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Example diary entry text for The Iron Man written from the point of view of Hogarth after discovering the Iron Man, plus writing feature find worksheet. This exemplar recount text is perfect as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 2 of Ted Hughes’ novel.
The model diary text contains these language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Show not tell feelings
• Rhetorical questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns/verbs/adjectives to avoid repetition
• Noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Apostrophes for singular possessions
• Apostrophes for plural possessions
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Colons
• Brackets
Documents available as PDFs and editable Word files.
Answers for the feature identification worksheet included.
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✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet
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✦ The Iron Man Glossary for the Whole Novel (Chapters 1-5)
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A set of fun English games to expand vocabulary, increase knowledge and boost confidence in writing.
Pupils will love this selection of three enjoyable literacy writing games that can be played individually, in pairs or in teams.
When playing these games, pupils will learn about and use the following:
• Different word classes, including nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, determiners, prepositions
• Different phrase classes, including noun phrases, verb phrases, prepositional phrases
• Different clause classes, including subordinate clauses, relative clauses
• A range of sentence structures
• A wider range of vocabulary
All games are ready to print and play.
The games range from being suitable as a quick starter or plenary or as the main activity of a literacy lesson or booster group. They are also perfect to play with the family or for homeschoolers. These fun games are ideal for reluctant writers.
Clear instructions and example playing sheets are provided.
Each game comes with variations to adjust the challenge level for your pupils. In addition, documents are easily editable to adapt for your class or group.
Each resource is provided in both editable Word and PDF format.
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Example newspaper report pack based on the popular novel Holes by Louis Sachar.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying the mystery adventure bookHoles. The example text reports on Stanley Yelnat’s conviction for theft, from chapters 1 to 6 in the book.
The model newspaper report comes with a feature find worksheet for children to fill in, with answer sheet, to give students the opportunity to examine the text in detail. After identifying the features, pupils complete the quotation punctuation worksheets, filling in the missing punctuation marks.
Then pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the example text or other events that take place in the novel.
This resource comes with the following documents:
• Example newspaper report WAGOLL
• Feature find worksheets, differentiated x 3
• Feature find answers
• Quotation punctuation activity with answers
• Newspaper report planning templates
• Newspaper report writing templates, differentiated x2
• Labelled writing templates
The genre-specific, language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Headline in the present tense
• Alliteration in the headline
• Byline
• Date
• Lead: introductory paragraph containing 5 Ws (who, what, where, when, why)
• Quotes, with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Passive voice
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Modal verbs
• Present perfect tense (has/have -ed OR has/have been -ed)
• Hyphens
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
All resources come as both easily editable Word documents and PDFs.
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A four week literacy unit of work based on The Iron Man (The Iron Giant) by Ted Hughes for Years 3 & 4, with 20 complete lessons, including all plans, presentations and resources.
This scheme of work for Lower Key Stage 2 contains the following:
• 20 daily lesson plans with differentiation
• 20 lesson presentations with over 200 slides in total
• 48 additional teaching resources with 80 pages in total (model texts, worksheets, feature finds, answers, word banks, etc)
Here are some of the objectives covered in this unit of work:
✽ Writing
Diary (with WAGOLL)
Character profile (with WAGOLL)
Dialogue (with WAGOLL)
Playscript
Different point of view
Menu
Similes
Book review
✽ Comprehension
Asking questions
Making predictions
Discussing interesting words and phrases
Drawing inferences
✽ Spoken Language
Performing
Improvising
Role play
Discussion
✽ Grammar & Punctuation
Speech punctuation
Noun phrases
Apostrophes for possession
Fronted adverbials
This unit is ready to teach - just a copy of the novel is required!
All resources and lesson plans come as both Word documents and in PDF format. All lesson presentations come as Smart Notebook, Powerpoint and PDF files.
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A model descriptive writing text based on the beautiful wordless picture book Journey by Aaron Becker.
The model text describes the girl approaching and entering the city in her boat.
The description comes with a feature find task, which asks pupils to search for the following writing features including figurative language and other literary devices:
• similes
• metaphors
• hyperbole
• personification
• repetition for effect
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• show not tell feelings
An answer sheet has been included.
The description can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils write their own description based on Journey.
The resources come in easily editable Word format and as PDFs.
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Example newspaper report based on the children’s novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying The Iron Man. The example text reports on the events in Chapter 2 of the book when Hogarth first sees the Iron Man.
The model newspaper report comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus an answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
After identifying the features, pupils complete the quotation punctuation activities.
Then pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the example text. Pupils’ reports can be about the events in Chapter 2 or a different event from later on in the novel.
This resource comes with the following documents:
• Example newspaper report
• Feature find
• Feature find answers
• Quotation punctuation activity with answers
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
• Text extract
The genre-specific, language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Headline in the present tense
• Byline
• Date
• Introductory paragraph containing the 4 Ws
• Quotes, with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Passive voice
• Alliteration
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials
• Present perfect tense
A text extract has been included so that this resource can be used in as standalone series of lessons. All resources come as both easily editable Word documents and PDFs.
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An example character profile text about Viking Hooligan Hiccup from the children’s novel How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.
This exemplar character description of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is perfect to use as a WAGOLL.
The model character profile comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
After identifying the features of the exemplar text, pupils plan and then write their own character description of Hiccup, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Gobber the Belch or any other character from the book using the differentiated resources provided.
Resources included:
• Example character profile of Hiccup
• Writing feature identification worksheet
• Writing feature identification worksheet answers
• Differentiated planning templates (x3)
• Character trait list
• Differentiated writing templates (x3)
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the character description text include:
• Similes
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Present tense
• Third person
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
• Hyphens
The character profile is based on information from the first two chapters of the book, so can be used after reading Chapter 2 or when you are further on or at the end of the novel.
This resource can also be used on World Book Day as a standalone lesson. Pupils would then write their own character profiles about a character from a book of their choice or even create their own characters.
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✦ Example Explanation Text Pack
✦ Example Diary Text Pack
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✦ Fronted Adverbial Pack
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An example persuasive letter text written from Lila to the king from The Firework-Maker’s Daughter, feature find worksheets and answers, and an extract from the novel with an explanation of the task and a list of useful vocabulary. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 5 of Philip Pullman’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar persuasive letter text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Extract, task & vocabulary sheet
The model letter is from Lila to the king to persuade him to spare her father’s life. Pupils read the model persuasive letter, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own letters.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Metaphors
• Emotional language
• Flattery
• Rhetorical questions
• Commands
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Fronted adverbials (and other introductory words, phrases and clauses) followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Commas in a list
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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An example character profile text about the Iron Man character from the novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
This exemplar character description of the Iron Man is perfect to use as a WAGOLL.
The model text comes with a feature find sheet for children to fill in, plus answers.
After identifying the features of the text, pupils write their own character description of the Iron Man, Hogarth, the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon or a character from another book using the template provided.
The language, grammar & punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Rule of three
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Hyphens
• Colons
• Semi-colons
The sections of this character profile and template include appearance, personality, actions, special skills and picture.
The character profile exemplar is best used after reading the whole novel as it contains information from all five chapters.
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Six worksheets aimed at learning about the correct punctuation of singular and plural possessive nouns. The worksheets cover a variety of difficulty levels and are all accompanied by answer sheets.
The sheets cover the following:
✽ Identifying whether sentences should or shouldn’t have apostrophes
✽ Identifying singular possession, plural possession and contractions
✽ Adding the missing apostrophes to each sentence with a mixture of singular and plural possession
✽ Writing the possessive form of singular and regular plural nouns
✽ Writing the possessive form of singular and irregular plural nouns
✽ Identifying if the apostrophe has been place accurately and making corrections where necessary
The worksheets can be completed independently or in pairs.
Different formats of possessive nouns are given as examples, including:
• Singular possession with one item being possessed
• Singular possession with more than one item being possessed
• Regular plural possession with one item being possessed
• Regular plural possession with more than one item being possessed
• Irregular plural possession with one item being possessed
• Irregular plural possession with more than one item being possessed
Contractions which are often confused with possession are also covered.
Answers to all tasks are included.
All documents available as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
These activities are suitable for years 4, 5 or 6.
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Various non-chronological report WAGOLLs, activities, handouts and displays, themed around animals. Perfect for a non-chronological report writing unit in KS2.
Spider Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Layout activity
• Layout answers
• Sentence Sorting activity
• Sentence Sorting answers
• Planning template
• Writing template differentiated
Gila Monster Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3
• Non-chronologcial report Feature find answers
• Planning sheets differentiated x2
• Writing templates differentiated x2
• Task explanation sheet
Animal Non-Chronological Report Punctuating Sentences Tasks
Resources provided:
• Badger information text punctuation task with answers
• Hedgehogs information text punctuation task with answers
• Spiders information text punctuation task with answers
Humpback Whale Non-Chronological Report Pack
Resources provided:
• Humpback whales vocabulary sheet
• Humpback whales vocabulary wall display
• Identify features: tense and sentence types with answers
• Humpback whales matching sentences sheet with answers
• Re-order sentences: elephants, with answers
• Humpback whales organising information into paragraphs with answers
• Humpback whales planning notes
• Non-chronological report planning sheet 4 sections
• Non-chronological report planning sheet 5 sections
• Non-chronological report writing template
• Non-chronological report sentence starters
• Non-chronological report checklist
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Example apology letter text for The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant) written from the point of view of Hogarth in Chapter 3 of the book, plus writing feature find worksheet, with answers.
The example letter of apology contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Subordinate clauses
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Adverbs
• Expanded noun phrases
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Hyphens
• Colons
This exemplar letter is perfect to show to pupils as a WAGOLL. Children can read the text, identify the features and then write their own letters of apology using the planning grid included. The answers for the feature find worksheet have been included so that they can be easily shared with pupils.
All documents are supplied as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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✦ The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE
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Example diary entry text for Stone Age Boy written from the point of view of the boy on the day he falls down the hole, plus writing feature identification worksheet. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading the first twelve pages of Satoshi Kitamura’s picture book Stone Age Boy.
The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Hyperbole
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Repetition for effect
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Commas in a list
• Apostrophes for contraction
Pupils can read the example diary entry, identify the features and then write one of the following, including the features in their writing:
• A continuation of the diary entry, describing the Stone Age girl’s name, family, camp, food etc.
• A diary entry for the next day
• A series of diary entries for the following days
• A diary written by Om, the girl
All resources are available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
Answers for the feature identification worksheet are included.
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An example character profile text for The Boy Who Grew Dragons about Tomas, the story’s main character, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers, and differentiated writing templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 1 and 2 of Andy Shepherd’s fun fantasy novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
The character profile text contains the following layout, grammar and punctuation features:
• Key informations
• Picture of character
• Subheadings
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for possession
• Apostrophes for omission
• Commas in a list
• Colons
• Hyphens
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model character profile text, identify the features, and then write their own character profile using the differentiated templates.
The resource could be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from any other story.
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Two example diary entries from the point of view of two characters - Barney and Lou - from the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King.
These exemplar diary entries are perfect to use as WAGOLLs when studying Chapter 1 of the text.
Each model diary entry comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to complete, plus an answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class. One of the worksheets contains a wider variety of features than the other to increase the challenge level, providing differentiation.
After identifying the features of these recount texts, pupils can write their own diary entries, based on the example texts.
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the texts include:
• Similes
• Rule of three
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Exclamatory sentences
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Exclamation marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
• Hyphens
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Two example character profile texts about the characters from the children’s picture book Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura.
These differentiated exemplar character descriptions of the boy and his friend, the Stone Age girl Om, are perfect to use as WAGOLLs.
After looking at the example texts, pupils can write their own character profile of the boy, Om or a character from another book using the three differentiated Character Profile Templates which are also included in this resource.
The resource could also be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from any other story.
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and in PDF format.
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A non-chronological text pack including model text, feature find worksheets, and planning and writing templates to write an information text about the yellow-spotted lizard from the novel Holes by Louis Sachar.
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find answers
• Planning sheets differentiated x2
• Writing templates differentiated x2
• Task explanation sheet
Structural, grammar, punctuation and language features included in the model information text:
• Heading
• Introduction
• Subheadings
• Bullet-pointed list
• Picture/diagram with caption
• Present tense
• Adverbs of degree
• Alliteration
• Brackets to add a definition
• Complex list with semi-colons
• Embedded relative clauses
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials
• Modal verbs
• Passive voice
• Relative clauses
• Subordinate clauses
• List introduced with a colon
• Singular possessive nouns
• Plural possessive nouns
Pupils read the model non-chronological report, identify the features, and then plan and write their own non-chronological report about the yellow-spotted lizard using the templates provided.
The resources are provided in both PDF and editable Word format.
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Example explanation text for How To Train Your Dragon plus differentiated planning templates and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Cressida Cowell’s popular novel.
The text explains how to successfully train a dragon using Hiccup the Horrendous Haddock’s methods in the novel.
Pupils can read the example explanation text, identify the features and then write their own explanation text about training dragons or other animals.
The following resources are provided:
• Example explanation text
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• Causal conjunctions and adverbials word bank
Resources are provided as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
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Four worksheets aimed at learning how to accurately punctuate direct speech.
The worksheets are differentiated to cover a range of difficulty levels.
The speech punctuation used includes inverted commas (speech marks), capital letters, commas and end of sentence punctuation (full stops, exclamation marks or question marks).
Different formats of direct speech are given as examples with the reporting clause in different positions, including:
• The reporting clause before the direct speech
• The reporting clause after the direct speech
• Two or more sentences of direct speech together
• The reporting clause separating one sentence of direct speech
• The reporting clause separating two sentences of direct speech
A variety of verbs are used in the reporting clauses instead of ‘said’.
The worksheets can be completed independently or in pairs.
The worksheets are themed around a variety of traditional tales, but knowledge of the stories is not necessary to complete the activities.
Answers to all tasks are included.
All documents are provided as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
These activities are particularly suitable for years 4, 5 and 6.
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An example persuasive letter text written from Hogarth to the Iron Man, plus feature find worksheets and answers, differentiated planning sheets and rhetorical question sentence starter sheet. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 4 of Ted Hughes’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar persuasive letter text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Rhetorical question sentence starter sheet
The model letter is from Hogarth to the Iron Man to persuade him to help defeat the Space-Dragon. Pupils read the model persuasive letter, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own letters.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Asyndeton
• Alliteration
• Rhetorical questions
• Exclamatory sentences (starting with how or what)
• Emotive language
• Second person
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Adverbs of degree
• Conjunctive adverbs
• Expanded noun phrases
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Modal verbs
• Apostrophes for possession
• Commas in lists
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Hyphens
• Colons
• Semi-colons
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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