Six worksheets aimed at learning how to use colons in writing. The worksheets cover a range of difficulty levels. They demonstrate colons being used in three ways: • To introduce items in a list • To separate two main clauses when the second explains the first • To emphasise a word or phrase at the end of a sentence The worksheets can be completed independently or in pairs. Answers to all tasks are included. All documents are provided as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs. These activities are particularly suitable for years 5 and 6 (UKS2). 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 punctuation resources: ✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Colons How To Use Presentation ✦ Colons Activities & Quiz ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities ✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey? ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

Differentiated expanded noun phrase activities based on the picture book Lila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway and Jude Daly. Pupils will identify and create expanded noun phrases with this selection of activities The following resources are provided: • Identifying expanded noun phrases worksheet • Identifying expanded noun phrases answer sheet • Creating expanded noun phrases activity, differentiated x3 • Expanded noun phrase vocabulary bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. 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 Lila and the Secret of Rain themed resources: ✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Conjunction Activities Differentiated Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Hodgeheg Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Differentiated example diary texts based on the picture bookLila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway and Jude Daly with differentiated planning sheets. The diary entry is written from Lila’s point of view the day she decides to climb the mountain to make it rain. The exemplar texts can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils plan and write their own diary entry based on the book. Resources provided: • Differentiated exemplar diary entry texts x4 • Differentiated planning templates x3 All resources are provided in 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. Other Lila and the Secret of Rain themed resources: ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Conjunction Activities Differentiated You may also be interested in: ✦ 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 Text Pack ✦Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Plus Feature Sheet and Templates ✦The Twits Character Profile Example Text, Feature Find, Planning & Writing Template ✦Stone Age Boy Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example Text Pack Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Differentiated conjunction activities based on the picture book Lila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway and Jude Daly. Pupils will practise using the following conjunctions while revising the events of the story: • and • but • or • so • because • when • if The following resources are provided: • Conjunction activities x3 • Answer sheet The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. 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 Lila and the Secret of Rain themed resources: ✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ 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, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Plus Feature Sheet and Templates ✦ The Twits Character Profile Example Text, Feature Find, Planning & Writing Template ✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates ✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Differentiated Templates Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A non-chronological report text pack including model text, feature find worksheets, and planning and writing templates to write an information text about a Sri Lankan jungle animal from the novel The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook. 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 Structural, grammar, punctuation and language features included in the model information text: • Heading • Introduction • Subheadings • Bullet-pointed list • Picture/diagram with caption • Glossary • Present tense • Adverbs of degree • Alliteration • Brackets to add a definition • Complex list with semi-colons • Embedded relative clauses • Expanded noun phrases • Fronted adverbials • Modal verbs • Passive voice • Relative clauses • Subordinate clauses • List introduced with a colon • Singular possessive nouns • Plural possessive nouns Pupils first read the model non-chronological report about an animal that appears in the novel, the Sri Lankan green vine snake. Then they identify the features of the text. Finally, they plan and write their own information text about another Sri Lankan forest animal using the templates provided. The resources are provided in both PDF and editable Word 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. More The Girl Who Stole An Elephant themed resources: ✦ The Girl Who Stole An Elephant Character Trait Matching ✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Example Character Profile Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter WAGOLL Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Differentiated Templates ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Four Weeks ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example instructional text based on the book Lila and the Secret of Rain plus feature find sheets and differentiated writing templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading David Conway and Jude Daly’s picture book. Resources provided: • Exemplar instructional text WAGOLL • Feature find worksheets • Feature find answers • Writing template differentiated x4 • Teacher notes The exemplar text is a set of instructions that describe how to make it rain. Pupils read the model instructions, examine the features of the text and and then write their own instructions using the differentiated writing templates. The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. 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 Lila and the Secret of Rain themed resources: ✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Conjunction Activities Differentiated Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE ✦ The Hodgeheg Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example character profile text about Lila from the book Lila and the Secret of Rain plus differentiated writing templates and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading David Conway and Jude Daly’s picture book. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text • Writing template differentiated 3 ways • Word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model character description of Lila 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 story. 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 Lila and the Secret of Rain themed resources: ✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Conjunction Activities Differentiated You may also be interested in: ✦ 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, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Plus Feature Sheet and Templates ✦The Twits Character Profile Example Text, Feature Find, Planning & Writing Template ✦Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates ✦Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Differentiated Templates Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.