This task delivers great writing results with KS1 and KS2 pupils, because there is a model text of a zoo brochure advert, written specifically to demonstrate simple genre features, worksheets to aid writing and simple teaching notes to make a zoo brochure. There's a brochure for pupils to fill in their own zoo advert with pictures of animals. There is also worksheets offering additional support.The notes make suggestions for how to do zoo brochure writing and the scaffold frame offers additional support. The scaffold results in great writing and the pupils enjoy the reason to write.

The PowerPoint uses simple animations to ensure pupils are clear about how to write a school trip recount. There is also a Minion learning mat to display for additional support and to ensure children understand the success criteria. There are planning scaffolds to help pupils that need additional support to plan and write a recount. This PowerPoint uses the fishbone method to teach pupils how to write a recount on a school trip.

It's a task that appeals, so pupils enjoy writing and because of the model text and scaffold frame, pupils are able to get excellent writing results. Pupils decide upon their dream theme park, with any features they want. There is a model text of a theme park advert written to demonstrate genre features and to highlight the use of persuasive techniques. The comprehensive teaching notes explain the genre features used to persuade, so the pupils include the techniques in their texts. The notes make suggestions for speaking and listening, guided and independent writing and the scaffold frame offers additional support. The scaffold results in great writing and the pupils get a clear understanding of the features of the persuasive text. There is a simplified worksheet for pupils needing more support and a simplified planner worksheet for children requiring more support.

How to punctuate speech PowerPoint.

A structured comprehension task grid, for Upper KS2, showing pupils how to find evidence of the character of Miss Trunchbull and Miss Honey from Dahl's Matilda. Pupils find quotations from the text to make the character points and then fill in an explanation of how the quote proves the point. There is also an extension task with a different character text, a worksheet recapping how to find evidence of character and a bookmark reminding pupils how to write about characters. There are also images for discussing the similes.

Children will be excited by designing their dream hotel advert, with features like free ice creams, Lego play rooms and water slides. There is a model text of a family fun holiday brochure advert for a hotel near Disney World, written to demonstrate genre features and to highlight the use of persuasive techniques. The comprehensive teaching notes explain the genre features to inform and to persuade. The notes make suggestions for guided and independent writing and the scaffold frame offers additional support. The scaffold results in great writing and the pupils get a clear understanding of the features of the text type.

These worksheets improve creative writing by getting pupils to reveal clues that show how a character feels, rather than through simply telling, for example ' they are angry.' There are two aimed at different ability levels. They can then be used as a resource for their own creative writing.

KS2 Forces - gears worksheet

This is a free extract from a Premium PowerPoint presentation discovering through questions and examples the rules for punctuating dialogue. This extract focuses on alternative words for said. The full PowerPoint and speech punctuation investigation tasks are available as a premium resource at AWalkerEducation shop. The full premium presentation shows how to punctuate direct speech, how to move and use speech tags and includes alternative words for the speech verb, ‘said’. The investigations use well known texts for children to investigate and discover the rules for themselves.

List of hairdresser titles to demonstrate word play.

This is a Word a Day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms. These are picture words, enough for a Word a Day for an entire school year! It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary. Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension. This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons. I’ve made two small free Word a Day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.

Pupils write explanatory texts that they enjoy and which allow for their creativity. There is a list of ultimate spy vehicle features for discussion and ideas. There are teaching notes and scaffold frame to ensure you get good explanation text writing results. There are examples of a spy vehicle explanation text written by a Year 6 to give an idea of the end product. There is also an optional extension task included.

This is a fun family car advert for the X1 Super Penguin written to demonstrate persuasive techniques, such as, rhetorical questions. There are detailed teaching notes on the text and a follow up writing task. There is scaffold frame to support pupils with independent writing and a blank template for pupils to produce their own car advert, having discussed the advert provided. There is also a list of demonstration slogans from car companies. There are five resources in all. The car advert text is written to teach advertising techniques in persuasive writing.

Meet Petobot - a voice activated robot toy. Pupils read an explanatory text of the toy, written to demonstrate the features of an explanatory text. Children are then asked to draw a design for a robot toy with any features they want. There are detailed teaching notes and both a scaffold frame and a SEN sheet to offer support so that children can write an explanation for how their robot toy works. There is a model text and also an annotated text showing text features.

How to read and write explanatory texts. There is a PowerPoint presentation, scaffold frame and worksheets to fill in to write explanations.

This is a free sample of a Word a Day resource that I have made with over 600 words. The bought resource is a big enough word a day collection for 3 and a half school years. There is a related picture and synonym to aid comprehension. I hope it will be a way for whole schools to increase the vocabulary of their pupils, through use in lessons, newsletters or assemblies. Aimed at KS3, KS4 and KS5 but the word a day may also have some application with able pupils in upper KS2.