Welcome to my shop! I write short stories that teachers can use for their English planning. At my current school, we use the Talk 4 Writing framework which includes internalising a model text. These texts have the appropriate grammatical features for the set year group, as well as a clear structure for the story type. I hope you find the stories useful in your teaching!
Welcome to my shop! I write short stories that teachers can use for their English planning. At my current school, we use the Talk 4 Writing framework which includes internalising a model text. These texts have the appropriate grammatical features for the set year group, as well as a clear structure for the story type. I hope you find the stories useful in your teaching!
Santa’s Evil Twin is an original Conkers Creative story about Santa’s twin hypnotising the elves in the workshop to ruin Christmas for everyone. The story is a conquering the monster tale that follows the generic story plot used in Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing.
The story is suitable for LKS2 but could be edited for UKS2 or KS1. The story is longer than the intended length for a Talk for Writing text but contains many examples of LKS2 grammar, including direct speech, subordinate clauses, and adverbs.
Please enjoy this story for free, and Merry Christmas!
Mikey doesn’t like fruit and will not eat it, no matter how hard his mum tries. One day, she gets rid of all the fruit and hands him a tasty milkshake. Mikey loves the milkshake, not knowing there’s a special secret ingredient inside!
Mum’s Magic Milkshakes is a short story for EYFS/KS1 about encouraging children to try fruit, and to introduce them to a different way to get their 5 a day. The story is 357 words long and has a repetitive structure suited to Talk for Writing or other English lessons. It could also be used for a PSHE lesson on healthy eating or trying new things.
A Conkers Creative original story, available in Word and PDF format.
Feel free to remove the watermark and header from Word, but please consider returning to my TES shop and writing a review. Thank you!
Ben and the Stolen Diamond is a short story I wrote for my year 4 class’s Talk 4 Writing unit on finding tales. We used the story for reading lessons, vocabulary work and a basis for shared writing. We also created story maps and internalised this as a model text. The story follows the generic plot of a finding tale based on Pie Corbett’s research into teaching writing.
The story would be suitable for year 3 or 4 as it covers the grammar points for LKS2. In particular, there is a focus on fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases. There are also adverbs and an example of direct speech.
This resource pack includes a PDF and a Word version so that you can adjust the story to fit your class’s needs.
This resource complements the newspaper article on Ben and the Stolen Diamond which can be used for non-fiction teaching.
A conquering the monster story about a girl called Rhona and a petrifying ogre who terrorises her village.
This story follows Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing box-up structure for a conquering the monster story. The story is written for KS1 but would also be suitable for LKS2 with some adaptations. This story could be used for guided reading, story mapping, art inspiration, etc.
Word count: 264
Grammar examples in this story:
Expanded noun phrases
Possessive apostrophes
Adverbs
Simile
A range of openers
This resource pack includes a PDF and a Word version so that you can adjust the story to fit your class’s needs. Please consider leaving a review if you enjoy the story!
I wrote this newspaper article as a non-fiction complement to our Talk 4 Writing unit based on Ben and the Stolen Diamond. I used it in my year 4 class as an example text. We discussed the features of newspapers, looked at vocabulary and structure, then used it to assist with shared and independent writing.
This resource would be suitable for a year 3 or 4 class but could be adapted for UKS2.
The original document included the name of my school and some staff members, but has been edited so it is generic.
I have uploaded a PDF and Word version of the document so that the article can be edited to include your school’s name.
The Horror of Hartwood Academy is a warning story about children sneaking into school at night even though they have been warned not to do it.
The story follows the warning story pattern used in Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing teaching structure, and, while written for LKS2, can be edited to suit KS1. This story could be used for guided reading, story mapping, art inspiration, etc.
Grammar examples in this story:
Adverbs and fronted adverbials
Subordinate clauses
Direct speech
Expanded noun phrases
Possessive apostrophes and contractions
Simile
This resource pack includes a PDF and a Word version so that you can adjust the story to fit your class’s needs. Please consider leaving a review if you enjoy the story!
Lesson presentation and differentiated worksheets to support the teaching and learning of place value within a hundred. The presentation contains a warm up to recap year one curriculum objectives and a reasoning plenary.
There are three levels of worksheet available, all with a corresponding answer sheet, as well as a challenge sheet with three extra questions.
Star sheet - suitable for expected and greater depth learners.
Moon sheet - suitable for children working towards expected.
Heart sheet - suitable for children working well below expected.
Each sheet contains three sections - fluency, reasoning and problem-solving, as well as a vocabulary section.
This pack has been created in line with Oak National Academy’s Y2 Maths curriculum. Worksheets would complement home learning requirements if Oak National Academy lesson videos are used.
