A whole lesson looking at planning a story with a historical setting. It includes a PowerPoint, success criteria and differentiated planning sheets

A PowerPoint based lesson guiding the children through a shared writing for the place paragraph in their story with a historical setting

A PowerPoint for teaching two poetry lessons writing and performing their own Chocolate poem based on Kit Wright's Poem The Magic Box. Included are the poems The Magic Box by Kit Wright and Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for a Newspaper report. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A writing task sheet and planning sheet for a writing assessment based on the story Cuda of the Celts, which can be bought online. An excellent book which shows aspects of Celtic history which we studied for historical settings. This resource can be adapted to other historical texts where two characters from different backgrounds meet.

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for adding tension to stories. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for using inverted commas. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for making predictions when reading. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for identifying past and present perfect tense. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for writing about the setting in a story. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for planning a story. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

Balanced argument information and activity for writing a balanced argument/writing assessment

Day 2 flipchart for Balanced argument information and activity for writing a balanced argument/writing assessment

The PowerPoint is a guide to how to write a People paragraph or character description for a story with the outcome being that the children can introduce characters to my writing through description of looks, personality and actions.

The PowerPoint is a guide to how to write a Place or setting for a story with the outcome being that the children can describe settings understanding how small details can be included to evoke time, place and mood.

A full lesson for teaching the use of the full stop aimed at year 3 as a refresher but can be used with year 2 but activities may need to be altered. This contains lesson plan, PowerPoint and resource cards and sheets

Unit cover with suggested books, purpose for writing and objectives for reading, writing and spag

Planning for week 1 covering the objectives: Can I listen to and discuss a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books and read books that are structured in different ways? (Ongoing) Can I discuss ideas and outcomes for our new literacy unit, and link these with our new topic? Can I retrieve and record information from non-fiction? Can I draw inference about characters feelings, thoughts and motives for their actions? Can I justify these with evidence? (HA) Can I predict what might happen from details implied?