An example diary text written from the point of view of an ancient Egyptian boy, plus glossary and differentiated diary planning templates. The diary recounts a day in the life of an ancient Egyptian child living in the artisan village of Deir el-Medina, which was known by the villagers at the time as Pa Demi (the village). This village housed the workers who built and decorated the royal tombs in the nearby Valley of the Kings during the New Kingdom period, including the tomb of King Tutankhamun. A glossary of key terms used in the model diary entry is also provided, plus three differentiated planning sheets so that pupils can plan and write their own diary entries of an ancient Egyptian child. 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 history resources: Ancient Egypt: ✦ Ancient Egypt | Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Ancient Egypt | Howard Carter’s Diary Pack ✦ Ancient Egypt | Mummy Embalmer’s Diary Example ✦ Mummification Explanation Text Example With Glossary Stone Age Boy: ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE Stig of the Dump: ✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE Moon Landing: ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Bundle Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text Pack ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth Pack ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man Pack ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man Pack ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example diary text from the point of view of Howard Carter recounting his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. This diary writing pack comes with the following resources: • Model diary text from the archeologist’s point of view • Timeline of the discovery of the King Tut’s tomb • Artefact information sheets detailing some of the discoveries, with pictures All resources come as both easily editable Word documents and PDF files. How to use this pack Look at the timeline of events leading up to the discovery of the tomb. Read and examine the features of the WAGOLL diary entry. Using the artefact information sheets, pupils write their own diary entries for the opening of one of the tomb rooms. 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 history resources: Ancient Egypt: ✦ Ancient Egypt | Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Ancient Egypt | Mummy Embalmer’s Diary Example ✦ Ancient Egypt | Boy’s Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Mummification Explanation Text Example With Glossary Stone Age Boy : ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text ✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Dialogue Texts Differentiated, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Stone Age Boy 3 Example Instruction and Recipe Texts Plus Templates ✦ Stone Age Boy Fronted Adverbials Differentiated Worksheets & Answers Stig of the Dump: ✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Pack ✦ Stig of the Dump Example Diary Entries Pack ✦ Stig of the Dump Informal Letter Example Pack ✦ Stig of the Dump Playscript Example Pack ✦ Stig of the Dump Dialogue Writing Example Pack Moon Landing: ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Bundle Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example diary text from the point of view of an Ancient Egyptian embalming priest, performing mummification for the first time. This recount text is ideal to use as a WAGOLL or model text before writing or as a cross-curricular comprehension text. This resource comes in easily editable Word format and as a PDF file. 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 history resources: Ancient Egypt: ✦ Ancient Egypt | Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Ancient Egypt | Howard Carter’s Diary Pack ✦ Ancient Egypt | Boy’s Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Mummification Explanation Text Example With Glossary Stone Age Boy: ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE Stig of the Dump: ✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE Moon Landing: ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work 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 ✦ 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 ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet ✦ 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.

A glossary of key words related to the mummification process used by the Ancient Egyptians. The glossary can be used during cross-curricular creative writing tasks including the writing of diaries, instructional texts and stories based on mummifying in Ancient Egypt. This resource comes 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 history resources: Ancient Egypt: ✦ Ancient Egypt | Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Ancient Egypt | Howard Carter’s Diary Pack ✦ Ancient Egypt | Mummy Embalmer’s Diary Example ✦ Ancient Egypt | Boy’s Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Mummification Explanation Text Example With Glossary Stone Age Boy: ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text ✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates Stig of the Dump: ✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE Moon Landing: ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work 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 ✦ 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 ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet ✦ 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Example diary entry text for The Iron Man written from the point of view of Hogarth after discovering the Iron Man, plus writing feature find worksheet. This exemplar recount text is perfect as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 2 of Ted Hughes’ novel. The model diary text contains these language, grammar and punctuation features: • Similes • Metaphors • Personification • Repetition for effect • Onomatopoeia • Alliteration • Show not tell feelings • Rhetorical questions • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Variety of nouns/verbs/adjectives to avoid repetition • Noun phrases • Coordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Apostrophes for contractions • Apostrophes for singular possessions • Apostrophes for plural possessions • Hyphens • Dashes • Colons • Brackets Documents available as PDFs and editable Word files. Answers for the feature identification worksheet included. 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 ✦ 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 ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet ✦ The Iron Man - Example Interview with Hogarth plus Feature Identification and Planning Sheet ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report ✦ The Iron Man Glossary for the Whole Novel (Chapters 1-5) Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example character profile text for The Boy at the Back of the Class about Ahmet, the new boy at school, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers, and differentiated writing templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 4 of Onjali Q. Raúf’s refugee novel The Boy at the Back of the Class. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile text • Feature find worksheet • Feature find answer sheet • Writing template differentiated x3 The character profile text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features: • Similes • Rule of three • Alliteration • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Co-ordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Relative pronouns • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Apostrophes for possession • Apostrophes for omission • Commas in a list • Colons • Hyphens Each resource comes as a PDFs and editable Word file. Pupils read the model character profile text, identify the features and then write their own character profile using the differentiated templates. The resource could be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character. 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 at the Back of the Class themed resources: ✦ Example Text Bundle ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack ✦ Differentiated Apostrophe Activities You may also like: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦The Twits Character Profile BUNDLE ✦The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE ✦Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦The Iron Man Character Profile Example ✦Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example ✦How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example ✦The Twits Character Profile Example ✦Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples ✦Oranges In No Man’s Land Character Profile Example Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example diary entry text for The Boy at the Back of the Class written from the point of view of Ahmet, the new boy at school, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 2 of Onjali Q. Raúf’s refugee novel The Boy at the Back of the Class. Resources provided: • Exemplar diary text • Feature find worksheet • Feature find answer sheet The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features: • Similes • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Alliteration • Metaphors • Hyperbole • Personification • Show not tell emotions • Rhetorical questions • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Variety of nouns to avoid repetition • Noun phrases • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for singular possession • Apostrophes for plural possession • Hyphens • Dashes • Colons • Semi-colons • Brackets The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model diary text, identify the features and then write their own diary entry. 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 at the Back of the Class themed resources: ✦ Example Text Bundle ✦ Character Profile Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack ✦ Differentiated Apostrophe Activities 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 ✦ Christophe’s Story Example Diary Entries Pack ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text Pack ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A punctuation mark matching activity with three levels of differentiation. Pupils match each card showing a punctuation mark symbol with an explanation of its use and an example sentence or sentences. An answer sheet is included. This activity helps pupils to remember the names of punctuation marks and how they are used. It can be used when introducing new punctuation marks to a class in lower key stage two or as a revision activity for upper key stage two (or even KS3). This activity is ideal as a starter or plenary for an English/literacy lesson or punctuation lesson. The cards have been differentiated three ways: • Lower ability: example sentences display the featured punctuation in red • Middle ability: featured punctuation is missing with its position indicated by a red rectangle • Higher ability: featured punctuation is missing An ideal activity for pupils to carry out in pairs or small groups. The following punctuation marks with definitions and examples are included: • Capital letters • Full stops • Commas • Question marks • Exclamation marks • Apostrophes • Inverted commas • Brackets • Dashes • Colons • Semi-colons The cards have been organised to make it easy for teachers to reduce the selection of punctuation marks to suit pupils’ needs. All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDF 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 Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Contractions: Apostrophes for Omission Activities & Quiz ✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets Bundle ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities & Quiz ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation: Worksheets ✦ Semi-Colons Bundle ✦ Colons Bundle ✦ Iron Man Apostrophe Activities Differentiated BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4 ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3 For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

A four week literacy unit of work based on The Iron Man (The Iron Giant) by Ted Hughes for Years 3 & 4, with 20 complete lessons, including all plans, presentations and resources. This scheme of work for Lower Key Stage 2 contains the following: • 20 daily lesson plans with differentiation • 20 lesson presentations with over 200 slides in total • 48 additional teaching resources with 80 pages in total (model texts, worksheets, feature finds, answers, word banks, etc) Here are some of the objectives covered in this unit of work: ✽ Writing Diary (with WAGOLL) Character profile (with WAGOLL) Dialogue (with WAGOLL) Playscript Different point of view Menu Similes Book review ✽ Comprehension Asking questions Making predictions Discussing interesting words and phrases Drawing inferences ✽ Spoken Language Performing Improvising Role play Discussion ✽ Grammar & Punctuation Speech punctuation Noun phrases Apostrophes for possession Fronted adverbials This unit is ready to teach - just a copy of the novel is required! All resources and lesson plans come as both Word documents and in PDF format. All lesson presentations come as Smart Notebook, Powerpoint and PDF files. 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 Quiz With 75 Questions ✦ 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.

Three differentiated worksheets about the figurative language used in the refugee novel Oranges in No Man’s Land by award-winning novelist Elizabeth Laird. Pupils identify a range of literary devices, including figurative language, from an extract from the novel. This resource has been differentiated with three levels of challenge. Pupils are asked to highlight and record examples of the following literary devices from the extract: • Personification • Hyperbole • Metaphors • Similes • Powerful verbs • Idioms • Repetition • Short sentences Extracts and answer sheets are included for each skill level of differentiation. An information sheet about literary devices has also been included. This activity can be completed after reading Chapter 8 of the novel Oranges in No Man’s Land or can be given as a standalone lesson on literary devices including figurative language. This 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. 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 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 ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts & Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Features Sheet & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the beautiful children’s picture book Journey by Aaron Becker. The 3 differentiated example texts contain conversations between the female protagonist and her elder sister when she is bored and looking for someone to play with. Differentiated feature find worksheets with answers are included – perfect for sharing in class or uploading during online lessons for remote learning. All resources are differentiated three ways. 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, 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 Journey themed resources: ✦ Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Example Description Text Pack ✦ Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack 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 ✦ Christophe’s Story Example Letter, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ The Iron Man Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template Visit Helen Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example character profile text about the female protagonist from the beautiful wordless picture book Journey by Aaron Becker. The model character profile can be used as a WAGOLL for pupils to read before planning and writing their own versions of the profile. Differentiated planning and writing templates have been included in this pack as well as a character trait word bank to prompt ideas. The following documents are included in this resource package: • Example character profile text • Character profile planning template, differentiated x3 • Character trait word bank • Character profile writing template, differentiated x3 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. 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 Journey themed resources: ✦ Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Example Description Text Pack ✦ Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Text Examples Pack 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 ✦ Journey by Aaron Becker: Example Writing Bundle ✦ Christophe’s Story Example Letter, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Christophe’s Story Dialogue Writing Example with Feature Identification, Answers & Extract ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ The Iron Man Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template Visit Helen Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A list of the main events that occur in the beautiful wordless picture book Journey by Aaron Becker. This resource can be used by pupils when creating descriptions, diary entries, character profiles and other writing based on the book. Other Journey themed resources: ✦ Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Example Description Text Pack ✦ Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Text Examples 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 ✦ Christophe’s Story Example Letter, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Christophe’s Story Dialogue Writing Example with Feature Identification, Answers & Extract ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ The Iron Man Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ Mythical Creatures: 3 Example Non-Chronological Reports BUNDLE ✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work BUNDLE ✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - Whole Term BUNDLE ✦ The Spiderwick Chronicles Diary Entries Example Texts Pack Visit Helen Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A model diary writing text based on the beautiful wordless picture book Journey by Aaron Becker. The model recount text is a diary entry written from the point of view of the female protagonist. The diary comes with a feature find task, which asks pupils to search for the following writing features including figurative language and other literary devices, grammar and punctuation: Language features • Similes • Metaphors • Personification • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Onomatopoeia • Alliteration • Rhetorical questions Grammar features • Mainly past tense • Present tense (at the end of the diary) • Future tense (at the end of the diary) • Present perfect tense • Past progressive tense • Passive voice • First person • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Variety of nouns to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Coordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Relative pronouns Punctuation features • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for possession • Dashes • Colons • Semi-colons • Hyphens • Brackets An answer sheet has been included. The diary example can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils write their own diary entries based on Journey. Ideas include: • A diary entry from the next day, describing the later events in the story • A diary entry from the point of view of the boy • A diary entry from the point of view of one of the guards or soldiers • A diary entry from the point of view of one of the girl’s family members • A diary entry from the point of view of either of the child characters, written after the book takes place The 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 Journey themed resources: ✦ Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Example Description Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Text Examples Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ Christophe’s Story Example Letter, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ The Iron Man Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template Visit Helen Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Two activities and a quiz involving identifying correctly and incorrectly punctuated contractions. Pupils must look carefully at the sentences to check if the apostrophes for omission have been put in the correct place for a variety of contracted words. There are three activities provided: ✽ Contractions Quiz: pupils identify whether each sentence is correctly or incorrectly punctuated. This quiz is great to use as a starter or plenary with the whole class with pupils working independently or in pairs. Each sentence contains one or more contractions, or words that are often confused with contractions, that have been correctly or incorrectly punctuated. Each answer is revealed and explained on the next slide. ✽ Contractions Card Sort: pupils sort the cards into correct and incorrect piles. Great for paired or small group work. Both large and small versions are provided, plus an answer sheet. ✽ Contractions Worksheet: pupils select the correct use of omission apostrophes and spelling of the contractions used in sentences. They also add missing contractions to sentences. Great as an independent assessment task. ✽ Contraction Word Bank: can be used by SEN or lower ability pupils to support them while carrying out these activities. This word bank is also a useful reference sheet for independent writing activities. As well as common contraction use, these resources also look at the following errors in contraction use: • Confusing it’s with its • Confusing who’s with whose • Confusing they’re with there or their • Confusing plural nouns with contractions ending with ’s Answers to all tasks are included. All documents available as easily editable Word/Powerpoint documents as well as PDFs. These activities are suitable for years 3, 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. You may also be interested in: ✦ 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 For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

A chapter by chapter summary of events from The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes with pictures. This is useful for: • Recapping the events previously read before reading the next section or chapter • Informing pupils who have missed lessons of key plot points • Supporting SEN pupils and lower ability readers • Reminding pupils of the plot before or during writing activities • Ordering of events activities • Briefing cover teachers or part-time teachers who have not read the whole book • Reviewing the novel after a half-term holiday or other break in learning Each chapter summary is on a separate page of the document. The summary document 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. More Iron Man resources: ✦ 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 ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man & Feature Identification Sheet with Answers ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus Glossary BUNDLE Other popular resources: ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Mythical Creatures: 3 Example Non-Chronological Reports BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.