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Two-page example non-chronological report entitled “All About Unicorns”, plus writing feature identification worksheet.
Pupils will love reading about unicorns, and be inspired to use this exemplar to write their own non-chronological report about a unicorn or other mythical creature. This 650 word example non-chronological report can be used to examine the features of non-chronological report writing before pupils embark on writing their own non-chronological report with similar features.
Non-chronological report example text contains the following features: language features such as the rule of three, alliteration, similes and facts; grammar features such as commands, questions, relative clauses and synonyms to avoid repetition; and punctuation such as question marks, apostrophes for singular possession, apostrophes for plural possession, brackets, colons, semi-colons and hyphens.
Documents available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Answers for the feature identification worksheet included.
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✦ Dragon Non-Chronological Report Bundle
✦ Example Dragon-Themed Non-Chronological Report
✦ Chinese Lung Dragon Non-Chronological Report Planning Activity - Differentiated
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres
✦ 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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This bundle contains three example non-chronological reports about three mythical creatures:
• Dragons
• Ogres
• Unicorns
Each non-chronological report comes with a feature identification worksheet, with answers provided on a separate sheet.
Pupils will love reading about these mythical creatures and then examining the features of the texts, before writing their own!
Features include:
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Facts
• Commands
• Questions
• Noun phrases
• Relative clauses
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Dashes
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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An example character profile text about Rwandan refugee Christophe from the children’s novel Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell.
This exemplar character description of Christophe is perfect to use as a WAGOLL.
The model character profile comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet.
After identifying the features of the text, pupils write their own character description of Christophe, Jeremy, Miss Finch, Babi, Greg or another character using the differentiated Character Profile Templates (also included).
The resource could also be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from anyother story.
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Commas in a list
• Commas to add extra information
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
• Hyphens
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✦ 4 Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Letter Example Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text
✦ Example Ogre-Themed Text Bundle: Instructions, Persuasive Letter & Non-Chronological Report
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A three-page example non-chronological report based on The Iron Man novel (also known as The Iron Giant) entitled “All About the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon” plus a feature find worksheet with answer sheet.
This fun non-chronological report is about the character of the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from the novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Use the exemplar as a WAGOLL before pupils write their own non-chronological report about one of the novel’s characters such as the Iron Man, Hogarth or the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon. Perfect for the study of chapters 4 and 5.
This fun, engaging non-chronological report exemplar text contains the following genre-specific features:
• Introduction
• Sub-headings as questions
• Facts
• Technical vocabulary
• Images with captions
The feature find worksheet looks at the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Facts
• Commands
• Questions
• Exclamations
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Relative clauses
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
Documents available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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Save money with these Iron Man themed resource bundles:
✦ 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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✦ Example Diary Text
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✦ Example Apology Letter from Hogarth
✦ Glossary for the Whole Novel
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How To Train Your Dragon themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of fronted adverbial activities, focusing on Chapters 1 & 2 of the novel.
The fronted adverbial worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of fronted adverbial activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of fronted adverbials and improve their skills in using fronted adverbials in their writing. Pupils are asked to identify different types of fronted adverbials, re-write sentences to include fronted adverbials and commas and write their own sentences with fronted adverbials including correct punctuation.
The worksheet focuses on Chapters 1 & 2 of Cressida Cowell’s popular novel, How To Train Your Dragon.
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet.
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
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Other How to Train Your Dragon themed resources:
✦ Example Text, Grammar & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ Example Explanation Text Pack
✦ Example Diary Text Pack
✦ Possessive Apostrophe Pack
✦ Example Character Profile Pack
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✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
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✦ 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
✦ The Iron Man - Example Interview with Hogarth plus Feature Identification and Planning Sheet
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Glossary for the Whole Novel (Chapters 1-5)
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How To Train Your Dragon themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of possessive apostrophe activities, focusing on Chapters 1, 2 & 3 of the novel.
The possessive apostrophe worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of possessive apostrophe activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of possessive apostrophes and improve their skills in using possessive apostrophes in their writing. Pupils are asked to identify singular and plural possessive apostrophes, create possessive phrases, add missing possessive apostrophes and write sentences to include different types of possessive apostrophes.
The worksheet focuses on Chapters 1, 2 & 3 of Cressida Cowell’s popular novel, How To Train Your Dragon, but can be used at any point after reading Chapter 3.
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet.
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
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✦ Example Text, Grammar & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ Example Explanation Text Pack
✦ Example Diary Text Pack
✦ Fronted Adverbial Pack
✦ Example Character Profile Pack
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✦ 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
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Pupils examine the personality of Hogarth in this character trait matching exercise.
Pupils match the character traits of Hogarth from The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant) by Ted Hughes with evidence from the text and a definition of that character trait.
The quotes from the text have been provided, alongside the definitions.
This resource has been differentiated three ways:
• Higher ability: 9 quotes, character traits and definitions have been provided.
• Middle ability: 6 quotes, character traits and definitions have been provided.
• Lower ability: 6 quotes have been provided, with the character traits and definitions combined.
This activity is a great way for pupils to think carefully about how a character’s personality is revealed by what they do and how they react in a story. This gives pupils an opportunity to use their inference skills.
All quotes are taken from Chapter 2 of the text.
An answer sheet has been included.
After the matching activity, pupils plan and write a character profile using the writing template provided. This example Iron Man character profile can be used as a handy WAGOLL or model text.
All resources come in easily editable Word format and as PDFs.
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✦ The Iron Man 7 Example Texts and Glossary
✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text With Feature Find
✦ The Iron Man Hogarth Apology Letter With Feature Find
✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing Example Text With Feature Find
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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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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
✦ Action Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter WAGOLL Pack
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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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✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text & Feature Identification Sheet
✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth & Feature Identification
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man & Feature Identification Sheet with Answers
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus Glossary BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Features Sheet & Answers
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A set of test style comprehension questions based on Chapter 2 of The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
This assessment contains a range of SATs style reading questions with a maximum of 18 marks.
All aspects of reading VIPERS have been covered: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation and summary/sequence.
Perfect to assess pupils’ understanding of the chapter in guided reading or English/literacy lessons.
The test comes with answers.
Other comprehension resources:
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Bundle
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Question Booklet Whole Novel
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 1
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 3
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 4
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 5
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✦ 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
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus Glossary BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report
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A set of test style comprehension questions based on Chapter 5 of The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
This assessment contains a range of SATs style reading questions with a maximum of 18 marks.
All aspects of reading VIPERS have been covered: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation and summary/sequence.
Perfect to assess pupils’ understanding of the chapter in guided reading or English/literacy lessons.
The test comes with an answer sheet.
Other comprehension resources:
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Bundle
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Question Booklet Whole Novel
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 1
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 2
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 3
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 4
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✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report
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An example diary entry text for The Butterfly Lion written from the point of view of the character Michael, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL whilst studying Michael Morpurgo’s prize-winning novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
• Text extract from Chapter 1
The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Metaphors
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Emotions
• Show not tell emotions
• Rhetorical questions
• Variety of sentence openers
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Noun phrases
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
The diary text recounts the events from Chapter 1, Chilblains and Semolina Pudding, from the character Michael’s point of view.
Pupils can read the model diary text, identify the features and then write their own diary entry from the point of view of Michael, Bertie, Millie or any other character from the story.
All resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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✦ Example Text BUNDLE
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✦ Dialogue Example Pack
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Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the book The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith.
The 3 differentiated example texts contain conversations between Ma and Pa and Max’s sisters Peony, Pansy and Petunia based on chapters 6 and 7 of the book.
Differentiated feature find worksheets with answers are included for easy marking and instant feedback.
Resources are differentiated three ways.
Resources provided:
• Example dialogue texts x3
• Feature find worksheets x3
• Answers x3
• Synonyms for ‘said’ word bank
• Text extract
The model texts are useful as WAGOLLs to examine before children attempt their own dialogue writing based on the book.
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 (depending on level of difficulty):
• Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause, separated from words spoken with a comma
• Reporting clause, separated from words spoken with a question mark
• Reporting clause, separated from words spoken with an exclamation mark
• New paragraph every time the speaker changes
• Variety of speech verbs used
• Adverbs to show how the words were spoken
• Two or more sentences spoken at once inside one pair of inverted commas
• Actions of the characters
• Contractions used in speech
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Other Hodgeheg themed resources:
✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Action Sequence Example Text Pack
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✦ Diary Example Text Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons
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✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text, Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker
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An example letter from the point of view of Ted from the children’s novel The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd.
This exemplar informal letter is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 19-21 of the text. The letter is written from Ted to a friend about seeing Tomas’s dragon Flicker for the first time.
The model informal letter comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet. The worksheets can be easily adjusted to match the ability of your class and provide differentiation.
After identifying the features in the model text, pupils can write their own informal letter based on the example text.
The following documents are included in this resource pack:
• Informal letter model text
• Feature identification sheet
• Answers to feature identification sheet
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Differentiated writing templates x3
• Apostrophe word bank
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Second person
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Commas in a list
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Hyphens
• Colons
• Brackets
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
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Other The Boy Who Grew Dragons themed resources:
✦ Example Text BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example Pack
✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Apostrophe Differentiated Worksheets
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✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ The Iron Man - Example Interview with Hogarth plus Feature Identification and Planning Sheet
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE
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Two activities involving identifying correct and incorrect use of semi-colons. Pupils must look carefully at the sentences to check if the semi-colons have been put in the correct place for a variety of sentences.
There are two activities provided:
✽ Semi-Colon 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.
✽ Semi-Colon Worksheet: pupils identify whether the semi-colons are correctly punctuating the sentences, and then make any necessary corrections; identify different types of semi-colon usage; add missing semi-colons to sentences and write sentences using semi-colons. Great as an independent task. This worksheet uses different examples to the cards/quiz.
Different ways of using semi-colons are demonstrated, including:
• Using a semi-colon to separate items in a complex list
• Using a semi-colon to separate related main clauses
• Using a semi-colon with a conjunctive adverb
Answers to all tasks are included.
All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs.
These activities are particularly suitable for years 5 or 6.
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✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz
✦ 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
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Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the book The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo.
The 3 differentiated example texts contain conversations between Bertie, his dad and his mum after Bertie sees the white lion cub for the first time.
Differentiated feature find worksheets with answers are included for easy marking and instant feedback.
All resources are differentiated three ways.
Resources provided:
• Example dialogue texts x3
• Feature find worksheets x3
• Answers x3
The model texts are useful as WAGOLLs to examine before children attempt their own dialogue writing based on the book.
All documents are provided in PDF and editable Word format.
The following features of dialogue and speech can be found in the example dialogues (depending on level of difficulty):
• Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause after speech, separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark
• Reporting clause before speech, separated from words spoken with a comma
• Variety of speech verbs
• Adverbs
• Actions of the characters
• New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes.
• Feelings of characters shown through action
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/end
• Two sentences spoken at once with the reporting clause in the middle
• One sentence spoken but split in half by the reporting clause
• Contractions used in speech
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Other Butterfly Lion resources:
✦ Example Text BUNDLE
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Timeline Activity Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Pack
✦ Character Sort Activity
Units of work:
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work BUNDLE
Diary WAGOLL text packs:
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons
✦ Christophe’s Story
✦ How To Train Your Dragon
✦ Stone Age Boy
✦ Journey
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A playscript example text based on the events of Chapter 5 from the children’s book The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
The exemplar script is for a radio play. The two pages of script provided in this resource are the beginning of a scene where the Iron Man and the Dragon meet for the first time in Australia.
The WAGOLL playscript comes with a Feature Find worksheet and answers so that pupils can look for features of this text type before continuing the scene or writing their own version.
The following files are included:
• Example Playscript (Word and PDF)
• Feature Find worksheet (Word and PDF)
• Feature Find answers (Word and PDF)
The following features can be found in the playscript exemplar text:
• Play title
• Scene number
• Scene title
• List of character names
• Stage directions to describe the setting
• Character names followed by colons
• Words spoken by actors
• Character direction within speech inside brackets
• Sound effects inside brackets
• Contractions within speech
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✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus Glossary BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report
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An example character profile text about the character Alex Rider from Stormbreaker plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 1 of Anthony Horowitz’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Planning template differentiated 2 ways
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Personality traits word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model character description 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 other story.
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More Stormbreaker resources:
✦ Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Diary Text Pack With Feature Find & Templates
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Mission File Text Pack With Templates
✦ Stormbreaker: Literary Devices Differentiated Activities
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✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker
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An example character profile text about the character Dudley Dursley from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Feature Find sheets with answers, differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 1 and 2 of J. K. Rowling’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Planning template differentiated 2 ways
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Personality traits word bank
Pupils read the model character description, find the text features, and then plan and write their own character profile about Dudley, Harry or any other character 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.
The following language, grammar & punctuation features are included in the example text:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Synonyms
• Present tense
• Present perfect tense
• Passive verbs
• Fronted adverbials (and other introductory words, phrases & clauses) followed by commas
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinate clauses
• Relative clauses
• Apostrophes for singular & plural possession
• Apostrophes for omission
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Brackets
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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Other Harry Potter themed example WAGOLL text packs:
✦ WAGOLL BUNDLE
✦ Diary Entry
✦ Non-Chronological Report
✦ Newspaper Report
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Character Profile Example Text Pack
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An example non-chronological report text about brownies, a type of faerie, inspired by the fantasy novel The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, plus two activities with answers, and planning and writing templates.
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Layout activity
• Layout answers
• Planning template
• Writing template differentiated
Pupils read the model non-chronological report about brownies, and then examine its features; label the layout features of a non-chronological report on the sheet provided; and plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates provided. Pupils can research and create the information 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.
Structural, language, grammar and punctuation features included in the model text:
• Heading
• Subheadings
• Introduction
• Fast Facts section
• Did you know? section with bullet points
• Paragraphs
• Picture with caption
• Rule of three
• Rhetorical questions
• Present tense
• Modal verbs
• Adverbs of degree
• Conjunctive adverbs
• Relative clauses
• Co-ordinating & subordinating conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Question marks
• Commas in lists
• Complex lists
• Commas as parenthesis
• Possessive apostrophes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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Other Spiderwick Chronicles themed resources:
✦ WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Diary Entries Example Texts Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Instructions Example Text Pack
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work
✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work
✦ Journey BUNDLE
✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE
✦ Charlotte’s Web BUNDLE
✦ Beowulf BUNDLE
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