A set of three expanded noun phrase activities and a noun phrase poster, all linked to Chapter 1 of The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant) by Ted Hughes. These resources develop pupils’ understanding of grammar, creative writing skills and engagement with the novel. The following resources are included in the pack: • Noun Phrase Building Activity • Noun Phrase Identifying Handout • Noun Phrase Identifying Handout Answers • Noun Phrase Writing Activity • Noun Phrase Poster Noun Phrase Building Activity In pairs or small groups, pupils build expanded noun phrases using the cards provided. Two versions of the cards are supplied: a colour version, and a more challenging black and white version. Blank cards are supplied for pupils to change or build on the expanded noun phrases they have completed, or to create their own expanded noun phrases as an extension activity. Noun Phrase Identifying Handout Pupils identify the different parts of expanded noun phrases, and find the noun phrases in sentences, with activities getting increasingly more challenging. Example phrases and sentences are taken from Chapter 1 of The Iron Man. An answer sheet is provided for quick and easy marking. Noun Phrase Writing Activity Pupils create their own expanded noun phrases to describe the Iron Man by adding pre- and post-modifiers using the grid provided. An extension, a paragraph writing activity, is also included. Noun Phrase Poster Defines a noun phrase with examples of expanded noun phrases from Chapter 1 of The Iron Man. Display the poster on the wall or provide as a desktop reminder. 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. 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Pupils add missing punctuation to paragraphs from Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird. Pupils read the paragraphs and add the missing punctuation, including the following: • Capital letters for the start of sentences • Capital letters for proper nouns • Full stops • Question marks • Commas • Inverted commas • Apostrophes for contractions • Apostrophes for possession The worksheets have been differentiated three ways. Answer sheets have been included. These worksheets are useful when learning about or revising punctuation, including sentence punctuation. The paragraph extracts help to familiarise pupils with the text, making the activity useful to carry out before text-based writing such as diary writing. All resources come as 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. Other Oranges in No Man’s Land resources: ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ Letter Example Text Pack ✦ Direct Speech to Reported Speech Worksheets ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Action Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices Differentiated Worksheets Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Highwayman WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s shop for more resources.

A pack of 50 differentiated grammar and punctuation worksheets linked to the book The Ship of Shadows by Maria Kuzniar. Answers are provided. In this Year 5 and 6 pack, the following topics are covered: • Various comma usage • Speech punctuation • Colons • Semi-colons • Apostrophes: contractions and possession • Dashes • Relative clauses • Changing tenses • Modal verbs • Active and passive voice This pack is ideal for classes studying the exciting pirate-themed fantasy fiction story during English or guided reading lessons. Each set of differentiated worksheets complements a different chapter or set of chapters from the book. All resources come as 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. Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Highwayman WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s shop for more resources.

Example playscript based on Chapter 6 of the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King. This exemplar playscript is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 6 of Stig of the Dump when Barney and Stig stop the thieves. The model playscript 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. After identifying the features, pupils can write their own playscript using an extract from the book (also included) by either re-writing the model text or continuing the script provided. The language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include: • List of characters’ names, using commas to separate each item in the list • Setting the scene, written in the present tense • Stage directions • Character names written down the left-hand side of the page, followed by a colon before each line of speech • Speech – actual words spoken after a character’s name (no inverted commas) • Character directions within speech, inside brackets • Character directions not within speech, inside brackets • Colloquial language (informal language): apostrophes for contraction • Colloquial language (informal language): informal words/phrases • Non-standard English 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 Stig of the Dump resources: ✦ Complete Unit of Work ✦ Reading Comprehension Tests Stig of the Dump example texts, with feature find sheet and answers: ✦ Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Chapter 1: Diary Entries ✦ Chapter 2: Instructions ✦ Chapter 3: Character Profile ✦ Chapter 4: Informal Letter ✦ Chapter 5: Dialogue ✦ Chapter 7: Newspaper Report ✦ Chapter 8: Interview Article ✦ Chapter 9: Persuasive Advert Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the book The Boy Who Drew Dragons by Andy Shepherd. The 3 differentiated model texts contain conversations between Tomas, Liam and Miss Logan on Tomas’s first day at school after Flicker arrives (based on events in Chapter 10). Differentiated feature find worksheets with answers are included for easy marking and instant feedback. All resources are differentiated three ways. Resources provided: • Example dialogue texts x3 • Feature find worksheets x3 • Answers x3 The model texts are useful as WAGOLLs to examine before children attempt their own dialogue writing based on the book. All documents are provided in PDF and easily editable Word format. The following features of dialogue and speech can be found in the example dialogues (depending on level of difficulty): • Actual words spoken with inverted commas on either side • Reporting clause after speech, and separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark • Reporting clause before speech, separated from words spoken with a comma • Variety of speech verbs • Adverbs to show how the words were spoken • Actions of the characters • New paragraph each time the speaker changes • Feelings shown through action • Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the end • Two sentences spoken at once with the reporting clause in the middle • One sentence spoken but split in half by the reporting clause • Contractions 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 The Boy Who Grew Dragons resources: ✦ Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Letter Example Text Pack ✦ Apostrophe Differentiated Worksheets Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Pack ✦ The Twits Example Diary Pack ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Pack ✦ Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example instructional text entitled “How to Slay a Hydra”, plus writing feature find worksheet, answers and writing templates. This text about the hydra, a mythical monster slayed by Hercules during his twelve labours, is perfect for any class studying ancient Greece or for those studying one of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians novels. These fun instructions contain the following language, grammar, punctuation and organisational features: • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Alliteration • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Expanded noun phrases • Rhetorical questions • Commands beginning with imperative verbs • Relative clauses • Co-ordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Exclamation marks • Question marks • Apostrophes for possession • Brackets • Colons • Semi-colons • Hyphens • Dashes • Heading • Subheadings • Bullet points • Numbered points This example instructional text can be used to examine the features of instructional writing before pupils embark on writing their own instructions. The following resources are provided in this pack: • Instructions WAGOLL text • Feature Find worksheet • Feature Find answers • Writing template differentiated x2 Documents 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. Other popular resources: ✦ Mythical Creatures Example Non-Chronological Report BUNDLE ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Unicorns ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres ✦ Example Ogre-Themed Text Bundle: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report ✦ Unicorn-Themed Example Instructional Text - How to Tame a Unicorn ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An nineteen-slide presentation explaining how to punctuate direct speech, including lots of examples and do’s and don’ts. This presentation comes as an easily editable Powerpoint presentation as well as in PDF format. The following features of direct speech include: • The difference between direct and indirect speech; • The parts of direct speech; • How different sentence types in speech are punctuated, including inverted commas (speech marks); • The punctuation of several speech sentences; • The punctuation of embedded reporting clauses. 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. PUNCTUATION RESOURCE LINKS More punctuation resources: ✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE ✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3 ✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey? ✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

A fun model instructional text about defeating a dragon, plus feature find worksheet with answers. Based on the Polish legend of the Wawel Dragon from Kraków, these instructions tell the reader how to defeat the dragon without the use of weapons. Use this exemplar text as a WAGOLL to examine its features before pupils write their own instructional text. This resource is a perfect model for instructions about mythical creatures such as dragons, ogres or unicorns, but would work well as a WAGOLL before writing instructions about any topic. The following language, grammar and punctuation features are included in the WAGOLL: • Rhetorical questions • Alliteration • Fronted time adverbials followed by a comma • Expanded noun phrases • Commands beginning with imperative verbs • Exclamation marks • Question marks • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for possession • Brackets • Colons • Hyphens The following resources are provided in this pack: • Instructions WAGOLL text • Feature Find worksheet • Feature Find answers Documents 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. Other popular resources: ✦ Mythical Creatures Example Non-Chronological Report BUNDLE ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Unicorns ✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres ✦ Example Ogre-Themed Text Bundle: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report ✦ Unicorn-Themed Example Instructional Text - How to Tame a Unicorn ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Fun and engaging model persuasive letter about a dragon problem plus writing feature identification worksheet with answers. Based on the English legend of the cockatrice dragon from Wherwell, Hampshire, the sender of this letter asks the recipient for help to defeat the dragon that is terrorising their school. The WAGOLL persuasive formal letter contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features: • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Alliteration • Similes • Emotive language • Flattery • Co-ordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Relative clauses • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Expanded noun phrases • Implied relative pronouns • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Exclamation marks • Apostrophes for singular possession • Apostrophes for plural possession • Brackets • Semi-colons • Colons • Dashes • Hyphens This example persuasive text can be used to examine the features of persuasive writing and letter writing before pupils embark on writing their own persuasive letter. Works well as part of a unit linked to mythical or legendary creatures, fictional creatures (e.g. The Iron Man, characters from Alice In Wonderland) or as a stand-alone lesson. Documents available as PDFs and editable Word documents. The letter can easily be edited to include the name of your own school, headteacher, pupils etc. Answers for the feature find worksheet 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 popular resources: ✦ Mythical Creatures Example Non-Chronological Report BUNDLE ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Unicorns ✦ Unicorn-Themed Example Instructional Text - How to Tame a Unicorn ✦ How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres ✦ Example Ogre-Themed Text Bundle: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

In this week-long unit of work about the first Moon landing, pupils examine an example diary text written from Neil Armstrong’s point of view recounting the Moon landing; they take part in a role play and learn about the Moon landing; and then plan, write and edit their own diary entries. This resource contains 5 lessons with full lesson plans, differentiation, all required worksheets and handouts (x23), and lesson presentations (x5). Example of resources included: • Lesson presentations x5 (Smart Notebook, Powerpoint & PDF) • WAGOLL diary text • Feature Find worksheet • Feature Find answers • Differentiated planning templates • Diary success criteria • Moon landing timeline • Moon landing vocabulary • Detailed plans for each lesson with differentiation, starters, main teaching and tasks, and plenaries 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. Suitable for Lower Key Stage 2. Useful for cross curricular English and history/science lessons. Learning objectives Main objectives: • To identify features from a diary text • To explore the feelings of a character • To plan a diary entry • To write a first draft of a diary entry • To edit a diary entry Year 3/4 English Curriculum objectives: • To plan their writing by discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar • To participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play/ improvisations and debates • To plan their writing by discussing and recording ideas • To draft and write by organising paragraphs around a theme • To evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements • To evaluate and edit by proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency • To proofread for spelling and punctuation errors 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 resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Hodgeheg Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Quiz With 75 Questions ✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A set of worksheets to help pupils spell four sets of commonly confused homophones that contain apostrophes of contraction. Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet. The sets of homophones covered by these worksheets are: • There, their and they’re • Your and you’re • Its and it’s • Whose and who’s These worksheets are suitable for KS2 pupils and cover the following National Curriculum objectives: Year 3 and 4 • To spell further homophones • To spell words that are often misspelt Year 5 and 6 • To continue to distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint 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 punctuation resources: ✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE ✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey? ✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

Differentiated card sort activity and differentiated worksheet to teach pupils about different word classes (also known as parts of speech) used in grammar. Differentiated Card Sort Pupils work in small groups, pairs or individually to match different words to the word class they belong to. Answers are included. Differentiated Word Class Worksheets Pupils work independently to categorise words from given sentences into word classes. Answers are included. The word classes covered by these activities are: • Nouns • Verbs • Adjectives • Adverbs • Determiners • Prepositions • Pronouns • Conjunctions Suitable as a paired or small group activity to be completed as a lesson starter or plenary. All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint 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. Other popular resources: ✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE ✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3 ✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey? ✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

A differentiated activity where pupils learn more about the characters in Betsy Byars’s novel The Midnight Fox by comparing them. Pupils must sort quotes from the text as well as summarise the differences between two characters from the story: protagonist Tom and Bubba. This resource is differentiated three ways. It comes with instructions, extensions and answers. All resources are provided in editable Word and 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 popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Highwayman WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the novel The Midnight Fox, plus feature find worksheet, answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 3 of Betsy Byars’s book. Resources provided: • Exemplar diary entries WAGOLL text • Feature find worksheet • Feature find answers • Differentiated planning sheets x3 • Contractions word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the example diary entry from Tom’s perspective, use the WAGOLL to complete the feature find worksheet, and then plan and write their own diary entry from a different point in the narrative or from the point of view of a different character, such as Mom, Dad, Petie, Aunt Mille, Uncle Fred or Hazeline. The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text: • date • greeting with a comma • introduction • present perfect tense • fronted adverbials with commas • thoughts/feelings • expanded noun phrases • rhetorical questions • hyperbole • subordinate clauses • dashes for emphasis • brackets for extra information • contractions • omitted ‘that’ • repetition for effect • possessive nouns • subordinate clauses • alliteration • sign off 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 Midnight Fox themed resources: ✦ The Midnight Fox Example Character Profile Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man 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 resources.

An example character profile text based on chapters 1 to 3 of the novel The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook with feature find, differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. The character profile describes the story’s protagonist, Chaya. The exemplar text can be used as a WAGOLL character profile to examine before pupils plan and write their own about Chaya or another character such as Neel, Nour or Father. Resources provided: • Model character profile text • Feature find worksheet with answers • Differentiated planning templates, x3 • Differentiated writing templates, x3 • Character trait word bank All resources are provided in editable Word and 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. More The Girl Who Stole an Elephant themed resources: ✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Model Text BUNDLE ✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Diary Entry WAGOLL Pack ✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Non-Chronological Report Pack With Model Text, Feature Find & More ✦ The Girl Who Stole An Elephant Character Trait Matching Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Highwayman WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE ✦ The Silver Sword Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Pupils examine the personalities of Chaya, Neel and Nour in this character trait matching exercise. Pupils match the names of the three main characters from The Girl Who Stole An Elephant by Nizrana Farook with character traits, evidence from the text, and an explanation (PEE). The quotes from the text have been provided, character traits with definitions, alongside the explanations. This resource has been differentiated three ways: • Higher ability: 9 quotes, character traits and explanations have been provided. • Middle ability: 9 quotes, character traits with definitions and explanations have been provided. • Lower ability: 9 character traits with definitions and explanations have been provided. 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 and familiarises pupils with Point, Evidence and Explanation. All quotes are taken from chapters 1-16 of the adventure story. Answer sheets have also been included. After the matching activity, pupils plan and write a character profile using the writing template provided. This example Chaya 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. More The Girl Who Stole an Elephant themed resources: ✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Model Text BUNDLE ✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Diary Entry WAGOLL Pack ✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Non-Chronological Report Pack With Model Text, Feature Find & More ✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Example Character Profile Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Holes BUNDLE ✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE ✦ Street Child BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE ✦ The Silver Sword BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work Visit Helen Teach’s shop for more resources.

An example informal letter text written from Tom to his friend Petie, plus feature find worksheets and answers, differentiated planning sheets and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading partway through Chapter 5 of Betsy Byars’s novel The Midnight Fox. Resources provided: • Exemplar informal letter text • Feature Find worksheets • Feature Find answers • Letter planning, differentiated x3 • Contractions word bank The model letter is from Tom to Petie, his best friend back home. It is based on the events that have so far occurred in the story. Pupils read the exemplar informal letter, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets, and then plan and write their own letters from this part of the story or later on. The following layout, language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL: • Similes • Hyperbole • Slang • Rhetorical questions • Non-rhetorical questions • Contractions • Expanded noun phrases • Fronted adverbials with commas • Extra information inside commas • Possessive noun phrases • Dashes for emphasis • Subordinate clauses • Greeting • Sign-off The resources are provided 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. Other Midnight Fox resources: ✦ The Midnight Fox Character Comparison Differentiated Activity Other popular resources: ✦ Holes BUNDLE ✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter BUNDLE ✦ Street Child BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

4 example non-chronological report texts about 4 monsters found in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series) by Rick Riordan with feature find, and differentiated planning and writing templates. The model information texts are about the following ancient Greek monsters: the Minotaur, Medusa, the Hound of Hades and the Chimera. The exemplar texts can be used as WAGOLL non-chronological reports to examine before pupils plan and write their own about these or other monsters or gods, such as the Furies, Echidna, Procrustes or the Pit Scorpion. Resources provided: • Exemplar non-chronological texts x4 • Feature find worksheet with answers • Differentiated planning templates, x3 • Differentiated writing templates, x3 All resources are provided in editable Word and 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. More Lightning Thief themed resources: ✦ Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Instructions Example Text Pack ✦ Literary Devices Worksheets ✦ Example Character Profile Text Pack ✦ Example Diary Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Highwayman WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE ✦ The Silver Sword Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example character profile text based on chapters 1 and 2 of the book Flat Stanley: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery by S. Pennypacker and created by Jeff Brown. The WAGOLL text comes with a feature find sheet, differentiated writing templates and word bank. The character profile describes the story’s protagonist, Stanley. The exemplar text can be used as a WAGOLL character profile to examine before pupils plan and write their own about Stanley or another character such as Arthur, Mr Lambchop, Amisi or Sir Abu Hawara. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile text • Feature find worksheet with answers • Differentiated writing templates, x3 • Character trait word bank All resources are provided in editable Word and 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. More Flat Stanley themed resources: ✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation Bundle ✦ Flat Stanley Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Flat Stanley Fronted Adverbial Worksheets Differentiated ✦ Flat Stanley Punctuation Worksheets Differentiated Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Hodgeheg Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.