The resource would be useful for any teacher in Upper KS2 who is looking to get children to edit a setting description. It provides a paragraph and then a checklist for the skills they could show to improve it. There are two paragraphs for differentiation. A lower number of skills and a shorter passage to edit. A more age appropriate expected writing passage with more errors to correct and skills to include.

This resource is aimed at encouraging children to upgrade sentences by editing existing ones with adjectives. The resource includes an adapted version too for children who need more support with editing. This editing task is mainly for the descriptive writing of a setting - specifically a seaside location. The task is aimed at children who have just started in Year 5 but this could be used in Year 4 to Year 6 depending on the ability of the children in your class. The sentences are loosely based around the story Malamander but could be used away from the book if you are looking at setting descriptions.

This resource is designed for children in Upper KS2 to have a writing checklist in front of them while they’re writing. When they have used the skill, they remove the slip which displays that specific skill. It means that they are motivated to demonstrate all the skills and can easily see their gaps. It’s great for motivating and targetting children during the editing process.

This worksheet provides questions around verbs and their tenses. There are 3 levels of activities which require pupils to show their understanding in different ways. This worksheet uses the characters from the book, The Escape Room by Christopher Edge but could be used without any knowledge of the book. Best aimed at Year 4 and Year 5 children. It comes with answers too.

This resource is an example of a narrative story for Year 5 (possibly 6) which centres around the story, Beowulf. It begins with Beowulf leaving Heorot to take on Grendel’s mother - the Sea-Hag. He travels across the landscape and then there is a battle scene. The writing pulls on a wide range of writing features expected at the end of KS2 and could be used as a handout or as a teaching point to display on the board. If you wish to take sentences from the text and get children to finish or reinvent them, this could be additional SPAG starters too. Look out for additional Beowulf-related sheets on my site to aid with delivering this writing topic.

Poetry can be hard enough when you need to rhyme, but making it specific to one topic can be even harder. This resource helps by providing a range of words that can be used as rhyming couplets, specific to the environment. This one-page handout will provide you with 60+ words to take inspiration from.

This resource is aimed at children in Year 2 or 3. There are two activities for children to apply their understanding to - conjunctions and imperative verbs. They are separate from each other so children who only need one of them can focus on the one skill they need or do both. The tasks build in difficulty as they progress through the activities. Answer sheet include.

This resource is for those looking to provide a scaffolded word or sentence sheet to students to write their own setting description about an underground chamber or ancient room. Included is - adventurous vocabulary for children working at a lower KS2 level and another sheet for those working in Years 5 or 6, similes and metaphors, expanded nouns phrases and example descriptions based on the 5 senses.

This handout will help children to structure their playscript writing. It contains skills for Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and 6). The examples link with the story Wolves in the Walls but can be used with a variety of texts. It helps to identify the features of a playscript and structure the writing skills to encourage the pupils to engage with skills that they may usually find difficult or lack confidence with. There are 3 sheets in total. 1 x heavily modelled examples. 1 x partially modelled examples. 1 x blank boxed up sheet for recording own ideas on.

This handout will help children to structure their newspaper (non-chronological) report writing. It contains skills for Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and 6). The examples link with Kensuke’s Kingdom storyline. It helps to identify the features of newspaper and structure the writing skills to encourage the pupils to engage with skills that they usually find difficult or lack confidence with. There are 3 sheets in total. 1 x heavily modelled examples. 1 x partially modelled examples. 1 x blank boxed up sheet for recording own ideas on.

A planning sheet to help with writing persuasive writing in Year 5 or 6. The boxes provide a structure for children to come up with their own use of specific writing skills with an example in each box for them to use for support. There are different levels of support in the boxes for two ability levels of need. This is perfect for any one who needs a little structure to support including a range of skills within their work which meet the Year 5 and 6 writing standards.

This handout will help children to structure their diary writing. It contains skills for Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and 6). It helps to identify the features of diary writing and structure their use of writing skills. The examples link with the poem, The Highwayman but can be used with a variety of texts. There are 3 sheets in total. 1 x heavily modelled examples. 1 x partially modelled examples. 1 x blank boxed up sheet for recording own ideas on.

This handout will help children to structure their non-chronological report writing. It contains skills for Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and 6). It helps to identify the features of non-chronological report writing and structured writing skills. This help sheet is great for encouraging children to attempt skills they lack confidence to use or who lack ideas of what they could include.

If you want to encourage children in Year 5 to be more independent by including a wider range of skills in their writing or practise a specific target then these will help. There are 8 sheets, each with writing targets and a given example. Cut these Year 5 National Curriculum writing skills up into strips and place them somewhere in your classroom. Then encourage children to take a particular skill. (By colour-coding them, you may find that telling children to go to the red target is easier.) Children will learn to independently challenge themselves in any subject lesson by choosing these slips as an additional way they have looked to improve their work by including a wider range of skills.

Beowulf can be hard to describe uniquely and engagingly but this resource will aid students to do so. Suitable for Upper Key Stage 2 and 3. Using this word bank and a variety of sentence examples (based on a range of senses and writing skills) inspires students to choose vocabulary carefully and challenge them. Having example sentences for them to magpie or use as a structure will give them the confidence to explore. This comes with a list of relatable adjectives, an artistic interpretation of Beowulf, examples of expanded noun phrases, metaphors, similes and up to 5 sentences for each of the 5 senses. *Look out for other resources on my site which will help with any Beowulf themed writing topics. *

The 'Sea-Hag’ in the story of Beowulf can be hard to describe in a unique and vibrant character description. Using this word bank and variety of sentence examples (based on a variety of senses and writing skills) inspires students to choose vocabulary carefully and challenge them to use more adventurous vocabulary. This comes with a list of relatable adjectives, an artistic interpretation of the Sea-Hag, examples of expanded noun phrases, metaphors, similes and up to 5 sentences for each of the 5 senses. *Look out for other Beowulf related resources on my site which can aid you in teaching this writing topic. *

This resource is for those looking to use a structured sheet to get their class to describe different parts of characters (in Beowulf) or the settings. Perfect for Upper Key Stage 2 and beyond. The character sheet provides artistic character interpretations and then a sheet which encourages students to focus on how they would describe the different parts of a character - showing that each character has a different style. The setting sheet provides 3 settings and focuses on the 5 senses to describe each location. Look out for additional Beowulf-related sheets on my site to aid with delivering this writing topic.

3 scaffolded story mountains for the legend of Beowulf. These focus on the story retold by Michael Morpurgo and summarise the first two parts (Grendel and the Sea-Hag). There is a blank story mountain, a prefilled story mountain and a partly scaffolded story mountain (this allows children to plan their own conclusion to the story. Look out for additional resources on my site which will support you if you choose to do this.

The legend of Beowulf is set in a landscape very different to what most students know now so it can be hard for children to write about. This resource **provides students with artistic interpretations of Beowulf in Heorot, the soldiers marching across the moors and the Sea-Hag’s cave. **The settings come with a list of nouns related to the image which suggest what could be described. There are also relatable adjectives, expanded noun phrases, similes and metaphors. Suitable for** Upper Key Stage 2 **and beyond. *Look out for more Beowulf related activities to support you with writing for this topic. *

This character description aid will help anyone writing a description about the characters April or Tör from the book, The Last Bear by Hannah Gold. Containing adjectives specific to Tör and April about their personalities and appearance. There are example noun phrases and a short modelled piece of writing for each character to show how writing skills can be brought together.