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Fun and engaging model persuasive letter about a dragon problem plus writing feature identification worksheet with answers.
Based on the English legend of the cockatrice dragon from Wherwell, Hampshire, the sender of this letter asks the recipient for help to defeat the dragon that is terrorising their school.
The WAGOLL persuasive formal letter contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Emotive language
• Flattery
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Implied relative pronouns
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Exclamation marks
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Semi-colons
• Colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
This example persuasive text can be used to examine the features of persuasive writing and letter writing before pupils embark on writing their own persuasive letter. Works well as part of a unit linked to mythical or legendary creatures, fictional creatures (e.g. The Iron Man, characters from Alice In Wonderland) or as a stand-alone lesson.
Documents available as PDFs and editable Word documents. The letter can easily be edited to include the name of your own school, headteacher, pupils etc.
Answers for the feature find worksheet included.
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✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Unicorns
✦ Unicorn-Themed Example Instructional Text - How to Tame a Unicorn
✦ How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres
✦ Example Ogre-Themed Text Bundle: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report
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Differentiated card sort activity and differentiated worksheet to teach pupils about different word classes (also known as parts of speech) used in grammar.
Differentiated Card Sort
Pupils work in small groups, pairs or individually to match different words to the word class they belong to. Answers are included.
Differentiated Word Class Worksheets
Pupils work independently to categorise words from given sentences into word classes. Answers are included.
The word classes covered by these activities are:
• Nouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Determiners
• Prepositions
• Pronouns
• Conjunctions
Suitable as a paired or small group activity to be completed as a lesson starter or plenary.
All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs.
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✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
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Four WAGOLL example text packs based on the novel The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
The bundle consists of 4 resource packs which each contain a WAGOLL related to the book.
Diary Entries Example Texts Pack
Resources provided:
• Two exemplar diary entry WAGOLL texts
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Planning template differentiated 3 ways
• Three word, phrase and sentence banks
Character Profile Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text
• Planning template differentiated 2 ways
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Personality traits word bank
Instructions Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Writing template differentiated 2 ways
Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Layout activity
• Layout answers
• Planning template
• Writing template differentiated 2 ways
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Features Sheet & Answers
✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities
✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers
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An example character profile text based on chapters 1 to 3 of the fantasy novel Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series) by Rick Riordan with feature find, differentiated planning and writing template and word bank.
The character profile describes the story’s protagonist, Percy.
The exemplar text can be used as a WAGOLL character profile to examine before pupils plan and write their own about Percy or another character such as Grover Underwood, Mr Brunner or his mother, Sally.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated planning templates, x3
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Character trait word bank
All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format.
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✦ The Twits Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦ The Iron Man Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Plus Feature Sheet and Templates
✦ The Twits Character Profile Example Text, Feature Find, Planning & Writing Template
✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Varjak Paw Character Profile Example Text & Character Matching Pack
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A bundle of example texts based on the novel Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief (Book 1 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series) by Rick Riordan.
The following model text packs are included in this bundle:
• Character profile
• Diary
• Instructional text
• Non-chronological reports
Plus
• Figurative language & other literary devices worksheets
Character profile pack
The following resources have been provided:
• character profile text WAGOLL
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated planning templates, x3
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Character trait word bank
Diary pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Diary entry text WAGOLL
• Differentiated planning templates
• Contractions word bank
• Feelings word bank
Non-chronological report pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Exemplar non-chronological texts x4
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated planning templates, x3
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
Instructional text pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Instructions WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Writing template, differentiated x2
Figurative language & other literary devices pack
The following resources have been provided:
• Literary devices identification sheets, differentiated x3
• Literary devices match, differentiated x3
• Literary devices information sheet
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✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE
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An example character profile text based on chapters 1 and 2 of the book Flat Stanley: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery by S. Pennypacker and created by Jeff Brown. The WAGOLL text comes with a feature find sheet, differentiated writing templates and word bank.
The character profile describes the story’s protagonist, Stanley.
The exemplar text can be used as a WAGOLL character profile to examine before pupils plan and write their own about Stanley or another character such as Arthur, Mr Lambchop, Amisi or Sir Abu Hawara.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Character trait word bank
All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format.
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Other Flat Stanley themed resources:
✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation Bundle
✦ Flat Stanley Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Flat Stanley Fronted Adverbial Worksheets Differentiated
✦ Flat Stanley Punctuation Worksheets Differentiated
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✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Plus Feature Sheet and Templates
✦ The Twits Character Profile Example Text, Feature Find, Planning & Writing Template
✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Varjak Paw Character Profile Example Text & Character Matching Pack
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Vocabulary sheets listing a variety of positive and negative feelings. These handouts are particularly useful for PSHE lessons when describing feelings, and for English or literacy lessons when writing texts such as diaries, letters, poems, narratives etc that require the description of characters’ emotions.
The adjectives have been grouped into categories:
Positive feelings
• open
• happy
• alive
• good
• love
• interested
• positive
• strong
Negative feelings
• angry
• depressed
• helpless
• confused
• indifferent
• hurt
• afraid
• sad
The resource comes as both a PDF and as an easily editable Word document.
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✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
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A lesson using freeze frames and role play using the context of the Moon landing. Example recount text of Neil Armstrong’s diary from the Moon landing is used in this lesson.
Resources for a whole lesson are included:
• 11 slide Powerpoint presentation with example diary text
• Lesson plan
Suitable for Key Stage 2. Useful for cross curricular English and history/science lessons.
All documents available as PDF and easily adaptable Word/Powerpoint documents.
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✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Bundle
✦ Moon Landing Diary Lesson Plans
✦ Moon Landing Diary Entry Example Text
✦ Moon Landing Diary Features Lesson
✦ Differentiated Moon Landing Diary Planning Lesson
✦ Moon Landing Diary Writing Lesson
✦ Moon Landing Diary Editing Lesson
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In this week long unit of work about Moon landing diaries, pupils examine an example diary text written from Neil Armstrong’s point of view recounting the Moon landing, they take part in role play and learn about the Moon landing, and then plan, write and edit their own diary entries.
5 lessons with full lesson plans, differentiation, all resources and Powerpoint presentations.
Suitable for Key Stage 2. Useful for cross curricular English and history/science lessons.
All documents available as PDF and editable Word/Powerpoint documents.
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✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers
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Lesson where pupils plan a diary entry using the context of the first Moon landing. Pupils to write Neil Armstrong’s diary entry recounting the events of the day.
10 separate documents are included to teach a whole lesson including:
• lesson plan
• lesson presentation
• starter worksheets
• main lesson worksheets
The worksheets include:
• information sheet
• differentiated success criteria sheets
• differentiated planning sheets
• vocabulary sheet
Answers for the starter activity (ordering of the Moon landing events) are also included.
This interesting and engaging lesson is suitable for Key Stage 2 children. Useful for cross-curricular English and history/science learning.
All documents available as PDF and editable Word/PowerPoint files.
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✦ Moon Landing Diary Entry Example Text
✦ Moon Landing Diary Features Lesson
✦ Moon Landing Diary Role Play Lesson
✦ Moon Landing Diary Writing Lesson
✦ Moon Landing Diary Editing Lesson
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Lesson plans for a Moon Landing Diary unit of work.
Lesson plans for 5 days.
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✦ Differentiated Moon Landing Diary Planning Lesson
✦ Moon Landing Diary Writing Lesson
✦ Moon Landing Diary Editing Lesson
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This collection of 30 daily activities will help to teach, assess and consolidate your pupils’ understanding of the grammar, punctuation and spelling curriculum to improve their writing for half a term. Six weeks of daily activities are included on the presentation. The answers to each activity is on the next slide to aid idiscussion with the class. The presentation has over 60 slides in total.
These can be used as daily registration activities, English/Literacy lesson starter activities, plenaries, end of the day activities, and more.
This resource requires no photocopying, just a screen and somewhere for the children to note down their answers (English books, general work books or mini-whiteboards).
Topics covered:
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Sentence types: statement, exclamation, question and command
• Commas in lists
• Pronouns
• Similes and metaphors
• Plural possessive apostrophes
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions or prepositions?
• Alliteration
• Present perfect tense
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Prepositions to express cause
• Fronted adverbials
• Onomatopoeia
• Direct speech
• Co-ordinating conjunction or adverb?
• Fronted adverbials with a comma after each
• Question or exclamation?
• Complex sentences
• Singular and plural possessive apostrophes and contractions
• Standard and non-standard English
• Personification
• Noun phrases
• Determiners
• Fronted adverbials
• Homophones
• Rule of three
Can also be used as revision for Key Stage 3 pupils.
Editable PowerPoint presentation and PDF document provided.
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✦ Punctuation Mark Matching Activity | Differentiated
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This collection of 30 daily activities will help to teach, assess and consolidate your pupils’ understanding of the grammar, punctuation and spelling curriculum to improve their writing for half a term. Six weeks of daily activities are included on the presentation. The answers to each activity is on the next slide to aid idiscussion with the class. The presentation has over 60 slides in total.
These can be used as daily registration activities, English/Literacy lesson starter activities, plenaries, end of the day activities, and more.
This resource requires no photocopying, just a screen and somewhere for the children to note down their answers (English books, general work books or mini-whiteboards).
Topics covered:
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Sentence types:statement, exclamation, question and command
• Commas in lists
• Pronouns
• Adjectives and nouns
• Plural possessive apostrophes
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions or prepositions?
• Present perfect tense
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Prepositions to express cause
• Fronted adverbials
• Direct speech
• So and so: Co-ordinating conjunction or adverb?
• Fronted adverbials with a comma after each
• Five senses
• Question or exclamation?
• Complex sentences
• Plural possessive apostrophes
• Standard and non-standard English
• Noun phrases
• Definite and indefinite articles
• Homophones
Can also be used as revision for Key Stage 3 pupils.
Editable PowerPoint presentation and PDF document provided.
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✦ Daily Writing Nuggets with Answers - Half Term 2
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Example persuasive text - a letter to an ogre - plus writing feature identification worksheet with answers.
The persuasive letter contains the following features: language features such as the rule of three, repetition for effect, alliteration, metaphor, hyperbole, emotional language, flattery and rhetorical questions; grammar features such as exclamatory sentences, subordinate clauses, fronted adverbials followed by commas and expanded noun phrases; and punctuation such as exclamation marks, question marks, apostrophes for contraction, apostrophes for singular possession, apostrophes for plural possession, brackets, colons and dashes.
This example persuasive letter WAGOLL can be used to examine the features of persuasive writing and letter writing before pupils embark on writing their own persuasive letter.
All documents are included as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
Answers for the feature identification worksheet are included.
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✦ How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres
✦ Example Ogre-Themed Text Bundle: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report
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Three fun, engaging ogre-themed example texts that children will love to use.
The example WAGOLL texts included in the bundle are:
• a set of instructions: How to Catch an Ogre;
• a persuasive letter: Letter to an Ogre;
• a non-chronological report: All About Ogres.
All texts include a variety of language, grammar and punctuation features. A tailored feature identification worksheet is provided with each text so that children can find the writing features within the text. Answers to these activity sheets are also given.
The texts can be used as exemplars for the particular genre of writing, as part of a unit about mythical or legendary creatures or as fun, engaging stand-alone lessons.
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Ogre texts
• Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres - with Feature Identification Worksheet & Answers
• Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
• How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
• Example Ogre-Themed Recount Text - with Feature Identification Worksheet (plus answers)
• Ogre-Themed BUNDLE - 4 Example Texts: Instructions, Persuasive Letter, Non-Chronological Report & Recount (each with Features Worksheet & Answers)
• Ogre-Themed BUNDLE - 3 Example Texts: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report (each with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers)
Dragon texts
• Example Dragon-Themed Non-Chronological Report, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
• Chinese Lung Dragon Non-Chronological Report Planning Activity - Differentiated
• Dragon Non-Chronological Report BUNDLE
Unicorn texts
• Example Non-Chronological Report About Unicorns, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
• Example Persuasive Letter - Why We Need a Unicorn - with Features Worksheet & Answers
• Unicorn-Themed Example Instructional Text: How to Tame a Unicorn (with Feature Sheet & Answers)
• Unicorn-Themed Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions and Persuasive Letter
Other texts
• Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet
• Example Non-Chronological Report About Werewolves, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
• Mythical Creatures: 3 Example Non-Chronological Reports BUNDLE, each with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
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This bundle contains three example instructional texts about three mythical creatures:
• Ogres
• Unicorns
• Hydras
The following resources are included in this bundle:
How to Catch an Ogre
• Instructions WAGOLL text
• Writing feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Writing template differentiated x2
How to Tame a Unicorn
• Model instructions
• Writing feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
How to Slay a Hydra
• Instructions WAGOLL text
• Writing feature find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Writing template differentiated x2
Pupils will love reading about these mythical creatures and then examining the features of the texts, before writing their own!
These fun instructions contain the following language, grammar, punctuation and organisational features:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Metaphors
• Onomatopoeia
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Rhetorical questions
• Commands beginning with imperative verbs
• Exclamatory sentences
• Relative clauses
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for singular and plural possession
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Heading
• Subheadings
• Bullet points
• Numbered points
All files come as both easily editable Word documents and PDF documents.
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✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities
✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers
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This unicorn-themed example text bundle contains the following three fun and engaging WAGOLL texts:
• A non-chronological report called “All About Unicorns”
• An instructional text called “How to Tame a Unicorn”
• A persuasive letter: Why We Need a Unicorn
Each example text in the bundle comes with its own feature identification worksheet and answer sheet. The features identified include:
Language features
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Rhetorical questions
Grammar
• Exclamatory sentences
• Commands
• Relative clauses
• Subordinate clauses
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
Punctuation
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
Each exemplar can be used by pupils in the following way:
• to identify features of writing
• to identify genre-specific features
• to create success criteria
• as inspiration to write
• to memorise the text
• to borrow sentence structure, phrases and other vocabulary for independent writing
The texts work well as part of a unit linked to mythical or legendary creatures or for stand-alone lessons.
All documents are available as PDFs and editable Word files. The example texts can be easily personalised for your class or group.
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You may also be interested in:
Ogre texts
• Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres - with Feature Identification Worksheet & Answers
• Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
• How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
• Example Ogre-Themed Recount Text - with Feature Identification Worksheet (plus answers)
• Ogre-Themed BUNDLE - 4 Example Texts: Instructions, Persuasive Letter, Non-Chronological Report & Recount (each with Features Worksheet & Answers)
• Ogre-Themed BUNDLE - 3 Example Texts: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report (each with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers)
Dragon texts
• Example Dragon-Themed Non-Chronological Report, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
• Chinese Lung Dragon Non-Chronological Report Planning Activity - Differentiated
• Dragon Non-Chronological Report BUNDLE
Unicorn texts
• Example Non-Chronological Report About Unicorns, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
• Example Persuasive Letter - Why We Need a Unicorn - with Features Worksheet & Answers
• Unicorn-Themed Example Instructional Text: How to Tame a Unicorn (with Feature Sheet & Answers)
• Unicorn-Themed Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions and Persuasive Letter
Other texts
• Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet
• Example Non-Chronological Report About Werewolves, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
• Mythical Creatures: 3 Example Non-Chronological Reports BUNDLE, each with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
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Example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the novel Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell. The example text is based on Chapter 2 of the novel, when Rwandan refugee Christophe is bullied by schoolboy Jeremy. A writing feature identification worksheet and an answer sheet are included. The extract from Christophe’s Story is also included.
The model text is useful as a WAGOLL for children to study before attempting to write their own version or continuing the model text.
This resource can be used when studying the novel Christophe’s Story or during a stand-alone lesson focusing on dialogue writing.
All documents available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
The model text contains the following features:
• Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause, separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark
• Variety of speech verbs
• Adverbs to show how the words were spoken
• Actions of the characters
• New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes.
• Feelings of characters shown through action
• One sentence spoken but split into two by the reporting clause
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/end
• Two sentences spoken at once and split into two by the reporting clause
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Other Christophe’s Story themed resources:
✦ 4 Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Letter Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
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This Stig of the Dump themed bundle contains 9 example texts from a variety of genres to be used as models for writing.
Each WAGOLL text corresponds to a different chapter of Clive King’s novel Stig of the Dump covering a range of fiction and non-fiction writing:
• Chapter 1: Diary entries
• Chapter 2: Instructions
• Chapter 3: Character profile
• Chapter 4: Informal letter
• Chapter 5: Dialogue
• Chapter 6: Playscript
• Chapter 7: Newspaper report
• Chapter 8: Interview article
• Chapter 9: Persuasive advert
Each exemplar text comes with a feature identification sheet with answers. Templates, planning grids and extracts are also included with many of the example texts.
All resources come both as editable Word documents to easily adapt for your class and in PDF format.
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Other Stig of the Dump resources:
✦ Complete Unit of Work
✦ Reading Comprehension Tests
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✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
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✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers
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Example persuasive advertisement based on Chapter 9 of the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King. This exemplar advert persuading readers to visit Stone Henge is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 9 of Stig of the Dump.
The model advert text comes with a feature identification worksheet, plus an answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class, enabling pupils to become confident in the genre before an independent or shared writing activity.
After identifying features, pupils plan and write their own persuasive advert based on the exemplar. The pupils can link their advert to the novel Stig of the Dump by persuading their readers to visit the Kent standing stones, the Medway Megaliths, and to stay in Stig’s cave hotel, giving opportunities to describe settings from chapter 9 of the book.
The language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Facts and statistics
• Rhetorical questions
• Commands (starting with imperative verbs)
• Expanded noun phrases with appealing adjectives
• Other appealing adjectives
• Use of synonyms to avoid repetition
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Hyphens
• Colons
All resources come both as editable Word documents to easily adapt for your class and in PDF format.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free.
Other Stig of the Dump resources:
✦ Complete Unit of Work
✦ Reading Comprehension Tests
Stig of the Dump example texts, with feature find sheet and answers:
✦ Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Chapter 1: Diary Entries
✦ Chapter 2: Instructions
✦ Chapter 3: Character Profile
✦ Chapter 4: Informal Letter
✦ Chapter 5: Dialogue
✦ Chapter 6: Playscript
✦ Chapter 7: Newspaper Report
✦ Chapter 9: Persuasive Advert
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