Used within a Year 4 writing unit, where children were retelling the story of Beowulf. This is an example story opening for the children’s Beowulf recount, used to show children a model and the grammatical features that were expected. Full lesson where children are identifying features of the story opening available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13119752

A drama lesson based around Kensuke’s Kingdom by Micheal Morpurgo. My Year 5 class loved this lesson. The children are asked out 2 scenes from the story with the stimulus provided. I used this as part of a diary writing unit for character development so one of the stimulus is a diary entry and the other a video of sailing across the open ocean. Includes powerpoint and resources. Children are to devise/rough plan their scenes first before creating them. One of the planning sheets is more structured to support some children - although I have found using mixed ability groups works well. Children could also use the unstructured support sheet as some groups preferred to mind map, bullet point or write keywords down.

A sheet for children to use when writing their Newspaper Reports. There is space for the headline, photo, caption and main body. Version with and without lines if children are using a line guide etc. Editable version (publisher) and pdf files for easy printing to A3.

A handy sheet for children to use when planning to write a Newspaper Report. Editable file and pdf included for easy printing. I printed this in A3 for the children to write onto and use in class, and then photocopied this down to A4 for their books or to go with the assessed writing. Includes: Headline Who, What, Where, When, Why Fronted adverbials / sentence starters Quotes Extra information about the story (Main Body) Conclusion Originally used with a Year 4 class but easily adaptable to other age groups. Completed example based on Little Red Riding Hood included for children to see how to complete the planning sheet. Example is also editable in case you wish to adapt the sheet for you class. If your class is using the story of Beowulf, please see this resource for a themed example and scaffolded plan: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13120284

A handy sheet for children to use when planning to write a Newspaper Report themed to the story of Beowulf by Micheal Morpurgo. Editable file and pdf included for easy printing. I printed this in A3 for the children to write onto and use in class, and then photocopied this down to A4 for their books or to go with the assessed writing. Includes: Headline Who, What, Where, When, Why Fronted adverbials / sentence starters Quotes Extra information about the story (Main Body) Conclusion Originally used with a Year 4 class but easily adaptable to other age groups. 3 versions; Blank sheet Completed sheet for modelling Scaffolded sheet with the why box pre-filled All 3 versions are editable with the publisher files included so you can adapt the sheets for your class.

Used as part of a Year 4 writing unit, where children are writing a Newspaper Report about the fight between Beowulf and Grendel, where Grendel is defeated The sheet contains the first person accounts written in the point of view from those involved with the fight - as if they had been interviewed by a reported. Children can then lift quotes from this to use during their newspaper report. Editable word document included. Characters covered: Beowulf - speaking after the fight with Grendel King Hrothgar - speaking in The Mead Hall the next day People of Heorot - speaking in The Mead Hall Leofric - Beowulf’s warrior - speaking at the scene of the fight

Lesson 3 in the writing unit where children are learning to write a setting description. This lesson focuses on using exciting adjectives and vocabulary to describe the setting. Children are also challenged to use a simile if they have learned about this previously. Aimed at a Year 4/5 class. Activity is differentiated 4 ways, for LA, MA and HA Y4 children and then Y5 children. Lesson contains; Recap features of a good setting description Using the adjective ‘big’ as a boring example and up-levelling this as class using synoyms and looking these up in a thesaurus Recap of our setting - The Taj Mahal Brainstorm in small groups to create synonyms, using thesaurses to help Whole class writing using the brainstormed words to create a descriptive and exciting sentence Peer-assessment of the class written sentence Independent work, children are using the differentiated worksheets to improve the provided sentences and then write their own.

This activity is aimed at a Year 5 class, who are studying adding and subtracting fractions. It is differentiated for the HA, MA and LA children. All worksheets are aimed at the mastery approach, with fluency, reasoning and worded problems. I have used these with a Year 5 class. This is worksheet day 2 of 2 as I spread adding and subtracting over a few days. Children are also encouraged to simplify and convert improper fractions to mixed numbers where possible Day 1 worksheets available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12046732 Answers are included. Learning Obejctive: To be able can add and subtract fractions.

An editable version of the free resource here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11946913 Differentiated Equivalent Fractions Homework activity - aimed and used with a mixed ability year 5 class. The sheet covers; writing equivalent fractions using a diagram, identifying the odd one out, filling in the missing numbers,and solving worded problems. It moves through fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions. I designed this for use with one of my Year 5 classes, but could also be used in Year 6. This activity could also be used as part of a lesson. A free pdf version is available at the above link - this is for the editable docx files. Answers included in pdf format only.

Lesson 4 activity for the writing unit where children are learning to write their own setting description. This activity is differentiated 3 ways with children; Identifying similes and metaphors in a sentence Constructing their own similes or metaphors with support Writing their own similes or metaphors This was used with a Year 4 class so only the HA children are asked to write metaphors. No powerpoint presentation included - only the activity sheets.

A worksheet of word problems for Comparing Fractions. Both docx and pdf file provided. Aimed at a Year 5 class but could also be used in Year 6 for revision. Answers included.

Lesson 2 in the setting description unit, where children are learning to write a setting description. Lesson contains; Discussion about preposition Preposition song linked on YouTube Identifying prepositions in sentences - whole class and individual Writing sentences that describe the Taj Mahal independently Completing a worksheet where children identify the preposition and prepositional phrases, add prepositions to sentences and then write their own sentences. Differentiated worksheet for the task included and powerpoint presentation. Both are pptx and docx files so you can easily adapt. Used with a Year 4 class.

Lesson 5 in the writing unit where children are learning to write a setting description - used with a Year 4/5 class. In this lesson, children explore their different senses and then write sentences inspired by their senses to describe the setting of the Taj Mahal. The activity is differentiated 4 ways. Lesson flow; Recap with a partner - what is an adjective/synonym etc Learn about our senses Watch a video of the Taj Mahal Class discussion about the video Shared writing about our senses Independent work where children are writing their own descriptions

Aimed at Year 5 - this lesson is to teach children the grammatical features of a diary entry and then includes an activity where children are locating these features within a text. Included in this pack is; Notebook presentation explaining the features A list of features for children to refer back to if needed after the lesson Differentiated key templates - children to use colours to complete the key and then identify the features on the text via highlighting/underlining etc Please note I have not provided the example diary entry as this would normally be specific to the current topic or theme of the class/unit.

An example setting description describing the Chocolate Room from the popular film Charlie and Chocolate Factory. Both a word version and pdf version included. SPaG features; Exciting features Expanded noun phrases Subordinate clauses Adverbs Metaphors Similies Prepositions and Conjunctions This could be used as a wagoll or as part of an activity to highlight and find features in a setting description before writing their own.

An example diary entry written from the perspective of Charlie after he has visited Wonka’s factory. Aimed for use with a Year 4 class but could be edited up/down to Year 3 and 5 - I have included the word document as well as the pdf so this is easy to do.

In this 3-way differentiated worksheet, children are completing fluency and reasoning questions for converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers. Children will; Use bar models to convert between improper fractions and mixed numbers (and vice versa) Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions Fill in the missing numbers to complete the conversions Spot and correct mistakes when converting Answer word problems that involve conversions 3 way differentiated and aimed at Year 5, although this could also be useful in Year 6 for revision. Word document and pdf (for easy printing A4 and A5) included. Answers included!

A short lesson/activity based around instructions and relative clauses on How to Make Toast. The children are asked to add more information and description to the basic instructions, using fronted adverbials of time, relative clauses and relative pronouns. Taught in Year 4/5 - the children loved making actual toast (and eating it too!). A silly teacher demonstration of making toast taking their instructions literally goes down a treat Differentiated 4 ways and easy edit word documents so you can adjust for your own class. Could be used as a full lesson or revision activity! Learning Objective: To be able to use a relative clause beginning with; this, that or where.

Replacement detective notes for the popular board game, Cluedo! Easily printable pdf document for A4 with options for 2 or 1 note sheets per A4 page, therefore creating an A4 or A5 note size option. Each sheet also has space for the names of players. There are two versions, one with a column for your own cards and one without.

I made this KS2 Spag guide for the children and parents in my Year 4 class. I designed it for home learning but could also be useful back in the classroom. There are 2 variations: Homelearning/revision/parent guide based A useful tool for children to use whilst writing at home, including links to bitesize and songs where appropriate. Classbased - essentially the same as the home version except I have removed the links to online resources. I used these in learning journals or stuck in the back of literacy books for children to refer to, so I felt it looked neater if the links were removed. KS2 version / bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12637388 Year 6 version: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12637392