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An example character profile text about Varjak from the book Varjak Paw plus differentiated planning and writing templates, word bank, and character matching activity.
The exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 1 of S.F. Said’s fantasy adventure novel.
The character matching activity is ideal
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text
• Planning template differentiated x2
• Writing template differentiated x3
• Personality traits word bank
• Character trait matching activity differentiated x3
• Character trait matching activity answers
Matching Activity
After reading Chapter 1, pupils match the character names with their character traits and relationship with Varjak. This activity will help pupils to learn the characters’ names and their roles, and think about their personalities.
Character Profile Resources
Pupils read the model character description of Varjak based on Chapter 1 and then plan and write their own character profile about Varjak (or any other character such as Julius, Holly or Elder Paw) using the differentiated templates and word bank.
The resource could also be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about a character from any story.
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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Other Varjak Paw resources:
✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Varjak Paw Playscript Example Text Pack
✦ Varjak Paw Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
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An example character profile text about Lila from the book Lila and the Secret of Rain plus differentiated writing templates and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading David Conway and Jude Daly’s picture book.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model character description of Lila and then plan and write their own character profile using the differentiated templates.
The resource could be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from any story.
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Other Lila and the Secret of Rain themed resources:
✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Conjunction Activities Differentiated
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✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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An example diary text based on chapters 1 and 2 of the fantasy adventure novelVarjak Paw by S.F. Said with differentiated planning sheets, task sheet and word banks.
The diary entry is written from Varjak’s point of view on the day he leaves the Contessa’s house.
The exemplar text can be used as a WAGOLL diary text to examine before pupils plan and write their own diary entry based on this chapter or the next few chapters.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text
• Differentiated planning templates
• Contractions word bank
• Feelings word bank
• Task sheet
All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format.
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Other Varjak Paw themed resources:
✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw Character Profile Example Text & Character Matching Pack
✦ Varjak Paw Playscript Example Text Pack
✦ Varjak Paw Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
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✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE
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✦ The Hodgeheg Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE
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Differentiated example diary texts based on the picture bookLila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway and Jude Daly with differentiated planning sheets.
The diary entry is written from Lila’s point of view the day she decides to climb the mountain to make it rain.
The exemplar texts can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils plan and write their own diary entry based on the book.
Resources provided:
• Differentiated exemplar diary entry texts x4
• Differentiated planning templates x3
All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format.
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Other Lila and the Secret of Rain themed resources:
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Conjunction Activities Differentiated
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✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
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✦ The Hodgeheg Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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A Powerpoint presentation about suffixes, plus a suffixes worksheet with answers.
The suffixes covered by this presentation and worksheet are -er, -less and -ment.
The presentation is provided as in Powerpoint, Smart Notebook and PDF. The worksheet is provided as Word and PDF.
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✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
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✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
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✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE
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Punctuation worksheets based on the book Flat Stanley: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery by S. Pennypacker and created by Jeff Brown.
These three differentiated worksheets give pupils the opportunity to name various punctuation marks and add missing punctuation to sentences. The missing marks include the following:
• Capital letters for the start of sentences
• Capital letters for proper nouns
• Full stops
• Question marks
• Commas after fronted adverbials
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Apostrophes for possessions
• Inverted commas and other speech punctuation
These tasks are useful when learning about or revising punctuation, including sentence punctuation.
Each sheet comes with its own answer key.
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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Other Flat Stanley themed resources:
✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation Bundle
✦ Flat Stanley Example Character Profile Text Pack
✦ Flat Stanley Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Flat Stanley Fronted Adverbial Worksheets Differentiated
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Three animal-related activities where pupils must add punctuation to information texts about three animals: badgers, hedgehogs and spiders.
Pupils must read the texts and add the missing punctuation, including the following:
• Capital letters for the start of sentences
• Capital letters for proper nouns
• Full stops
• Question marks
• Commas in a list
• Commas in compound sentences
• Commas after fronted adverbials
• Apostrophes for possession
These tasks are useful when learning about or revising punctuation, including sentence punctuation. The non-chronological report style texts help to familiarise pupils with this non-fiction genre, and the subject matter, animals, is of interest to children.
The three texts are differentiated by type of punctuation used and sentence structure.
Each sheet comes with its own answer key.
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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✦ Unicorn Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions & Persuasive Letter with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Dragon 3 Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
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An activity, quiz and worksheets to help pupils learn to identify and punctuate the four sentence types: statements, questions, commands and exclamations.
Resources include:
✽ Four Sentence Type Card Sort: pupils sort the sentences into statements, exclamations, questions and commands and identify the punctuation to end each sentence. Great for paired or small group work.
✽ Four Sentence Type Quiz: pupils identify which sentence type is displayed on the screen and which punctuation mark is required at the end of each sentence. Each answer is revealed on the next slide. Can be used to share the answers for the card sort.
✽ Question or Exclamation Worksheet: pupils identify the questions and exclamations. Great as an independent assessment task.
✽ Statement to Question Worksheet: pupils change statements to questions and vice versa. Great as an independent assessment task.
✽ Four Sentence Types Writing Worksheet: pupils are prompted to write four types of sentences about different images.
All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs.
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A set of 9 reading comprehension tests with answers for the book Stig of the Dump by Clive King.
These nine SATs style assessments are ideal to use after reading each of the nine chapters of the book in guided reading or English.
The questions cover the eight reading content domains (2a vocabulary, 2b retrieval, 2c summary, 2d inference, 2e prediction, 2f comment, 2g author choice, 2h comparison) and the six reading VIPERS domains (Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Sequence/Summarise).
Each test has a range of question types including:
• write on the line
• tick one or tick multiple
• give an answer with evidence
• draw lines to show
• number the order
• true or false
• find and copy
• impression with evidence
These are ideal to confidently assess your pupils’ understanding of Stig of the Dump as well as familiarise your pupils with SATs style questioning.
An answer sheet for each test is supplied.
All documents are provided as both editable Word files and as PDFs.
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Other Stig of the Dump themed example texts with feature identification sheets and answers:
✦ Unit of Work
✦ 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 8: Interview Article
✦ Chapter 9: Persuasive Advert
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A six week literacy unit of work based on Stig of the Dump by Clive King for Years 3 & 4, with 30 complete lessons, including all plans, presentations and resources.
This scheme of work for Lower Key Stage 2 contains the following:
• 30 daily lesson plans with differentiation
• 30 lesson presentations with over 300 slides in total (in Notebook, Powerpoint and PDF format)
• 60 additional teaching resources (model texts, worksheets, feature finds, answers, word banks, etc)
• 9 SATs style comprehension tests, one for each chapter with answers
Here are some of the objectives covered in this unit of work:
✽ Writing
Diary (with WAGOLL)
Character profile (with WAGOLL)
Dialogue (with WAGOLL)
Playscript (with WAGOLL)
Letter (with WAGOLL)
Similes
Book review
✽ Comprehension
Asking questions
Making predictions
Discussing interesting words and phrases
Drawing inferences
All reading content domains and VIPERS covered
✽ Spoken Language
Performing
Improvising
Role play
Discussion
✽ Grammar & Punctuation
Speech punctuation
Noun phrases
Apostrophes for possession
Fronted adverbials
This unit is ready to teach - just a copy of the novel is required!
All resources and lesson plans come as both Word documents and in PDF format. All lesson presentations come as Smart Notebook, Powerpoint and PDF files.
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Four WAGOLL example text packs based on the fantasy novel Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling.
The bundle consists of 4 resource packs which each contain a WAGOLL related to the book.
Diary Entry Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text written by Harry
• Feature Find worksheets x3
• Feature Find answers
Character Profile Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Planning template differentiated x2
• Writing template differentiated x3
• Personality traits word bank
Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Planning worksheets differentiated x2
• Writing templates differentiated x2
• Task explanation sheet
Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Example newspaper report WAGOLL
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Quotation punctuation activity with answers
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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Units of Work
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Book & Poetry Bundles
✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE
✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ How to Train Your Dragon: BUNDLE
✦ Ice Palace WAGOLL Writing, Apostrophe & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Example Text and Grammar BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land: BUNDLE
✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief: Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ Stone Age Boy: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Street Child: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Model Text BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman: WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Hodgeheg: Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium: Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword: Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE
✦ The Twits: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
Other English Bundles
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Unicorn Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions & Persuasive Letter with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Dragon 3 Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
Punctuation & Grammar Bundles
✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
History & Science Bundles
✦ Ancient Egypt Example Text Bundle
✦ Mummification Bundle
✦ Ancient Greece Myths & Monsters WAGOLL Writing Bundle
✦ Animal Non-Chronological Report Bundle
Maths Bundles
✦ Valentine’s Day Maths BUNDLE
✦ Easter Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Christmas Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE - Differentiated Worksheets
✦ 6 Maths Murder Mysteries With Answers BUNDLE
✦ 2D & 3D Shapes Games Maths BUNDLE
✦ 2D Shapes Polygons Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
✦ 3D Shapes Solids Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
English & Maths Games
✦ Fun English Writing Games
✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
✦ 15 Fun Maths Arithmetic Games
French Bundles
✦ 10 French Role Play Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animals Role Plays & Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animal Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Games Guess Who the Character Is BUNDLE
✦ French Battleships BUNDLE
✦ French Shape Vocabulary Games BUNDLE
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Example newspaper report based on the popular fantasy novel Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone. The example text reports on the robbery of Gringotts Bank.
The model newspaper report comes with a feature find worksheet for children to fill in with answer sheet.
After identifying the features, pupils complete the quotation punctuation activities.
Then pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the example text or other events that take place in the novel.
This resource comes with the following documents:
• Example newspaper report WAGOLL
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Quotation punctuation activity with answers
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
The genre-specific, language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Headline in the present tense
• Alliteration in the headline
• Byline and date
• Lead: introductory paragraph containing 4 Ws
• Quotes, with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Passive voice
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Present perfect tense
• Present perfect continuous
• Hyphens
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
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Other Harry Potter themed resources:
✦ WAGOLL Example Text BUNDLE
✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work
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An example non-chronological report text about the Gryffindor house, inspired by Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling, plus task sheet, and differentiated planning and writing templates.
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Planning worksheets differentiated x2
• Writing templates differentiated x2
• Task explanation sheet
Pupils read the model non-chronological report about the Gryffindor house from Harry Potter, and then plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates provided. Pupils can write about one of the four houses from the novel or invent a fifth house for Hogwarts.
The resources are provided in both PDF and editable Word format.
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Other Harry Potter themed resources:
✦ WAGOLL Example Text BUNDLE
✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
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Four WAGOLL example text packs based on the historical Victorian novel Street Child by Berlie Doherty.
The bundle consists of 4 resource packs which each contain a WAGOLL related to the book.
Diary Entry Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Differentiated planning templates
• Contractions word bank
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
Dialogue Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Dialogue writing example WAGOLL text x3
• Feature Find worksheet x3
• Feature Find answers x3
• Text extract from the novel
• Contractions word bank
• Synonyms for Said word bank
Informal Letter Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar informal letter WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Differentiated writing templates x3
• Contractions word bank
• Task sheet
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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✦ The Nowhere Emporium: Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword: Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE
✦ The Twits: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
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An example informal letter text written from Jim to Shrimps, plus feature find worksheets and answers, differentiated planning sheets, writing templates and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 12 and 13 of Berlie Doherty’s Victorian novel Street Child.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar informal letter text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Differentiated writing templates x3
• Contractions word bank
• Task sheet
The model letter is from Jim to his friend Shrimps to explain what has happened to him. Pupils read the model informal letter, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own letters using the planning sheet, word bank and writing template.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Asyndeton
• Alliteration
• Rhetorical questions
• Hyperboles
• Slang
• Idioms
• Metaphors
• Second person
• Fronted adverbials (and other introductory words, phrases and clauses) followed by a comma
• Subordinating conjunctions
• ‘That’ omitted
• Expanded noun phrases
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Modal verbs
• Non-standard English
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Contractions
• Commas in a list
• Commas as parenthesis
• Commas before a co-ordinating conjunction
• Hyphens
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
• Dashes
The resources are provided as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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Other Street Child resources:
✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Street Child Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Street Child Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Street Child Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
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A word bank of alternatives to the word ‘said’. This word list is a useful resource for pupils who are learning to write direct speech and as a word mat when writing fiction, especially dialogues.
The synonyms for ‘said’ are grouped into categories to make pupils’ selection of the most appropriate word easier and quicker.
The word bank can be printed back-to-back onto A4 to be used as a handy desk-top resource or enlarged onto A3 paper and displayed on the wall of your classroom.
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✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Quiz & Activities
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Direct Speech to Reported Speech Differentiated Worksheets With Answers
✦ Street Child Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
✦ The Nowhere Emporium Dialogue Writing Example Text
✦ The Hodgeheg Dialogue Example Pack
✦ Dialogue Example Pack: The Boy at the Back of the Class
✦ Dialogue Example Pack: The Butterfly Lion
✦ Dialogue Example Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons
✦ Dialogue Text Examples Differentiated: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦ The Twits Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Christophe’s Story Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
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✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing Example Text, Feature Identification & Answers
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Example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the historical novel Street Child by Berlie Doherty, set in Victorian London.
The model text contains a conversation between Jim’s sisters, Emily and Lizzie, about the break-up of their family. Three differentiated versions of the text have been included for different ability levels.
The model text can be used as a WAGOLL to examine using the differentiated Feature Find worksheets (answers included) before children attempt their own dialogue writing based on the book.
The following resources are provided:
• Dialogue writing example text x3
• Feature Find worksheet x3
• Feature Find answers x3
• Text extract from the novel
• Contractions word bank
• Synonyms for Said word bank
These resources can be used as part of a study of the novel or as a stand-alone lesson, using the text extract provided.
All documents are provided in PDF and easily editable Word format.
The following features of dialogue and speech can be found in the example dialogues:
• Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side
• Words spoken separated from the reporting clause by a comma, question mark and exclamation mark
• Reporting clause written before the words spoken, separated by a comma
• Variety of speech verbs
• Adverbs
• New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes
• Actions of the characters showing feelings/personality
• Split speech: one sentence spoken but split into two by the reporting clause
• Split speech: two or more sentences spoken at once split into two by the reporting clause
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with the reporting clause at the beginning/end
• No reporting clause used when speaker is obvious
• Contractions within speech
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✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Street Child Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Street Child Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Street Child Letter Writing Example Text Pack
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An example diary text based on Chapter 7 of the Victorian novelStreet Child by Berlie Doherty with Feature Find sheet and answers, and word bank.
The diary entry is written from Jim’s point of view on the day he decides to run away from the workhouse.
The exemplar text can be used as a WAGOLL. Use the feature find worksheets to examine the diary text before pupils plan and write their own diary entry based on Chapter 7 or their predictions of what will happen next in the text.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Differentiated planning templates
• Contractions word bank
The diary text contains the following features:
• Adverbs of degree
• Alliteration
• Contractions
• Idioms
• Metaphors
• Possessive nouns
• Repetition for effect
• Rhetorical questions
• Rule of three
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Fronted adverbials
• Expanded noun phrases
All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format.
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✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Street Child Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Street Child Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Street Child Letter Writing Example Text Pack
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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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✦ 2D Shapes Polygons Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
✦ 3D Shapes Solids Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
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✦ Fun English Writing Games
✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
✦ 15 Fun Maths Arithmetic Games
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An example instructional text entitled How to Catch an Ogre, inspired by the fantasy novel The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, plus feature find worksheets, and writing templates.
Resources provided:
• Instructions WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Writing template differentiated
Pupils read the model instructions about how to catch an ogre, and then examine its features; then write their own instructions using the templates provided. Pupils can research and create the instructional text about one of the faeries from Arthur Spiderwick’s field guide, such as a brownie, boggart, goblin, dwarf, griffin, kelpie, unicorn or troll. These activities can be carried out over several lessons.
Language, grammar and punctuation features included in the model text:
• Metaphors
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Repetition for effect
• Rule of three
• Exclamatory sentences
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Expanded noun phrases
• Rhetorical questions
• Commands beginning with imperative verbs
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Inverted commas
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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