How do I write a good thesis statement? How does my thesis statement relate to the body of my essay? What about the conclusion? Here are practical answers; an antidote to anxiety in the classroom. Immediately, you can use these lesson plans and activities that contain an element of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to - • Create a robust Thesis Statement that sets them up for success. • Write Body Paragraphs using proven Point, Evidence, Analysis structure. • Edit ideas so that they have time for analysis. • Practice planning using a workable structure. • Stay motivated, right to the end. Resources included in this pack Confidence building activities Mini and comprehensive writing / planning activities Examples of Simple to Advanced Thesis Statements Examples of Simple to Advanced Body Paragraphs Sample templates to build essay structure Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.

Dive into these food resources packed with playful activities as you head to the restaurant. Children can also enjoy the story The Stolen Smell and design their own menus. Yum! Resources included Full Lesson Plan including four activities Printables and worksheets Online resource links Activities Comprehension, speaking and listening, drawing / painting, design a restaurant, create a menu Learning objectives English listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes, including for expressing feelings use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far re-reading what they have written to check that it makes sense discuss what they have written with the teacher or other pupils develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by: writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional) writing about real events Art use drawing and imagination to develop their ideas Use tone, pattern, line and shape in pictures. These printables were created by children’s author and tutor Claire Vorster. Enjoy!

Each student takes turns to receive a word or phrase. Their task is to figure out how to communicate the meaning of the word to a room full of space aliens. Resource contains Rules of the game List of words and phrases

Each student has 20 seconds to tell a story about the image the slide sorter shows. The slide changes every 20 seconds and a new student starts to tell a new story. Resource contains Rules of the game Timed slide sorter with 34 images