please leave a review! Slow writing activity which can be generalised! Love using slow writing in my lessons! Found this to be super effective.

Pupils are able to research their hero, and use the directed questioning to help them guide their research. Pupils are allowed to pick fictional or non-fictional characters and must explain why they are their heroes.

Great show don't tell lesson for ks2 or ks3. Includes PowerPoint, and two colourful worksheets. I have used these and they were really successful leading onto creative writing.

Please see picture of my display! Includes everything you need. Download and you can just print as everything was correctly sized for the display I created. All pictures of covers are simply off of google and some of the summaries are blurbs (depending on which book)

Pupils have to match the characters/celebrities to the ID card - which contains lots of clues! Pupils then have to answer questions about how they used their detective skills to match the cards. Great resource, fantastic starter!

This lesson is for KS4, focusing on answering a GCSE mock question (on PowerPoint). It helps pupils to understand the difference between formal and informal language. Includes example blog post & table worksheet. Tried and tested, helped low level GCSE pupils alot.

Pupils have to pick the best quotes from a selection provided, and explain what they tell us about Crooks. Great low level refresher.

Allows pupils to collect all their knowledge of similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration & hyperbole. Colourful and super useful for revision. Includes clear step-by-step presentation which provides a definition of onomatopoeia, alliteration & hyperbole. Includes an example paragraph on the PowerPoint which can be printed out for pupils.

Pupils create this book review based on their favorite books. They should be encouraged to use iPads or computers to find quotes, etc. Should last an entire lesson - it certainty did with my ones!

Oracy unit - 'Why my hero should win the Pride of Britain Award' Lesson one: Pupils should complete the 'My Hero' worksheet. They have to pick a famous person who they think is a hero. They have to complete this research sheet. PowerPoint includes Lesson two: Pupils will be learning how to use DAFOREST to write their speech. Includes a youtube video of a persuasive speech (which I do not own any rights to) A sample speech has been written. Pupils will have to find the techniques in the speech, and then write their own. A support sheet with MAT extensions and low-level sentence starters has also been attached. Please note, I do not own the emoji exit ticket as I found it on pinterest - cannot recommend it highly enough though! Lesson three is not included - but it would be the pupils giving their presentations on why their heroes should win the class award. I would recommend then holding a vote on which speech was the most persuasive and that pupil should win a reward :)

Tried and tested! Here's how it works: The animated PowerPoint has a slide for each step of this WHOLE LESSON plan! The class decide between two debate questions (on the powerpoint slide). The class are split into two groups (for and against) and have to complete the 'debate plan sheet' in their groups. One person is picked to be judge. I picked the person who normally causes disruptions and found giving this pupil a role helped to include them/control behaviour issues. The judge has the 'you have been chosen to be the judge' sheet which explains their rules. The judge also fills out the 'Judge Plan' sheet (so they are working whilst the rest of the class is too). A truly lovely lesson - the class enjoyed it and so did I. Great to hear opinions being shared by all pupils. Great practice for GCSE writing to argue questions.

Used common words such as said, big, small, looked, went, then etc! Really pretty effective - I've printed them out with black background and created a gothic corner - looks fab! Clip art from - http://cliparts.co/tombstone-clip-art

A colourful workbook to be given to your pupils! A workbook containing slow writing tables and writing spaces for pupils. Some are generic for you to set the ideas or for pupils to go to the back of the booklet and pick from the 'idea generator'. Some are set to specific work ideas. Great for MAT pupils who finish early, or to set for homework/classwork/supply etc. Colourful and really child friendly! 12 pages long. I've used clip art from 'http://cliparts.co/' and all picture credit goes to them!

A worksheet for pupils to easily review the books they have read. Can be used as a back to school task after a holiday, or as a class task after completing a book. Great for collecting ideas with creative writing

I've loved making this tried and tested worksheet, really useful to help collect ideas!

Look at my other slow writing worksheets too! I LOVE slow writing, I think it makes the work so much better. I use it often, and the kids love it.

KS3, KS4. A step by step guide of how to run blind date with a book! Pupils are given 'surprise' short stories, and have to read and review them! Includes a colourful and detailed 'story map' where pupils can review their short story. Pupils then can compare their short stories with other classmate's and this helps them to compare literature, whilst also getting them to think about what makes stories successful - great for creative writing! The short stories are super easy to find online, so this exercise can be tailored to many themes/genres!

A worksheet for pupils, and a completed worksheet to be used as an example! Great for getting pupils to think about which adjectives to use. Includes various 'banned' adjectives because they are either over-used or too easy.

Print these cards out, laminate them, and every time someone finishes 5 minutes early they can complete a literacy task. Includes an instruction sheet to stick on the outside of whatever box it is put in. INCLUDES: Modal Verbs, homophones, synonyms, fact vs opinion, adjective, collective nouns, concrete nouns, commas, contractions, compound words, singular and plural nouns, slow writing, description, adverbs, punctuation, onomatopoeia, speech marks, book review, tenses, collective nouns, imperative nouns, apostrophes, word jumbles and more!