These resources aim to teach the principles of writing to persuade using the acronym 'A FOREST'. The first resource is to assess the knowledge students already have which is then used to reassess the knowledge gained during the lesson to help with formative assessments. Students then read through the persuasive writing information sheet before completing the worksheet (I stick the examples around the room for students to find). I then either get students to make a poster using the techniques or give them a pre-made one to identify techniques, dependent on ability.

This is the final assessment for a Victorian SOW. It encourages empathy whilst developing writing skills.

These activities are based around the Night Before Christmas poem. It looks at nouns, verbs, adjectives and imagery as well as a few extra activities.

This SOW focuses on the Ancient Egyptians whilst improving students writing skills. It concludes with a final assessment based around the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. These worksheets/activities can be paired with class/ independent research tasks and various comprehension activities.

This SOW is designed to be used in conjunction with the film of Matilda. Worksheets have been designed to build on students current knowledge of character development, key events, descriptive writing and writing to inform. The letter template can be used for any writing you choose- I did a letter to a journalist about the chocolate cake incident! I used this SOW with a year 7 SEN literacy group but the work can be adapted to suit a KS2 or KS3 group as needed.