As of August 2019, this resource is now free for you to use and share. But if you’d like to sponsor me for the resource you’ve downloaded, please watch the following video: https://youtu.be/1SVp9RRqAeE This resource contains ideas for creative literacy planning for the spine-tingling film ‘Francis’ by Dave Eggars. This film is available on the Literacy Shed. Suitable for Key Stage 2. It contains tried and tested ideas for: engaging your class in vibrant discussion applying their ideas to a piece of imaginative and creative writing illuminating their work with innovative artwork This ‘Have you Tried?’ resource can form the basis for an outstanding, cross-curricular unit of literacy work. Story synopsis: Teenager Francis Brandywine, on a camping trip with her parents, seeks solitude with a night-time jaunt on the lake. Under the stars, she’s perfectly alone. Or is she…? The film’s final twist is the perfect inspiration for creative writing. For more ideas like this, visit articulateeducation.co.uk

As of August 2019, this resource is now free for you to use and share. But if you’d like to sponsor me for the resource you’ve downloaded, please watch the following video: https://youtu.be/1SVp9RRqAeE This resource contains ideas for creative literacy planning for the beautifully poignant picture book The Great Bear by Libby Gleeson with illustrations by Armin Greder. Suitable for Key Stage 2. It contains tried and tested ideas for: engaging your class in vibrant discussion applying their ideas to a piece of imaginative and creative writing illuminating their work with innovative artwork This ‘Have you Tried?’ resource can form the basis for an outstanding, cross-curricular unit of literacy work. Story synopsis: Across a nameless land, a traveling circus wows audiences with its star attraction: a dancing bear. One night, however, something awakens in the bear: a dream of freedom. For more ideas like this, visit articulateeducation.co.uk

**As of August 2019, this resource is now free for you to use and share. But if you’d like to sponsor me for the resource you’ve downloaded, please watch the following video: https://youtu.be/1SVp9RRqAeE ** This resource contains ideas for creative literacy planning for Anthony Browne’s Little Beauty. Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2. It contains tried and tested ideas for: engaging your class in vibrant discussion applying their ideas to a piece of imaginative and creative writing illuminating their work with innovative artwork This ‘Have you Tried?’ resource can form the basis for an outstanding, cross-curricular unit of literacy work. Story synopsis: Not all is at it seems at this ‘special’ zoo, home to one miserable gorilla. He has everything he could ever need, except perhaps the most important thing: a friend! For more ideas like this, visit articulateeducation.co.uk

As of August 2019, this resource is now free for you to use and share. But if you’d like to sponsor me for the resource you’ve downloaded, please watch the following video: https://youtu.be/1SVp9RRqAeE This resource contains ideas for creative literacy planning for the thought-provoking film ‘Dangle’ by Phil Traill. This film is available on the Literacy Shed. Suitable for Key Stage 2. It contains tried and tested ideas for: engaging your class in vibrant discussion about the curiosity and responsibility applying their ideas to a write a comic book about the story developing their ideas further by making a film based on Dangle This ‘Have you Tried?’ resource can form the basis for an outstanding, cross-curricular unit of literacy work. Story synopsis: As a man takes a relaxing walk across a snowy landscape, he discovers a rope hanging from the sky. After much thought, he pulls it. Incredibly, day turns to night. But now what? Should he pull it again? Who is responsible when things go wrong? For more ideas like this, visit articulateeducation.co.uk

This resource contains ideas for creative literacy planning for David Wiesner’s picture book masterpiece, Flotsam. Ideal for Key Stage 1 and 2. It contains tried and tested ideas for: engaging your class in vibrant discussion applying their ideas to a piece of imaginative and creative writing illuminating their work with innovative artwork This ‘Have you Tried?’ resource can form the basis for an outstanding, cross-curricular unit of literacy work. Story synopsis: On a trip to the beach, a young boy finds an antique camera washed up on the shore. Once he gets the film developed, however, he realises that it is a glimpse into another, much stranger world. For more ideas like this, visit articulateeducation.co.uk

This resource contains ideas for planning a creative literacy unit based on ‘The Nowhere Emporium’, an excellent novel by Ross MacKenzie. Suitable for Upper Key Stage 2. Plan a fantastic unit of work that includes a visit to a museum to marvel at treasures, creating your own Book of Wonders through writing and designing and building a snow globe! Story synopsis When Daniel Holmes hides from the local bully in the doorway of a newly appeared shop, he has no idea that he has stepped over a magical threshold. The Nowhere Emporium is the invention of magician Lucien Silver: part shop, part theme park, a place where wonders - amazing sights and experiences - appear at the stroke of a magician’s pen. Fascinated by the wonders of the Emporium, Daniel begins to discover his own magical potential and the places his imagination can take him to. But as Daniel quickly discovers, the world of magic can be a dangerous place. How to use this resource This resource is structured into five parts. Inspiration - sharing the book with your class. Incubation - exploring the ideas in the book through reading, drama and discussion. Connection - making cross-curricular links with this book. Application - getting the children writing creatively. Illumination - bringing the work to life through art and design. Each part is designed to help you deliver a structured literacy unit that offers children room for creativity, develops opportunities for meaningful learning and is plugged in to different areas of the curriculum. This ‘Have you Tried?’ resource can form the basis for an outstanding, cross-curricular unit of literacy work. For more ideas like this, visit articulateeducation.co.uk