DROP - SHIFT - ZOOM IN - ZOOM OUT - LINK structure strip.

A set of three poetry comparison structure strips to help ensure students hit all aspects of the mark scheme in their response. Simply stick them in the margin and set students off on a question and encourage them to use the strip to remind them of the importance of covering all parts of the question in their response.

Four A4 sheets for each AQA English exam paper. Each sheet has a structure strip to support students with their writing including sentence starters.

These structure strips are designed to be stuck on the left-hand side of a student’s page to provide a clear guide as they write each non-fiction text type. The give a guide to the paragraph structure of the text and what to write in each paragraph. They can be used to help students generate a plan as well as to support them when they write the final text. The text types included are: Recount/Diary News report Instructions Biography Persuasive argument Balanced argument Explanation Report If used in an I do, We do, You do writing progression – these can scaffold the process for students. Not having to remember what to include, can free up working memory for a greater sentence and word level focus during the writing process. They are available in PDF format to avoid formatting issues as images have been included to give some limited dual coding to help student understand what is required. There are 3 of each strip on a page to allow for quick copying of them if being used for class support.

These can be used to accompany a writing to describe task. They go in the margin of the book and students tick when they have completed them.

Included are structure strips for the Edexcel Business GCSE (9-1) course. Whether printed out and laminated or simply included next to questions in your slides, these are incredibly useful for helping students scaffold and build top quality answers. If being observed, these are also guaranteed to impress !

This resource is used to help children with structuring their writing. These strips fit neatly in the margin and contain both sentence starters and hints and tips.

KS4 volcanic hazards GCSE style question. Structure strip to support pupils. Useful for practice and revision.

Starts with differentiated structure strips to help students through the reacting masses calculation using moles (GCSE Chemistry - Higher Tier) Orange strip - slightly more hints/support Blue strip - basic guidance through the calculation Then has examples for students try without the structure strip. Though step-by-step hints provided for any still struggling. Would then follow with an exam question from appropriate exam board and ask students to complete without any help.

This structure strip was created for KS4 GCSE Literature based essays. Can be used with any text/play and allows students to understand the Assessment Objectives clearly.

Structure strip for Transactional Writing (Paper 2 Section B). I’ve used this resource for AQA and Eduqas. It also works well for Non-Fiction writing at KS3 and KS4.

Structure strips for year 7 Docklands assessment.

This structure strip was created for a Y6 writing lesson focusing on setting descriptions. The writing was linked to a scene from The Blitz but this could be adapted for other settings.

This is an analytical aid for students when they are writing a response to a poem.

Following the success of these Structure Strips for Scientific writing in our school, I wanted to share the resources with others. Designed to give children the ‘ideal’ structure of a scientific write up, it provides children with a stimulus and tips for what to include in each section, along with tips and success criteria. These have been used by both Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 students with great success! Each page has four strips which can printed and stuck in to the margin of the student’s book. The two sheets combined create a well structured and informative double page science write up.

An activity and lesson in one! Blow place-mat up onto A3 sheet of paper. Starter: Writing down ambitious adjectives to describe the image. Development: Annotate the model paragraph Main: Writing a description based on the image using the structure strips as a guide.

These writing structures strips will enable children to develop their diary writing. Each section of the strip gives children clues and prompts as to what to include in each section. They are structured to stick down the side of their book so that the children can follow them easily.

These strips are a great companion to my TEACH paragraph writing checklist. While the latter is an expanded version suitable for all ability levels, this resource is a bright, colourful and concise version that can be laminated and used as a bookmark or guide alongside work. The PowerPoint version can be edited for your convenience, and the PDF version is the original formatting. Complete with sentence starters and straightforward guidance on what to include for each section of the paragraph.

A resource for the margin of the page when students are writing to inform. The students can use it for guidance to remind them of the features of this style of writing. They can tick them off as they add them.

A way to structure literature responses in order to hit the AQA mark scheme, I developed this after marking the new literature exam in 2017 and feel it ensures students hit all the aspects of the mark scheme and encourages them to develop their answers.

Structure strips for the AQA GCSE Chemistry topic “Electrolysis”. Structure strips go into the margin of an exercise book and students write in their answers beside each question. This is one of a series of structure strips that I have made for the new 2017 GCSE specification. There are 30 questions in this set and answers are included.