A selection of planning and writing templates for story writing. A small list of story starters too.

Resource 1: Students must correctly punctuate the sentences. Resource 2: Students must rewrite the sentences by putting in the missing capital letters and full stops. Resource 3: Capital letters practice sheet. Resource 4: A small presentation introducing capital letters (and a small activity to complete). Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability).

4 sets of differentiated worksheets to help your student’s formulate sentences. Stage 1 worksheet: ‘Make a Sentence’ Write sentences based on the 6 themes listed on the sheet. To help the writer, each theme has a set of words provided. . Stage 2 worksheet: ‘Silly Sentences’ Task 1: List 4 nouns and 4 adjectives in the table provided. Task 2: Write 4 sentences using the words. Each sentence must contain a noun and adjective from the table. . Stage 3 worksheet: ‘Peculiar Passage’ Task 1: List 3 nouns, 3 adjectives and 3 verbs in the table provided. Task 2: Write a passage using ALL the words. After finishing the passage, give it a title. . Stage 4 worksheet: ‘Short Story’ Task 1: List 3 nouns, 3 adjectives, 3 verbs and 3 adverbs in the table provided. Task 2: Write a short story using ALL the words. After finishing the story, give it a title and draw a picture to complement it. . Fully editable worksheets.

Focus: INFERENCE. Attached is a 4-page activity booklet. On each page, your student’s must decide what they can INFER from each sentence. There are 4 sentences in total (1 on each page). The first sentence is: The dog was barking. Fully editable.

A collection of 16 useful VCOP activities to use in class. Enjoy!

What Good Readers do - for display. 3 charts showing ‘What Good Readers Do’: Accuracy Chart. Fluency Chart. Punctuation Chart. Also attached is a slide show showing all 3 charts. Fully editable.

Activity 1 - Worksheet: 24 mistakes to highlight in a passage: 9 missing capital letters. 7 missing full stops. 3 missing commas. 4 missing speech marks. 1 missing exclamation mark! . Activity 2 - Worksheet: 32 mistakes to correct in the passage: 10 spelling mistakes. 19 punctuation errors. 3 new lines missing (for new speakers) . Activity 3: Self assessment sheet for student’s to refer to when proofreading their work. . All answers provided. Fully editable worksheets.

Can your student’s construct 12 sentences using the 12 nouns, 12 verbs and 12 adverbs? 3 pages. Fully editable. Ideal for 5+

An excellent writing resource to help your student’s improve their sentences. Children learn how to ‘upgrade’ their writing by adding adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions to a sentence. 2 worksheets (with examples), PowerPoint and display materials attached.

An excellent way to help your students improve their sentences. The PowerPoint and display materials also give examples. Fully editable.

5 useful adverbs resources (fully editable): Resource 1: Posters showing how to add adverbs AND adverbial phrases. Resource 2: A simple adverbs worksheet. Resource 5: A handout showing lists of adverbs.

A good way to teach subordinate clauses. Contents (fully editable): A 5-slide teaching PowerPoint. A 3-page activity booklet. Page 1: Instruction sheet and examples. Pages 2 and 3: Activities.

Can your student’s make sentences using the word lists provided? Easily adaptable and ideal for younger learners. 2 pages (6 topics in total). Fully editable.

Fully editable questions to ASK when listening to readers. 5 pages in total. Resource 1: ‘General’ questions to ask when listening to readers. Resource 2: ‘Specific’ question cards to use when listening to readers. The question cards are divided into the following 13 sections: SETTING STYLE POINTS OF VIEW NON-FICTION ILLUSTRATIONS GLOSSARY INDEX SUBJECT AND THEME POETRY CHARACTER GENERAL NON-FICTION BASIC QUESTIONS PLOT - NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

Attached is a 30-slide PowerPoint with embedded activities and a comprehension activity based on Theseus and the Minotaur. Fully editable. A great way to introduce your student’s to Myths and Legends. These resources will help your student’s to write their own Myth or Legend. . Contents of PowerPoint: Slide 3: What is Myth and Legend? Slides 4 - 5: Theseus and The Minotaur and Odysseus and Polyphemus texts. Slides 6 – 10: Examples of mythical creatures. Slide 11: The Minotaur character profile sheet. Slide 12: 6 mythical creatures/monsters to cut out and use for a character profile. Slide 13: A blank creature/monster character profile template. Slides 14 – 20: Examples of Heroes and Heroines. Slide 21: How to incorporate a Hero or Heroine into a story. Slide 22: Theseus character profile sheet. Slide 23: 6 mythical heroes /heroines to cut out and use for a character profile. Slide 24: A blank hero/heroine character profile template. Slides 25 – 29: Writing templates to plan and write a Myth or Legend.

Questions to ask when listening to readers. A useful prompt sheet when listening to readers. Useful tool to give to parents at the beginning of the year to aid comprehension and discussion- based activities during reading. Fully editable.

Reception to Year 6 - Success Criteria for 97 AREAS OF WRITING. 97 writing ladders (showing success criteria) for each writing genre. 52 pages in total - fully editable. . Reception: Patterned Stories (orally at point of writing) Action Chants (orally at point of writing) Traditional Tales (orally at point of writing) Instructions (orally at point of writing) Stories with a pattern (orally at point of writing) Signs (orally at point of writing) . Year 1: Information Book Instructions Traditional Story Simple dictionaries Story with a pattern Stories of fantasy worlds . Year 2: Stories with Familiar Settings Instruction Writing Explanation Texts Information Texts Alphabetically Ordered Texts Stories with Familiar Settings 2 . Year 3: Stories with Familiar Settings Shape Poem Non-Chronological Reports Traditional Stories Myths Instructions . Year 4 : Character Sketches Persuasive Text Persuasive advertisement, flyer or poster Classic and Modern Poetry Narrative Writing using paragraphs Poetry on a Common Theme . Year 5 : Non-chronological reports Instructions Narrative Structure Map Reading Journal Story Opening Modern and Classic Poems . Year 6 : Journalistic Writing Long-Established Poets Autobiography and Diaries Biographical Writing Classic Fiction – Chapter Summary Writing Dialogue

A 14-slide presentation showing how to use VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation) in your classroom to enhance learning. Fully editable.

2 writing mats for younger learners to refer to when writing stories. Just print out and use. Bright and colourful. Fully editable.

Reading Analysis Assessment Form A thorough reading analysis form. To be completed for each student. Fully editable.