A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for a unit on DESCRIPTIVE WRITING (winter themed) in Upper KS2 (Year 6) Although part of a scheme, it is also able to be taught as a standalone lesson. The lesson focuses on how to describe a setting or character precisely, by using precise words and ZOOMING in on details to expand the description and slow down the narrative pace. The class explore these by looking at extracts together, before going onto try the techniques for themselves. This is lesson 3 in a series of 8. The whole scheme of work is also available as a bundle The planning for the whole unit of work is included in each individual lesson. The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing the cold task again as a hot task - in order to demonstrate progress. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ The London Eye Mystery’ by Siobhan Dowd. (lesson 11 in a series of 14). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to structure and write an effective resolution and ending. This is lesson 11 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the poem - THE JABBERWOCKY, by Lewis Carroll. This lesson focuses on planning and writing our own version of the poem. This is lesson 5 in a series of 5. The whole scheme of work is available here: The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a narrative poem in the style of the original. All images sourced from Pixabay or authors own.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’WONDER ’ By R.J. Palacio This is a second lesson that looks at the features of first person narratives at EXS and GDS This is lesson 3 in a series of 7. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 7 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a first person narrative, linked to the original text, using all of the features learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with planning and writing a diary entry (hot task) Everything is included, except a copy of ‘Frankie’s diary’ (STA exemplification materials) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay. WOnder clipart used with permission from ‘21st century teacher’ all rights reserved. Images must not be copied or sold.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for a unit on DESCRIPTIVE WRITING (winter themed) in Upper KS2 (Year 6) Although part of a scheme, it is also able to be taught as a standalone lesson. The lesson focuses on how to describe a setting or character precisely, by using figurative language and devices The class explore these by looking at extracts together, before going onto try the techniques for themselves. This is lesson 5 in a series of 8. The whole scheme of work is also available as a bundle The planning for the whole unit of work is included in each individual lesson. The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing the cold task again as a hot task - in order to demonstrate progress. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

This is a full week of detailed planning , based around King Richard the third, and the discovery of his body in Leicester. The final lesson also uses Michael Morpurgo’s Story linking the Leicester cup win to Richard! On the planning, there is a link to a fully adaptable Prezi presentation which accompanies the planning. Linked to my other Wars of the Roses resources and planning, as they were taught as part of a cross curricular topic (the plan also stands alone though) Tes paid licence

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that creates a piece of writing for assessment purposes at the start of the unit (Cold Task). It is based on the short film ‘A German in The Woods’ from the literacy Shed. The task is differentiated for GDS and EXS students. This is lesson 2 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that explores the contrasts between the 2 main characters This is lesson 10 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’WONDER ’ By R.J. Palacio This is a cold task lesson, which results in the children writing a first person narrative linked to the text. This is lesson 1 in a series of 7. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 7 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a first person narrative, linked to the original text, using all of the features learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with planning and writing a diary entry (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay. WOnder clipart used with permission from ‘21st century teacher’ all rights reserved. Images must not be copied or sold.

A complete lesson that revises the use of all tenses taught in KS2 (Simple, perfect and progressive) It is perfect for SATS revision or to apply an understanding of how to vary tenses in writing. The lesson runs through the different types of tenses, and gives PPT based tasks which ask the children to apply each of the tense changes. The final activity is a ‘slow write’ type poem that uses the progressive tenses (past, present and future) All images from PIXABAY

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ SKELLIG’ by David Almond. (lesson 1 in a series of 10). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to engage the reader from the start of a story. The resources and PPT are fully editable wherever possible. This is lesson 1 in a series of 10. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing in my year six class. All images sourced from Pixabay.

Lesson 1 in a set of 4 lessons, covering narrative objectives for upper KS2. Children apply the learning in the final lesson when they write an additional chapter for the story. The lesson can be used as a standalone lesson, or used in conjunction with the other three. A detailed PowerPoint presentation and all resources are included. All original images (from book) are in the public domain, as are the text extracts. All additional images are from PIXABAY,

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ PIG HEART BOY’ by Malorie Blackman. THIS COLD TASK PROVIDES A STANDALONE WRITING TASK THAT WILL FEED INTO THE UNIT. It would also work w****ell as a big writing lesson. This is lesson 1 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a dilema story This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A 2 week plan, based on ancient greek play scripts. All of the resources are also here for you. Some have been adapted from elsewhere so thank you in advance for any inspiration received! I wrote this plan for my year 4 class but it is easily adapted for other year groups. Please comment if you have used it !

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for chapter 2 of the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to create a variety of sentence types and how to use the comma correctly. This is lesson 2 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

The last 2 weeks of resources for the planning previously uploaded.

I wrote this unit, based on animated short films to inspire boys writing in my year 6 class. \n\nThe planning focuses on narrative flashbacks and the building of pace and tension in story writing\n\nTwo of the films mentioned in the planning; 'The girl in the war&' and Germans in the woods are available free on the Literacy shed website.\nReplay is available on you tube.\n\nPlease leave feedback, it is useful and really appreciated - these plans are hard work!\n\nPlease comment and rate if you use it.

Written for my year 6 class, children loved the text and really enjoyed the unit. Links perfectly with a Victorian history topic.

A second week of narrative revision for upper KS2, based on The Immortal Monkey (a short animation available on the literacy shed WEBSITE) Includes all of the resources that I have made/gathered too. Written for year 6 but could easily be adapted Please comment if you use it :)

This is the second upload for this unit. Please see the other upload for further details. A 3 week unit based around the brilliant book, Street Child by Belie Doherty.