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A set of Christmas-themed comprehension activities for UKS2.
Included in this resource:
• Night Before Christmas poetry comprehensions with answers
• Old Santaclaus poetry comprehensions with answers
• Santa and the Reindeer poetry comprehensions with answers
• A Christmas Carol comprehension with answers
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More Christmas resources:
✦ Christmas Maths and Comprehension BUNDLE UKS2
✦ Christmas Maths BUNDLE Differentiated Worksheets
✦ Christmas Word Class Bingo Game
✦ Christmas Shape Algebra
✦ Christmas Fraction Word Problems
✦ Christmas Coordinate Pictures
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4
Book & Poetry Bundles
✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Christophe’s Story 4 Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ A Dangerous Game WAGOLL Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Flat Stanley: WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Model Text BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Hodgeheg: Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman: WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE
✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ How to Train Your Dragon: BUNDLE
✦ Ice Palace WAGOLL Writing, Apostrophe & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man 10 Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Find Sheets
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Example Text and Grammar BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium: Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land: BUNDLE
✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief: Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword: Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE
✦ The Spiderwick Chronicles WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification and Answers
✦ Stone Age Boy: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Street Child: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Twits: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Unicorn Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions & Persuasive Letter with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Dragon 3 Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
Comprehension Bundles
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✦ Christmas Maths and Comprehension BUNDLE UKS2
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man | Complete Unit of Work | Plus Grammar & Comprehension | BUNDLE
Punctuation & Grammar Bundles
✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
History & Science Bundles
✦ Ancient Egypt Example Text Bundle
✦ Mummification Bundle
✦ Ancient Greece Myths & Monsters WAGOLL Writing Bundle
✦ Animal Non-Chronological Report Bundle
Maths Bundles
✦ Valentine’s Day Maths BUNDLE
✦ Easter Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Christmas Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE - Differentiated Worksheets
✦ 6 Maths Murder Mysteries With Answers BUNDLE
✦ 2D & 3D Shapes Games Maths BUNDLE
✦ 2D Shapes Polygons Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
✦ 3D Shapes Solids Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
English & Maths Games
✦ Fun English Writing Games
✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
✦ 15 Fun Maths Arithmetic Games
French Bundles
✦ 10 French Role Play Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animals Role Plays & Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animal Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Games Guess Who the Character Is BUNDLE
✦ French Battleships BUNDLE
✦ French Shape Vocabulary Games BUNDLE
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A bundle of example texts based on the historical World War II novel The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier, plus additional feature find resources.
The following model text packs are included in this bundle:
• Character profile
• Diary
• Informal letter
• Playscript
Character profile pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text about Joseph
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Planning templates, differentiated x3
• Writing templates, differentiated x3
• Character trait word bank
Diary pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar diary entries WAGOLL text from Bronia’s point of view
• Feature find worksheet, differentiated x3
• Feature find answers
• Planning sheets, differentiated x3
Informal letter pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar informal letter WAGOLL text from Ruth
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Teacher notes
Playscript pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar playscript WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
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Units of Work
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
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Book & Poetry Bundles
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✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Flat Stanley: WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ How to Train Your Dragon: BUNDLE
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land: BUNDLE
✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief: Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ Stone Age Boy: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Street Child: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ The Hodgeheg: Example Text Packs BUNDLE
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✦ The Twits: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Unicorn Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions & Persuasive Letter with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Dragon 3 Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
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✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
History & Science Bundles
✦ Ancient Egypt Example Text Bundle
✦ Mummification Bundle
✦ Ancient Greece Myths & Monsters WAGOLL Writing Bundle
✦ Animal Non-Chronological Report Bundle
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✦ Valentine’s Day Maths BUNDLE
✦ Easter Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Christmas Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE - Differentiated Worksheets
✦ 6 Maths Murder Mysteries With Answers BUNDLE
✦ 2D & 3D Shapes Games Maths BUNDLE
✦ 2D Shapes Polygons Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
✦ 3D Shapes Solids Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
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✦ Fun English Writing Games
✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
✦ 15 Fun Maths Arithmetic Games
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✦ French Animals Role Plays & Games Packs BUNDLE
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✦ French Games Guess Who the Character Is BUNDLE
✦ French Battleships BUNDLE
✦ French Shape Vocabulary Games BUNDLE
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Two example text packs, one punctuation pack and a literary device pack based on the bookThe Ice Palace by Robert Swindells.
The bundle consists of 4 resource packs.
Character Profile Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated writing templates, differentiated x3
• Character trait word bank
Diary Entry Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text
• Feature find worksheets, differentiated x3
• Feature find answer sheets, differentiated x3
Contraction & Possession Apostrophe Differentiated Worksheets Pack
Resources provided:
• Apostrophe worksheets, differentiated x3
• Worksheet answers
Literary Device Pack
Resources provided:
• Literary Device Matching Cards, differentiated x3
• Matching Card answers
• Literary Device Identifying worksheets, differentiated x3
• Identifying answers
• Literary Device Find worksheets, differentiated x3
• Device Find answers
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4
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✦ How to Train Your Dragon: BUNDLE
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land: BUNDLE
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✦ Stone Age Boy: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Street Child: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman: WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Hodgeheg: Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium: Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword: Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE
✦ The Twits: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Unicorn Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions & Persuasive Letter with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Dragon 3 Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
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✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
History & Science Bundles
✦ Ancient Egypt Example Text Bundle
✦ Mummification Bundle
✦ Ancient Greece Myths & Monsters WAGOLL Writing Bundle
✦ Animal Non-Chronological Report Bundle
Maths Bundles
✦ Valentine’s Day Maths BUNDLE
✦ Easter Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Christmas Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE - Differentiated Worksheets
✦ 6 Maths Murder Mysteries With Answers BUNDLE
✦ 2D & 3D Shapes Games Maths BUNDLE
✦ 2D Shapes Polygons Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
✦ 3D Shapes Solids Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
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✦ Fun English Writing Games
✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
✦ 15 Fun Maths Arithmetic Games
French Bundles
✦ 10 French Role Play Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animals Role Plays & Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animal Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Games Guess Who the Character Is BUNDLE
✦ French Battleships BUNDLE
✦ French Shape Vocabulary Games BUNDLE
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A timeline of key events based on the historical fiction novel Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden.
This timeline of events supports the teaching of Carrie’s War, a story about the experiences of two young evacuees, Carrie and her brother Nick, who are sent to live in Wales during the Second World War.
A list of key events in chronological order with dates and chapters are given.
This resource is useful for students studying the novel and teachers alike.
More Carrie’s War themed resources:
✦ Carrie’s War Example Character Profile Text Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Diary Entry Model Text Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Character Matching Activity Differentiated
✦ Carrie’s War Newspaper Report WAGOLL Pack
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✦ Christophe’s Story 4 Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Model Text BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium: BUNDLE
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✦ Lightning Thief: Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword: Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Street Child: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
Units of Work
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Year 3/4
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | Year 3/4
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Timeline activity pack for Carrie’s War which covers the key events from the whole novel. This is activity is perfect to use to deepen pupils’ understanding of Nina Bawden’s historical fiction novel.
Resources provided:
Event sorting activities
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 2-6
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 7-14
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 2-14
Timeline activity for whole novel
• Key events cards
• Timeline template
• Answer sheet
Give these timeline activities to small groups, pairs or individual pupils to complete to consolidate pupils’ understanding of the text. The story is non-linear, being told through a flashbacks, so the whole novel activity challenges pupils to order the events chronologically, thus deepening their understanding of the narrative.
All resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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More Carrie’s War themed resources:
✦ Carrie’s War Example Character Profile Text Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Diary Entry Model Text Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Character Matching Activity Differentiated
✦ Carrie’s War Newspaper Report WAGOLL Pack
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✦ Holes BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE
✦ Street Child BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work
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An example non-chronological text about Sri Lankan green vine snakes, plus feature find task, planning and writing templates, and task sheet.
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find answers
• Planning sheets differentiated x2
• Writing templates differentiated x2
• Task explanation sheet
Pupils read the model information text about green vine snakes, and then examine its features; and then research, plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates. Pupils can create the information text about the same or a different type of snake, or an animal of their choice. These activities can be carried out over several lessons.
Structural, language, grammar & punctuation features in the model text:
• Heading
• Introduction
• Subheadings
• Bullet-pointed list
• Picture/diagram with caption
• Glossary
• Present tense
• Adverbs of degree
• Alliteration
• Brackets to add a definition
• Complex list with semi-colons
• Embedded relative clauses
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials
• Modal verbs
• Passive voice
• Relative clauses
• Subordinate clauses
• List introduced with a colon
• Singular possessive nouns
• Plural possessive nouns
This scientific text has cross-curricular links to the science curriculum:
✎ Year 3: Animals Including Humans - identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat
✎ Year 4: Living Things and Their Habitats - recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
✎ Year 4: Animals Including Humans - construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey
✎ Year 5: Living Things and Their Habitats - describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals
✎ Year 6: Living Things and Their Habitats - give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics
✎ Year 6: Evolution and Inheritance - identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution
The resources are PDFs and editable Word files.
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
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Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the classic novel Goodnight Mister Tom, plus feature find worksheet, answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank.
This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 5 and 6 of Michelle Magorian’s historical World War Two novel. The diary entry, written from evacuee Zach’s perspective, recounts the day when he speaks to protagonist Willie for the very first time.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Contractions word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the example diary entry, use the WAGOLL to complete the feature find worksheet, and then plan and write their own diary entry based on the WAGOLL, from a different point in the narrative or from the point of view of a different character, such as Willie, Tom Oakley or Dr Little.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text:
• fronted adverbials with commas
• subordinate clauses
• dash and dashes for emphasis
• relative clauses
• thoughts/feelings
• colons to introduce lists
• complex lists with semi-colons
• similes
• brackets for extra information
• expanded noun phrases
• contractions
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• possessive noun phrases
• date
• greeting with comma
• introduction
• sign off
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More Goodnight MIster Tom themed resources:
✦ Goodnight Mister Tom Example Character Profile Text Pack
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✦ Street Child BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work
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An example character profile text based on information from chapters 1 and 2 of the historical fiction novel Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian with feature find sheet, differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank.
The model character profile based on the World War II children’s novel describes evacuee Willie, the story’s protagonist.
Read the exemplar character profile text and then use the feature find worksheet as a WAGOLL to examine before pupils plan and write their own about Willie or another character such as Thomas Oakley or Zach.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated planning templates, x3
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Character trait word bank
The following features are included in the exemplar text:
• complex lists with semi-colons
• conjunctive adverbs
• expanded noun phrases
• extra information inside dashes
• fronted adverbials with commas
• colons to introduce lists
• possessive noun phrases
• relative clauses
• rule of three
• subordinate clauses
All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format.
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✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4
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Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the popular novel The Day I Was Erased, plus feature find worksheet, answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank.
This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 4 to 6 of Lisa Thompson’s hilarious novel. The diary entry, written from friend Charlie Geek’s perspective, recounts the day when he is hit in the nose by protagonist Maxwell Beckett.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Contractions word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the example diary entry, use the WAGOLL to complete the feature find worksheet, and then plan and write their own diary entry based on the WAGOLL, from a different point in the narrative or from the point of view of a different character, such as Marcus, Mrs Allen, Mrs Lloyd, or one of Maxwell’s parents.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text:
• date
• greeting with comma
• introductory paragraph
• thoughts
• feelings
• similes
• metaphors
• hyperbole
• repetition
• rhetorical questions
• brackets for extra information
• colons to introduce lists
• complex lists with semi-colons
• dash for emphasis
• pairs of dashes for emphasis
• expanded noun phrases
• fronted adverbials with commas
• possessive noun phrases
• relative clauses
• subordinate clauses
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More The Day I Was Erased themed resources:
✦ The Day I Was Erased Example Character Profile Text Pack
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✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE
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✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE
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✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work
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An example character profile text based on information from chapters 1, 2 and 3 of the novel The Day I Was Erased by Lisa Thompson with feature find sheet, differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank.
The model character profile based on the children’s novel describes Maxwell, the story’s protagonist.
Read the exemplar character profile text and then use the feature find worksheet as a WAGOLL to examine before pupils plan and write their own about Maxwell or another character such as Charlie, Bex or Reg.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated planning templates, x3
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Character trait word bank
The following features are included in the exemplar text:
• semi-colons between related sentences
• conjunctive adverbs
• expanded noun phrases
• extra information inside pairs of commas
• fronted adverbials with commas
• colons followed by explanation
• possessive noun phrases
• relative clauses
• rule of three
• subordinate clauses
All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format.
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A playscript example text based on the events of Chapter 9 from the hilarious children’s book The Day I Was Erased by Lisa Thompson.
The two pages of script provided in this resource are a scene where Maxwell Beckett is discovered at his school’s Centenary Ball.
The WAGOLL playscript comes with a Feature Find worksheet and answers so that pupils can look for features of this text type before continuing the scene or writing their own version.
The following files are included:
• Example Playscript (Word and PDF)
• Feature Find worksheet (Word and PDF)
• Feature Find answers (Word and PDF)
• Playscript Success Criteria Checklist (Word and PDF)
• Teacher Notes (Word and PDF)
The following features can be found in the playscript model text:
• Name of play
• List of all characters
• Scene number and name
• Setting description
• Character names followed by colons
• Words to be spoken by actor
• Character directions inside brackets
• Stage directions
• Sound effects
• Contractions and slang within speech
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A biography example text pack containing a model biography about Amelia Earhart; a glossary; Feature Find worksheets with answers; differentiated planning and writing templates; a phrase bank; and a task sheet.
Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She disappeared in 1937 while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe.
Pupils research and write a biography about a famous person. Use the exemplar text about Amelia Earhart as a WAGOLL to examine the features before pupils write their own biography texts about Amelia Earhart or any other well-known person.
The following files are included as Word and PDF files:
• Example Amelia Earhart Biography WAGOLL
• Glossary
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Biography planning sheets, differentiated x2
• Biography writing templates, differentiated x2
• Biography phrase bank
• Task sheet
The following features and more can be found in the biography model text:
• Fronted adverbials with commas
• Double fronted adverbials
• Expanded noun phrases
• Prepositional phrases
• Relative clauses
• Subordinate clauses
• Alliteration
• Modal verbs
• Passive voice
• Possessive nouns
• Semi-colon in a complex list
• Colons for emphasis and to introduce lists
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A bundle of example text packs based on the hilarious fantasy novel The Day I Was Erased by Lisa Thompson.
The following model text packs which include WAGOLLs, feature find worksheets, templates and more are included in this bundle:
• Character profile
• Diary
• Playscript
• Biography
Character profile pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated planning templates, differentiated x3
• Differentiated writing templates, differentiated x3
• Character trait word bank
Diary pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets, differentiated x3
• Contractions word bank
Playscript pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Example Playscript
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Playscript Success Criteria Checklist
• Teacher Notes
Biography pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Example Amelia Earhart Biography WAGOLL
• Glossary
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Biography planning sheets, differentiated x2
• Biography writing templates, differentiated x2
• Biography phrase bank
• Task sheet
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A biography example text pack containing a model biography about Amelia Earhart; a glossary; Feature Find worksheets with answers; differentiated planning and writing templates; a phrase bank; and a task sheet. This resource is perfect to use when reading the hilarious children’s book The Day I Was Erased by Lisa Thompson.
After reading Chapter 29 of the novel, pupils research and write a biography about one of the famous people mentioned in the chapter. Use the exemplar text about Amelia Earhart as a WAGOLL to examine the features before pupils write their own biography texts about Amelia Earhart, Roald Amundsen, Louis Le Prince or the captain of the Mary Celeste.
The following files are included as Word and PDF files:
• Example Amelia Earhart Biography WAGOLL
• Glossary
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Biography planning sheets, differentiated x2
• Biography writing templates, differentiated x2
• Biography phrase bank
• Task sheet
The following features and more can be found in the biography model text:
• Fronted adverbials with commas
• Double fronted adverbials
• Expanded noun phrases
• Prepositional phrases
• Relative clauses
• Subordinate clauses
• Alliteration
• Modal verbs
• Passive voice
• Possessive nouns
• Semi-colon in a complex list
• Colons for emphasis and to introduce lists
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free.
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