Simple character wheel for younger children.

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

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

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

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)

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Story starter for children to continue about a haunted house.

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

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

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

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

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

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.