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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas  |  Chapter 15 Activities
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Chapter 15 Activities

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Students will create a storyboard of significant events in the chapter using captions and illustrations. In groups, students will discuss whether Bruno did the right thing by betraying his friend and lying to save himself from getting into trouble. To showcase their ideas, students will debate the topic with the teacher moderating and allowing turns for rebuttals. Students will use the information to confidently write a PETER paragraph independently using quotes from the chapter as evidence to support their points. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 8 slides Printable storyboard template ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
Macbeth | Context Activities
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Macbeth | Context Activities

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In this lesson, students will explore five different topics from the Shakespearean era in order to understand the play before reading it. The topics explored in this lesson are: Queen Elizabeth I King James I Witches Guy Fawkes Religion After each topic is a short quiz where students will answer a few short questions individually. The last activity is a context table to fill out and keep in their books to refer to anytime when studying the play. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 12 slides Printable context table sheet ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas  |  Chapter 7 Activities
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Chapter 7 Activities

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Students will identify implicit and explicit sentences through an engaging game and then apply their knowledge by completing a table on the description of Lieutenant Kotler. Students will probe and analyse language and its effects by looking deeper into the characters of the Lieutenant and Pavel. The lesson will end with independent writing to answer, “How does John Boyne present Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter 7?” Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 21 slides Printable Venn diagram ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas  |  Chapter 20 Activities
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Chapter 20 Activities

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Students will begin by exploring different possible endings and then writing their own final chapter, using varying sentence structures. Students will look at a couple of the significant lines in the last chapter and interpret their meanings by discussing with their peers and then sharing their ideas with the class. Students will be given a checklist of what needs to be included and in groups, they will annotate an already written book review to discuss what can be improved. Using a template as a guide, students will write their own review for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas before peer assessing their work. At the end of this unit, the film can be watched and compared to the novel and a film review can be written and used as an assessment (not included). Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 8 slides Printable book review template Printable book review example ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas  |  Chapter 4 Activities
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Chapter 4 Activities

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An engaging dive into the context of the novel and Hitler’s rise to power where students will work in groups to read information regarding the Holocaust. The context sheets can be passed on from group to group during the activity or set up as stations around the classroom where the students move to them instead! Important keywords are explored in this lesson as students work together to fill out their context table. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 7 slides Printable context information sheets - Adolf Hitler - The Rise of the Nazis - Propaganda and its Effects - 25 Point Programme - Consequences of the Munich Putsch Printable context information table ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas  |  Chapter 8 Activities
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Chapter 8 Activities

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Students will identify modal and imperative verbs whilst exploring Bruno’s feelings in his letter to Grandmother. In groups, students will read an Agony Aunt style letter to understand how to advise, before writing their own letter to Bruno as Grandmother. Students will self-assess their work using a writing check-list. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 9 slides Printable writing checklist Printable Agony Aunt letter Printable excerpt from chapter for highlighting activity ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
The Manhunt  |  Poetry Analysis
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The Manhunt | Poetry Analysis

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In an exciting resource, students will work in expert groups to learn about Simon Armitage and explore keywords to make predictions of what the poem may be about. In pairs, students will use their assigned clue cards to probe and analyse language in the poem and interpret layers of meaning. Their knowledge will be consolidated through creating profiles, clue cards, sequencing, and a fill in the blank activity. They will apply their knowledge by answering an exam style question with a PETERS paragraph. Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 11 slides Printable Facebook profile template Printable sequence the poem worksheet Printable biography of poet Printable copy of the poem Printable clue cards + answer key Printable fill in the blanks sheet + answer key ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
A Wife in London  |  Poetry Analysis
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A Wife in London | Poetry Analysis

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Engaging activities to explore Thomas Hardy’s poem and his life where students will probe and analyse language to gain an in-depth understanding of what it means. They will begin by learning about the Boer war with a memory game and then watching a short video on Thomas Hardy’s life. Students will explore keywords like tragedy and irony when reading the telegram and use inference skills to make predictions about the poem. Students will culminate their understanding with a piece of writing and peer assess their work. Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 10 slides Printable telegram and letter Printable copy of the poem ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
Mametz Wood  |  Poetry Analysis
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Mametz Wood | Poetry Analysis

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Exciting and engaging activities for students to learn about Owen Sheers’s life and his famous poem. Students will answer probing questions analyzing the language used in the poem to uncover layers of meaning. They will apply their understanding by writing a PETERS paragraph to answer an exam-style question and then self-assess their work. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 11 slides Printable number the stanza activity Printable context sheet Printable copy of the poem ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
World War 1  |  Carousel Activity
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World War 1 | Carousel Activity

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Students will move from station to station around the classroom to collect information about the war in order to fill out their worksheet. This resource is an excellent introduction to war poetry and culminates with a diary entry to consolidate students’ learning. Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Topics covered: Causes of War WW1 Facts Trench Rats Women’s Roles A Soldier’s Equipment School During WW1 End of War and Remembrance Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 4 slides 7 printable factsheets in colour 7 printable factsheets in black and white 1 printable factsheet worksheet ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas  |  Chapter 10 Activities
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Chapter 10 Activities

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In an outstanding lesson, student will work collaboratively in groups to identify the roles of each character using parts of a bicycle as a metaphor. They will delve deeper into the characterisation of Shmuel and explore his implicit and explicit traits as they jot down words and quotes around a figure outline. Individually, students will complete a quotes analysis table on Shmuel and then watch an accompanying short video of Bruno’s encounter with his new friend. Students will explore Bruno’s thoughts and feelings through diary writing and then peer assess work using a checklist. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 8 slides Printable writing checklist Printable figure outline Printable bicycle starter activity in colour and b/w ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
A Christmas Carol  |  Ignorance and Want Activities
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A Christmas Carol | Ignorance and Want Activities

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This is an engaging resource exploring Dickens’ concepts of Ignorance and Want as allegories of Victorian society. Students will look deeper into what society was like for the poor and incorporate the ideas into their own piece of writing to expand on the contextual background of ‘A Christmas Carol.’ By reading through extracts, highlighting activities, filling in the blanks, students will have a solid understanding of the characters of Ignorance and Want. They will use a modeled paragraph and label the evidence and inferences made. They will write and peer-assess independent writing throughout the lesson and build new vocabulary in their writing. Students will explore poverty in the Victorian age and the divide between the rich and the poor to better understand Ignorance and Want. An audio reading will engage students whilst they annotate their extracts to show how Scrooge portrays his ignorance through the characters of Ignorance and Want. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 18 slides Printable model paragraph for labeling activity Printable extract for highlighting activity ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
A Christmas Carol  |  Stave 3 BUNDLE
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A Christmas Carol | Stave 3 BUNDLE

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Engaging lessons and a fun game are included in this bundle. Students will work independently and collaboratively as they journey through Stave 3 of ‘A Christmas Carol.’ Ignorance and Want Activities: This is an engaging resource exploring Dickens’ concepts of Ignorance and Want as allegories of Victorian society. Students will look deeper into what society was like for the poor and incorporate the ideas into their own piece of writing to expand on the contextual background of ‘A Christmas Carol.’ By reading through extracts, highlighting activities, filling in the blanks, students will have a solid understanding of the characters of Ignorance and Want. They will use a modelled paragraph and label the evidence and inferences made. They will write and peer-assess independent writing throughout the lesson and build new vocabulary in their writing. Students will explore poverty in the Victorian age and the divide between the rich and the poor to better understand Ignorance and Want. An audio reading will engage students whilst they annotate their extracts to show how Scrooge portrays his ignorance through the characters of Ignorance and Want. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 18 slides Printable model paragraph for labeling activity Printable extract for highlighting activity Charles Dickens Activities: This is an engaging introduction to who Charles Dickens was and how his background influenced his writing. Students will use information from a mind map and video to work in partners and create a picture collage on Dickens’ life. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 5 slides Guess the Character Game: A fun revision game to remember which character said which quote! The class can be split into two and each side can take turns to guess which character said the quote for a point. Includes: Animated PowerPoint game of 20 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
A Christmas Carol  |  The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
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A Christmas Carol | The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

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This exciting lesson culminates the events presented by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come through a carousel activity where groups of students will move around and rotate to stations around the classroom in order to complete their worksheet. Students will be introduced to The Grim Reaper from the 14th century to contextualise Dickens’ writing and allow them to draw comparisons with the Phantom. Topics covered in the carousel activity are: Scrooge sees his grave Businessmen’s reaction to Scrooge’s death Scrooge’s possessions are pawned Debtor’s reaction to Scrooge’s death Bob Cratchit and Fred’s reaction to Tiny Tim’s death Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 13 slides Printable twitter tickets (colour and b/w) Printable extracts to post around the classroom Printable worksheet to complete for carousel activity Printable writing structure table Printable extract for annotation ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
Lamb to the Slaughter  |  Scheme of Work + BONUS Lesson
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Lamb to the Slaughter | Scheme of Work + BONUS Lesson

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The complete scheme of work for Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl consisting of 18 pages. This resource includes the plan for 8 interactive and engaging lessons where students will work in groups to become detectives and solve the murder mystery! Students will meet the learning objectives by analysing clues, watching videos, creating mind maps, and making inferences with plenty of assessment opportunities along the way. This resource includes a complete BONUS lesson for the first lesson in the scheme of work with ready to print resources and PowerPoint presentation. Includes: • Printable 8 lesson scheme of work (18 pages) • Printable resources for BONUS lesson • Printable lesson plan for BONUS lesson • Animated PowerPoint presentation for BONUS lesson ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
A Christmas Carol: Stave 4 BUNDLE
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A Christmas Carol: Stave 4 BUNDLE

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An interactive resource exploring Stave 4 through modelling, questioning, writing, tables, and exciting activities to stimulate and engage every students in the classroom! The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Activities: This exciting lesson culminates the events presented by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come through a carousel activity where groups of students will move around and rotate to stations around the classroom in order to complete their worksheet. Students will be introduced to The Grim Reaper from the 14th century to contextualize Dickens’ writing and allow them to draw comparisons with the Phantom. Topics covered in the carousel activity are: Scrooge sees his grave Businessmen’s reaction to Scrooge’s death Scrooge’s possessions are pawned Debtor’s reaction to Scrooge’s death Bob Cratchit and Fred’s reaction to Tiny Tim’s death Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 13 slides Printable twitter tickets (colour and b/w) Printable extracts to post around the classroom Printable worksheet to complete for carousel activity Printable writing structure table Printable extract for annotation The Businessmen Activities: The conversation of the businessmen held great significance in Stave 4 as they highlighted Scrooge’s character through jest. After reading their conversation, students will highlight clues from the extract and answer questions independently. They will explore Scrooge’s thoughts and feelings by writing a diary entry. Sentence starters are provided for the independent piece of writing and students will challenge themselves by explaining Scrooge’s remorse for his actions. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable extract ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
Who Wants to Win a Million? (Stave 1 & 2)
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Who Wants to Win a Million? (Stave 1 & 2)

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An interactive trivia game with 15 questions from stave 1 and 2 of A Christmas Carol. Packed with 107 interactive slide, this resource includes sound effects and interactive lifelines (ask the audience, phone a friend, 50/50) just like the game show! A great activity to use as a starter to the lesson or revision resource. Can also be edited for other subjects or to add/remove questions. ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
The Soldier  |  Poetry Analysis
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The Soldier | Poetry Analysis

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This resource will teach students analytical skills and introduce the famous poet Rupert Brooke. Through 7+ hours of games, videos, tasks, and analysis, students will gain confidence in probing language and interpreting layers of meaning. Students will apply their knowledge by writing a PETERS paragraph following the assessment objectives. The resource also includes a bonus modeled paragraph on how war is presented in the poem (can be compared to Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’). Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 10 slides Annotated poem with probing questions Printable BINGO cards + answer key Printable question cards Printable Rupert Brooke’s biography sheets Printable copy of the poem Printable modelled paragraph Printable information table Printable images and words for walk-through art gallery ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
Dulce et Decorum est  |  Poetry Analysis
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Students will probe and analyse language to look for insightful meanings in war propaganda. Over seven hours of reading, playing class games, watching videos, and completing group tasks, students will be able to confidently discuss Owen’s view on war and how he uses language to describe war through his famous poem. The resource also includes a bonus modelled paragraph on how war is presented in the poem (can be compared to Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’). Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 20 slides Printable progress check cards Printable clue cards + answer key Printable summary cards Printable Wilfred Owen facts Printable copy of the poem Printable modelled paragraph Printable information table ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja
Talk for Writing | Non-Fiction Text and Activities
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Talk for Writing | Non-Fiction Text and Activities

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Students will explore a non-fiction text using Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing framework through interactive activities. The newspaper article is based on the Daymaniyat Islands in Oman. The final task will showcase students’ ability to independently write a newspaper article using expanded sentences and prepositions in well structured paragraphs. This resource features the following: Newspaper article True and false game for to check comprehension New vocabulary and dictionary work Story map Expanded sentences using conjunctions Basic prepositions Extended pieces of writing Highlighting activity Matching activity Comparison with a second article Boxing up activity Assessing positive vs. negative aspects of article Spelling test Step-by-step paragraph writing …and much more! Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 89 slides Printable newspaper article in color and b/w Printable newspaper article template Printable vocabulary worksheet in color and b/w Printable captions for story map Printable expanded sentences worksheet Printable story map template Printable positives vs. negatives worksheet in color and b/w Printable matching activity worksheet Printable second newspaper article in color and b/w Printable fill in the blanks conjunctions worksheet Printable newspaper article assessment template ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja