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An example informal letter from the point of view of Barney from the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King.
This exemplar informal letter is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 4.
The model informal letter comes with a feature identification worksheet, plus answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class. The worksheets can be easily adjusted to match the ability of your class and provide differentiation.
After identifying the features, pupils can write their own informal letter from Barney or Lou’s point of view, based on the example text.
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Exclamatory sentences
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Use of synonyms to avoid repetition
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for double contractions
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Apostrophes for joint possession
• Hyphens
• Colons
• Brackets
• Dashes
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
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Other Stig of the Dump resources:
✦ Complete Unit of Work
✦ Reading Comprehension Tests
Stig of the Dump example texts, with feature find sheet and answers:
✦ Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Chapter 1: Diary Entries
✦ Chapter 2: Instructions
✦ Chapter 3: Character Profile
✦ Chapter 5: Dialogue
✦ Chapter 6: Playscript
✦ Chapter 7: Newspaper Report
✦ Chapter 8: Interview Article
✦ Chapter 9: Persuasive Advert
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Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the children’s picture book Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura. The 3 differentiated example texts contain conversations between the boy and his family when he arrives home after his adventure. Differentiated feature identification worksheets with answers are included – perfect for sharing in class or uploading during online lessons for remote learning.
All resources are differentiated three ways.
The model texts are useful as WAGOLLs to examine before children attempt their own versions or continue the dialogue.
This resource can be used when learning about the Stone Age in history or studying the Stone Age Boy book.
All documents are provided in PDF and editable Word format.
The texts contains the following features of dialogue and speech:
• Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause, separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark
• Variety of speech verbs
• Adverbs
• Actions of the characters
• New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes.
• Feelings shown through action
• Sentences split into two by the reporting clause
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/end
• Two sentences spoken at once and split into two by the reporting clause
• Contractions used in speech
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✦ Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates
✦ Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ 3 Example Instruction and Recipe Texts Plus Templates
✦ Fronted Adverbials Differentiated Worksheets & Answers
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Two example text packs, one grammar pack, and one punctuation pack based on the bookFlat Stanley: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery by S. Pennypacker and created by Jeff Brown.
The bundle consists of 4 resource packs.
Character Profile Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Character trait word bank
Diary Entry Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text
• Feature find worksheets, x3 (grammar & punctuation, language, and layout)
• Feature find answer sheets, x3
• Planning templates, differentiated x3
• Contractions word bank
Punctuation Differentiated Worksheets Pack
Resources provided:
• Punctuation worksheets, differentiated x3
• Worksheet answers
Fronted Adverbials Differentiated Worksheets Pack
Resources provided:
• Fronted adverbial worksheets, differentiated x3
• Worksheet answers
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Punctuation & Grammar Bundles
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Example newspaper report based on the ancient Greek myth of Prometheus and the theft of fire.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying the ancient Greeks. The example text reports on the sentencing of the god Prometheus to an eternity of torment on a rock as punishment for defying Zeus.
The model newspaper report comes with two feature identification worksheets for children to fill in, one for layout features and one for language and grammar features, plus answer sheets.
After reading the exemplar text and finding its features, pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the example text. Pupils’ reports could be about the events in the Prometheus story or any other story from ancient Greece such as Pandora’s Box, Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, or Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa.
This resource comes with the following documents:
• Example newspaper report
• Feature find sheets, x2
• Feature find answers, x2
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
The features in the text include:
• Headline in the present tense
• Byline
• Date
• Introductory paragraph containing the 4 Ws
• Quotes, with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Alliteration in the headline
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials
• Possessive nouns
• Expanded noun phrases
• Prepositional phrases
• Subordinate clauses
• Omission of ‘that’
• Modal verbs
• Passive voice
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An example character profile text based on information from chapters 1 and 2 of the historical fiction novel Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden with feature find sheet, differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank.
The model character profile based on the World War II children’s novel describes evacuee Carrie, the story’s protagonist.
Read the exemplar character profile text and then use the feature find worksheet as a WAGOLL to examine before pupils plan and write their own about Carrie or another character such as Nick, Auntie Louise or Mr Evans.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated planning templates, x3
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Character trait word bank
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• complex list with semi-colons
• expanded noun phrases
• fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• extra information inside a pair of commas
• extra information inside a pair of brackets
• possessive nouns
• relative clauses
• list introduced with a colon
• conjunctive adverbs
• subordinate clauses
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A example instructional text entitled “How to Slay a Hydra”, plus writing feature find worksheet, answers and writing templates. This text about the hydra, a mythical monster slayed by Hercules during his twelve labours, is perfect for any class studying ancient Greece.
These fun instructions contain the following language, grammar, punctuation and organisational features:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Rhetorical questions
• Commands beginning with imperative verbs
• Relative clauses
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Heading
• Subheadings
• Bullet points
• Numbered points
This example instructional text can be used to examine the features of instructional writing before pupils embark on writing their own instructions about how to defeat this or another ancient Greek monster, such as Medusa, the Minotaur, Cerberus (the Hound of Hades), or the Cyclops.
The following resources are provided in this pack:
• Instructions WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Writing template differentiated x2
Documents available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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Example persuasive advertisement based on Chapter 9 of the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King. This exemplar advert persuading readers to visit Stone Henge is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 9 of Stig of the Dump.
The model advert text comes with a feature identification worksheet, plus an answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class, enabling pupils to become confident in the genre before an independent or shared writing activity.
After identifying features, pupils plan and write their own persuasive advert based on the exemplar. The pupils can link their advert to the novel Stig of the Dump by persuading their readers to visit the Kent standing stones, the Medway Megaliths, and to stay in Stig’s cave hotel, giving opportunities to describe settings from chapter 9 of the book.
The language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Facts and statistics
• Rhetorical questions
• Commands (starting with imperative verbs)
• Expanded noun phrases with appealing adjectives
• Other appealing adjectives
• Use of synonyms to avoid repetition
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Hyphens
• Colons
All resources come both as editable Word documents to easily adapt for your class and in PDF format.
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Stig of the Dump example texts, with feature find sheet and answers:
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✦ Chapter 2: Instructions
✦ Chapter 3: Character Profile
✦ Chapter 4: Informal Letter
✦ Chapter 5: Dialogue
✦ Chapter 6: Playscript
✦ Chapter 7: Newspaper Report
✦ Chapter 9: Persuasive Advert
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Example interview article based on Chapter 8 of the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King. This exemplar interview write up with Barney’s sister Lou is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 8 of Stig of the Dump.
The model interview article comes with a feature identification worksheet, plus an answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class, enabling pupils to become confident in the genre before an independent or shared writing activity. A planning sheet and interview article template have also been included.
After identifying features, pupils plan and then write their own interview article based on the example text by continuing the interview with Lou, or writing an interview for Barney or Stig. This provides the perfect opportunity for the children to role play before they write.
The language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Idioms
• Show don’t tell
• Commands
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
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✦ Chapter 2: Instructions
✦ Chapter 3: Character Profile
✦ Chapter 4: Informal Letter
✦ Chapter 5: Dialogue
✦ Chapter 6: Playscript
✦ Chapter 7: Newspaper Report
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An example diary text from the point of view of an Ancient Egyptian embalming priest, performing mummification for the first time.
This recount text is ideal to use as a WAGOLL or model text before writing or as a cross-curricular comprehension text.
This resource comes in easily editable Word format and as a PDF file.
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Pupils examine the personality of Ada and other characters in this differentiated character trait matching exercise.
Pupils match the main characters from Children of the Benin Kingdom by Dinah Orji with character traits and evidence from the text.
The quotes from the text have been provided, alongside the character traits and definitions.
This resource has been differentiated three ways:
• Higher ability: 10 characters, quotes and character traits have been provided.
• Middle ability: 10 characters, quotes and character traits with their definitions have been provided.
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This activity is a great way for pupils to think carefully about how a character’s personality is revealed by what they do and how they react in a story. This gives pupils an opportunity to use their inference skills.
An answer sheet has been included.
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This Stig of the Dump themed bundle contains 9 example texts from a variety of genres to be used as models for writing.
Each WAGOLL text corresponds to a different chapter of Clive King’s novel Stig of the Dump covering a range of fiction and non-fiction writing:
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• Chapter 3: Character profile
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• Chapter 5: Dialogue
• Chapter 6: Playscript
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• Chapter 8: Interview article
• Chapter 9: Persuasive advert
Each exemplar text comes with a feature identification sheet with answers. Templates, planning grids and extracts are also included with many of the example texts.
All resources come both as editable Word documents to easily adapt for your class and in PDF format.
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4 example non-chronological report texts about 4 monsters found in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series) by Rick Riordan with feature find, and differentiated planning and writing templates.
The model information texts are about the following ancient Greek monsters: the Minotaur, Medusa, the Hound of Hades and the Chimera.
The exemplar texts can be used as WAGOLL non-chronological reports to examine before pupils plan and write their own about these or other monsters or gods, such as the Furies, Echidna, Procrustes or the Pit Scorpion.
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Nine example character profile texts for the following popular LKS2 children’s book characters:
• The Iron Man from The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
• Stig from Stig of the Dump by Clive King
• Mrs Twit from The Twits by Roald Dahl
• The boy from Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura
• Tomas from The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd
• The boy from The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf
• The girl from Journey by Aaron Becker
• Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
• Christophe from Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell
These exemplar character descriptions are perfect to use as WAGOLLs during World Book Day celebrations or during guided reading and literacy lessons.
The model character profiles come with feature identification worksheets for children to fill in, plus answer sheets that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
After identifying the features of the text, pupils can write their own character descriptions of characters from a book of choice using the Character Profile Templates (also included).
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Rule of three
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Dashes
• Brackets
• Hyphens
• Colons
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✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Features Sheet & Answers
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Example playscript based on Chapter 18 of the children’s historical novel The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier.
This exemplar playscript is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 18 of The Silver Sword when Edek is in court for a crime committed by Jan.
The model playscript comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to complete, plus an answer sheet for easy marking.
After identifying the features, pupils can write their own playscript by either re-writing the model text, continuing the script provided or writing a different scene from another part of the novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar playscript
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
The language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• List of characters’ names, using commas to separate each item in the list
• Setting the scene, written in the present tense
• Stage directions
• Character names written down the left-hand side of the page, followed by a colon before each line of speech
• Speech – actual words spoken after a character’s name (no inverted commas)
• Character directions within speech, inside brackets
• Character directions not within speech
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A differentiated character matching activity about the novel Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden, a story about Second World War evacuees.
Pupils match the name of each key character with a description of that character. The activity is differentiated three ways. An answer sheet is included.
This activity should be used after reading the first five chapters of the book. The following characters are described: Carrie, Nick, Auntie Lou, Mr Evans, Albert Sandwich, Hepzibah, Mister Johnny, Miss Fazackerly, Mrs Gotobed and Mrs Willow.
The resource is provided as a PDF and editable Word document.
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This fun activity pack has a variety of resources needed to understand the mummification process used by the ancient Egyptians.
Using the resources, pupils will mummify a tomato and link each stage with the process carried out on the dead thousands of years ago.
The pack contains the following resources:
• How to Use this Resource teacher sheet
• Mummification Method worksheets
• Mummification Method worksheet answers
• How to Mummify a Tomato instructions
• Coffin Template
• Anubis Mask Template
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and in PDF format.
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Example newspaper report based on the historical fiction novel Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying this World War Two evacuation story. The example text reports on the fire at Druid’s Bottom and is ideal to be used after reading the novel.
The model newspaper report comes with two feature identification worksheets for children to fill in, one for layout features and one for language and grammar features, plus answer sheets.
After reading the exemplar text and finding its features, pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the example text. Pupils’ reports could be about the fire once its cause is discovered, Carrie and Nick’s return to their mother, or even Carrie being re-united with Hepzibah Green and Albert Sandwich.
This resource comes with the following documents:
• Example newspaper report
• Feature find sheets, x2
• Feature find answers, x2
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
The features in the text include:
• Headline in the present tense
• Byline
• Date
• Introductory paragraph containing the 4 Ws
• Quotes, with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Alliteration in the headline
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials
• Possessive nouns
• Expanded noun phrases
• Prepositional phrases
• Subordinate clauses
• Omission of ‘that’
• Modal verbs
• Passive voice
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A bundle of example texts based on the historical World War II novel The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier, plus additional feature find resources.
The following model text packs are included in this bundle:
• Character profile
• Diary
• Informal letter
• Playscript
Character profile pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text about Joseph
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Planning templates, differentiated x3
• Writing templates, differentiated x3
• Character trait word bank
Diary pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar diary entries WAGOLL text from Bronia’s point of view
• Feature find worksheet, differentiated x3
• Feature find answers
• Planning sheets, differentiated x3
Informal letter pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar informal letter WAGOLL text from Ruth
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Teacher notes
Playscript pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar playscript WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
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Timeline activity pack for Carrie’s War which covers the key events from the whole novel. This is activity is perfect to use to deepen pupils’ understanding of Nina Bawden’s historical fiction novel.
Resources provided:
Event sorting activities
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 2-6
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 7-14
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 2-14
Timeline activity for whole novel
• Key events cards
• Timeline template
• Answer sheet
Give these timeline activities to small groups, pairs or individual pupils to complete to consolidate pupils’ understanding of the text. The story is non-linear, being told through a flashbacks, so the whole novel activity challenges pupils to order the events chronologically, thus deepening their understanding of the narrative.
All resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the classic novel Goodnight Mister Tom, plus feature find worksheet, answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank.
This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 5 and 6 of Michelle Magorian’s historical World War Two novel. The diary entry, written from evacuee Zach’s perspective, recounts the day when he speaks to protagonist Willie for the very first time.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Contractions word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the example diary entry, use the WAGOLL to complete the feature find worksheet, and then plan and write their own diary entry based on the WAGOLL, from a different point in the narrative or from the point of view of a different character, such as Willie, Tom Oakley or Dr Little.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text:
• fronted adverbials with commas
• subordinate clauses
• dash and dashes for emphasis
• relative clauses
• thoughts/feelings
• colons to introduce lists
• complex lists with semi-colons
• similes
• brackets for extra information
• expanded noun phrases
• contractions
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• possessive noun phrases
• date
• greeting with comma
• introduction
• sign off
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