A complete scheme of 10 lessons based around the story of BEOWULF. Written for a year 4 class, it is easy to adapt for year 5 or 6 as there is a strong emphasis on basic grammar skills in the planning. Planning is of a high quality and includes all resources, including a version of the story (written by me) Wherever possible, editable versions of each resource are also provided. Each lesson is fully differentiated and includes a powerpoint presentation **Learning Objectives: ** To use a variety of sentence openers To vary our sentence openers when creating a description To punctuate direct speech correctly To add adverbial clauses to dialogue. To use tenses consistently To use expanded noun phrases To use figurative devices to describe. To vary clauses in complex sentences To plan a short story with suspense To apply the features of short stories. To edit and improve the introduction to a short story.**** The files are zipped, however I have added some loose examples of the resources to give an indication of quality. All other art work is from Pixabay or authors own.

A series of Whole Class Reading comprehension Powerpoints based on the classic tale - Beowulf - by Rob Lloyd Jones. Each Powerpoint contains reading activities based on the D.E.R.I.C approach to teaching reading skills D - Decode E - Explain R - Retrieval I - Inference C - Choice There are also additional slides focusing on the skills of sequencing, vocabulary and synonyms. Also included is a printable questions slide for children to stick into books and respond to.

This resource is 15 fully resourced sessions exploring the Anglo-Saxon legend Beowulf. Everything you need - models, PowerPoint slides, activities - is included in the ZIP file. The previews you can see show snippets of the first five sessions. It has been created for Year 5, but could be used in other KS2 classes. The unit draws on many versions of Beowulf. The model text harnesses the rich language used in Beowulf: dragonslayer by Rosemary Sutcliff. Each session has been carefully sequenced. The unit begins with immersion into the story through images and drama. There are also reading fluency and comprehension activities. Children in engage in short burst writing activities to learn and apply new skills. They also explore the key features of legends through a tool kit. Towards the end of the unit, children pick from a wide range of hot tasks, choosing the one that excites them most. Finally, children create their own legends, making use of planning grids and storyboards. This unit is ready to go. Creative teachers (and children!) will enjoy getting stuck-in to this one. Please also check out my other units, including ‘Theseus and the Minotaur’. with every lesson creatively planned in detail and many sessions resourced for SEN, EXP and GDS. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theseus-and-the-minotaur-3-weeks-of-detailed-planning-fully-resourced-and-differentiated-11914692

Beowulf themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of fronted adverbial activities, focusing on the first part of the story. The fronted adverbial worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of fronted adverbial activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of fronted adverbials and improve their skills in using fronted adverbials in their writing. Pupils are asked to identify different types of fronted adverbials, re-write sentences to include fronted adverbials and commas, and write their own sentences with fronted adverbials including correct punctuation. The worksheet focuses on the first part of Michael Morpurgo’s re-telling of the epic Anglo-Saxon tale, Beowulf. Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet. All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Beowulf themed resources: ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf Diary Entries Example Texts Pack ✦ Beowulf Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Beowulf Character Profile Model Text Pack 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 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

This two-way differentiated activity is aimed at Year 4 or 5. Children will add speech marks and punctuation to the sentences when the reporting phrase is at the beginning, in the middle of and at the end of the sentence. The activity is themed around the story of Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo and I have used this several times as part of a spag lesson. As an extension task, the children are invited to use their own knowledge of Beowulf to write their own speech. This could be used as part of a newspaper article or creative writing unit. The activity is differentiated 2 ways, with the LA children completing this with support from an adult. First Person Accounts from the characters of the Beowulf story are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13119765

12 VIPERS guided reading lessons based on Beowulf (Usborne Young Reading version). Suitable for year3/4. Or can easily be adapted for UKS2. The lessons focus on the first 3 chapters. SEN and challenge resources for each lesson.

Reading comprehension! Drawing! Drama! High quality writing! Newspaper reports! These five fully resourced sessions aimed at Year 5 or Year 6 give children an opportunity to produce excellent non-fiction using a fiction context - no research required! Available in Word and PowerPoint so that you can edit and adjust to suit your needs. Through these 5 sessions, children will explore 3 news reports about heroes; generate their own toolkits; strip a fiction text (Beowulf) back to its bare bones; create captions and draw scenes from the story; take part in drama activities and finally write news reports using a consistent style and appropriate register. I have recently added useful editing questions for children to ask each other - I would suggest a final session for editing and improving. It is helpful (though not essential) if the children have previously explored the story of Beowulf. If they have not heard the story before, allow a little extra time to get familiar with the text (included). These sessions could make up a one week unit or be run over one day, as a writing workshop. Enjoy!

5 complete lessons teaching the story of Beowulf. There are engaging starters, inputs, differentiated activities and plenaries in a clear and easy to use Powerpoint. Slides cover key writing skills such as relative clauses, openers, word classes, sentence structure, linking sentences for cohesion and expanded noun phrases. Covers the innovate and invent phases of Talk for Writing. There are clear explanations and modelling of how to create suspense for the tense parts of the story and a grammar activity on the different types of nouns. Useful for any class in KS2, differentiated success criteria Green - LA Blue and yellow - MA Red - HA All reviews welcome.

A unique set of activities that will engage your students focus, ignite their learning and strengthen your Beowulf unit of work. **Spelling Board Game **- Beowulf themed words 2x A4 playing boards - join together. Enlarge to A3 for best results 54 squares on the playing board. 16 Game words - In addition, use the Game Word Template option to create your own words for the Spelling Game Game instructions Game Life Cards **Spelling Worksheet Template **- Type in your own Daily Themed Target word - 10 questions on each sheet. Edit the questions to suit your own targets **Homework Activities x 3 ** to take around 30 minutes for each activity based on the L & S theme Crossword **Creative Writing Prompt **- Beowulf Adventure **Powerpoint Quiz **- Beowulf theme **Comprehension **worksheet- Beowulf theme **Cloze **Exercise worksheet- Beowulf theme Facts **Certificate Template **- edit and use as necessary

A reciprocal reading of Beowulf with analysis and origins of poetry, has the option of a description of Grendel or a Hero narrative at the end.

A PPT presentation detailing the story of Beowulf. Includes detailed contextual information, discussion of language variation and a fun task of creating Kennings.

Example diary entry texts written from the points of view of King Hrothgar and Grendel from Beowulf plus feature find worksheet and answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank. These exemplar texts are perfect to use as WAGOLLs after reading the first seven pages of Michael Morpurgo’s re-telling of the classic Anglo-Saxon story. Resources provided: • Two exemplar diary entry texts • Feature Find worksheets differentiated 2 ways • Feature Find answers • Planning template differentiated 3 ways • Contractions word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model diary entries, examine the features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own diary entries from the point of view of one of the characters, such as King Hrothgar, Grendel, Edgetheow, King Hygelac or the heroic Beowulf himself, using the differentiated templates. The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLLs: • Alliteration • Expanded noun phrases • Fronted adverbials • Introductory paragraphs • Rule of three • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Rhetorical questions • Subordinate clauses • Thoughts/feelings/opinions If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Beowulf themed resources: ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Beowulf Character Profile Model Text Pack ✦ Beowulf Fronted Adverbial Differentiated Worksheets Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

New hero myth based on Beowulf Challenge for Y3 and could be used up to Y6.

(‘Outstanding’ lessons) This resource includes: Suggested Reading and Writing Medium Term Plan for the entire book. Full whole class guided reading lessons for Chapter 1 of Beowulf. 30 slides explaining new vocabulary 5 multiple choice questions per lesson comprehension questions suitable for KS2 for each lesson How to use this resource: Introduce the new vocabulary by reading the slide. Check understanding by asking children to select the picture that best represent that word. There may be more than one right answer. Children then identify the word that isn’t a synonym. Read through the text. Answers to the comprehension questions at the end are boxed so ensure these vocabulary or phrases are explained. After reading the text, children complete the quickfire multiple choice questions. Children complete the comprehension questions independently.

This is a fully resourced scheme of work for KS3 based on Beowulf (the Rosemary Sutcliff version). This scheme of work includes lesson PowerPoints with supporting resources, a completed scheme of work document, a take away homework menu and a reading and writing assessment, along with preparation resources and a mark scheme. Lessons include differentiated learning objectives and differentiated menu-style activities that link to the learning objectives. The reading and writing exams/assessments are based on the question styles of the Edexcel IGCSE English Language exam paper, but can easily be adapted. This scheme of work is differentiated, ready to teach and provides the opportunity for outstanding learning every lesson. If you have not taught Beowulf by Rosemary Sutcliff before, then this scheme of work would allow you to introduce it to your school/students with ease and minimal effort!

Enhance your KS2 English curriculum with this comprehensive 10-lesson writing unit based on the classic story of Beowulf. Developed by experienced literacy educators, this resource provides a structured and engaging approach to teaching writing skills while exploring the rich world of Anglo-Saxon literature. What’s Inside: ✸ 10 Complete Lessons: Detailed lesson plans with clear objectives, activities, and questions to guide your teaching. ✸ Interactive PowerPoints: Support each lesson with visually engaging presentations. ✸ Differentiated Resources: Word banks, writing frames, and support sheets cater to various learning needs. ✸ Creative Writing Tasks: Students will write character descriptions, diary entries, setting descriptions, and even craft their own ending to the story. ✸ Skill-Building Focus: Develop key writing skills like descriptive language, character development, and narrative structure. ✸ Reading Comprehension Support: Questions and activities throughout the unit enhance reading comprehension and inference skills. ✸ Culminating Project: Students will create a class book showcasing their best writing. Why Choose This Resource? ✸ Curriculum-Aligned: Supports KS2 English objectives, focusing on writing composition, vocabulary development, and reading comprehension. ✸ Cross-Curricular Connections: Enhances understanding of Anglo-Saxon history and literature. ✸ Ready-to-Use: Complete with lesson plans, PowerPoints, worksheets, and visual aids, saving you valuable prep time. ✸ Differentiated: Caters to a range of abilities, ensuring all students are challenged and supported. Help your students develop their writing skills and explore the epic tale of Beowulf! Ideal for: KS2 English, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Beowulf, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, creative writing, descriptive writing, character development, setting descriptions, narrative writing, reading comprehension, history, mythology.

Flexible warm up activity with open ended questions to generate class discussion. This hand out engages students through critical questioning and helps students connect key topics of the text to their own opinions and experiences. Includes a short Teacher's Guide with suggestions of how to use in the classroom.

This is an excellent, jigsaw-type, collaborative activity to use as an introduction to the epic poem Beowulf. Essentially, students break into groups to look at only the Prologue and Parts 1 and 2 of the epic poem. Each group takes on the part of an anthropologist/archaeologist "digging" back into the past to learn about the world of the Anglo-Saxons. Each group receives a different set of questions about Anglo-Saxon culture to respond to by seeking out answers from the Beowulf text. Students then report their findings/ discoveries about Anglo-Saxon culture to the class. This is an excellent way to get students involved in active inquiry into a text. I typically do this activity BEFORE I give them any notes at all on Anglo-Saxon culture because I want them to see what they can discover on their own first. This activity is easily followed with a writing assignment in which students describe their findings using textual evidence. Included here are questions for 8 different groups per class (of course, in reality, you may have more groups per class, so you can simply repeat some of the questions amongst groups-- it's perfectly fine to see how two different groups approach the same questions because they will undoubtedly make different observations). Great way to get into the Beowulf story! This item is part of my MEGA BEOWULF BUNDLE that includes 25 lessons and activities with answer keys! You can find the ENTIRE bundle in our store, sold separately. Bundle and SAVE! Positive feedback is appreciated for FREEBIES :)

This anticipation guide asks students to consider the modern-day, American concept of heroism. Students will brainstorm examples of heroism in today’s world as a means of studying the epic hero and the Anglo-Saxon concept of heroism. This activity establishes student anticipation of reading the poem Beowulf and provides an interesting platform for class discussion and debate. This guide is included in my MEGA Beowulf Bundle, which includes 25 lessons and activities to take your Beowulf unit to the next level! Find the entire bundle in our store, sold separately. BUNDLE AND SAVE!

Sentence strips to use to scaffold and support writing and zooming in template sheet to help improve sentence quality through adding additional features such as adjectives, a relative clause etc.