A complete 3/4 week unit on persuasive letter writing using the Day The Crayons Quit as inspiration! A creative and engaging Talk For Writing unit that produces fantastic innovated letters as the end point! Includes planning lesson slides ( Powerpoint) model text and picture map, lesson resources and comprehension questions. Children will learn the features of persuasive writing, vocabulary for emotions, rhetorical questions, the effect of short sentences, apostrophes for contraction, connective sentence starters. They will then adapt the model text to write a letter from an alternative classroom object that has an issue with the class! Enjoy!

A complete 4 week unit on diary writing using Paddington as the hook! Paddington goes to the palace and writes about it in his diary! POWERPOINT SLIDES NOW INCLUDED Includes planning, lesson slides, model text and picture map, lesson resources and word banks. Children will learn about the features of diary writing, first person and past tense writing, time connectives, proper nouns, connectives and adjectives to describe settings and feelings. They will then adapt the model text to send Paddington on a new adventure! Enjoy!

A complete 3/4 week unit on castle setting descriptions using the five senses as a focus. This is a magical and engaging unit which promotes lovely descriptive writing with a focus on adjectives and noun phrases. Includes planning, lesson slides (Powerpoint and Active Inspire) model texts and picture map and all lesson resources. Children will learn what a setting is, the five senses, parts of castle, adjectves and alliteration before designing their own castles and creating plans for their own writing, adapting the model text to create their own setting description. Enjoy!

A two/three week plan on newspaper report writing linked to the Greate Fire of London. Also linked with T4W. Created for a Y1/2 mixed class.

A handy resource to retell the story of The Gruffalo using the Pie Corbett Talk For Writing technique. Suitable for KS1 Enjoy and leave a review if you use it in your classroom!