A versatile and engaging cross-curriculum Christmas resource to spark students imaginations! This resource comprises eight suggestions for a variety of imaginative and persuasive writing projects, each task offering an opportunity to incorporate an art and design element. Students will be able to work independently or collaboratively on the tasks. The prompts provide creative inspiration for every writer. Suggested texts include narrative, play or film scripts, news report, advertising (print and screen), comic strip, poetry, parody, menu, invitations and social media mock-ups. Choose a class task that supports your current literacy focus, (or series of task) or allow students to choose their own.

This resource engages middle and upper primary and/or middle school or lower secondary grades with the Haiku form of poetry. The resource includes a Powerpoint Slideshow and a sequence of lesson activities, suggestions for engaging variations and challenges, a list of online resources and editable and adaptable assessment documents, based on a Learning Intention and Success Criteria. Cross-curricular links include Visual Arts, Media Arts and ICT

20 different arrangements for any comic strip, storyboard, planner or graphic organiser activity across the curriculum. These are fully editable PowerPoint slides, frames can be inserted, deleted, or resized as required. New shapes or elements such as arrows can be added. Students can edit slides to suit their projects. A 4x3 table is hidden under the slides, click on the outer edge for it to appear, to provide basic gridlines as a guide if necessary (gridlines are no longer included in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac).

Including three new, original diamante poems (Copyright ©ThePenLicence 2018) this comprehensive resource takes students step by step through the form and structure of a diamante poem. This resource pack includes:- 'How to Write a Diamante Poem Slideshow, as a PowerPoint Slideshow (.ppsx) and also as PDF slides. This can be used for whole class display and instruction or for individuals or smalls groups to work at their own pace. The slideshow works for class stations or a flipped classroom resource. Lesson Activities and Terms of Use PDF with Learning Intention and Success Criteria , links to online resources, and introductory lesson activities followed by engaging and creative extensions, variations and challenges. Printable diamante scaffolds are included in A4, A5 and A6 sizes. An editable class assessment record sheet and an editable assessment rubric including the Learning Intention and Success Criteria. The rubric can be adapted for your formative and summative assessment requirements or for student self or peer assessment. The class assessment sheet is ideal for relief teachers as well as for class teacher tracking.

UPDATED RESOURCE! This resource introduces younger poets to figurative language devices (similes), and includes suggestions for extension and variations, so can be adapted for a range of grades, experience and abilities. Cross-curricular links include Visual Arts and Religious Education. Suggested thematic variations encourage students to consider the Christmas experience from other points of view, looking at Christmas in other countries and cultures, and also a social justice perspective. This resource is suitable for whole class instruction or can be assigned as individual or small group task. The Learning Sequence slideshows are included in two formats (.ppsx and .pdf), supported by scaffolding graphic organiser and card templates. For your assessment records, an editable class record, based on the Learning Intention and Success Criteria is included, as well as an editable task rubric, which can be adapted for your formative or summative assessment needs or student self or peer assessment. This resource engages students in real learning activities, rather than Christmas time-filling, The Five Senses poem format is adaptable to other topics, as outlined in the resource.