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Helen-Teach's Shop provides high quality, great value English and maths resources designed to save teachers' precious time. All materials are created by a teacher with over 20 years of experience. If you are pleased with your buy, leave a review and receive another resource for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the resource you have reviewed and your chosen free resource, up to the value of your purchased resource.
Holes: Character Profile Example Text Pack
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Holes: Character Profile Example Text Pack

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An example character profile text about Stanley Yelnats from the book Holes plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 1-5 of Louis Sachar’s novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile text • Planning template differentiated 2 ways • Writing template differentiated 3 ways • Personality traits word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model character description and then plan and 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. 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 Holes themed resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Holes: Description Example Text Pack ✦ Holes: Newspaper Report Example Text Pack ✦ Holes: Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ 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.
The Firework-Maker's Daughter: Character Profile Example Text Pack
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The Firework-Maker's Daughter: Character Profile Example Text Pack

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An example character profile text about the character Lila from The Firework-Maker’s Daughter plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 1 of Philip Pullman’s novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile text • Planning template differentiated 2 ways • Writing template differentiated 3 ways • Personality traits word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model character description and then plan and 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. 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 Firework-Maker’s Daughter resources: ✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Persuasive Letter Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack 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 ✦Example Character Profiles BUNDLE with Feature Sheets, Answers & Templates ✦The Twits Character Profile BUNDLE ✦The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE ✦Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Plus Feature Sheet and Templates ✦Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates ✦Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Differentiated Templates ✦Oranges In No Man’s Land Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.
Character Profile Example Pack: The Butterfly Lion
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Character Profile Example Pack: The Butterfly Lion

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An example character profile text for The Butterfly Lion about Millie, the old lady, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers, and differentiated writing templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 2, Strange Meeting, of Michael Morpurgo’s 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, language, grammar and punctuation features: • Key informations • Picture of character • Subheadings • Metaphors • Alliteration • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Conjunctions • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Apostrophes for possession • Apostrophes for omission • Commas in lists • 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. 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 Butterfly Lion resources: ✦ Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Timeline Activity Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Pack ✦ Character Sort Activity 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 ✦ The Twits Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example Pack ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Pack ✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples Pack ✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example Pack ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Character Profile Example Pack Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.
The Hodgeheg Diary Example Text Pack
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The Hodgeheg Diary Example Text Pack

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An example diary entry text for The Hodgeheg written from the point of view Max, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL whilst studying Dick King-Smith’s book. Resources provided: • Exemplar diary text • Feature find worksheet • Feature find answer sheet • Planning templates • Text extract The diary recount text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features: • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Alliteration • Emotions • Rhetorical questions • Variety of sentence openers, including fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Variety of nouns to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Conjunctions • Commas in a list • Exclamation marks • Question marks • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for plural possession • Hyphens • Brackets • Semi-colons • Colons The diary text tells the events of Chapter 1 from Max’s point of view. Pupils can read the extract and the model diary text, identify the features and then write their own diary entry from the point of view of Max, Peony, Pansy, Petunia, Ma, Pa, Uncle Bo or any other character from the story. All resources 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. Other Hodgeheg themed resources: ✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Action Sequence Example Text Pack 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 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work BUNDLE ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Dialogue Example Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.
Letter Example Text Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons
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Letter Example Text Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons

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An example letter from the point of view of Ted from the children’s novel The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd. This exemplar informal letter is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 19-21 of the text. The letter is written from Ted to a friend about seeing Tomas’s dragon Flicker for the first time. The model informal letter comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet. 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 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: • 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 possession • Hyphens • Colons • Brackets 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. Other The Boy Who Grew Dragons themed resources: ✦ Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Apostrophe Differentiated Worksheets 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 ✦ 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.
Possessive Apostrophes How To Use Presentation
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Possessive Apostrophes How To Use Presentation

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A ten-slide presentation explaining how to use possessive apostrophes, 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 usages of possessive apostrophes are illustrated: • To show possession by a singular noun; • To show possession by a regular plural noun; • To show possession by an irregular plural noun; • To show possession by a proper noun; • To show possession by a proper noun ending in ‘s’. 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 ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ 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 For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.
Six Semi-Colon Worksheets
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Six Semi-Colon Worksheets

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Six worksheets aimed at learning how to use semi-colons in writing. The worksheets cover a range of difficulty levels. They demonstrate semi-colons being used in two ways: ✽ to separate items in a complex list ✽ to separate two related main clauses The worksheets can be completed independently or in pairs. 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 5 and 6 (UKS2). 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 ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ 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 For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.
Semi-Colons Activities & Quiz
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Semi-Colons Activities & Quiz

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Two activities involving identifying correct and incorrect use of semi-colons. Pupils must look carefully at the sentences to check if the semi-colons have been put in the correct place for a variety of sentences. There are two activities provided: ✽ Semi-Colon Cards/Quiz: pupils sort the cards into correct and incorrect piles. Great for paired or small group work. Large and small cards are provided, plus a presentation to use to go through the answers or to use as a whole class quiz. ✽ Semi-Colon Worksheet: pupils identify whether the semi-colons are correctly punctuating the sentences, and then make any necessary corrections; identify different types of semi-colon usage; add missing semi-colons to sentences and write sentences using semi-colons. Great as an independent task. This worksheet uses different examples to the cards/quiz. Different ways of using semi-colons are demonstrated, including: • Using a semi-colon to separate items in a complex list • Using a semi-colon to separate related main clauses • Using a semi-colon with a conjunctive adverb Answers to all tasks are included. All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs. These activities are particularly suitable for years 5 or 6. 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 ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ 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? ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.
Semi-Colons How To Use Presentation
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Semi-Colons How To Use Presentation

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An eight-slide presentation explaining how to use semi-colons, 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 usages of semi-colons are included: • To separate items in complex lists; • Between two main clauses that are related; • Before a conjunctive adverb. 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 ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ 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 For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.
The Nowhere Emporium Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
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The Nowhere Emporium Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack

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Example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the fantasy novel The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie. The model text contains a conversation between Daniel, the protagonist, and the other children in the home about Spud and his gang. The model text can be used as a WAGOLL to examine using the Feature Find worksheet (answers included) before children attempt their own dialogue writing based on the book. The following resources are provided: • Dialogue writing example text • Feature Find worksheet • Feature Find answers • Text extract from the novel 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: • 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, and separated from words spoken with a comma • Variety of speech verbs used • Adverbs to show how the words were spoken • Actions of the characters while speaking • New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes. • Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/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 used in speech 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 Nowhere Emporium themed resources: ✦ Example Text & Character BUNDLE ✦ Biography Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Character Overview Template and Example ✦ Diary Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land 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.
Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Worksheets
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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. 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: ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3 ✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey? ✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE ✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.
The Nowhere Emporium Biography Example Text Pack
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The Nowhere Emporium Biography Example Text Pack

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An example biography text about Lucien Silver from the book The Nowhere Emporium plus differentiated planning templates, and biography sentence starter bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Ross MacKenzie’s novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar biography text • Planning template differentiated 3 ways • Sentence starter bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model biographical recount text and then plan and write their own biography about Lucien Silver, Daniel Holmes, Ellie Silver or any other character using the differentiated templates. 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 Nowhere Emporium themed resources: ✦ Example Text & Character BUNDLE ✦ Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Character Overview Template and Example ✦ Diary Example 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 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.
The Iron Man Newspaper Report Example, Feature Find, Answers & Templates
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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 3 of the book when the Iron Man digs himself out of the hill. The model newspaper report comes with two feature identification worksheets for children to fill in, one for layout features and one of language and grammar features, plus answer sheets. 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 3 or a different event from later on in the novel. This resource comes with the following documents: • Example newspaper report • Feature find sheets, x2 • Feature find answers, x2 • Newspaper report planning template • Newspaper report writing templates x2 The 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 • Alliteration • Past tense • Third person • Relative clauses • Fronted adverbials • Possessive nouns All resources come as both 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. 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 & Feature Identification Sheet ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth & Feature Identification ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Features Sheet & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.
The Butterfly Lion: Character Sort Activity
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The Butterfly Lion: Character Sort Activity

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A character sort activity involving the main characters in the book The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo. Pupils must sort the cards to match the name of the character, a brief description, a picture of the character and a quote about the character from the text. The activity can be made less challenging by removing one of the categories, such as the quotations, from the sort. The number of characters can also be altered to suit the needs of the pupils. The activity can be carried out in small groups, pairs or individually. This resource is a useful reminder to pupils about the names and roles of the characters in the story to help pupils to understand the novel as they read. The characters are listed in order of appearance in the novel and split onto three separate groups, so that teachers can choose which characters to include in the sorting activity, avoiding spoilers. • Group A: Chapters 1 and 2 • Group B: Chapters 3 and 5 • Group C: Chapter 7 This resource comes as a PDF and as an easily editable Word document. Other Butterfly Lion themed resources: ✦ Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Timeline Activity Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Pack 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 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: 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 ✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.
The Butterfly Lion: Character List
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The Butterfly Lion: Character List

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A list of the main characters in the book The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo with brief descriptions, illustrations from the book and chapter information. This resource is a useful reminder to pupils about the names and roles of the characters in the story. It can be used as a reference sheet or displayed in the classroom to help pupils to understand the novel as they read. The characters are listed in order of appearance in the novel and split onto three separate pages, so that each page can be introduced to pupils after reading, avoiding spoilers. • Page 1: Chapters 1 and 2 • Page 2: Chapters 3 and 5 • Page 3: Chapter 7 This resource comes as a PDF. Other Butterfly Lion themed resources: ✦ Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Timeline Activity Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Pack ✦ Character Sort Activity 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 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: 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 ✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.
Charlotte's Web: Example Diary Text Pack
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Charlotte's Web: Example Diary Text Pack

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An example diary entry text written from the point of view of Fern from Charlotte’s Web plus feature find worksheets and answers, and differentiated planning templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 1 of E. B. White’s novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar diary entry text • Feature Find worksheets • Feature Find answers • Planning template differentiated 3 ways The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model diary entry, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own diary entry using the differentiated templates. The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL: • Similes • Idioms • Repetition for effect • Onomatopoeia • Alliteration • Thoughts/Feelings • Rhetorical questions • Fronted adverbials (and other introductory words, phrases and clauses) followed by a comma • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Coordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Question marks • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for possession • Dashes • Hyphens 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 Charlotte’s Web themed resources: ✦ WAGOLL Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack ✦ Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack You may also be interested in: 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 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ The Twits 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.
Charlotte's Web: Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
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Charlotte's Web: Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack

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An example non-chronological report text about barn spiders, the same species of spider as the character Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White, plus three activities with answers, planning and writing templates. 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 Pupils read the model non-chronological report about barn spiders, and then examine its features; label the layout features of a non-chronological report; sort the sentences about pigs into sections; and plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates. Pupils can create the information text about one of the animals from the book, such as a spider, pig, goose or sheep. These activities can be carried out over several lessons. Structural, language, grammar and punctuation features included in the model text: • Heading • Subheadings • Introduction • Fast Facts section • Did you know? section with bullet points • Glossary section • Paragraphs • Pictures/diagrams with captions • Rule of three • Alliteration • Present tense • Questions • Expanded noun phrases • Fronted adverbials followed by commas • Relative clauses • Co-ordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Question marks • Commas in a list • Apostrophes for possession • Brackets • Colons • Hyphens • Dashes The resources 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. Other Charlotte’s Web themed resources: ✦ WAGOLL Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work ✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Texts BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.
Charlotte's Web: Character Profile Example Text Pack
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Charlotte's Web: Character Profile Example Text Pack

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An example character profile text about the character Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web plus feature find worksheet with answers, differentiated planning and writing templates, word bank and text extract. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 4 and 5 of E. B. White’s novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile text • Feature Find worksheet • Feature Find answers • Planning template differentiated 2 ways • Writing template differentiated 3 ways • Personality traits word bank • Text extract The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the extract and model character description, examine the features and then plan and write their own character profile using the differentiated templates. Features included in the text: • Key information • Picture of character • Subheadings • Fronted adverbials followed by commas • Co-ordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Apostrophes for singular possession • Commas in a list • Colons • Brackets 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 Charlotte’s Web themed resources: ✦ WAGOLL Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack ✦ Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack 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 ✦ 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 Hodgeheg Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.
Spider Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
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Spider Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack

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An example non-chronological text about barn spiders, plus three activities with answers, planning and writing templates. 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 Pupils read the model non-chronological report about barn spiders, and then examine its features; label the layout features of a non-chronological report on the sheet; sort the sentences about another animal into sections; and plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates. Pupils can create the information text about the same or different type of spider, or an animal of their choice. These activities can be carried out over several lessons. Structural, language, grammar & punctuation features in the model text: • Heading • Subheadings • Introduction • Bullet points • Glossary section • Paragraphs • Pictures/diagrams with captions • Rule of three • Alliteration • Present tense • Questions • Expanded noun phrases • Fronted adverbials followed by commas • Relative clauses • Co-ordinating & subordinating conjunctions • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Question marks • Commas in a list • Apostrophes for possession • Brackets • Colons • Hyphens • Dashes This scientific text has cross-curricular links to the science curriculum: ✎ Year 3: Animals Including Humans - identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat ✎ Year 4: Living Things and Their Habitats - recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways ✎ Year 4: Animals Including Humans - construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey ✎ Year 5: Living Things and Their Habitats - describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals ✎ Year 6: Living Things and Their Habitats - give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics ✎ Year 6: Evolution and Inheritance - identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution The resources are PDFs and 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. 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.
Humpback Whale Non-Chronological Report Pack
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Humpback Whale Non-Chronological Report Pack

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A pack of twelve non-chronological report resources, including vocabulary, features, planning and writing sheets and activities, themed around humpback whales. The following resources are included: Humpback Whales Vocabulary Vocabulary about humpback whales. This resource can be used in two ways to familiarise pupils with the subject specific vocabulary: 1) cut out and match the words, definitions and images; 2) use as a word mat during the planning and writing process. Humpback Whales Vocabulary Wall Display Display the key words and matching images around the classroom with this resource. Identify Features: Tense and Sentence Types Pupils identify different sentence types and tenses from an example introduction and Did you know? section from a non-chronological report about giant pandas. With answers. Humpback Whales Matching Sentences Match the beginning and ends of sentences about whales. This activity makes pupils familiar with the sentence structure of a non-chronological report and facts associated with whales. They then order the sentences, identify the relative clauses and finally write about humpback whales. With answers. Re-Order Sentences Elephants Organise the sentences about elephants into the appropriate section. Then order the sentences to make a paragraph. With answers. Humpback Whales Organising Information Into Paragraphs Three paragraphing activities: firstly, identify which section each fact about whales belongs in; secondly, write a paragraph using the facts provided; lastly, draw a diagram using information provided. With answers. Humpback Whales Notes to Plan Pupils organise notes about whales and into a planning grid. The answers are provided. A larger planning grid is also provided to add additional notes from pupils’ own research. Non-Chronological Report Planning Sheet 4 Sections A planning sheet for a non-chronological report with title, introduction and four additional paragraphs. Non-Chronological Report Planning Sheet 5 Sections See above, with five additional paragraphs. Non-Chronological Report Writing Template A template to use to write a non-chronological report. It includes sections for the title, introduction, four sections with subheadings, diagram and picture. Non-Chronological Report Sentence Starters A handout to use when writing a non-chronological report containing useful sentence starters. Non-Chronological Report Checklist A checklist to use when writing a non-chronological report. All resources are PDFs and 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. Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.