Worksheet to find the point of comparison

I find these so useful, because they make children self assess. The work because they make pupils notice the features that will improve their descriptive writing and story writing. I find these a much more effective tool than success criteria. Children don't always take ownership of targets or success criteria, but this encourages them to reflect critically on their writing and make progress. The self assessment worksheets are differentiated.

Change the symbols for punctuation. It is a word document, so it is an activity that children could do on the computer, or as a written task.

Change the highlighted words to change the person. It is a word document, so it is an activity that children could do on the computer, or as a written task.

Change the tense of the highlighted words. It is a word document, so it is an activity that children could do on the computer.

Change the symbols for punctuation. It is a word document, so it is an activity that children could do on the computer, or as a written task.

Change the symbols for punctuation. It is a word document, so it is an activity that children could do on the computer, or as a written task.

Tasks to write and modify a simple sentence

Change the symbols for punctuation. It is a word document, so it is an activity that children could do on the computer, or as a written task.

Speech tag bookmark to encourage children to notice how writers use speech tags.

A bookmark to encourage pupils to notice sentence starts in reading books.

Reading challenge homework to find similes, good description and unfamiliar words from pupil's independent reading. There is also a certificate for pupils that complete both sides of their bookmark. You could choose the bookmark from the selection, or pupils could complete all three over a number of weeks homework.