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A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.

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A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
National Poetry Day 'The Sea is a hungry dog...'  poem by Reeves comprehension,word mat & extension
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National Poetry Day 'The Sea is a hungry dog...' poem by Reeves comprehension,word mat & extension

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A structured comprehension on 'The Sea' by James Reeve and a word mat to prompt discussion of any poem. Suitable for upper KS2 and KS3. For differentiation, you can select which questions children complete, or for group discussion you can use the poetry word mat. The session started by discussing the poem and finding examples of poetic techniques, such as rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance and sibilant sounds. We discussed the change in the three verses. For extension, pupils could either write a river metaphor (see river metaphor poem ), or alternatively find points of comparison between the river and a different things (see worksheet).
Great motivation to write with Harry Potter persuasive task - scaffold, model text, brochure & notes
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Great motivation to write with Harry Potter persuasive task - scaffold, model text, brochure & notes

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This is a persuasive brochure for Hogwarts Castle Theme Park, written to demonstrate persuasive techniques. There are detailed teaching notes and a scaffold frame for children to write their own theme park brochure: a blank brochure with theme park pictures is also provided, if required. There is also an extension task to develop further ideas for the theme park website, which could be done as an individual, or group, speaking and listening or writing task. There are support planning worksheets, if required, to help pupils requiring more support.
Newspaper - funny headlines task -builds understanding of newspapers with shark attack story
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Newspaper - funny headlines task -builds understanding of newspapers with shark attack story

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These newspaper tasks teach pupils to notice all the features of a newspapers article . The worksheet includes funny headlines where the meaning can be misinterpreted, but also shows pupils advice on how to write headlines and includes a headlines activity for them to do. The newspaper article has been written to demonstrate the text features of a newspaper. There are comprehensive teaching notes, suggesting extension activities and advice to support pupils to write effective lead lines. There are tasks suggested to teach the use of parenthetic commas as part of the work on the newspaper genre. news article written to demonstrate text features &teaching notes
Global warming lesson -pupils learn about global warming & are supported to write to persuade/inform
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Global warming lesson -pupils learn about global warming & are supported to write to persuade/inform

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Learning outcomes - children learn about global warming and by using the model text, teaching notes and scaffold are able to write their own persuasive and informative texts on global warming. A model global warming persuasive information text provides lots of information, so children will learn about global warming. Teaching notes provide guidance on the features of the text type. Teaching notes also guide discussion of how the writer manages to persuade and inform. This builds the children’s understanding of the text type in order to help pupils write their own persuasive and informative texts on global warming. There is a scaffold frame that can also be used to support independent writing on global warming.
Fun examples of how punctuation can alter meaning
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Fun examples of how punctuation can alter meaning

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Funny examples of how punctuation changes meaning. I've used examples found on the internet of meaning changes caused by missing commas and full stops to create a worksheet. The worksheet helps pupils understand why punctuation is crucial to meaning in written texts. Also available at 65% reduction as a bundle.
Writing a fun advert - dream beach hotel model text, scaffold & teachers notes get great writing
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Writing a fun advert - dream beach hotel model text, scaffold & teachers notes get great writing

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Children will be excited by designing their dream beach hotel advert, with features like scuba diving and pools. There is a model text of a beach holiday brochure advert for a hotel, written to demonstrate genre features and to highlight the use of persuasive techniques. The comprehensive teaching notes explain the genre features to inform and to persuade. The notes draw attention to features of the model text, like fact and opinion and the use of a variety of sentence starts. The notes make suggestions for guided and independent writing and the scaffold frame offers additional support. The scaffold results in great writing and the pupils get a clear understanding of the features of the text type.
Task to get great writing - Egypt holiday tour - examples, planners, images and scaffolds
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Task to get great writing - Egypt holiday tour - examples, planners, images and scaffolds

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There is an example of a holiday brochure tour of Egypt to demonstrate persuasive techniques, including the use of Imperative verbs and adjectives. Children then use the text and the planning worksheet to write their own holiday tour of Egypt. Pupils can use their own knowledge of places from their work on Ancient Egypt, but they don't need to, because places are mentioned in the example holiday brochure for them to use. Extension task - there is an example of an Egyptian holiday brochure, again written to demonstrate genre features and persuasive techniques. There is a scaffold frame, so pupils can produce their own realistic hotel brochures. There are also images included for pupils to add images to make their persuasive holiday work look authentic.
Guided reading learning mats for persuasive texts discussion to de-construct ads KS1&2 & KS3&4
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Guided reading learning mats for persuasive texts discussion to de-construct ads KS1&2 & KS3&4

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"We must prepare young people for living in a world of powerful images, words and sounds." —UNESCO, 1982 These are guided reading learning mats for getting quality discussion and reading of any persuasive texts, specifically forms of advertising. They enable structured discussion by pupils about advertising to make them wiser as consumers and aware that adverts are carefully constructed texts. It also informs them to produce their own persuasive texts. There is a KS3 and a KS2 learning mat .
Fun advert for zoo - pupils' brochure to deliver great writing, model text, scaffold,wksht,TN
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Fun advert for zoo - pupils' brochure to deliver great writing, model text, scaffold,wksht,TN

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This task delivers great writing results with KS1 and KS2 pupils, because there is a model text of a zoo brochure advert, written specifically to demonstrate simple genre features, worksheets to aid writing and simple teaching notes to make a zoo brochure. There's a brochure for pupils to fill in their own zoo advert with pictures of animals. There is also worksheets offering additional support.The notes make suggestions for how to do zoo brochure writing and the scaffold frame offers additional support. The scaffold results in great writing and the pupils enjoy the reason to write.
Get great school trip recount writing - PowerPoint , scaffold frame planners & recount learning mat
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Get great school trip recount writing - PowerPoint , scaffold frame planners & recount learning mat

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The PowerPoint uses simple animations to ensure pupils are clear about how to write a school trip recount. There is also a Minion learning mat to display for additional support and to ensure children understand the success criteria. There are planning scaffolds to help pupils that need additional support to plan and write a recount. This PowerPoint uses the fishbone method to teach pupils how to write a recount on a school trip.
KS3 funny punctuation mistakes bundle
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KS3 funny punctuation mistakes bundle

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Six worksheets of funny examples of how punctuation changes meaning to choose between. I've used examples found on the internet of meaning changes caused by dangling modifiers, apostrophe, missing commas and full stops to create a few worksheets.
Fun persuasive task that delivers great writing results - model text, scaffold, & teaching notes
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Fun persuasive task that delivers great writing results - model text, scaffold, & teaching notes

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It's a task that appeals, so pupils enjoy writing and because of the model text and scaffold frame, pupils are able to get excellent writing results. Pupils decide upon their dream theme park, with any features they want. There is a model text of a theme park advert written to demonstrate genre features and to highlight the use of persuasive techniques. The comprehensive teaching notes explain the genre features used to persuade, so the pupils include the techniques in their texts. The notes make suggestions for speaking and listening, guided and independent writing and the scaffold frame offers additional support. The scaffold results in great writing and the pupils get a clear understanding of the features of the persuasive text. There is a simplified worksheet for pupils needing more support and a simplified planner worksheet for children requiring more support.
SPaG - other words for said  PowerPoint
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SPaG - other words for said PowerPoint

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This is a free extract from a Premium PowerPoint presentation discovering through questions and examples the rules for punctuating dialogue. This extract focuses on alternative words for said. The full PowerPoint and speech punctuation investigation tasks are available as a premium resource at AWalkerEducation shop. The full premium presentation shows how to punctuate direct speech, how to move and use speech tags and includes alternative words for the speech verb, ‘said’. The investigations use well known texts for children to investigate and discover the rules for themselves.
SPaG - Speech Punctuation Powerpoint on  speech tags
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SPaG - Speech Punctuation Powerpoint on speech tags

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This is part of a PowerPoint presentation discovering through questions and examples the rules for punctuating dialogue. This extract focuses on speech tags. The full PowerPoint and speech punctuation investigation tasks are available as a premium resource at AWalkerEducation shop. The full premium presentation shows how to punctuate direct speech, how to move and use speech tags and includes alternative words for the speech verb, ‘said’. The investigations use well known texts for children to investigate and discover the rules for themselves.