A writing model for the “Road’s End” movie on the Literacy Shed. The language is intended to be ambitious for end of KS2. We use it to gather features for narrative writing. The first session will be all about the language and the second will be about the structure. Then the children will begin planning and writing their own versions.

For Year 5 or 6 persuasive writing, includes colour coded model, model plan and blank plan. We are writing from the point of view of the Earth, writing to Humans to convince them to change their behavior to end pollution. The video was made to support home learning during lockdown so it may be well used as a holiday homework project

Model, planning model and blank plan for writing an autobiography in Year 5 and 6. The model and the plan are colour coordinated so that children can relate the plan to the text. The video was created for Year 6 students during lockdown so it may work well as a holiday writing project.

Two different models to inspire creative writing using The Robot and the Butterfly movie from Literacy Shed for Upper KS2. I’ve written two different plots where we see flashbacks into the robot’s back story. Curiously, the children prefer ‘Clara’, the robot with the darker, more questionable back story! We use them in order to give the children the chance to see how they can create their own character and back story, as well as seeing the varying structures.

A PowerPoint and comprehension questions based on The Phoenix Code by Helen Moss. It is an exciting book that my Year 5 class have loved. Each day has its own slide and details which pages to read and each slide has key questions for the lesson. Writing lessons for an adventure story based on the story are also included. Feel free to adapt as you need to!

Model, and model plan supporting children to write a first person story based on the eruption at Pompeii AD79. The written model and the model plan are colour coordinated so that the children can relate the plan directly to the text. The story is called Escaping Gentle Mountain and is designed to include 3 characters of the author’s choice. Advice on how to create these characters is contained in the video clip. The video was created to aid children during the lockdown, so this may work well as a holiday writing project.

Music lesson recorded for my class in lockdown. The song is broken down into parts where the singing is modeled and then the music is played back as an instrumental for the children to sing along to. The lyrics are embedded as a part of the song. The song is recorded simply using an acoustic guitar. At the end, there is a whole version with me singing, and then a full length instrumental for the children to sing along to

Fireship is a third person narrative set in the time of the Spanish Armada. It is told from the point of view of Beth, a ten-year-old girl from London, who sets out on a mission to find her older brother, Owen. Rationale This story was written to support reading and writing during the second Covid-19 lockdown when the majority of our Year 5 class were learning from home. The topic at the time was ‘Off With Her Head’, a Cornerstones topic based on the Tudors. It was intended to be set over 5 parts, but it grew as children were highly engaged. The weblinks are to my own blog, which outlines my thought process, both in terms of the structure of the story and the pedagogy. It also discusses student engagement.