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A list of the main events that occur in the beautiful wordless picture book Journey by Aaron Becker.
This resource can be used by pupils when creating descriptions, diary entries, character profiles and other writing based on the book.
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A model diary writing text based on the beautiful wordless picture book Journey by Aaron Becker.
The model recount text is a diary entry written from the point of view of the female protagonist.
The diary comes with a feature find task, which asks pupils to search for the following writing features including figurative language and other literary devices, grammar and punctuation:
Language features
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Rhetorical questions
Grammar features
• Mainly past tense
• Present tense (at the end of the diary)
• Future tense (at the end of the diary)
• Present perfect tense
• Past progressive tense
• Passive voice
• First person
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
Punctuation features
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Brackets
An answer sheet has been included.
The diary example can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils write their own diary entries based on Journey. Ideas include:
• A diary entry from the next day, describing the later events in the story
• A diary entry from the point of view of the boy
• A diary entry from the point of view of one of the guards or soldiers
• A diary entry from the point of view of one of the girl’s family members
• A diary entry from the point of view of either of the child characters, written after the book takes place
The resources come in easily editable Word format and as PDFs.
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✦ Dialogue Text Examples Pack
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Two activities and a quiz involving identifying correctly and incorrectly punctuated contractions. Pupils must look carefully at the sentences to check if the apostrophes for omission have been put in the correct place for a variety of contracted words.
There are three activities provided:
✽ Contractions Quiz: pupils identify whether each sentence is correctly or incorrectly punctuated. This quiz is great to use as a starter or plenary with the whole class with pupils working independently or in pairs. Each sentence contains one or more contractions, or words that are often confused with contractions, that have been correctly or incorrectly punctuated. Each answer is revealed and explained on the next slide.
✽ Contractions Card Sort: pupils sort the cards into correct and incorrect piles. Great for paired or small group work. Both large and small versions are provided, plus an answer sheet.
✽ Contractions Worksheet: pupils select the correct use of omission apostrophes and spelling of the contractions used in sentences. They also add missing contractions to sentences. Great as an independent assessment task.
✽ Contraction Word Bank: can be used by SEN or lower ability pupils to support them while carrying out these activities. This word bank is also a useful reference sheet for independent writing activities.
As well as common contraction use, these resources also look at the following errors in contraction use:
• Confusing it’s with its
• Confusing who’s with whose
• Confusing they’re with there or their
• Confusing plural nouns with contractions ending with ’s
Answers to all tasks are included.
All documents available as easily editable Word/Powerpoint documents as well as PDFs.
These activities are suitable for years 3, 4, 5 or 6.
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A chapter by chapter summary of events from The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes with pictures.
This is useful for:
• Recapping the events previously read before reading the next section or chapter
• Informing pupils who have missed lessons of key plot points
• Supporting SEN pupils and lower ability readers
• Reminding pupils of the plot before or during writing activities
• Ordering of events activities
• Briefing cover teachers or part-time teachers who have not read the whole book
• Reviewing the novel after a half-term holiday or other break in learning
Each chapter summary is on a separate page of the document.
The summary document comes in easily editable Word format and as a PDF.
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Fun quizzes about each chapter of The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes for individuals, pairs or teams.
The quizzes comprise of 15 questions for each of the 5 chapters of the book. That’s a total of 75 questions!
These quizzes are great to use in the following ways:
• To assess understanding of each chapter after reading
• To recap the events of each chapter prior to reading the next one
• To consolidate understanding of the ideas and vocabulary used in the novel
• As a fun way to end a unit studying The Iron Man
Each question comes with an image or images to match the vocabulary used in the question or possible answers.
The multiple choice questions cater for a range of ability levels found in a mixed ability class.
The quizzes can be administered in two ways:
• Each answer given immediately after the question has been asked
• The answers to all the questions in each round given after all the questions in that round have been asked
• The answers revealed after all questions in the quiz have been asked.
An answer sheet has been included for pupils to record their responses.
Teacher instructions are included on the presentation, as well as the answers to all of the questions.
The quizzes come in PowerPoint format and as a PDF. The answer sheet comes as a Word document, PDF and as a page on the presentation. The PowerPoint and Word documents are fully editable.
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A model descriptive writing text based on the beautiful wordless picture book Journey by Aaron Becker.
The model text describes the girl approaching and entering the city in her boat.
The description comes with a feature find task, which asks pupils to search for the following writing features including figurative language and other literary devices:
• similes
• metaphors
• hyperbole
• personification
• repetition for effect
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• show not tell feelings
An answer sheet has been included.
The description can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils write their own description based on Journey.
The resources come in easily editable Word format and as PDFs.
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Example newspaper report based on the children’s novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying The Iron Man. The example text reports on the events in Chapter 2 of the book when Hogarth first sees the Iron Man.
The model newspaper report comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus an answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
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. Pupils’ reports can be about the events in Chapter 2 or a different event from later on in the novel.
This resource comes with the following documents:
• Example newspaper report
• Feature find
• Feature find answers
• Quotation punctuation activity with answers
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
• Text extract
The genre-specific, language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Headline in the present tense
• Byline
• Date
• Introductory paragraph containing the 4 Ws
• Quotes, with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Passive voice
• Alliteration
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials
• Present perfect tense
A text extract has been included so that this resource can be used in as standalone series of lessons. All resources come as both easily editable Word documents and PDFs.
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Example letter text for Oranges in No Man’s Land written from Doctor Leila to Granny, plus writing feature identification worksheet. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading about Ayesha’s return from her dangerous journey crossing the Green Line in Elizabeth Laird’s refugee novel * Oranges in No Man’s Land *.
The model letter contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Metaphors
• Alliteration
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Thoughts and feelings
• Present tense
• Past tense
• Future tense
• Past perfect tense
• Second person
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Exclamations
• Commands
• Interjections
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Dashes
Pupils can read the example informal letter, identify the features and then write one of the following, including the features in their own writing:
• Their own version of the letter from Dr Leila to Granny
• A return letter from Granny to Dr Leila
• A return letter from Ayesha to Dr Leila
The following documents are included in this resource:
• Example informal letter
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Differentiated planning templates x3
All resources are available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
Answers for the feature identification worksheet are included.
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✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Action Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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Pupils practise changing direct speech to reported speech using these differentiated worksheets based on events from the refugee novel Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird.
A conversation from Chapter 8 of the novel, when Ayesha escapes from the militiamen with the help of the mysterious old man Abu Boutros, must be changed from direct to reported speech.
Direct speech is speech which is reported by using the exact words that the speaker used and includes the use of inverted commas (otherwise known as speech marks or quotation marks). Reported speech (otherwise known as indirect speech) tells you what someone said but does not use the person’s actual words.
This activity has been differentiated three ways to cater to a range of ability levels in the classroom.
Answers have been provided.
The resources come as PDF documents.
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✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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An example character profile text about the character Abu Boutros from the children’s refugee novel Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird.
Pupils start by reading the extract from the novel in which Abu Boutros is introduced as a character. They then complete the matching activity, pairing quotes from the text with inferences that can be made about the character.
Pupils then read the exemplar character profile of Abu Boutros to use as a WAGOLL. The model character profile comes with a feature find worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
After identifying the features from the example text, pupils write their own character description of Ayesha, Granny, Mrs Zainab, Samar, Latif, Abu Boutros or a character from another book using the differentiated character profile planning and writing templates and character trait word bank (also included).
The language, grammar, punctuation and layout features to be identified in the text include:
• Similes
• Alliteration
• Rule of three
• Present tense
• Third person
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular & plural possession
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
• Hyphens
• Subheadings
The following documents are included in this resource package:
• Text extract from novel
• Inference matching activity
• Character profile WAGOLL text
• Feature find
• Feature find answers
• Character profile planning template, differentiated x3
• Character trait word bank
• Character profile writing template, differentiated x3
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✦ Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices Worksheets
✦ Letter Example Text Pack
✦ Direct Speech to Reported Speech Worksheets
✦ Action Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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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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✦ Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices Worksheets
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✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
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A word bank of 35 common contractions and their full forms. This word list is a useful resource for pupils who are learning about apostrophes and as a word mat when writing non-fiction genres such as diary entries, informal letters and other informal texts, as well as fiction writing, especially dialogue.
Contractions are words that are made by combining two words together but omitting some letters and replacing these with apostrophes.
Each set of words is presented above the shortened form with its apostrophe for omission.
The word bank can be printed 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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✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4
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✦ Diaries
✦ Informal letters
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A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. It is a way of writing that makes something sound bigger, smaller, better, worse, etc than it actually is. Hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is a figure of speech and a literary device.
This document contains examples of hyperboles. The hyperbole example list can be used to help to understand this literary device, to identify hyperboles within texts and to use hyperboles in writing.
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Example diary entry text for Oranges in No Man’s Land written from the point of view of Ayesha, plus writing feature identification worksheet. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading the first two chapters of Elizabeth Laird’s refugee novel * Oranges in No Man’s Land*.
The activities can also be carried out as standalone lessons using the extract that is included in the resource.
The following documents are included in this resource:
• Example diary entry text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Text extract from the novel
The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Mainly past tense
• Present tense (at the end of the diary)
• Future tense (at the end of the diary)
• Present perfect tense
• Past perfect tense
• Present progressive tense
• Past progressive tense
• First person
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Noun phrases
• Coordinating & subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Brackets
Pupils can read the example diary entry, identify the features and then write one of the following, including the features in their own writing:
• Their own version of the diary entry from Ayesha’s perspective
• A diary entry from a different character’s perspective, such as Granny, Mrs Zainab, Latif or Samar
• A diary entry for the next day
• A series of diary entries for the following few days
All resources are available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
Answers for the feature identification worksheet are included.
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✦ Letter Example Text Pack
✦ Direct Speech to Reported Speech Worksheets
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Action Writing Example Text Pack
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Teach pupils about the use of literary devices and figurative language in the classic children’s novel The Iron Man using these four differentiated activities.
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes is full of literary devices such as similes, metaphors and personification. Examples of these and more are explored to give pupils a deeper understanding of the text and enable them to create their own to enhance their writing.
Literary devices and figurative language examples from chapters 1 and 2 are explored in the following activities:
• Literary Device Match: pupils match the literary devices with their definitions and examples (ideal as a paired or small group activity)
• Completing Similes (differentiated x2): complete the similes using the appropriate noun phrase and then complete a challenge activity
• Completing Personification (differentiated x2): pupils complete the personifications using the appropriate verb and then complete a challenge activity
• Identifying Literary Devices (differentiation x3): pupils find and underline listed literary devices used in an extract from the novel
The following literary devices are covered by these activities:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Repetition
• Rule of three
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhetorical questions
Full answers to all activities are included.
Each activity comes as an easily editable word document and in PDF format.
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✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features
✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet
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Pupils will learn how to write an exciting action sequence with this The Hodgeheg themed example text, together with a feature find and answers, boxing up grid, differentiated planning sheets and text extract.
Pupils start by reading the action writing extract from the children’s book The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith. The structure is then examined using the boxing up method. A new text is planned by modelling the innovation (completed grid provided). Next pupils will analyse the example text using the feature find grid (answers provided) where they will need to find examples of listed action sequence grammar and language features. Lastly, pupils will plan their own action sequence using the differentiated planning grids and then write their own action sequence.
The following resources are provided:
• Example action sequence WAGOLL text
• Extract from The Hodgeheg
• Action sequence feature find worksheet
• Answers to feature find
• Boxing up grid - completed
• Differentiated boxing up planning templates
Ideas for action sequences:
• Pupils write their own account of Max the hedgehog crossing at the zebra crossing or under the underpass, but with different dangers/obstacles in his way.
• Pupils write about Max to crossing the road using a different method.
• Pupils write about a different animal character crossing the road.
• Pupils write about a different animal character doing something else that is difficult or dangerous, e.g. a duckling travelling across a busy river.
This resource can be used when reading the book The Hodgeheg, or for a standalone series of lessons about action sequence writing.
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and in PDF format.
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Deepen your pupils’ understanding of the text and get them practising their writing with this The Iron Man themed resource.
Pupils read two example texts based on the children’s science fiction novel The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant) by Ted Hughes. One text is written from the point of view of Hogarth and the other from the perspective of Hogarth’s mother.
After reading relevant section of Chapter 2 (extract included), pupils examine the features of Hogarth’s first person account (answer key included) and then continue either of the example texts or write their own from the point of view of a different character, such as Hogarth’s father, either of the farmers or even the Iron Man himself!
The following resources are included in this product:
• Example text from Hogarth’s perspective
• Example text from Hogarth’s mother’s perspective
• First person point of view Feature Find
• Feature Find answer key
• Extract from Chapter 2 of The Iron Man
All resources come as easily editable Word document and as PDFs.
The extract from The Iron Man has been included. Therefore the resource can be used while studying the novel or as a standalone lesson / group of lessons.
To enhance writing, pupils can role play / hot seat characters to explore their feelings, actions, sayings (what they say) and thoughts prior to writing.
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A bundle of character profile resources themed around the popular children’s novel The Twits by Ted Hughes.
This bundle contains the following resources:
FAST Character Analysis Activities
A differentiated character analysis activity using the F.A.S.T. technique showing pupils how to examine a character’s feelings, actions, sayings and thoughts to reveal their traits. This gives pupils an opportunity to use their inference skills.
Mrs Twit Character Profile Example Text
A character profile example text which includes relevant language, grammar and punctuation features. This comes with a feature identification sheet to help pupils to read the model text closely before writing their own. The answer key is also included.
Character Profile Planning and Writing Templates
Planning and writing templates so that pupils can use what they have learned to write their own character profile about one of the characters from The Twits such as Mr or Mrs Twit, Muggle-Wump the monkey or the Roly-Poly Bird.
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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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A bundle of character profile resources themed around the popular children’s novel The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant) by Ted Hughes.
This bundle contains the following resources:
Hogarth Character Trait Matching
A differentiated character trait matching activity showing pupils how to examine evidence from the text to identify a character’s traits. This gives pupils an opportunity to use their inference skills.
Iron Man Character Profile Example Text
A character profile example text which includes relevant language, grammar and punctuation features. This comes with a feature identification sheet to help pupils to read the model text closely before writing their own. The answer key is also included.
Character Profile Writing Templates
Writing templates for the characters of Hogarth and the Iron Man, so that pupils can use what they have learned to write their own character profile.
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