupils to remember the names of punctuation marks and how they are used. It can be used when introducing new punctuation marks to a class in lower key stage two or as a revision activity for upper key stage two (or even KS3). This activity is ideal as a starter or plenary for an English/literacy lesson or punctuation lesson.
The cards have been differentiated three ways:
• Lower ability: example sentences display the featured punctuation in red
• Middle ability: featured punctuation is missing with its position indicated by a red rectangle
• Higher ability: featured punctuation is missing
An ideal activity for pupils to carry out in pairs or small groups.
The following punctuation marks with definitions and examples are included:
• Capital letters
• Full stops
• Commas
• Question marks
• Exclamation marks
• Apostrophes
• Inverted commas
• Brackets
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
The cards have been organised to make it easy for teachers to reduce the selection of punctuation marks to suit pupils’ needs.
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDF files.
Other popular resources:
✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
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✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets Bundle
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities & Quiz
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation: Worksheets
✦ Semi-Colons Bundle
✦ Colons Bundle
✦ Iron Man Apostrophe Activities Differentiated BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3
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Two activities involving identifying correct and incorrect use of colons. Pupils must look carefully at the sentences to check if the colons have been put in the correct place for a variety of sentences.
There are two activities provided:
Colon Cards/Quiz: pupils sort the cards into correct and incorrect piles. Great for paired or small group work. Large and small cards are provided, plus a presentation to use to go through the answers or to use as a whole class quiz.
Colon Worksheet: pupils identify whether the colons are correctly punctuating the sentences, and then make any necessary corrections; identify different types of colon usage; add missing colons to sentences and write sentences using colons. Great as an independent task. This worksheet uses different examples to the cards/quiz.
Different ways of using colons are demonstrated, including:
• Using a colon to introduce a list
• Using a colon to separate related main clauses where the second clause explains the first clause
• Using a colon to emphasise a word or phrase
Answers to all tasks are included.
All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs.
These activities are particularly suitable for years 5 or 6.
Other punctuation resources:
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Colons How To Use Presentation
✦ Six Colon Worksheets Differentiated
✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities
✦ Daily Grammar & Writing BUNDLE
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✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
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✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
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The Highwayman poetry pack containing a verse-by-verse PowerPoint presentation of Alfred Noyes’ poem, a pupil copy of the poem, a glossary and an event sorting activity with answers.
Pupil Copy of the Poem
A document containing the poem with each part and verse numbered to make it easy to refer to different sections, and space beside the text for note-taking.
Poem Presentation
The 21 slide presentation is organised with each verse on a different slide. The parts and verses are numbered. Two versions have been provided: one without a glossary, useful for first readings; and one with images or definitions of challenging vocabulary displayed at the bottom of each slide.
Glossary
A two-page Word/PDF document of words used in the poem, with word class, meanings and images.
Sorting Activity
The key events sorting activity can be completed individually, in pairs or, ideally, in small groups. This will help pupils to understand the storyline of this narrative poem. Answers have been provided.
Each document is available as an editable Word/PowerPoint file and as a PDF file.
More Highwayman themed resources:
✦ The Highwayman WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman: Diary Entries Model Text Pack
✦ The Highwayman: Character Profile Model Text Pack
✦ The Highwayman: Literary Devices Differentiated Activities
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✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE
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