Basic templates and examples of seven kinds of non-fiction articles for KS2 creative writing lessons. Non-chronological reports about animals (with an example about a gerbil). Writing about food (with an example about a chocolate cake from bakedbyrachel.com) Writing a how-to article (with an example about making fluffy slime from onelittleproject.com) Writing about role models (with an example about Emma Watson from theodysseyonline.com) Personal Anecdotes (with an example about ballet lessons from 625points.com) On This Day in History (with an example from onthisday.com) Historical Fact-Files (with an example about Ancient Rome from ducksters.com) Writing a travel piece (with an example about Pilgrim’s Rest in South Africa) These are not complete lessons but are instead templates to build your lesson around.

A complete introduction to descriptive writing, spanning three lessons. Lesson 1: Sensory language Lesson 2: Similes and Metaphors Lesson 3: Tone and Sentence Structure Also includes an extension/homework task for each lesson.

Contains example articles from newsround.com. Covers how to write a purely informative article versus a discussion piece.

Pack of six poems with challenging comprehension questions for KS3 or possibly even more able KS2 pupils. Includes: I have been one acquainted with the night - Robert Frost My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130) - William Shakespeare Those Sunday Mornings - Robert Hayden I like to see it lap the miles - Emily Dickinson Ozymandias - Percy Shelley The Red Wheelbarrow - William Carlos Williams

The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, broken up into manageable sections with discussion questions attached to each question. Also includes a selection of long answer questions at the end of the document.

Twelve questions in which students have to identify determiners - a useful warm-up.

PowerPoint using the opening of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to demonstrate an exciting opening and provide students with a template for creating their own.

Activity to introduce KS1 students to writing descriptively and using sensory language, getting them to look at examples before guiding them through writing their own. Would form part of a lesson on descriptive writing.

PowerPoint walking students through writing their own fairytale. Includes ‘true or false’ warm-up and story template. Suitable for KS1 or early KS2.

A complete starter pack of resources to introduce more able KS1 classes to poetry - mostly used for Year Two students. Includes: PowerPoint with rhyme-finding warm-up and writing prompts to start students on the path to writing their own poems ‘The sausage is a cunning bird’ by Jennifer Curry and Graeme Curry - with comprehension questions ‘There was an old man with a beard’ by Edward Lear - with comprehension questions ‘A Small Dragon’ by Brian Patten - with comprehension questions ‘Firefly’ by Elizabeth Madox Roberts - with comprehension questions ‘Now We Are Six’ by A. A. Milne - with comprehension questions Word Document with tips on memorising poems

Two PowerPoint’s worth of mini grammar tests for the upper end of KS1. First PowerPoint: Conjunctions Capitals Punctuation Articles Tenses Adverbs Prepositions Types of sentences Apostrophes Word classes Second PowerPoint: Tenses Articles Clauses Punctuating Speech Noun Phrases Apostrophes

Resource to introduce KS1 classes (or early KS2) to the structures of a newspaper article, focusing on finding the ‘5 Ws’.

Four extracts with ‘right there’ questions testing students’ ability to pick out relevant information from the text. Extracts from: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne Never Say Die by Anthony Horowitz The Outlaw Varjack Paw by S F Said Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling

PowerPoints teaching analysis, evaluation and comparison for non-fiction GCSE questions (specifically Edexcel Language Paper 2). Includes: Analysis and Evaluation lesson using ‘Women Don’t Owe You Pretty’ by Florence Given Comparison lesson using ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ by Mary Wollstonecraft and ‘Women Don’t Owe You Pretty’ by Florence Given Comparison lesson using ‘Notes From a Small Island’ by Bill Bryson and extracts from the diary of Michael Macdonagh

Full text of The Magic Treehouse: Dinosaur’s Before Dark with comprehension questions attached to each chapter. Also includes a creative writing prompt based on the text at the end of the document. Perfect for KS1 class reading or for younger KS2 students.

Extract from Roald Dahl’s The Twits broken up into shorter sections with discussion questions on each page. Also includes creative writing task on final page where students describe the face of a character.

A warm-up, reading task, and writing task based around ‘The Ugly Duckling’. Includes: PowerPoint with warm up game in which students guess fairy stories from clues, speed thinking activity, and bingo activity. Word document with ‘The Ugly Duckling’ split up with discussion questions, and writing task in which students plan their own story with the same moral as ‘The Ugly Duckling’. Suitable for capable Year One students or Year Two, but probably a little advanced for Reception.

The opening extract from Clarice Bean Don’t Look Now by Lauren Child, split up into three sections each with discussion questions. Especially useful for practicing summarising texts. Good for younger or lower ability KS2 and has also been used with very able Year 2.

Warm-up PowerPoint introducing students to ordered instructions and possible features of an instructional text. Can be used before a reading or writing task.

Comprehension tasks targeted at lower ability/younger KS2 students, focused on developing inference skills. Extracts from: Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling Matilda by Roald Dahl Extracts range from 200-600 words approximately.