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A set of three expanded noun phrase activities and a noun phrase poster, all linked to Chapter 1 of The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant) by Ted Hughes. These resources develop pupils’ understanding of grammar, creative writing skills and engagement with the novel.
The following resources are included in the pack:
• Noun Phrase Building Activity
• Noun Phrase Identifying Handout
• Noun Phrase Identifying Handout Answers
• Noun Phrase Writing Activity
• Noun Phrase Poster
Noun Phrase Building Activity
In pairs or small groups, pupils build expanded noun phrases using the cards provided.
Two versions of the cards are supplied: a colour version, and a more challenging black and white version. Blank cards are supplied for pupils to change or build on the expanded noun phrases they have completed, or to create their own expanded noun phrases as an extension activity.
Noun Phrase Identifying Handout
Pupils identify the different parts of expanded noun phrases, and find the noun phrases in sentences, with activities getting increasingly more challenging. Example phrases and sentences are taken from Chapter 1 of The Iron Man. An answer sheet is provided for quick and easy marking.
Noun Phrase Writing Activity
Pupils create their own expanded noun phrases to describe the Iron Man by adding pre- and post-modifiers using the grid provided. An extension, a paragraph writing activity, is also included.
Noun Phrase Poster
Defines a noun phrase with examples of expanded noun phrases from Chapter 1 of The Iron Man. Display the poster on the wall or provide as a desktop reminder.
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✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers
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Two example character profile texts about the characters from the children’s picture book Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura.
These differentiated exemplar character descriptions of the boy and his friend, the Stone Age girl Om, are perfect to use as WAGOLLs.
After looking at the example texts, pupils can write their own character profile of the boy, Om or a character from another book using the three differentiated Character Profile Templates which are also included in this resource.
The resource could also be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from any other story.
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and in PDF format.
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✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Dialogue Texts Differentiated, Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Stone Age Boy 3 Example Instruction and Recipe Texts Plus Templates
✦ Stone Age Boy Fronted Adverbials Differentiated Worksheets & Answers
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Example diary entry text for How To Train Your Dragon written from the point of view of Hiccup, plus writing feature identification worksheet, and differentiated planning and writing templates. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading the first four chapters of Cressida Cowell’s popular novel.
The diary entry recounts events that take place on Dragon-catching Day and is written from the point of view of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the story’s protagonist.
The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Mainly past tense
• Present tense (at the end of the diary)
• Future tense (at the end of the diary)
• First person
• Exclamatory sentences
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Noun phrases
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Brackets
Pupils can read the example diary entry, identify the features and then write one of the following, including appropriate features in their writing:
✽ Their own version of Hiccup’s diary entry
✽ A diary written by another character, such as Fishlegs, Snotlout or Gobber
✽ A diary entry for the next day (either without reading the subsequent chapters, therefore using prediction, or after reading the subsequent chapters)
✽ A series of diary entries for the following days
The following resources are provided:
• Example diary text
• Feature identification sheet
• Feature identification answers
• Differentiated planning templates x3
• Differentiated writing templates x3
All resources are available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
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✦ Fronted Adverbial Pack
✦ Example Character Profile Pack
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An example text explaining the mummification process.
This text can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils write their own explanation text.
This is particularly useful for cross-curricular writing when studying the ancient Egyptians in history.
This resource comes as an easily editable Word document and in PDF format.
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Stone Age Boy:
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✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text
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✦ Stone Age Boy Example Dialogue Texts Differentiated, Feature Identification & Answers
Stig of the Dump:
✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE
Moon Landing:
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Bundle
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An example non-chronological report text about the Gryffindor house, inspired by Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling, plus task sheet, and differentiated planning and writing templates.
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Planning worksheets differentiated x2
• Writing templates differentiated x2
• Task explanation sheet
Pupils read the model non-chronological report about the Gryffindor house from Harry Potter, and then plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates provided. Pupils can write about one of the four houses from the novel or invent a fifth house for Hogwarts.
The resources are provided in both PDF and editable Word format.
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These two collections of 30 daily activities will help to teach, assess and consolidate your pupils’ understanding of the grammar, punctuation and spelling curriculum to improve their writing for half a term. Six weeks’ worth of daily activities are included on each presentation, so 12 weeks of daily activities altogether. The answers to each activity is on next slide to aid class discussion. Each presentation has over 120 slides.
These can be used as daily registration activities, English/Literacy lesson starter activities, plenaries, end of the day activities, and more.
This resource bundle requires no photocopying, just a screen and somewhere for the children to note down their answers (English books, general work books or mini-whiteboards).
Can also be used as revision for KS3 pupils.
Editable PowerPoint presentations and PDF documents provided.
Topics covered:
• Adjectives and nouns
• Alliteration
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Commas in lists
• Complex sentences
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Definite and indefinite articles
• Determiners
• Direct speech
• Five senses
• Fronted adverbials
• Fronted adverbials with a comma after each
• Homophones
• Noun phrases
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Plural possessive apostrophes
• Prepositions to express cause
• Present perfect tense
• Pronouns
• Question or exclamation?
• Rule of three
• Sentence types: statement, exclamation, question and command
• Similes and metaphors
• Singular and plural possessive apostrophes and contractions
• So and so: Co-ordinating conjunction or adverb?
• Standard and non-standard English
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions or prepositions?
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
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Example apology letter text for The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant) written from the point of view of Hogarth in Chapter 3 of the book, plus writing feature find worksheet, with answers.
The example letter of apology contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Subordinate clauses
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Adverbs
• Expanded noun phrases
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Hyphens
• Colons
This exemplar letter is perfect to show to pupils as a WAGOLL. Children can read the text, identify the features and then write their own letters of apology using the planning grid included. The answers for the feature find worksheet have been included so that they can be easily shared with pupils.
All documents are supplied as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Texts BUNDLE
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✦ Iron Man 7 Example Texts & Glossary BUNDLE
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A set of test style comprehension questions based on Chapter 1 of The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
This assessment contains a range of SATs style reading questions with a maximum of 18 marks.
All aspects of reading VIPERS have been covered: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation and summary/sequence.
Perfect to assess pupils’ understanding of the chapter in guided reading or English/literacy lessons.
The test comes with answers.
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✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Question Booklet Whole Novel
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✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 3
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 4
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 5
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An example diary text from the point of view of Howard Carter recounting his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh.
This diary writing pack comes with the following resources:
• Model diary text from the archeologist’s point of view
• Timeline of the discovery of the King Tut’s tomb
• Artefact information sheets detailing some of the discoveries, with pictures
All resources come as both easily editable Word documents and PDF files.
How to use this pack
Look at the timeline of events leading up to the discovery of the tomb.
Read and examine the features of the WAGOLL diary entry.
Using the artefact information sheets, pupils write their own diary entries for the opening of one of the tomb rooms.
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✦ Stig of the Dump Example Diary Entries Pack
✦ Stig of the Dump Informal Letter Example Pack
✦ Stig of the Dump Playscript Example Pack
✦ Stig of the Dump Dialogue Writing Example Pack
Moon Landing:
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Bundle
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Example newspaper report based on the children’s novel Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Charlotte’s Web. The example text reports on the events up to the end of Chapter 11 of the book when Charlotte’s first web is discovered.
The model newspaper report comes with a feature find worksheet for children to fill in with answer sheet.
After identifying the features, pupils complete the quotation punctuation activities.
Then pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the example text. Pupils’ reports can be about the events in chapters 10 and 11, or a different event from later on in the novel.
This resource comes with the following documents:
• Example newspaper report
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Quotation punctuation activity with answers
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
The genre-specific, language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Headline in the present tense
• Alliteration in the headline
• Byline and date
• Lead: introductory paragraph containing the 4 Ws
• Quotes, with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Hyphens
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
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Useful word banks to help children to create and describe a monster, a dragon or even an animal.
These word banks contain nouns, their synonyms, and adjectives for the following body parts:
• skin coverings: fur/hair, scales, feathers, skin, spines, quills
• head: horns, antlers, crest, wattle
• limbs: legs, wings, flippers, tentacles, claws, talons, hooves, pincers
• mouths: jaws/snout, beak, teeth, tusks, fangs, tongue
• other parts: tail, mane, dorsal crest, shell, fin, pouch
Each body part comes with a list of appropriate adjectives and a photograph for illustration. This resource is particularly helpful for SEN and EAL pupils, but can be used by the whole class to widen pupils’ vocabulary usage.
A second version includes synonyms for nouns, as well as appropriate adjectives, suitable for all pupils.
Each word bank comes as a PDF in two formats:
• document spanning three A4 papges,
• as a handy booklet that can be printed, folded and stuck into pupils’ books for easy reference.
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Ogre texts
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Unicorn texts
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An example persuasive letter text written from Hogarth to the Iron Man, plus feature find worksheets and answers, differentiated planning sheets and rhetorical question sentence starter sheet. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 4 of Ted Hughes’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar persuasive letter text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Rhetorical question sentence starter sheet
The model letter is from Hogarth to the Iron Man to persuade him to help defeat the Space-Dragon. Pupils read the model persuasive letter, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own letters.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Asyndeton
• Alliteration
• Rhetorical questions
• Exclamatory sentences (starting with how or what)
• Emotive language
• Second person
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Adverbs of degree
• Conjunctive adverbs
• Expanded noun phrases
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Modal verbs
• Apostrophes for possession
• Commas in lists
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Hyphens
• Colons
• Semi-colons
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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An example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes plus accompanying resources.
The WAGOLL contains a conversation between Hogarth and his parents after he first sees the Iron Man. It is based on a part of the story containing no direct speech. A feature find sheet and an extract from The Iron Man are also included.
This resource contains the following documents:
• Missing speech punctuation starter activity
• Answer sheet
• Example dialogue text
• Dialogue feature find sheet
• Answer sheet
• The Iron Man extract text
Pupils examine the model text using the feature find sheet before writing their own version or completing the dialogue.
The resources can be used when studying the novel The Iron Man or during one or more stand-alone lessons.
All documents available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
Text contains the following features:
• Actual words spoken with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause separated from words spoken with comma, question mark or exclamation mark
• Variety of speech verbs
• Adverbs
• Actions of the characters
• New paragraph every time the speaker changes
• Feelings of characters shown through action
• Sentence spoken but split into two by the reporting clause
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/end
• Two sentences spoken at once split into two by the reporting clause
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✦ Iron Man Comprehension BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Example Diary Texts BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Apostrophe BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Fronted Adverbial BUNDLE
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✦ Iron Man Example Apology Letter
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report
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An example persuasive letter text written from Lila to the king from The Firework-Maker’s Daughter, feature find worksheets and answers, and an extract from the novel with an explanation of the task and a list of useful vocabulary. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 5 of Philip Pullman’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar persuasive letter text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Extract, task & vocabulary sheet
The model letter is from Lila to the king to persuade him to spare her father’s life. Pupils read the model persuasive letter, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own letters.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Metaphors
• Emotional language
• Flattery
• Rhetorical questions
• Commands
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Fronted adverbials (and other introductory words, phrases and clauses) followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Commas in a list
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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An example character profile text about Jim from the book Street Child plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 1 and 2 of Berlie Doherty’s Victorian-themed historical fiction novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text
• Planning template differentiated 2 ways
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Personality traits word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model character description of Jim Jarvis and then plan and write their own character profile about Jim, Emily, Lizzie, Ma, Mr Spink or any other character using the differentiated templates.
The resource could be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from any other story.
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✦ Street Child Diary Entry Example Text Pack
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✦ Street Child Letter Writing Example Text Pack
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✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
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Example newspaper report based on the popular fantasy novel Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone. The example text reports on the robbery of Gringotts Bank.
The model newspaper report comes with a feature find worksheet for children to fill in with answer sheet.
After identifying the features, pupils complete the quotation punctuation activities.
Then pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the example text or other events that take place in the novel.
This resource comes with the following documents:
• Example newspaper report WAGOLL
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Quotation punctuation activity with answers
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
The genre-specific, language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Headline in the present tense
• Alliteration in the headline
• Byline and date
• Lead: introductory paragraph containing 4 Ws
• Quotes, with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Passive voice
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Present perfect tense
• Present perfect continuous
• Hyphens
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
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✦ Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
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Various non-chronological report WAGOLLs, activities, handouts and displays, themed around animals. Perfect for a non-chronological report writing unit in KS2.
Spider Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Layout activity
• Layout answers
• Sentence Sorting activity
• Sentence Sorting answers
• Planning template
• Writing template differentiated
Gila Monster Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3
• Non-chronologcial report Feature find answers
• Planning sheets differentiated x2
• Writing templates differentiated x2
• Task explanation sheet
Animal Non-Chronological Report Punctuating Sentences Tasks
Resources provided:
• Badger information text punctuation task with answers
• Hedgehogs information text punctuation task with answers
• Spiders information text punctuation task with answers
Humpback Whale Non-Chronological Report Pack
Resources provided:
• Humpback whales vocabulary sheet
• Humpback whales vocabulary wall display
• Identify features: tense and sentence types with answers
• Humpback whales matching sentences sheet with answers
• Re-order sentences: elephants, with answers
• Humpback whales organising information into paragraphs with answers
• Humpback whales planning notes
• Non-chronological report planning sheet 4 sections
• Non-chronological report planning sheet 5 sections
• Non-chronological report writing template
• Non-chronological report sentence starters
• Non-chronological report checklist
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Book & Poetry Bundles
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Punctuation & Grammar Bundles
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History Bundles
✦ Ancient Egypt Example Text Bundle
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Maths Bundles
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✦ 2D & 3D Shapes Games Maths BUNDLE
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English & Maths Games
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An example instructional text entitled How to Slay the Hydra, inspired by the fantasy novel Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (the first in the series of Percy Jackson and the Olympians books, plus feature find worksheets, and writing templates.
Resources provided:
• Instructions WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Writing template differentiated x2
The model instructions describe how to slay the hydra, one of the monsters found in the Oracle’s attic in Chapter 9 of the book.
Pupils read the model instructions about how to slay the hydra, examine its features, and then write their own instructions using the templates provided. Pupils can create instructions on how to defeat any of the monsters mentioned in the book, such as the Minotaur, Medusa or Chimera, or any other ancient Greek monster.
The language, grammar, punctuation and layout features included in the model text include:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Expanded noun phrases
• Rhetorical questions
• Commands beginning with imperative verbs
• Relative clauses
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Heading
• Subheadings
• Bullet points
• Numbered points
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Teach pupils about the use of literary devices and figurative language in the classic children’s novel The Iron Man using these four differentiated activities.
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes is full of literary devices such as similes, metaphors and personification. Examples of these and more are explored to give pupils a deeper understanding of the text and enable them to create their own to enhance their writing.
Literary devices and figurative language examples from chapters 1 and 2 are explored in the following activities:
• Literary Device Match: pupils match the literary devices with their definitions and examples (ideal as a paired or small group activity)
• Completing Similes (differentiated x2): complete the similes using the appropriate noun phrase and then complete a challenge activity
• Completing Personification (differentiated x2): pupils complete the personifications using the appropriate verb and then complete a challenge activity
• Identifying Literary Devices (differentiation x3): pupils find and underline listed literary devices used in an extract from the novel
The following literary devices are covered by these activities:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Repetition
• Rule of three
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhetorical questions
Full answers to all activities are included.
Each activity comes as an easily editable word document and in PDF format.
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An example character profile text about the character Lila from The Firework-Maker’s Daughter plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 1 of Philip Pullman’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Planning template differentiated 2 ways
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Personality traits word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model character description and then plan and write their own character profile using the differentiated templates.
The resource could be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from any other story.
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✦ Persuasive Letter Example Text Pack
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