A lesson around writing in character as Mr Willy Wonka writing the message that goes on the golden ticket

The second part of the lesson on writing a Non-chronological report on the Oompa Loompas to go with the planning lesson which can be downloaded as a separate lesson

An A4 sheet full of facts about Martin Luther King Junior that can be used for a unit of work or a report/biography writing activity based on figures in history

A mtp for year 3 and 4 of stories with suspense including what books to use and under the theme of Stone age

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for adding tension to stories. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple sheet for adding a character to their writing through description. The passage has words missing and they should choose the appropriate from the word box to help them complete the task

Success criteria for adding tension to a story

A PowerPoint based lesson guiding the children through a shared writing for the place paragraph in their story with a historical setting

The PowerPoint is a guide to how to write a People paragraph or character description for a story with the outcome being that the children can introduce characters to my writing through description of looks, personality and actions.

A collection of poems that use personification

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for text interrogation. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

Balanced argument information and activity for writing a balanced argument/writing assessment

The PowerPoint is a guide to how to write a Place or setting for a story with the outcome being that the children can describe settings understanding how small details can be included to evoke time, place and mood.

A simple display poster demonstrating how to edit and improve our sentences

Planning for week 1 covering the objectives: Can I listen to and discuss a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books and read books that are structured in different ways? (Ongoing) Can I discuss ideas and outcomes for our new literacy unit, and link these with our new topic? Can I retrieve and record information from non-fiction? Can I draw inference about characters feelings, thoughts and motives for their actions? Can I justify these with evidence? (HA) Can I predict what might happen from details implied?

An activity writing descriptive words and sentences about fruit that can bee linked to the book Handa's Surprise

Day 2 flipchart for Balanced argument information and activity for writing a balanced argument/writing assessment

Planning for week 1 of the Journalistic writing for mythical creatures covering: Can I discuss and express views about a range of fiction? Can I compare information and draw inferences about viewpoint? Can I generate questions about the text? Can I summarise paragraphs of text? Can I identify the features of a news report?

A collection of Year 6 comprehension texts for questions and analyse

An activity where children are times reading a text and completing a short task