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This bundle contains three example persuasive letter texts about three mythical creatures:
• Ogres
• Unicorns
• Dragons
The following resources are included in this bundle:
Letter to an Ogre
• Persuasive letter WAGOLL text
• Writing feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
Unicorn Persuasive Letter
• Persuasive letter WAGOLL text
• Writing feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
Dragon Persuasive Letter
• Persuasive letter WAGOLL text
• Writing feature find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
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
• Similes
• Emotive language
• Flattery
• Rhyming
• Metaphors
• Hyperbole
• Rhetorical questions
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Implied relative pronouns
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Exclamatory sentences
• Commands
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Semi-colons
• Colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
All files come as both easily editable Word documents and PDF 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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Four example texts based on the novel Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell.
The following exemplar texts are included in this bundle:
• Character profile
• Dialogue writing
• Diary entries
• Letter
Each resource contains the following documents:
• An example text to use as a WAGOLL
• A feature identification sheet
• Feature identification answer sheet
Writing templates and extracts are also included with some resources.
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the texts include:
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Commas in a list
• Commas to add extra information
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
• Hyphens
These example texts can be used to examine the features of writing as a WAGOLL before pupils embark on writing their own text.
All documents are provided as PDFs and editable Word documents.
If you like this product, you may also be interested in the following:
✦ How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text
✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text
✦ Example Ogre-Themed Text Bundle: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report
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Two example diary entries from the point of view of Christophe from the children’s novel Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell.
These exemplar diary entries are perfect to use as WAGOLLs after reading Chapter 1 of the text.
The first model diary entry comes with a feature find worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet. This can be easily edited to vary the challenge level and provide differentiation.
After identifying features, pupils can write their own diary entries based on the example texts. These could be from the point of view Christophe or from the point of view of other characters (for example, Jeremy, Greg, Miss Finch or Christophe’s father). Alternatively, pupils could write from Christophe’s point of view recounting events from the previous or following day.
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Similes
• Rule of three
• Onomatopoeia
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Exclamation marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Commas in a list
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
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Other Christophe’s Story themed resources:
✦ 4 Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Letter Example Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
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✦ How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text
✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text
✦ Example Ogre-Themed Text Bundle: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report
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6 example texts corresponding to each chapter of The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes (also known as The Iron Giant), covering a range of genres to be used as models for writing, plus glossary.
• Chapter 1: Fisherman’s Diary Entry
• Chapter 2: Hogarth and Family’s Dialogue Writing
• Chapter 3: Hogarth’s Apology Letter
• Chapter 4: Hogarth Interview
• Chapter 5: Iron Man and Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon Non-Chronological Reports
These model texts are perfect to use as WAGOLLs. Each comes with a feature identification worksheet so that pupils can identify language, grammar and punctuation features before writing their own texts based on the exemplar.
The worksheets all have answer sheets for teachers to upload for home or remote learning or to share with pupils in class.
A glossary for all chapters of the novel is also included in this bundle.
All resources come as editable Word documents and as PDFs to cater for all needs.
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✦ The Iron Man | Complete Unit of Work | Plus Grammar & Comprehension | BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man 10 Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Grammar & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Texts BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Apostrophe Activities Differentiated BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Fronted Adverbial Differentiated Worksheets BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man 7 Example Texts & Glossary BUNDLE
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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
✦ 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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Example interview article based on Chapter 8 of the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King. This exemplar interview write up with Barney’s sister Lou is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 8 of Stig of the Dump.
The model interview article 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. A planning sheet and interview article template have also been included.
After identifying features, pupils plan and then write their own interview article based on the example text by continuing the interview with Lou, or writing an interview for Barney or Stig. This provides the perfect opportunity for the children to role play before they write.
The language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Idioms
• Show don’t tell
• Commands
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
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
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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Seven example texts corresponding to each chapter of The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes (also known as The Iron Giant), covering a range of fiction and non-fiction genres to be used as models for writing, plus glossary.
• Chapter 1: fisherman’s diary entry
• Chapter 2: Hogarth and family’s dialogue writing
• Chapter 3: Hogarth’s apology letter
• Chapter 3: Instructional text
• Chapter 4: Hogarth interview
• Chapter 5: Iron Man non-chronological report
• Chapter 5: Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon non-chronological report
• All chapter glossary
These model texts are perfect to use as WAGOLLs. Each exemplar comes with a feature identification worksheet so that pupils can identify language, grammar and punctuation features before writing their own texts based on the model.
The worksheets all have answer sheets for teachers to upload for home or remote learning or to share with pupils in class.
A glossary with pictures for all chapters of the novel is also included in this bundle to support EAL and SEN pupils and to encourage tnew vocabulary use when writing.
All resources come as editable Word documents that can easily be adapted for your class, and as PDF files.
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.
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✦ The Iron Man | Complete Unit of Work | Plus Grammar & Comprehension | BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man 10 Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Grammar & Punctuation BUNDLE
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✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Texts BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Apostrophe Activities Differentiated BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Fronted Adverbial Differentiated Worksheets BUNDLE
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✦ 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 Conquering the Monster Tale with feature identification worksheet (plus answers) and planning worksheet for pupils to create their own story.
The story is based on the structure of the second half of The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes when a monster (Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon) appears and causes problems, the monster is difficult to defeat, is defeated by the Iron Man, and all is well again.
Pupils read the exemplar story as a WAGOLL.
Pupils identify the features from the text.
Pupils identify the structure of the story.
Pupils compare the structure of the example story with the Iron Man (or any other conquering the monster tale)
Pupils plan their own story based on the structure of the example text.
Pupils write their own story including features previously identified.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features are included in the text:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Commands
• Questions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials with comma after each
• Commas in lists
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Present perfect tense
• Past perfect tense
• Past perfect continuous tense / past perfect progressive tense
• Question marks
• Exclamation marks
• Contractions
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Inverted commas
• Colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
All documents come in two formats: editable Word documents and PDFs.
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A two page example recount text entitled “An Ogre Encounter” plus writing feature identification worksheet with answers.
This fun and engaging 450 word ogre-themed recount WAGOLL contains the following features:
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhyming
• Rhetorical questions
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Modal verbs
• Past progressive tense
• Synonyms
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
This example recount text can be used as an exemplar to examine the features of recount writing before pupils embark on writing their own recount. Suitable for a unit about mythical or imaginary creatures, fairy-tales or legends or as a standalone lesson.
All documents are available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
Answers for the feature identification worksheet are included as a separate document.
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✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres
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Three example texts based on The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes (also known as The Iron Giant) to be used as exemplars or WAGOLLs.
The texts cover the following genres:
• Diary entry
• Dialogue writing
• Non-chronological report
Each of the texts comes with a feature identification sheet so that pupils can identify the language, grammar and punctuation features, plus answers.
Each text comes as an editable Word document and as a PDF.
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.
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✦ The Iron Man | Complete Unit of Work | Plus Grammar & Comprehension | BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man 10 Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Grammar & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Texts BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Apostrophe Activities Differentiated BUNDLE
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✦ Iron Man 7 Example Texts & Glossary BUNDLE
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✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers
✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
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A word bank for children to help them to create and describe a monster, a dragon or an animal. This word bank contains nouns and adjectives for different skin coverings.
If you like this sample, you might like the full version.
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Ogre texts
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres - with Feature Identification Worksheet & Answers
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✦ How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
✦ Example Ogre-Themed Recount Text - with Feature Identification Worksheet (plus answers)
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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
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Reference sheet showing the main punctuation marks used in writing.
Print onto A4 for a reference sheet which can be used as a handout or stuck into writing books. Can also be printed onto A3 as a display poster.
Each punctuation mark is shown, named and has an example of use.
Punctuation marks displayed:
• Capital letters
• Full stop
• Question mark
• Exclamation mark
• Comma
• Inverted commas
• Apostrophe
• Brackets
• Dashes
• Hyphen
• Colon
• Semi-colon
• Ellipses
Punctuation resources:
✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation, Quiz & Activities
✦Contractions: Apostrophes for Omission Activities & Quiz
✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE
✦ Punctuation Mark Matching Activity
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A list of coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.
Encourage pupils to identify and write compound and complex sentences using this word mat containing lists of conjunctions.
Useful for identifying features of texts and for writing different fiction and non-fiction text types such as stories, letters, diary entries, explanations, discussions etc.
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✦ The Iron Man Persuasive Letter Example Text Pack
✦ The Spiderwick Chronicles Diary Entries Example Texts Pack
✦ How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text
✦ Example Ogre-Themed Recount Text
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A list of causal conjunctions and adverbials to help pupils with writing texts such as explanations and discussion texts.
Use the word sheet to help pupils identify these connectives when reading texts and then use in their own writing.
This vocabulary sheet of causal conjunctions and adverbials is useful for all pupils, particularly those with SEN or EAL.
Explanation texts:
✦ Explanation Text Example: How Do Bees Make Honey with Feature Sheet & Answers
✦ Mummification Explanation Text Example With Glossary
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Explanation Text with Differentiated Templates & Word Bank
Non-chronological reports:
✦ Brownies Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
✦ The Spiderwick Chronicles Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
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A template to help pupils to write a profile about a book character.
Use this character profile template to write about a character’s appearance (looks), personality (traits), actions and special skills.
The character description template can be used by pupils to describe characters from books studied in Literacy and English lessons, read as a whole class text or independently, or to plan and create a new character before writing.
The template is ideal to use during World Book Day celebrations.
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✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Differentiated Templates
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✦ The Twits FAST Character Analysis Activities Differentiated
✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template
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✦ All Character Profile WAGOLLs
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Two activities involving identifying correctly and incorrectly punctuated possessive nouns. Pupils must look carefully at the sentences to check if the apostrophes have been put in the correct place for a variety of possessive nouns.
There are two activities provided:
✽ Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns Cards/Quiz: pupils sort the cards into correct and incorrect piles. Great for paired or small group work. Large and small cards are provided, plus a presentation to use to go through the answers or to use as a whole class quiz.
✽ Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns Worksheet: pupils identify whether the apostrophes are correctly punctuating the possessive nouns, and then make any necessary corrections; identify possession as singular, regular plural and irregular plural; add missing apostrophes to sentences and write a paragraph including their own possessive nouns. Great as an independent task. This worksheet uses different examples to the cards/quiz.
Different formats of possessive nouns are given as examples, including:
• Singular possession with one item being possessed
• Singular possession with more than one item being possessed
• Regular plural possession with one item being possessed
• Regular plural possession with more than one item being possessed
• Irregular plural possession with one item being possessed
• Irregular plural possession with more than one item being possessed
Answers to all tasks are included.
All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs.
These activities are suitable for years 4, 5 or 6.
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Example newspaper report based on the events of chapters 9 to 14 of the children’s novel The Twits by Roald Dahl when Mrs Twit is tricked into thinking she has the shrinks and is then stretched by Mr Twit and floats into the air.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL to examine the features of a newspaper report.
The model report comes with a feature find worksheet with answers.
After identifying the features, pupils can write their own report based on the example text by either re-writing the model text, choosing a different event from The Twits or inventing their own incident for the Twits to be involved in.
These resources are provided:
• Example newspaper report
• Feature find sheet
• Feature find answers
• Planning grid sheet
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
The text contains the following genre specific, language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Headline in the present tense
• Alliteration in the headline
• Byline
• Date
• Lead: introductory paragraph containing the 4 Ws (who, what, where, when)
• Quotes with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Passive voice
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Similes
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Noun phrases
• Present perfect tense
• Past perfect tense
• Hyphens
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
All resources are provided as editable Word documents and PDFs.
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✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Instructions Example Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack
✦ Informal Letter Example Text Pack
✦ FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack
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✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features
✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter Pack
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report Pack
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE
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The Iron Man themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of apostrophe activities.
The apostrophe worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of apostrophe activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of the punctuation mark and improve their skills in using apostrophes in their writing.
Different types of apostrophes are covered by the worksheets:
• Apostrophes for omission (contractions)
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
The worksheets are themed around Ted Hughes’s popular novel, The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant).
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet.
Every resource comes as an easily editable Word document and in PDF format.
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features
✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet
✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers
✦ 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 Glossary for the Whole Novel (Chapters 1-5)
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A set of 6 The Twits themed example texts.
Each model text includes a wide range of writing features for pupils to identify, plus feature find sheet with full answers, enabling children to make a close reading of the text before planning and writing their own versions using the planning and writing templates also provided.
The following example texts are included in this bundle:
• Character profile
• Diary entry
• Newspaper report
• Informal letter
• Instructions
• Dialogue (differentiated dialogue-writing activities instead of planning and writing templates)
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✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers
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Get your pupils analysing the characters from The Twits using these differentiated FAST activities.
These resources enable pupils to carry out a detailed character analysis. Using the F.A.S.T. technique, pupils will examine the Feelings, Actions, Sayings and Thoughts of Mr and Mrs Twit and other characters from Roald Dahl’s popular novel The Twits to gain an insight into the characters and develop inference skills.
Pupils will look at the following categories:
F = Feelings: How does the character feel?
A = Actions: What does the character do?
S = Sayings: What does the character say?
T = Thoughts: What does the character think?
The activities are differentiated 4 ways to cater for a broad range of abilities in your classroom.
• Higher ability: Pupils find evidence from the text to complete the FAST table for a character of their choice (chapter number required)
• Middle ability 1: Pupils correctly place 10 statements into the correct FAST categories (chapter number required)
• Middle ability 2: Pupils correctly place 8 statements into the correct FAST categories (chapter number required)
• Lower ability: Pupils correctly place 8 statements into the correct FAST categories (chapter number not required)
• Bonus resource: F.A.S.T. Character Map
All resources are provided as easily editable Word documents as well as PDF format. Helpful answer keys are included.
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More Twits themed resources:
✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Instructions Example Text Pack
✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack
✦ Informal Letter Example Text Pack
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✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
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An example action text inspired by the novel Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird, plus feature find with answers and novel extract.
Pupils will examine the exciting text extract from the refugee novel, looking for features of an action sequence. After highlighting features and noting examples of those features in a table, pupils will be introduced to an example text written from the point of view of a different character from the book. They can then write their own action text.
The action sequence extract is taken from chapters 13 and 14, when Ayesha is taken back across Beirut’s Green Line by Abu Bashir in a United Nations’ ambulance.
The model text is written from Abu Bashir’s perspective instead of Ayesha’s. This text can be used as a WAGOLL for writing.
The following documents are provided in easily editable Word format and as PDF:
• Extract feature find
• Extract feature find answers
• Feature table
• Action text order of events
• Example text from Abu Bashir’s point of view
The following action text features are identified:
• Verbs to show danger or speed
• Noun phrases to show danger or speed
• Adverbials to show speed
• Short sentences
• Thoughts and feelings
• Show not tell feelings
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
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Other Oranges in No Man’s Land resources:
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices Worksheets
✦ Letter Example Text Pack
✦ Direct Speech to Reported Speech Worksheets
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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