A word bank of 35 common contractions and their full forms. This word list is a useful resource for pupils who are learning about apostrophes and as a word mat when writing non-fiction genres such as diary entries, informal letters and other informal texts, as well as fiction writing, especially dialogue. Contractions are words that are made by combining two words together but omitting some letters and replacing these with apostrophes. Each set of words is presented above the shortened form with its apostrophe for omission. The word bank can be printed onto A4 to be used as a handy desk-top resource or enlarged onto A3 paper and displayed on the wall of your classroom. Other apostrophe resources: ✦ Contractions: Apostrophes for Omission Activities & Quiz ✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets Bundle ✦ Iron Man Apostrophe Activities Differentiated BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4 ✦ Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns Punctuation Activities & Quiz ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3 Informal example WAGOLL texts: ✦ Dialogues ✦ Diaries ✦ Informal letters Other useful resources: ✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Twits Informal Letter Example Text, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ Stig of the Dump Informal Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. It is a way of writing that makes something sound bigger, smaller, better, worse, etc than it actually is. Hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is a figure of speech and a literary device. This document contains examples of hyperboles. The hyperbole example list can be used to help to understand this literary device, to identify hyperboles within texts and to use hyperboles in writing. Example texts and activities featuring hyperboles: ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack: The Butterfly Lion ✦ Diary Example Text: Boy at the Back of the Class ✦ Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone: Harry’s Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices Differentiated Worksheets ✦ Example Description: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Action Writing Example Text Pack ✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities ✦ Diary Example Text Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example Pack ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text Pack ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text Pack ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 Example Texts Bundles: ✦ Ogres ✦ Unicorns ✦ The Butterfly Lion ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land ✦ Journey ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons ✦ Stone Age Boy ✦ How to Train Your Dragon ✦ The Twits For more resources, visit Helen-Teach’s shop.

Example diary entry text for Oranges in No Man’s Land written from the point of view of Ayesha, plus writing feature identification worksheet. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading the first two chapters of Elizabeth Laird’s refugee novel * Oranges in No Man’s Land*. The activities can also be carried out as standalone lessons using the extract that is included in the resource. The following documents are included in this resource: • Example diary entry text • Feature Find worksheet • Feature Find answers • Text extract from the novel The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features: • Similes • Metaphors • Personification • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Onomatopoeia • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Mainly past tense • Present tense (at the end of the diary) • Future tense (at the end of the diary) • Present perfect tense • Past perfect tense • Present progressive tense • Past progressive tense • First person • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Variety of nouns to avoid repetition • Noun phrases • Coordinating & subordinating conjunctions • Relative pronouns • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for possession • Dashes • Colons • Semi-colons • Hyphens • Brackets Pupils can read the example diary entry, identify the features and then write one of the following, including the features in their own writing: • Their own version of the diary entry from Ayesha’s perspective • A diary entry from a different character’s perspective, such as Granny, Mrs Zainab, Latif or Samar • A diary entry for the next day • A series of diary entries for the following few days All resources are available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents. Answers for the feature identification worksheet are included. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Oranges in No Man’s Land resources: ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices Worksheets ✦ Letter Example Text Pack ✦ Direct Speech to Reported Speech Worksheets ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Action Writing Example Text Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Teach pupils about the use of literary devices and figurative language in the classic children’s novel The Iron Man using these four differentiated activities. The Iron Man by Ted Hughes is full of literary devices such as similes, metaphors and personification. Examples of these and more are explored to give pupils a deeper understanding of the text and enable them to create their own to enhance their writing. Literary devices and figurative language examples from chapters 1 and 2 are explored in the following activities: • Literary Device Match: pupils match the literary devices with their definitions and examples (ideal as a paired or small group activity) • Completing Similes (differentiated x2): complete the similes using the appropriate noun phrase and then complete a challenge activity • Completing Personification (differentiated x2): pupils complete the personifications using the appropriate verb and then complete a challenge activity • Identifying Literary Devices (differentiation x3): pupils find and underline listed literary devices used in an extract from the novel The following literary devices are covered by these activities: • Similes • Metaphors • Personification • Alliteration • Repetition • Rule of three • Hyperbole • Onomatopoeia • Rhetorical questions Full answers to all activities are included. Each activity comes as an easily editable word document and in PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features ✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers ✦ The Iron Man - Example Interview with Hogarth plus Feature Identification and Planning Sheet ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Pupils will learn how to write an exciting action sequence with this The Hodgeheg themed example text, together with a feature find and answers, boxing up grid, differentiated planning sheets and text extract. Pupils start by reading the action writing extract from the children’s book The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith. The structure is then examined using the boxing up method. A new text is planned by modelling the innovation (completed grid provided). Next pupils will analyse the example text using the feature find grid (answers provided) where they will need to find examples of listed action sequence grammar and language features. Lastly, pupils will plan their own action sequence using the differentiated planning grids and then write their own action sequence. The following resources are provided: • Example action sequence WAGOLL text • Extract from The Hodgeheg • Action sequence feature find worksheet • Answers to feature find • Boxing up grid - completed • Differentiated boxing up planning templates Ideas for action sequences: • Pupils write their own account of Max the hedgehog crossing at the zebra crossing or under the underpass, but with different dangers/obstacles in his way. • Pupils write about Max to crossing the road using a different method. • Pupils write about a different animal character crossing the road. • Pupils write about a different animal character doing something else that is difficult or dangerous, e.g. a duckling travelling across a busy river. This resource can be used when reading the book The Hodgeheg, or for a standalone series of lessons about action sequence writing. All resources come as easily editable Word documents and in PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Hodgeheg themed resources: ✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ Christophe’s Story Example Letter Pack ✦ Christophe’s Story Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ The Iron Man Character Profile Example Text Pack Visit Helen Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Deepen your pupils’ understanding of the text and get them practising their writing with this The Iron Man themed resource. Pupils read two example texts based on the children’s science fiction novel The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant) by Ted Hughes. One text is written from the point of view of Hogarth and the other from the perspective of Hogarth’s mother. After reading relevant section of Chapter 2 (extract included), pupils examine the features of Hogarth’s first person account (answer key included) and then continue either of the example texts or write their own from the point of view of a different character, such as Hogarth’s father, either of the farmers or even the Iron Man himself! The following resources are included in this product: • Example text from Hogarth’s perspective • Example text from Hogarth’s mother’s perspective • First person point of view Feature Find • Feature Find answer key • Extract from Chapter 2 of The Iron Man All resources come as easily editable Word document and as PDFs. The extract from The Iron Man has been included. Therefore the resource can be used while studying the novel or as a standalone lesson / group of lessons. To enhance writing, pupils can role play / hot seat characters to explore their feelings, actions, sayings (what they say) and thoughts prior to writing. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features ✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Features Sheet & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Get your pupils analysing the characters from The Twits using these differentiated FAST activities. These resources enable pupils to carry out a detailed character analysis. Using the F.A.S.T. technique, pupils will examine the Feelings, Actions, Sayings and Thoughts of Mr and Mrs Twit and other characters from Roald Dahl’s popular novel The Twits to gain an insight into the characters and develop inference skills. Pupils will look at the following categories: F = Feelings: How does the character feel? A = Actions: What does the character do? S = Sayings: What does the character say? T = Thoughts: What does the character think? The activities are differentiated 4 ways to cater for a broad range of abilities in your classroom. • Higher ability: Pupils find evidence from the text to complete the FAST table for a character of their choice (chapter number required) • Middle ability 1: Pupils correctly place 10 statements into the correct FAST categories (chapter number required) • Middle ability 2: Pupils correctly place 8 statements into the correct FAST categories (chapter number required) • Lower ability: Pupils correctly place 8 statements into the correct FAST categories (chapter number not required) • Bonus resource: F.A.S.T. Character Map All resources are provided as easily editable Word documents as well as PDF format. Helpful answer keys are included. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Twits themed resources: ✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Instructions Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ Informal Letter Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen Teach’s shop for more useful resources.

Pupils examine the personality of Hogarth in this character trait matching exercise. Pupils match the character traits of Hogarth from The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant) by Ted Hughes with evidence from the text and a definition of that character trait. The quotes from the text have been provided, alongside the definitions. This resource has been differentiated three ways: • Higher ability: 9 quotes, character traits and definitions have been provided. • Middle ability: 6 quotes, character traits and definitions have been provided. • Lower ability: 6 quotes have been provided, with the character traits and definitions combined. This activity is a great way for pupils to think carefully about how a character’s personality is revealed by what they do and how they react in a story. This gives pupils an opportunity to use their inference skills. All quotes are taken from Chapter 2 of the text. An answer sheet has been included. After the matching activity, pupils plan and write a character profile using the writing template provided. This example Iron Man character profile can be used as a handy WAGOLL or model text. All resources come in easily editable Word format and as PDFs. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other popular The Iron Man themed resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Iron Man 7 Example Texts and Glossary ✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text With Feature Find ✦ The Iron Man Hogarth Apology Letter With Feature Find ✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing Example Text With Feature Find Other popular resources: ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Mythical Creatures: 3 Example Non-Chronological Reports BUNDLE Visit Helen Teach’s shop for more resources.

Pupils match the literary genres with their definitions and then give examples of each genre. The activity comes as both a sorting activity and as a worksheet. Answers are included. Carry out this activity before making predictions about a new text based on its front cover. The following literary genres are included: • Autobiography • Biography • Fable • Fairy tale • Fantasy • Folktale • Historical fiction • Informational • Legend • Mystery • Myth • Poetry • Science fiction • Tall tale Each resources comes in easily editable Word format and as a PDF. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example informal letter from the point of view of Muggle-Wump the monkey from the children’s novel The Twits by Roald Dahl. This exemplar informal letter is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 14-17 of the text. The model informal letter 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. The worksheets can be easily adjusted to match the ability of your class and provide differentiation. After identifying the features in the model text, pupils can write their own informal letter from Muggle-Wump, the Roly-Poly Bird, one of the boys, Mr Twit or Mrs Twit’s point of view, based on the example text. The following documents are included in this resource pack: • Informal letter model text • Feature identification sheet • Answers to feature identification sheet • Differentiated planning sheets x3 • Differentiated writing templates x3 • Apostrophe word bank The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include: • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Alliteration • Similes • Second person • Questions • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Co-ordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Expanded noun phrases • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Commas in a list • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for plural possession • Hyphens • Colons • Brackets • Dashes All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Twits themed resources: ✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Instructions Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

This collection of verbs commonly used when cooking or writing recipes are useful for pupils writing instructions or recipes and for ESL students speaking or writing about cooking. The sheets comprise of 30 cooking verbs. Each verb comes with a definition, accompanying photo and sentence containing the key word. These cards can be printed double-sided onto A3 for a handy help sheet, or onto A4 to be cut into cards and distributed to pupils/students according to ability. They can also be made into booklets or display posters. The verbs are arranged alphabetically and each word is used as an imperative verb in an imperative sentence. The resource comes as an easily editable Word document and in PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the novel The Twits by Roald Dahl. The example text is based on Chapter 27 of the novel when Mr and Mrs Twit are stuck to the floor. A feature find worksheet with answers is included, plus differentiated activity sheets and extract. This following documents are provided: • Dialogue writing model text • Feature find sheet • Feature answers • Differentiated dialogue writing activities x4 • Activity answers • Said synonyms vocabulary list • Extract from The Twits The model text is useful as a WAGOLL for children to study before attempting to write their own version, continue the model text or add punctuation to direct speech. This resource can be used when studying the The Twits or during a stand-alone dialogue writing lesson. The model text contains the following features: • Actual words spoken with inverted commas on either side • Reporting clause, separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark • Variety of speech verbs • Adverbs • Actions of the characters • New paragraph each time the speaker changes. • Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/end • Two sentences spoken at once and split into two by the reporting clause • Contractions used in speech All documents are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Twits themed resources: ✦ Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Instructions Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack ✦ Informal Letter Example Text Pack ✦ FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Dialogue Texts Differentiated Pack ✦ Stig of the Dump Dialogue Writing Example Pack ✦ Christophe’s Story Dialogue Writing Example Pack Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Example newspaper report based on the events of chapters 9 to 14 of the children’s novel The Twits by Roald Dahl when Mrs Twit is tricked into thinking she has the shrinks and is then stretched by Mr Twit and floats into the air. This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL to examine the features of a newspaper report. The model report comes with a feature find worksheet with answers. After identifying the features, pupils can write their own report based on the example text by either re-writing the model text, choosing a different event from The Twits or inventing their own incident for the Twits to be involved in. These resources are provided: • Example newspaper report • Feature find sheet • Feature find answers • Planning grid sheet • Newspaper report writing templates x2 The text contains the following genre specific, language, grammar and punctuation features: • Headline in the present tense • Alliteration in the headline • Byline • Date • Lead: introductory paragraph containing the 4 Ws (who, what, where, when) • Quotes with inverted commas • Photograph with caption • Passive voice • Past tense • Third person • Relative clauses • Similes • Alliteration • Fronted adverbials followed by commas • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Noun phrases • Present perfect tense • Past perfect tense • Hyphens • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for possession All resources are provided as editable Word documents and PDFs. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Twits themed resources: ✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Instructions Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ Informal Letter Example Text Pack ✦ FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack More resources: ✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter Pack ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report Pack ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Example instructional text based on information from Chapters 22 to 29 of the children’s novel The Twits by Roald Dahl. This exemplar instructional text “How to Trick the Twits” is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying The Twits. The instructions are based on the trick that Muggle-Wump the monkey plays on Mr and Mrs Twit at the end of the book. The model instructions come 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, pupils plan and write their own instructions based on the example text using the differentiated templates provided. The following resource are included: • Example instruction text • Feature identification worksheet • Feature identification answers • x3 differentiated planning sheets • x3 differentiated writing templates The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include: • Alliteration • Similes • Present tense • Second person • Imperative verbs • Fronted adverbials followed by commas • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Question marks • Apostrophes for singular possession • Apostrophes for plural possession • Brackets • Hyphens • Colons Resources come as easily editable Word documents and PDFs. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Twits themed resources: ✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ Informal Letter Example Text Pack ✦ FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ Iron Man 7 Example Texts & Glossary BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification and Answers ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Plus Feature Sheet and Templates Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A fun example diary entry text for The Twits , writing feature find worksheet with answers, and differentiated planning and writing templates. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 6 and 7 of Roald Dahl’s popular novel. The diary, written from Mrs Twit’s point of view, describes the day she made wormy spaghetti for Mr Twit. The following resources are included: • Example diary text • Feature find sheet • Answers • Differentiated planning templates x4 • Differentiated writing templates x3 The diary text contains these language, grammar and punctuation features: • Similes • Metaphors • Hyperbole • Rule of three • Alliteration • Onomatopoeia • First person • Past tense • Past perfect tense • Exclamatory sentences • Fronted adverbials followed by commas • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Subordinating conjunctions • Commas in list • Apostrophes for contraction & possession • Brackets • Dashes • Hyphens Pupils can read the example diary entry, identify the features and then write one of the following, including appropriate features in their writing: • Their own version of Mrs Twit’s diary entry • Mr Twit’s diary entry for the same day • A diary entry for the next day without reading the subsequent chapters, using prediction • A series of diary entries for the following days • A diary entry for any other day from any character’s point of view, e.g. Mrs Twit, Mr Twit, one of the boys who was stuck to the tree, Muggle-Wump the monkey, the Roly-Poly bird. All resources are provided as PDFs & editable Word files. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Twits themed resources: ✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Instructions Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ Informal Letter Example Text Pack ✦ FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack Other resources: ✦ Iron Man 7 Example Texts & Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

The Iron Man themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of apostrophe activities, focusing on chapters 4 and 5 of the popular novel. The apostrophe worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of apostrophe activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of the punctuation mark and improve their skills in using apostrophes in their writing. Different types of apostrophes are covered by the worksheets: • Apostrophes for omission (contractions) • Apostrophes for singular possession • Apostrophes for plural possession The worksheets focus on chapters 4 and 5 of Ted Hughes’s novel, The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant). Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet. Every resource comes as an easily editable Word document and in PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features ✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers ✦ The Iron Man - Example Interview with Hogarth plus Feature Identification and Planning Sheet ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Features Sheet & Answers ✦ The Iron Man Glossary for the Whole Novel (Chapters 1-5) Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.