A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. It is a way of writing that makes something sound bigger, smaller, better, worse, etc than it actually is. Hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is a figure of speech and a literary device. This document contains examples of hyperboles. The hyperbole example list can be used to help to understand this literary device, to identify hyperboles within texts and to use hyperboles in writing. Example texts and activities featuring hyperboles: ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack: The Butterfly Lion ✦ Diary Example Text: Boy at the Back of the Class ✦ Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone: Harry’s Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Example Description: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Action Writing Example Text Pack ✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities ✦ Diary Example Text Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example Pack ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text Pack ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text Pack ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 Example Texts Bundles: ✦ Ogres ✦ Unicorns ✦ The Butterfly Lion ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land ✦ Journey ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons ✦ Stone Age Boy ✦ How to Train Your Dragon ✦ The Twits For more resources, visit Helen-Teach’s shop.

A set of test style comprehension questions based on Chapter 5 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 an answer sheet. Other comprehension resources: ✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Bundle ✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Question Booklet Whole Novel ✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 1 ✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 2 ✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 3 ✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 4 You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Three differentiated worksheets about the figurative language used in the refugee novel Oranges in No Man’s Land by award-winning novelist Elizabeth Laird. Pupils identify a range of literary devices, including figurative language, from an extract from the novel. This resource has been differentiated with three levels of challenge. Pupils are asked to highlight and record examples of the following literary devices from the extract: • Personification • Hyperbole • Metaphors • Similes • Powerful verbs • Idioms • Repetition • Short sentences Extracts and answer sheets are included for each skill level of differentiation. An information sheet about literary devices has also been included. This activity can be completed after reading Chapter 8 of the novel Oranges in No Man’s Land or can be given as a standalone lesson on literary devices including figurative language. This resource comes as an easily editable Word document and in PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Oranges in No Man’s Land resources: ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ Letter Example Text Pack ✦ Direct Speech to Reported Speech Worksheets ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Action Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts & Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Features Sheet & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the beautiful children’s picture book Journey by Aaron Becker. The 3 differentiated example texts contain conversations between the female protagonist and her elder sister when she is bored and looking for someone to play with. Differentiated feature find worksheets with answers are included – perfect for sharing in class or uploading during online lessons for remote learning. All resources are differentiated three ways. The model texts are useful as WAGOLLs to examine before children attempt their own dialogue writing based on the book. All documents are provided in PDF and easily editable Word format. The following features of dialogue and speech can be found in the example dialogues (depending on level of difficulty): • Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side • Reporting clause after speech, and separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark • Reporting clause before speech, and separated from words spoken with a comma • Variety of speech verbs used • Adverbs to show how the words were spoken • Actions of the characters while speaking • New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes. • Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/end • Two sentences spoken at once with the reporting clause in the middle • One sentence spoken but split in half by the reporting clause • Contractions used in speech If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Journey themed resources: ✦ Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Example Description Text Pack ✦ Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ Christophe’s Story Example Letter, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Christophe’s Story Dialogue Writing Example with Feature Identification, Answers & Extract ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ The Iron Man Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template Visit Helen Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A set of fun icebreaker games and activities to get to know the members of a new class or group. Perfect for the beginning of a school year! All ten icebreakers come with everything that is needed to play the game or carry out the activity, such as instructions, worksheets and other printable resources. Human Bingo A lively game for the whole class that encourages all members to talk to one another. Includes: • Instructions • Printable bingo sheets Phrase Charades An entertaining acting game for the whole class or small groups. Includes: • Instructions • Phrase cards Picture Consequences A fun drawing game that can be played at tables for small groups. Includes: • Instructions • Printable drawing sheets Find Your Partner An amusing game to encourage thinking and communication between class members. Includes: • Instructions • Printable partner cards Two Truths and a Lie Get to know all class members with this intriguing guessing game for the whole class. Includes: • Instructions • Printable statement cards Animal Sounds An energetic and silly listening game best played in the hall or playground. Includes: • Instructions • Printable animal cards Line Up A competitive communication game for groups or even whole classes to play against each other. Includes: • Instructions • Line up ideas Name Game A fun way for pupils and teacher to learn the names of the members of a new class. Includes: • Instructions My Coat of Arms An artistic activity to showcase your class members’ creative skills whilst sharing information about themselves. Includes: • Instructions • Printable worksheet All About Me A quiet writing activity to get to know facts about your class members. Includes: • Printable colour worksheet • Printable black and white worksheet Each resource is provided in both editable Word and PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A set of fun English games to expand vocabulary, increase knowledge and boost confidence in writing. Pupils will love this selection of three enjoyable literacy writing games that can be played individually, in pairs or in teams. When playing these games, pupils will learn about and use the following: • Different word classes, including nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, determiners, prepositions • Different phrase classes, including noun phrases, verb phrases, prepositional phrases • Different clause classes, including subordinate clauses, relative clauses • A range of sentence structures • A wider range of vocabulary All games are ready to print and play. The games range from being suitable as a quick starter or plenary or as the main activity of a literacy lesson or booster group. They are also perfect to play with the family or for homeschoolers. These fun games are ideal for reluctant writers. Clear instructions and example playing sheets are provided. Each game comes with variations to adjust the challenge level for your pupils. In addition, documents are easily editable to adapt for your class or group. Each resource is provided in both editable Word and PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A fun speaking and listening game where pupils use food words to sink their opponents’ battleships. This version of the game uses items of food along with numbers, colours and sentence starters. The following resources are provided: • Food and number battleship boards x3 • Food and colour battleship boards x3 • Food and sentence starter battleship boards x3 • Vocabulary sheets x3 • Rules of the game Resources provided are differentiated to enable pupils with a range of ability levels to participate in the game. This material can be used to teach the following National Curriculum languages attainment targets: • To listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding; • To engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others; seek clarification and help; • To speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures; • To present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences. All documents have been provided as easily editable Word files and as PDFs. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other French resources: ✦ French Game Battleships: Animals ✦ French Game Guess Who the Character Is: Animals ✦ French Game Guess Who the Character Is: Heads ✦ French Guess Who the Character Is: Clothes ��� French Café Role Play Pack With Script ✦ French Station Role Play Pack With Script ✦ French Restaurant Role Play Pack With Script ✦ French Zoo Role Play Pack With Script ✦ French Market Role Play Pack With Script ✦ French Doctors Role Play Pack With Script ✦ French All About Me Role Play Pack With Script You may also be interested in: ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities ✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

Example diary entry text for the Moon landing written as Neil Armstrong, plus writing feature identification worksheet. Useful for cross curricular English and history/science lessons. Contains the following features: language features such as similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and rule of three; apostrophes for contraction, singular and plural possession; fronted adverbials followed by commas; time conjunctions; chronological order; paragraphs; fully punctuated speech with inverted commas. The exemplar text recounting the first Moon landing can be used as a WAGOLL for pupils to examine before writing their own diary text. Files available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Answers for the feature identification worksheet included. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also like: ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Bundle ✦ Moon Landing Diary Lesson Plans ✦ Moon Landing Diary Features Lesson ✦ Moon Landing Diary Role Play Lesson ✦ Differentiated Moon Landing Diary Planning Lesson ✦ Moon Landing Diary Writing Lesson ✦ Moon Landing Diary Editing Lesson Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Place value grid for use in the classroom. Includes place values of Ten Millions, Millions, Hundred Thousands, Ten Thousands, Thousands, Hundreds, Tens and Ones. Useful for key stage 2 pupils to support their understanding of place value. Can be used during addition, subtraction, multiplication ad division. Useful for lower ability pupils and SEND pupils. PDF and editable Word documents included. Can be laminated for re-use. You may also like: Valentine-themed ✦ Valentine’s Day Maths Bundle Differentiated ✦ Valentine’s Coordinate Picture Worksheets Differentiated ✦ Valentine’s Fractions Pixel Art Differentiated Maths Worksheets Easter-themed ✦ Easter Maths BUNDLE Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Easter Coordinate Picture Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Easter Shape Algebra Differentiated Maths Worksheets ✦ Easter Fraction Word Problem Differentiated Worksheets Halloween-themed ✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE - Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Halloween Coordinate Picture Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Halloween Fraction Word Problem Sheets Differentiated ✦ Halloween Shape Algebra Differentiated Sheets Christmas-themed ✦ Christmas Maths Bundle - Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Christmas Coordinate Pictures Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Christmas Shape Algebra Worksheets – Differentiated ✦ Christmas Fraction Word Problem Differentiated Worksheets Other maths resources ✦ Rounding Code Cracker Worksheets ✦ Division Word Problems With Rounding Differentiated Sheets ✦ Negative Numbers Differentiated Worksheets Visit Helen-Teach’s shop for more resources.

An information sheet providing screen printing vocabulary, including associated verbs. Useful for cross curricular instruction writing during a screen printing unit and evaluation writing at the end of a unit. You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Glossary for computing terminology. Useful for teachers and pupils. You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Place value grid for use in the classroom. Includes place values of Thousands, Hundreds, Tens, Ones, Tenths, Hundredths and Thousandths. Useful for Key Stage 2 pupils and Key Stage 3 pupils to support their understanding of place value. Can be used during addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Helps pupils to understand the concept of decimal numbers. Useful for lower ability pupils and SEND pupils. PDF and editable Word documents included. Can be laminated for re-use. You may also like: ✦ Maths Murder Mysteries ✦ Valentine-themed Maths ✦ Easter-themed Maths Halloween-themed ✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Halloween Coordinate Picture Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Halloween Fraction Word Problem Sheets Differentiated ✦ Halloween Shape Algebra Differentiated Sheets Christmas-themed ✦ Christmas Maths Bundle Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Christmas Coordinate Pictures Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Christmas Shape Algebra Worksheets Differentiated ✦ Christmas Fraction Word Problem Differentiated Worksheets Other maths resources ✦ Rounding Code Cracker Worksheets ✦ Division Word Problems With Rounding Differentiated Sheets ✦ Negative Numbers Differentiated Worksheets Visit Helen-Teach’s shop for more resources.

Place value grid for use in the classroom. Includes place values of Millions, Hundred Thousands, Ten Thousands, Thousands, Hundreds, Tens and Ones. Useful for key stage 1 and 2 pupils to support their understanding of place value. Can be used during addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Useful for lower ability pupils and SEND pupils. PDF and editable Word documents included. Can be laminated for re-use. You may also like: Valentine-themed differentiated with answers ✦ Valentine’s Day Maths Bundle ✦ Valentine’s Coordinate Picture Worksheets ✦ Valentine’s Fractions Pixel Art Maths Worksheets ✦ Valentine’s Day Shape Algebra Worksheets Easter-themed differentiated with answers ✦ Easter Maths BUNDLE Worksheets ✦ Easter Coordinate Picture Worksheets ✦ Easter Shape Algebra Maths Worksheets ✦ Easter Fraction Word Problem Worksheets Halloween-themed differentiated with answers ✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE Worksheets ✦ Halloween Coordinate Picture Worksheets ✦ Halloween Fraction Word Problem Sheets ✦ Halloween Shape Algebra Worksheets Christmas-themed differentiated with answers ✦ Christmas Maths Bundle Worksheets ✦ Christmas Coordinate Pictures Worksheets ✦ Christmas Shape Algebra Worksheets ✦ Christmas Fraction Word Problem Worksheets Other maths resources ✦ Rounding Code Cracker Worksheets ✦ Division Word Problems With Rounding Differentiated Sheets ✦ Negative Numbers Differentiated Worksheets Visit Helen-Teach’s shop for more resources.

An example character profile text about Rwandan refugee Christophe from the children’s novel Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell. This exemplar character description of Christophe is perfect to use as a WAGOLL. The model character profile comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet. After identifying the features of the text, pupils write their own character description of Christophe, Jeremy, Miss Finch, Babi, Greg or another character using the differentiated Character Profile Templates (also included). 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 anyother story. The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include: • Alliteration • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Expanded noun phrases • Apostrophes for singular possession • Commas in a list • Commas to add extra information • Colons • Semi-colons • Brackets • Hyphens If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Christophe’s Story themed resources: ✦ 4 Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Letter Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ The Iron Man Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text ✦ Example Ogre-Themed Text Bundle: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example explanation text entitled ‘How Do Bees Make Honey?’ plus feature identification sheet, answer sheet, and causal conjunctions and adverbials list. This fascinating exemplar explanation text describes the process of honey-making by honeybees. Pupils read the model text as a WAGOLL before analysing it and looking for features of explanation writing. The answers to the feature identification sheet are included for easy sharing in the classroom or online if remote learning. Pupils can then use the example explanation text as a model for their own explanation writing. This scientific text has cross-curricular links to the following units in the science curriculum: ✎ Year 3: Plants - explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal; ✎ Year 3: Animals Including Humans - identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat; ✎ Year 4: Living Things and Their Habitats - recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways; ✎ Year 4: Animals Including Humans - construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey; ✎ Year 4: States of Matter - identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature; ✎ Year 5: Living Things and Their Habitats - describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals; ✎ Year 6: Living Things and Their Habitats - give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics; ✎ Year 6: Evolution and Inheritance - identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution. The features found this text include: • Chronological order with time conjunctions or adverbs • Fronted adverbials with a comma after each • Present tense • Technical vocabulary • Diagram/picture with labels • Captions • Cause and effect vocabulary • Passive voice • Singular possessive apostrophes • Plural possessive apostrophes • Semi-colons • Brackets • Dashes All files are in editable Word format and PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also like: ✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example character profile text about the Iron Man character from the novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. This exemplar character description of the Iron Man is perfect to use as a WAGOLL. The model text comes with a feature find sheet for children to fill in, plus answers. After identifying the features of the text, pupils write their own character description of the Iron Man, Hogarth, the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon or a character from another book using the template provided. The language, grammar & punctuation features to be identified in the text include: • Similes • Metaphors • Rule of three • Onomatopoeia • Alliteration • Fronted adverbials followed by commas • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Apostrophes for singular possession • Apostrophes for plural possession • Brackets • Hyphens • Colons • Semi-colons The sections of this character profile and template include appearance, personality, actions, special skills and picture. The character profile exemplar is best used after reading the whole novel as it contains information from all five chapters. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Save money with these Iron Man themed resource bundles: ✦ The Iron Man | Complete Unit of Work | Plus Grammar & Comprehension | BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man 10 Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Grammar & Punctuation BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Comprehension BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Example Diary Texts BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Apostrophe Activities Differentiated BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Fronted Adverbial Differentiated Worksheets BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man 7 Example Texts & Glossary BUNDLE You may also like: ✦ Iron Man Example Diary Text ✦ Iron Man Dialogue Writing WAGOLL ✦ Iron Man Example Apology Letter ✦ Iron Man Example Non-Chronological Report ✦ Iron Man Example Interview with Hogarth ✦ Iron Man Glossary Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Two activities involving identifying correctly and incorrectly punctuated direct speech. Pupils must look carefully at the direct speech to check if the correct punctuation has been used and if it is all in the correct place. There are two activities provided: • Direct Speech Punctuation Cards: pupils sort the cards into correct and incorrect piles. Great for paired or small group work. Large and small cards are provided, plus a presentation to use to go through the answers or to use as a whole class quiz. • Direct Speech Punctuation Worksheet: pupils identify whether the speech has been correctly or incorrectly punctuated and then make any necessary corrections. Great as an independent task. This worksheet uses different examples to the cards/quiz. The speech punctuation used includes inverted commas (speech marks), capital letters, commas and end of sentence punctuation (full stops, exclamation marks or question marks). Different formats of direct speech are given as examples with the reporting clause in different positions, including: • The reporting clause before the direct speech • The reporting clause after the direct speech • Two or more sentences of direct speech together • The reporting clause separating one sentence of direct speech • The reporting clause separating two sentences of direct speech A variety of verbs are used in the reporting clauses instead of ‘said’. Answers to all tasks are included. All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs. These activities are suitable for years 4, 5 or 6. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: ✦ Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns Punctuation Activities & Quiz ✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey? ✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE ✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

An example character profile text for The Boy at the Back of the Class about Ahmet, the new boy at school, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers, and differentiated writing templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 4 of Onjali Q. Raúf’s refugee novel The Boy at the Back of the Class. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile text • Feature find worksheet • Feature find answer sheet • Writing template differentiated 3 ways The character profile text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features: • Simile • Rule of three • Alliteration • Fronted adverbial followed by a comma • Co-ordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Relative pronouns • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrase • Apostrophe for possession • Apostrophe for omission • Comma in a list • Colon • Hyphen The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model character profile text, identify the features and then 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. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other The Boy at the Back of the Class themed resources: ✦ Example Text Bundle ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack ✦ Differentiated Apostrophe Activities You may also like: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦The Twits Character Profile BUNDLE ✦The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE ✦Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦The Iron Man Character Profile Example ✦Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example ✦How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example ✦The Twits Character Profile Example ✦Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples ✦Oranges In No Man’s Land Character Profile Example Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.