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An example diary text based on Chapter 1 of The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie with Feature Find sheet and answers.
The diary entry is written from Daniel Holmes’ point of view after his first visit to the emporium.
The exemplar text can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils write their own diary entry based on Chapter 1 or based on events that occur later on in the novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text with glossary
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Repetition for effect
• Slang
• Feelings
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinate clauses
• Rhetorical questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Dashes
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✦ Character Overview Template and Example
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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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Ancient Egypt:
✦ Ancient Egypt | Example Writing Bundle
✦ Ancient Egypt | Howard Carter’s Diary Pack
✦ Ancient Egypt | Mummy Embalmer’s Diary Example
✦ Ancient Egypt | Boy’s Diary Example Text Pack
Stone Age Boy:
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text
✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates
✦ 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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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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A pack of twelve non-chronological report resources, including vocabulary, features, planning and writing sheets and activities, themed around humpback whales.
The following resources are included:
Humpback Whales Vocabulary
Vocabulary about humpback whales. This resource can be used in two ways to familiarise pupils with the subject specific vocabulary: 1) cut out and match the words, definitions and images; 2) use as a word mat during the planning and writing process.
Humpback Whales Vocabulary Wall Display
Display the key words and matching images around the classroom with this resource.
Identify Features: Tense and Sentence Types
Pupils identify different sentence types and tenses from an example introduction and Did you know? section from a non-chronological report about giant pandas. With answers.
Humpback Whales Matching Sentences
Match the beginning and ends of sentences about whales. This activity makes pupils familiar with the sentence structure of a non-chronological report and facts associated with whales. They then order the sentences, identify the relative clauses and finally write about humpback whales. With answers.
Re-Order Sentences Elephants
Organise the sentences about elephants into the appropriate section. Then order the sentences to make a paragraph. With answers.
Humpback Whales Organising Information Into Paragraphs
Three paragraphing activities: firstly, identify which section each fact about whales belongs in; secondly, write a paragraph using the facts provided; lastly, draw a diagram using information provided. With answers.
Humpback Whales Notes to Plan
Pupils organise notes about whales and into a planning grid. The answers are provided. A larger planning grid is also provided to add additional notes from pupils’ own research.
Non-Chronological Report Planning Sheet 4 Sections
A planning sheet for a non-chronological report with title, introduction and four additional paragraphs.
Non-Chronological Report Planning Sheet 5 Sections
See above, with five additional paragraphs.
Non-Chronological Report Writing Template
A template to use to write a non-chronological report. It includes sections for the title, introduction, four sections with subheadings, diagram and picture.
Non-Chronological Report Sentence Starters
A handout to use when writing a non-chronological report containing useful sentence starters.
Non-Chronological Report Checklist
A checklist to use when writing a non-chronological report.
All resources are PDFs and Word files.
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An example non-chronological text about barn spiders, plus three activities with answers, planning and writing templates.
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
Pupils read the model non-chronological report about barn spiders, and then examine its features; label the layout features of a non-chronological report on the sheet; sort the sentences about another animal into sections; and plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates. Pupils can create the information text about the same or different type of spider, or an animal of their choice. These activities can be carried out over several lessons.
Structural, language, grammar & punctuation features in the model text:
• Heading
• Subheadings
• Introduction
• Bullet points
• Glossary section
• Paragraphs
• Pictures/diagrams with captions
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Present tense
• Questions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Relative clauses
• Co-ordinating & subordinating conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Question marks
• Commas in a list
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Hyphens
• Dashes
This scientific text has cross-curricular links to the science curriculum:
✎ 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 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 resources are PDFs and editable Word files.
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An example non-chronological report text about barn spiders, the same species of spider as the character Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White, plus three activities with answers, planning and writing templates.
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
Pupils read the model non-chronological report about barn spiders, and then examine its features; label the layout features of a non-chronological report; sort the sentences about pigs into sections; and plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates. Pupils can create the information text about one of the animals from the book, such as a spider, pig, goose or sheep. These activities can be carried out over several lessons.
Structural, language, grammar and punctuation features included in the model text:
• Heading
• Subheadings
• Introduction
• Fast Facts section
• Did you know? section with bullet points
• Glossary section
• Paragraphs
• Pictures/diagrams with captions
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Present tense
• Questions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Relative clauses
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Question marks
• Commas in a list
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Hyphens
• Dashes
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
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An example character profile text about the character Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web plus feature find worksheet with answers, differentiated planning and writing templates, word bank and text extract. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 4 and 5 of E. B. White’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Planning template differentiated 2 ways
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Personality traits word bank
• Text extract
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the extract and model character description, examine the features and then plan and write their own character profile using the differentiated templates.
Features included in the text:
• Key information
• Picture of character
• Subheadings
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Commas in a list
• Colons
• Brackets
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✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
✦ Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
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An example diary entry text written from the point of view of Fern from Charlotte’s Web plus feature find worksheets and answers, and differentiated planning templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 1 of E. B. White’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Planning template differentiated 3 ways
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model diary entry, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own diary entry using the differentiated templates.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL:
• Similes
• Idioms
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Thoughts/Feelings
• Rhetorical questions
• Fronted adverbials (and other introductory words, phrases and clauses) followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Dashes
• Hyphens
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A character sort activity involving the main characters in the book The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo.
Pupils must sort the cards to match the name of the character, a brief description, a picture of the character and a quote about the character from the text.
The activity can be made less challenging by removing one of the categories, such as the quotations, from the sort. The number of characters can also be altered to suit the needs of the pupils. The activity can be carried out in small groups, pairs or individually.
This resource is a useful reminder to pupils about the names and roles of the characters in the story to help pupils to understand the novel as they read.
The characters are listed in order of appearance in the novel and split onto three separate groups, so that teachers can choose which characters to include in the sorting activity, avoiding spoilers.
• Group A: Chapters 1 and 2
• Group B: Chapters 3 and 5
• Group C: Chapter 7
This resource comes as a PDF and as an easily editable Word document.
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✦ Timeline Activity Pack
✦ Dialogue Example Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Pack
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A list of the main characters in the book The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo with brief descriptions, illustrations from the book and chapter information.
This resource is a useful reminder to pupils about the names and roles of the characters in the story. It can be used as a reference sheet or displayed in the classroom to help pupils to understand the novel as they read.
The characters are listed in order of appearance in the novel and split onto three separate pages, so that each page can be introduced to pupils after reading, avoiding spoilers.
• Page 1: Chapters 1 and 2
• Page 2: Chapters 3 and 5
• Page 3: Chapter 7
This resource comes as a PDF.
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A bundle of 10 WAGOLLs based on the popular novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
The model texts cover a vast range of fiction and non-fiction writing genres and are based on different points in the story.
The resources included in this bundle:
• Diary: Chapter 1
• Internal Monologue: Chapter 1
• Dialogue Writing: Chapter 2
• Newspaper Report: Chapter 2
• Apology Letter: Chapter 3
• Instructions: Chapter 3
• Interview: Chapter 4
• Character Profile: Chapter 5
• Non-Chronological Report: Chapter 5
• Playscript: Chapter 5
Every exemplar text comes with a Feature Find worksheet and answers, so that pupils can examine the features of the text before writing their own.
Some of the resource packs also contain additional documents such as writing templates and activities.
Have a WAGOLL for every eventuality with this useful writing bundle.
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A playscript example text based on the events of Chapter 5 from the children’s book The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
The exemplar script is for a radio play. The two pages of script provided in this resource are the beginning of a scene where the Iron Man and the Dragon meet for the first time in Australia.
The WAGOLL playscript comes with a Feature Find worksheet and answers so that pupils can look for features of this text type before continuing the scene or writing their own version.
The following files are included:
• Example Playscript (Word and PDF)
• Feature Find worksheet (Word and PDF)
• Feature Find answers (Word and PDF)
The following features can be found in the playscript exemplar text:
• Play title
• Scene number
• Scene title
• List of character names
• Stage directions to describe the setting
• Character names followed by colons
• Words spoken by actors
• Character direction within speech inside brackets
• Sound effects inside brackets
• Contractions within speech
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A list of the main characters in the book The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman with brief descriptions and images.
This resource is a useful reminder to pupils about the main characters in the story. It can be used as a handout or displayed.
This resource comes as a PDF.
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✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
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✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
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Four example text packs based on the novel The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman.
The bundle consists of 4 resource packs.
Character Profile Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Planning template differentiated x2
• Writing template differentiated x2
• Personality traits word bank
Diary Entry Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Planning template differentiated x3
Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Example newspaper report
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Quotation punctuation activity with answers
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
Persuasive Letter Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar persuasive letter text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Extract, task & vocabulary sheet
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Example newspaper report based on the children’s novel The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying The Firework-Maker’s Daughter. The example text reports on the events in chapters 2 and 3 of the book when the elephant escapes from the city.
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 2 and 3, 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
• Passive voice
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Present perfect tense
• Past perfect tense
• Present perfect continuous
• Past perfect continuous
• Hyphens
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
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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 diary entry text written from the point of view of Lila from The Firework-Maker’s Daughter plus feature find worksheets and answers, and differentiated planning templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 2 and 3 of Philip Pullman’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Planning template differentiated 3 ways
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model diary entry, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own diary entry using the differentiated templates.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Idioms
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeias
• Alliteration
• Feelings
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Question marks
• Commas in lists
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Brackets
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Grammar and punctuation activities for LKS2, each linked to different chapters of The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes.
The following resources are provided in this bundle:
• A selection of expanded noun phrase activities, linked to Chapter 1
• Differentiated apostrophe worksheets, linked to chapters 1, 2 and 3
• Differentiated fronted adverbial activities, linked to chapters 4 and 5
Cover these three key Lower Key Stage Two grammar and punctuation topics while studying the popular children’s novel.
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An example diary entry text from the point of view of Harry from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone plus Feature Find worksheets and answers. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 3 of J. K. Rowling’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text written by Harry
• 3 Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
Pupils read the model diary entry, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own diary entry from Harry, Dudley, Uncle Vernon or Aunt Petunia’s point of view.
Diary entries could be written about the same day or the day before or after the model text.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the example text:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Hyperboles
• Present perfect tense (have/has + VERB+ed)
• Past perfect tense (had + VERB+ed)
• Past progressive tense (was/were + VERB+ing)
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative clauses
• Modal verbs
• Rhetorical questions
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Brackets
All resources are provided as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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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Pupils must match up the two parts of sentences from the text that have been cut in two. Five sentence matching activities are provided, one for each chapter of The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes.
After reading each chapter of the novel, in pairs, pupils match up the beginning of the sentence with the correct ending, reading them aloud to check that they sound complete.
Benefits for this activity:
• Encourages pupils to discuss how they know which parts to put together
• Leads to pupils to spot patterns in sentence structure
• Gives the opportunity for pupils to re-read sentences many times over
• Helps pupils attune their ears to the sound of a sentence
• Helps children recall the events of the story
• Provides the opportunity for children to pay close attention to the grammar of sentences including tense
• Helps pupils recognise sentences in their own writing in order to demarcate them using the correct punctuation
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Answers for all 5 sentence matching activities are provided.
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