Here you will find high quality resources that can be used in Mathematics and English lessons together with worksheets, presentations and lesson ideas.
Here you will find high quality resources that can be used in Mathematics and English lessons together with worksheets, presentations and lesson ideas.
An example of a newspaper article - UFO lands in Yorkshire.
My pupils had great fun with this! Text exemplar with worksheets, a presentation and lesson ideas. This original and exciting text encourages pupils to talk, innovate and then write. The 4 resources can be used for Big Writing. The exemplar text is ideal for when pupils are imitating, innovating or inventing. What a good one looks like (WAGOLL).
Download includes:
- the text of a newspaper article
- a pupil worksheet containing an analysis of the language features
- a PowerPoint presentation of the text
- 8 ideas for how to use the text in lessons that will easily last a week
This example text can be used by pupils to:
- observe the features of newspaper articles
- rewrite the text using their own language or by borrowing phrases
- write a newspaper article in the style of the author
An example of an informal letter from a pupil who is about to be expelled from a school of magic (Harry Potter/Hogwarts).
My pupils had great fun with this! Text exemplar with worksheets, a presentation and lesson ideas. This original and exciting text encourages pupils to talk, innovate and then write. The 4 resources can be used for Big Writing. The exemplar text is ideal for when pupils are imitating, innovating or inventing. What a good one looks like (WAGOLL).
Download includes:
- the text of an informal letter
- a pupil worksheet containing an analysis of the language features
- a PowerPoint presentation of the text
- 8 ideas for how to use the text in lessons that will easily last a week
This example text can be used by pupils to:
- observe the features of informal letters
- rewrite the letter using their own language or by borrowing phrases
- write an informal letter in the style of the author
My pupils adored the lessons based on this informal letter idea: what a good one looks like (WAGOLL). Text exemplar with worksheets, a presentation and lesson ideas. This original and exciting text encourages pupils to talk, innovate and then write. The 4 resources can be used for Big Writing. The exemplar text is ideal for when pupils are imitating, innovating or inventing.
Two examples of explanations for lower KS2 English lessons. WAGOLL
These texts can also be used for creative writing purposes.
The first text explains how giants became extinct. The second text explains how young fairies develop the ability to fly.
Both explanations contain an analysis of the language features to include in the pupils' own explanations.
These example texts can be used by pupils to:
- observe the features of explanations
- rewrite the explanations using their own language or by borrowing phrases
- write other explanations in the style of the author
These explanations are probably most suited to pupils in years 3 and 4.