Poetry - The Listeners by Walter de la Mare comprehension and guided writing example aimed at Upper KS2 or lower KS3.

A non fiction self assessment of writing.

Writing and responding to the painting ‘Broadway Boogie Woogie’ by Mondrian. It would be useful to look at a version of the image on the whiteboard in class, so that there is better quality of image for discussion, than the image on the worksheet. Visual literacy questions to prompt discussion or writing. There is another TES resource available linked to this, so please check out my other Mondrian resource. There are more resources available at .

Writing and responding to the painting ‘Broadway Boogie Woogie’ by Mondrian. It would be useful to look at a version of the image on the whiteboard in class, so that there is better quality of image for discussion, than the image on the worksheet. Visual literacy questions to prompt discussion or writing. There is another TES resource available linked to this, so please check out my other Mondrian resource. There are more resources available at .

Planets worksheets for pupils to write their facts and research about planets.

A simple Minotaur worksheet to use to describe the Minotaur.

Year 5 Science materials labels

Useful talking about text prompts

Quiz - template for children to write questions about a topic

These are just some book discussion ideas used to challenge Upper KS2. The book talk looked for evidence that the book is a comedy, evidence that the book is about a tryanny and evidence of themes. We also discussed our likes and dislikes and words we felt described the book. We also looked at words used by reviewers to describe Wed Wabbit and decided if we did, or did not agree with their opinion . There are examples of the response to the topics by a child included as a model. There are also blank sheets for pupils to fill in their own discussion ideas. The words that have been used by critics to describe the book to promote discussion is also included.

Finding the main idea - 1- 2- 3- 1 reading comprehension organiser

Book Review Upper Key Stage 2 & Key Stage 3 and character traits sheets to assist with describing character.

Year 5 - compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets

Character - positive character traits vocab building list. I cut up the words and pupils sorted the list into words they knew, thought they might know and definitely didn't know. Words could also be used to sort, for example, words with linked meanings and made into Mind Maps. Suited to some pupils in Upper Key Stage 2, but also some pupils in Key Stage 3 and 4.

Character - negative character traits vocab building list. I cut up the words and pupils sorted the list into words they knew, thought they might know and definitely didn't know. Words could also be used to sort, for example, words with linked meanings and made into Mind Maps. Suited to some pupils in Upper Key Stage 2, but also some pupils in Key Stage 3 and 4.

KS2 Egyptian Gods Research Worksheet, using British Museum website

KS2 convert simple sentences to complex (telling myth of Osiris) & PPTX on complex sentences. Ideal for topic on Ancient Egypt! Aimed at Upper Key Stage 2.

Finding the main idea - pupils find headings for paragraphs in a desert information text.