A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
There are text extracts of BFG & Worst Witch that can be used for children to convert to plays. The BFG sheet is slightly easier than the Worst Witch, if you want to use the two tasks for differentiation. If you prefer, you can use either the BFG or Worst Witch answers sheet as an example starter activity to show how the texts have been changed, before getting pupils to complete the activity on the other text. There is also a sheet outlining the rules for play scripts.
Bundle of fun explanatory text resources. They are
fun tasks children will enjoy doing. There is a Powerpoint, scaffold frame, support worksheets, model text and learning mat - everything required to teach the text type thoroughly and enjoyably!
Great fun tasks for the end of term, including a reading challenge homework with certificate to ensure no marking for the last busy weeks of term. There is a fun punctuation worksheet, instructions and persuasive tasks that pupils will really enjoy based on ice creams and a summer holiday task that delivers great writing results!
Guided reading mats for poetry, reading and a persuasive reading adverts mat that gives pupils a new set of glasses with which they can "read" adverts being used in the World around them. There are resources aimed at able children in Upper KS1 or KS2.
Guided reading mats for poetry, reading and a persuasive reading adverts mat that gives pupils a new set of glasses with which they can "read" adverts being used in the World around them.
This is a fun resource pack that will deliver great writing and make children able to read and write adverts. There is a theme park advert model text, purposely written to show persuasive techniques with a writing scaffold & teaching notes explaining the genre features to get great writing results. There is also a fun adverts PowerPoint that uses animation, so pupils remember persuasive techniques. In addition, there are guided reading learning mats for persuasive texts to structure discussion to de-construct adverts and brochures. It gives pupils a new set of glasses with which they can "read" adverts being used in the World around them. Pupils learn adverts are constructed and they build the skills and strategies to de-construct adverts and to write persuasively themselves.
This is a fun resource pack that will deliver great writing and make children able to read adverts. There is a family fun holiday advert purposely written to show persuasive techniques with a writing scaffold & teaching notes explaining the genre features to get great writing results. There is also a fun adverts PowerPoint that uses animation, so pupils remember persuasive techniques. In addition, there are guided reading learning mats for persuasive texts to structure discussion to de-construct adverts and brochures. Pupils learn adverts are constructed and they build the skills and strategies to de-construct adverts and to write persuasively themselves.
Car advert to demo persuasive techniques, scaffold frame, KS3lesson notes to get a great piece of persuasive writing, also car names & slogans worksheets. There is also a fun advert PowerPoint that uses animation, so pupils remember persuasive techniques. In addition there are guided reading learning mats for persuasive texts discussion to de-construct adverts. A complete resource to develop pupils understanding of how to read and write adverts and help them to be less susceptible to manipulation by persuasive media.
This is a fun resource pack will deliver great writing and make children able to read adverts. There is a car advert purposely written to show persuasive techniques with a writing scaffold & upper for KS1/ KS2 to get great writing results. There are worksheets on car names and slogans. There is also a fun adverts PowerPoint that uses animation, so pupils remember persuasive techniques. In addition, there are guided reading learning mats for persuasive texts to structure discussion to de-construct adverts and brochures. Pupils learn adverts are constructed and they build the skills and strategies to de-construct them and to write persuasively themselves.
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A simple explanatory text and support worksheets, frames, teaching notes and templates to ensure children produce good explanatory texts themselves. The task is a fun one and should motivate whilst making pupils aware of the features of the text type.
This mat provides question prompts to use with any reading book. . They use higher order reading skills and develops the pupils ability to support answers with evidence from the text. They could be used with individuals, or small groups or whole class.
A brief sheet with fun examples of how punctuation changes meaning. I've used examples found on the internet of meaning changes caused by punctuation changes.
This is available at 65% discount as part of a bundle.
There are 4 PowerPoints to explain what constitutes a sentence, complex and compound sentences. It also includes how to add and swap clauses around in complex sentences.
This activity is inspired by Dru’s spy vehicle in Despicable Me 3. There is an example of an explanation text written about Dru’s vehicle to show to class and to discuss features of an explanatory text. Children draw and write an explanation of how their minion vehicle works supported by an ideas bank, scaffold frame and teaching notes. There is a list of ultimate spy vehicle features for discussion and teaching notes and scaffold frame to ensure you get good explanation text writing results. There are examples of a Year 4s work to give an idea of the end product. There is also an optional extension task included.
Three enjoyable and highly motivating units of work - fun advert for zoo, ice cream instruction and advert and robot explanatory text. There’s lots of resources, including useful model texts, word bank, PowerPoint, worksheets and scaffold frames to offer additional fun. Please review.
This delivers great short story writing results for upper KS2, because this photo story includes a scaffold frame to support weaker writers to get good story writing results. It also includes a popular visual stimulus and a story start. It also includes a vocabulary building sheet to develop the vocabulary of the most able.
I started the task by watching Steve Backshall's Shark Bites - very short CBBC programmes on sharks, including the Great White.
Next, I read the extract from Anthony Horowitz's Skeleton Key where Alex Rider came in contact with a shark and discussed how the writer uses description of the character's feelings as well as description of the shark to build suspense.
The worksheet of vocabulary can be used to model an effective noun phrase and sentence to describe the shark as a speaking and listening, or guided writing task.
The story starts with a diver swimming next to a tiger shark and everything is calm. Next, he notices the shadow of a great white approaching. The pupils need to finish this story start. I suggested that the story ends with the diver getting away from the shark.
The children that need more support could work with the scaffold frame for guided story writing to structure their work and show how feelings and description are required to build suspense.
We also listened to 'Jaws' music from John Williams.
