Simple tasks to use when practising dictionary skills ranging from spell check to definition and location of words to alphabetical order

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for identifying topic related vocab in texts and using a glossary to find the meaning. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

An informative PowerPoint with basic facts and diary extracts based on Anne Frank's life

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

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.

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

An A4 sheet full of facts about Martin Luther King Junior that can be used for a unit of work or a report/biography writing activity based on figures in history

A mtp for year 3 and 4 of stories with suspense including what books to use and under the theme of Stone age

Success criteria for adding tension to a story

A simple sheet for adding a character to their writing through description. The passage has words missing and they should choose the appropriate from the word box to help them complete the task

A collection of poems that use personification

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.

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 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.

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?

Planning for week 1 of the Journalistic writing for mythical creatures covering: Can I discuss and express views about a range of fiction? Can I compare information and draw inferences about viewpoint? Can I generate questions about the text? Can I summarise paragraphs of text? Can I identify the features of a news report?

A Powerpoint teaching the use of inverted commas linked to Cuda of the Celts and a success criteria grid to fit the lesson. Task sheets can be bought separately or as a lesson bundle

Simple text with a variety of questions ranging from skim and scan to inference. Text can be copied onto word so that it can be shared with the class