Writing an autobiography? A great task to set children and encourage them to write, particularly for distance, home or online learning. The powerpoint explains what the children need to write about and includes a planning mind map. There is an example autobiography to help inspire children as well as a document to help structure their autobiography.

Easy short story plan split up into small, manageable chunks for children to complete independently. Great for online, distance and home learning and a simple way to encourage children to write. As well as a plan with prompt questions to help produce ideas, there is also an example of a short story. Great for KS2 children.

A short example of diary writing, including all the features. Underneath the example, the document includes areas for children to write their own diary entries. Great for online, distance or home learning. Easy to follow and children can edit the document to write their diary independently.

Writing a balanced argument? This resource includes an example plan including reasons and evidence to back them up, with links where the children can independently research for more reasons and evidence. It also contains the example layout with finished and unfinished paragraphs so it can be used as a good writing prompt. Great for online or distance learning or homework task.

A short, quick quiz (includes 10 questions) for KS2 children to complete independently. Perfect for online or distance learning. Ideally the children will go through a powerpoint or see a list of features first and then answer this quiz. The answers are also attached so the children can self-assess.

The word lists for years 3 and are statutory lists for the English Curriculum. They are a mixture of words pupils frequently use in their writing and those which they often misspell. Some of the listed words may be thought of as quite challenging, but the 100 words in the list attached need to be taught within Year three and four, alongside others. Document available in PDF (easy to view on all devices) as well as Word (so it is easy to edit if needed).

The word lists for years 5 and 6 are statutory lists for the English Curriculum. They are a mixture of words pupils frequently use in their writing and those which they often misspell. Some of the listed words may be thought of as quite challenging, but the 100 words in the list attached need to be taught within Year five and six, alongside others. Document available in PDF (easy to view on all devices) as well as Word (so it is easy to edit if needed).

Guided reading questions for the book ‘House for sale’.

A variation of questions and tasks based on Fairy tales for children to complete. Perfect for Guided Reading. Banded (using Target Tracker) therefore helpful for teacher assessment.

A variation of questions and tasks based on Poetry for children to complete. Perfect for Guided Reading. Banded (using Target Tracker) therefore helpful for teacher assessment. Testing a variety of skills. Great way to use develop targets too.

A variation of questions and tasks based on Myths & Legends for children to complete. Perfect for Guided Reading. Banded (using Target Tracker) therefore helpful for teacher assessment. Testing a variety of skills. Great way to use develop targets too.

Three versions - differentated, English task! Each document has an example of an edited description and room for the children to improve/uplevel it. Example can be used within a week’s work, as a WAGOLL or as a independent task for an English or Guided reading lesson. Would work well for distance/online learning.

An example of a description paragraph and then space for the children to edit and improve underneath. Great task for online learning and will encourage creative writing. Also useful within guided reading or improving description skills within English lessons.

An example of a story opener and then space for the children to edit and improve the opener underneath. Great task for online learning and will encourage creative writing. Also useful within guided reading or improving editing skills within English lessons.

Posters and mini reminders to stick in books to remind children to include their basic skills. (Capital letters, full stops and checking sentences make sense!) These skills are simple but so easily forgotten. Repetition and visual clues will help the children to remember to use them. Colour coded to help.

Mini reminders to stick in books to remind children to include sentence openers. These skills are simple but so easily forgotten. Repetition and visual clues will help the children to remember to use them. Two different sets to help children achieve their certain target.