Four activities which can be used and adapted for any stage to enhance newspaper writing skills. I used these in carousel format with my class but could be used as individual teaching activities for a lesson. The four activities are: Questioning Headlines Note-taking Fact versus Opinion (Cards to accompany from Twinkl or own can be made up)

Active Literacy stations for Middle/Upper stages practising speech marks, spelling, contractions and dictionary skills.

Five carousel activity cards for practising connectives! Connective chains Connective butterflies Connective board game (twinkl linked) Connective construction Connective wheel of fortune (twinkl linked)

This is a writing frame for a missing person poster. It can be used to encourage character description using adjectives and similes.

Writing frame for planning a letter of complaint. Features criteria for success.

Recipe Card format that could be used to show sequence as a graphic organizer.

A scary story planning frame to help children work on characters and setting. Also to help structure a story with a beginning, middle, build up and change in atmosphere and conclusion.

Powerpoint using pictures to inspire creative writing. setting, visual, space, planets, description, senses.

Here is a planning handout and activity handout for creating a new room for Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This activity is to encourage children's writing to become more descriptive especially with the setting. It can also be ta

Story starter for children to continue about a haunted house.

This is a powerpoint to accompany the novel, Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo. It leads to a discussion on why setting is important to a story.

Writing frame for a message in a bottle letter. Sea and Seashore, pirates, letters

A writing frame for children to invent their own superhero and write a descriptive piece about the character.There is also an accompanying planning sheet to get children thinking about ideas for their superhero.

Planning frame to go with Journey to another Planet Powerpoint. Creative writing, setting, space.

This is a planning sheet I created to help children to consider their ideas for a comic strip. It looks at characters and events.

Planning sheet for writing a letter to a child in Europe, penpals, letters, Europe,

Simple character wheel for younger children.

Questioning template for before, during and after story in shape of thinking head.