Hi,
We are Sally and Amanda from Guinea Pig Education. We present a range of complimentary teaching aids and workbooks to use in your classroom or as homework – in both print and digital format.
We aim to raise reading standards and to develop literacy skills, with our ‘fun for kids’ phonic reading resources.
We also offer support for pupils aged 4-16 years. We highly recommend our comprehension and creative writing resources - which build confidence and develop imagination.
Hi,
We are Sally and Amanda from Guinea Pig Education. We present a range of complimentary teaching aids and workbooks to use in your classroom or as homework – in both print and digital format.
We aim to raise reading standards and to develop literacy skills, with our ‘fun for kids’ phonic reading resources.
We also offer support for pupils aged 4-16 years. We highly recommend our comprehension and creative writing resources - which build confidence and develop imagination.
This is a 3 set pack including:
Plan And Write A Story Called ‘The Barbecue’
Plan And Write A Story Called ‘The Loch Ness Monster’
Plan And Write A Story Called ‘Fears’
Creative Story Writing work packs cut down preparation time when planning creative writing tasks. Easy to follow, each pack includes an example of how you can build on a title, to first plan a story for 9-12 year olds and then write it.
How To Use Your Work Pack:
Make sure the child/children know that stories must be planned
Read the model story in the pack
Ask the child/children to write down the names of the characters in the story
Ask the child/children to write down where the setting takes place
Ask the child/children to write down what the plot is
Identify the most exciting part of the story (the climax of the story or suspense)
Ask the child/children to plan a similar story - with a beginning, a middle and an end
Ask the child/children to rewrite their own version of the story
Ask the child/children to read their version of the story aloud
Creative Story Writing work packs are essential for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations. The work packs will guide students through the story writing process, as if they had a tutor by their side. Each pack is designed to help the child with thinking up ideas, providing starting points for writing, structuring and organizing their writing into paragraphs. It features writing a good introduction with characters, setting and plot, building up suspense and winding up the plot with a suitable resolution.
Attention is given to making writing more interesting by varying sentence types, using punctuation and good grammar. The student will investigate different narrative structures for writing stories, exploring various viewpoints so they can decide if they write in first or third person. They will learn to evoke mood and atmosphere by using good vocabulary. Each pack includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by children and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. Each pack contains vital hints and tips on gaining those top grades.
41 pages
Persuasive Writing work packs are essential for all students, of 9-14 years, wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations.
Persuasive Writing work packs teach children how to write from different points of view and how opinions can be used to make articles biased. This series of work packs will enable the student to write convincingly in letters, leaflets, brochures and newspaper articles for example. The packs include a lively collection of writings, poems and a play to inspire the pupils. These are designed as starting points, ideal for the student who finds it difficult to think up ideas for writing, challenging them to recreate their own persuasive pieces.
In addition to this, the packs teach organisational and literary devices in persuasive writing, including, figurative language, emotive words, repetition, connectives and use of good vocabulary. The student will learn how to consider writing for the appropriate audience, how to vary sentence types in order to make writing more interesting, and the importance of using good spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Each work pack includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by students and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. They are packed with vital hints and tips to enable the pupil to be successful and gain good grades.
The work packs are ideal for home study and will reinforce the work done in school. They may be purchased in any order. There are a number of titles to choose from. By working through the packs, the student will grow in confidence and will learn to enjoy writing. The packs are also a useful resource for teachers and save hours of time when preparing lessons or homework tasks.
17 pages
The Space Age Trainers: Write A Story (SATS And 11+ Essential Writing Practice) (9-13 years)
Plan and write a story about a boy who is bullied at school. Try moving the story from one setting to another. Next, plan and write a story about a girl who gets a new pair of space age trainers. Write the story.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills for 11 plus entry exams or S.A.T.S. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
9 pages
Write About My Street
The child uses the mural that Mrs Barker’s class made to make a map of their area. The child is asked to complete the sentences to describe their own area. They then complete the sentences to describe their street and neighbourhood.
Write A Story Called ‘Camping Out On A Summers Night’
Read the poem (written in rhyming couplets). Write the story about the day Isaac and Josh camped out at night.
Describe Places Adding Details To Create Settings
The child is asked to describe a place. They are shown how to add little details to build up the setting, to help the reader picture the place in his or her mind.
Describe The Characters In My Street
Describe the characters in your street using little details to create word pictures of the people.
Read the funny rhymes and use the characters in them to write a story. Did the child find the examples of similes, onomatopoeia and adjectives?
The child can then answer the 34 questions to help them write about their road and neighbours.
This series provides prompts to get the child to write. It provides starting points to encourage children of all abilities to write - even the most reluctant writers. With this series they will be inspired to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets and more.
More than this, the child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs.
17 pages
Use the Senses To Write (And Other Writing Tasks) (7-11 years)
In this pack, the child is taught to use their senses (sight, taste, smell, hearing and touch) in their writing. They should add their own ideas to ‘I love to’ and ‘I hate to’. After this, the child should read the example and then write about a journey that they have undertaken. Then, they are asked to make up some questions to interview a pop star or celebrity that they absolutely love. They should use the Internet to research their life.
This series provides prompts to encourage children to write. It provides starting points, to encourage even the most reluctant writers. Presented in a lively ‘magazine style’ format, these packs feature stories and non fiction texts to read. They include follow up activities that will inspire even the most reluctant writer, to write stories, letters, play scripts, diaries, poems, persuasive leaflets and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques including: simple, compound and complex sentences - connectives, grammar tips - harder vocabulary and punctuation.
Aimed at 7-11 year olds, these work packs provide excellent writing practice for those children preparing to take 11+ exams or S.A.T.s. They will also benefit children with special needs, or where English is a second language.es
19 pages
Read, plan and write a modern fairy tale.
How To Use
Cut out the pages along the dotted lines and muddle them up. Now, ask the child to sort them back into the right order, so the story has a beginning, a middle and an end. Get the child to read the story. Then, cover it and ask them to re-write their own version, putting in more detail.
This series provides starting points to get young children, of 6-9 years, writing their own imaginative stories.
Traditional tales like ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ are used as examples to look at the characters, the setting and the plot and to show how to structure a story with a beginning, a middle and an end.
Children will learn how to brainstorm their ideas, how to put them in a plan and then set out their story.
Each pack provides writing challenges, asking the child to continue writing the story, developing their own ideas and to cut up stories to put in order.
9 pages
Cut Out And Write Fairy Tales: Pack 5.
This workbook includes the packs:
Cut Out And Write The Story Of ‘Hansel And Gretal’
Cut Out And Write The Story Of ‘The Mermaid’
Cut Out And Write The Story Of ‘The Three Wishes’
How To Use The Work Packs
Cut out the pages along the dotted lines and muddle them up. Now, ask the child to sort them back into the right order, so the story has a beginning, a middle and an end. Get the child to read the story. Then, cover it and ask them to re-write their own version, putting in more detail.
This series provides starting points to get young children, of 6-9 years, writing their own imaginative stories.
Traditional tales like ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ are used as examples to look at the characters, the setting and the plot and to show how to structure a story with a beginning, a middle and an end.
Children will learn how to brainstorm their ideas, how to put them in a plan and then set out their story.
Each pack provides writing challenges, asking the child to continue writing the story, developing their own ideas and to cut up stories to put in order.
Charming silhouette pictures illustrate each work pack.
27 pages
This is a two pack set including:
Brush Up On Punctuation
Brush Up On Parts Of Speech
Improve Your English Work Packs teach the child good English. They help improve the child’s punctuation, spelling and grammar skills. There are a wide range of packs to choose from, providing practice in sentence writing, use of connectives and parts of speech. The child will also be introduced to literary techniques - similes, metaphors and other stylistic devices.
The format of each pack is so simple. The pages are quick and easy to work through, so the child will learn fast and remember skills taught easily. Each pack includes a lesson plan, with structured exercises, including answer pages. Improve Your English Work Packs save hours of time when preparing lessons or homework tasks.
Included in this series, there are eight structured assessment tests, to test vocabulary, capital letters, punctuation, spelling and use of English language with answers.
29 pages
Follow the instructions given to make a sentence maker. Cut out the words. Get your children to make a phrase or sentence and then read it aloud.
Introducing you to our brand new ‘Zoggy Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme.
21 pages
Follow the instructions given to make a sentence maker. Cut out the words. Get your children to make a phrase or sentence and then read it aloud.
Introducing you to our brand new 'Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme.
28 pages
3 pages
Write To Describe
GCSE English Writing Work Packs save time when preparing lessons at GCSE. The specimen lesson plans and examples contained within each work pack, will give your students ideas to build on and provide practice to develop their writing skills. The examples contained in each pack, show the student the standard of work they need to reach to do well in exams like GCSE. They will learn how to tackle a question to get those higher marks.
GCSE English Writing Work Packs include:
Practice in writing for different purposes and to reach different audiences
Practice in writing from different points of view, including articles, blogs, brochures and leaflets
Practice in different ways to set out an argument (PEE or PEA).
They will also examine language techniques
This DIGITAL resource contains a link to access and make a copy of it into your google drive. It is fully editable and can be shared with your students via Google Classroom.
A digital creative writing resource about a boy who starts a new school. Learn to plan and write a story that builds up characters. Read the example story, then use the prompts to write your own version. Full of tips to help your students succeed in writing interesting stories. Will save hours of time when preparing lessons or homework tasks.
This series of resources (available in digital and pdf format) are essential for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations. Each resource will guide students through the story writing process, as if they had a tutor by their side. They are designed to help the child with thinking up ideas, providing starting points for writing, structuring and organizing their writing into paragraphs. It features writing a good introduction with characters, setting and plot, building up suspense and winding up the plot with a suitable resolution.
Attention is given to making writing more interesting by varying sentence types, using punctuation and good grammar. The student will investigate different narrative structures for writing stories, exploring various viewpoints so they can decide if they write in first or third person. They will learn to evoke mood and atmosphere by using good vocabulary. Each resource includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by children and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. Vital hints and tips are provided on gaining those top grades.
The resource consists of 29 editable slides.
This is a bundle of 11 resources for use with 7-11 years olds.
Breakthrough In Vocabulary Work Packs’ are unique, in that they set out to teach children to use higher level or better vocabulary. They are a ‘must have’ guide to improve your child’s writing. These packs demonstrate to children that they need not overuse ‘boring words’ like nice, got and said, because there are much more impressive words.
Our lovable character, Zoggy, the alien from planet Zen, encourages the pupil to work through the packs with him - providing humorous anecdotes about his stay on Earth. There are plenty of exercises to complete, including vocabulary tests exploring the meanings of words.
By the end of this series, the child should have expanded his or her vocabulary and be able to use better words in his or her own writing.
100 pages approximately
10 pages
The Extraordinary Cupcake: Lots Of Writing Tasks To Complete (And More) (SATS And 11+ Essential Writing Practice) (9-13 years)
This pack contains lots of work to keep a child (children) busy - including writing stories - letters - emails and design a cup cake. This pack is full of interesting ideas to inspire the child (children) to write.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills for 11 plus entry exams or S.A.T.S. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
7 pages
The Yummiest Cupcake: Write To Describe (And More) (SATS And 11+ Essential Writing Practice) (9-13 years)
Learn to structure and plan your description. Read the example and then write your own version. Include impressive vocabulary - adjectives, verbs and adverbs. Next, write a recipe for making cup cakes and, after this, write the story of the day you made cup cakes.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills for 11 plus entry exams or S.A.T.S. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
3 pages
Design A Pair Of Space Age Trainers (SATS And 11+ Essential Writing Practice) (9-13 years)
Review some of the ordinary products for school - the design, value for money, their durability. Use your imagination as you journey into the word of fantasy and design a pair of space age trainers. Now, write about them for your school magazine.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills for 11 plus entry exams or S.A.T.S. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
7 pages
Dinosaur Discovery: Practise Information Writing (SATS And 11+ Essential Writing Practice) (9-13 years)
Complete the dinosaur quiz and then use the planning sheets to write a leaflet for older children about a new type of dinosaur that has been discovered.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills for 11 plus entry exams or S.A.T.S. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
Zoggy is taken to hospital’ and ‘Revise using better vocabulary’
‘Zoggy Is Taken To Hospital’
As you wait to discover if the people of earth suspect an alien invasion, fill in the blank spaces in the passage with a word of a similar meaning. You will find a list of helpful words or you can use your own ideas. A list of suggested answers follows on the next page.
‘Revise Using Better Vocabulary’
Complete this study of using better vocabulary. An opportunity to suggest your own words with similar meanings (or synonyms) to fill in the blanks. Use a dictionary to check your answers.
‘Breakthrough In Vocabulary Work Packs’ are unique, in that they set out to teach children to use higher level or better vocabulary. They are a ‘must have’ guide to improve your child’s writing. These packs demonstrate to children that they need not overuse ‘boring words’ like nice, got and said, because there are much more impressive words.
Our lovable character, Zoggy, the alien from planet Zen, encourages the pupil to work through the packs with him - providing humorous anecdotes about his stay on Earth. There are plenty of exercises to complete, including vocabulary tests exploring the meanings of words.
By the end of this book, the child should have expanded his vocabulary and be able to use better words in his or her own writing.
12 pages
Improve Vocabulary Worksheets: Replace the word said (Age 7-11)
Zoggy Deals With That overused word ‘said’
This pack deals with that overused word ‘said’. Zoggy reprimands the reader, saying don’t overuse boring words like said and gives over twenty alternative words - ‘exclaimed’, ‘responded’ or ‘muttered’. There is a vocabulary test to complete.
‘Breakthrough In Vocabulary Work Packs’ are unique, in that they set out to teach children to use higher level or better vocabulary. They are a ‘must have’ guide to improve your child’s writing. These packs demonstrate to children that they need not overuse ‘boring words’ like nice, got and said, because there are much more impressive words.
Our lovable character, Zoggy, the alien from planet Zen, encourages the pupil to work through the packs with him - providing humorous anecdotes about his stay on Earth. There are plenty of exercises to complete, including vocabulary tests exploring the meanings of words.
By the end of this book, the child should have expanded his vocabulary and be able to use better words in his or her own writing.
Zoggy takes a walk’ and ‘Some adjectives just sound right with a particular noun’
Zoggy Takes A Walk
It is a beautiful day to walk in the park, but that word ‘walk’ is so dull, when we can use high end vocabulary like ‘stroll’, ‘amble’ or ‘wander’. Make sure your children remember these superior alternatives. Replace the boring words in the passage, check them and then complete the vocabulary test.
Some Adjectives Just Sound Right With A Particular Noun
In this pack the children are asked to pair up the nouns and adjectives. Do they work together? Do they sound familiar? For example, strong suspicion. Work through the exercises and then check your answers.
‘Breakthrough In Vocabulary Work Packs’ are unique, in that they set out to teach children to use higher level or better vocabulary. They are a ‘must have’ guide to improve your child’s writing. These packs demonstrate to children that they need not overuse ‘boring words’ like nice, got and said, because there are much more impressive words.
Our lovable character, Zoggy, the alien from planet Zen, encourages the pupil to work through the packs with him - providing humorous anecdotes about his stay on Earth. There are plenty of exercises to complete, including vocabulary tests exploring the meanings of words.
By the end of this book, the child should have expanded his vocabulary and be able to use better words in his or her own writing.