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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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Other Christophe’s Story themed resources:
✦ 4 Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Letter Example Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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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.
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Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the children’s picture book Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura. The 3 differentiated example texts contain conversations between the boy and his family when he arrives home after his adventure. Differentiated feature identification worksheets with answers are included – perfect for sharing in class or uploading during online lessons for remote learning.
All resources are differentiated three ways.
The model texts are useful as WAGOLLs to examine before children attempt their own versions or continue the dialogue.
This resource can be used when learning about the Stone Age in history or studying the Stone Age Boy book.
All documents are provided in PDF and editable Word format.
The texts contains the following features of dialogue and speech:
• Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause, separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark
• Variety of speech verbs
• Adverbs
• Actions of the characters
• New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes.
• Feelings shown through action
• Sentences split into two by the reporting clause
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/end
• Two sentences spoken at once and split into two by the reporting clause
• Contractions used in speech
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✦ Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates
✦ Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ 3 Example Instruction and Recipe Texts Plus Templates
✦ Fronted Adverbials Differentiated Worksheets & Answers
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Example instructional text based on information from Chapter 2 of the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King.
This exemplar instructional text “How to Build a Fireplace” is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 2 of Stig of the Dump.
The model instructions come with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
After identifying the features, pupils write their own instructions based on the example text with the help of the extract from the book (also included).
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Rhetorical questions
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Commands
• Imperative verbs
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Hyphens
• Colons
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✦ Complete Unit of Work
✦ Reading Comprehension Tests
Stig of the Dump example texts, with feature find sheet and answers:
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✦ Chapter 1: Diary Entries
✦ 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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Four fun, engaging ogre-themed example texts that children will love to use.
The example WAGOLL texts included in the bundle are:
• a set of instructions: How to Catch an Ogre;
• a persuasive letter: Letter to an Ogre;
• a non-chronological report: All About Ogres;
• a recount: An Ogre Encounter.
All texts include a variety of language, grammar and punctuation features. A tailored feature identification worksheet is provided with each text so that children can find the writing features within the text. Answers to these activity sheets are also given.
The texts can be used as exemplars for the particular genre of writing, as part of a unit about mythical or legendary creatures or as fun, engaging stand-alone lessons!
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Ogre texts
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres - with Feature Identification Worksheet & Answers
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Dragon texts
✦ Example Dragon-Themed Non-Chronological Report, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
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Unicorn texts
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Unicorns, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
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✦ Unicorn-Themed Example Instructional Text: How to Tame a Unicorn (with Feature Sheet & Answers)
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A set of Christmas-themed comprehension activities for UKS2.
Included in this resource:
• Night Before Christmas poetry comprehensions with answers
• Old Santaclaus poetry comprehensions with answers
• Santa and the Reindeer poetry comprehensions with answers
• A Christmas Carol comprehension with answers
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The Iron Man themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of fronted adverbial activities, focusing on Chapters 4 and 5 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.
The worksheets focus on Chapters 4 and 5 of Ted Hughes’ novel, The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant).
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet.
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The Iron Man themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of fronted adverbial activities, for each chapter of the novel.
Each of the four sets of fronted adverbial worksheets are differentiated three ways, making a total of 12 worksheets in the bundle. They contain a variety of fronted adverbial activities based on the text to develop pupils’ knowledge of fronted adverbials and improve their skills in using fronted adverbials in their writing.
There are 4 sets of differentiated worksheets focusing on the following chapters of Ted Hughes’ novel, The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant):
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapters 4 and 5
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet.
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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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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 punctuation mark matching activity with three levels of differentiation.
Pupils match each card showing a punctuation mark symbol with an explanation of its use and an example sentence or sentences.
An answer sheet is included.
This activity helps pupils to remember the names of punctuation marks and how they are used. It can be used when introducing new punctuation marks to a class in lower key stage two or as a revision activity for upper key stage two (or even KS3). This activity is ideal as a starter or plenary for an English/literacy lesson or punctuation lesson.
The cards have been differentiated three ways:
• Lower ability: The example sentence displays the featured punctuation in red.
• Middle ability: The featured punctuation is missing, with its position indicated by a red rectangle.
• Higher ability: The featured punctuation is missing.
An ideal activity for pupils to carry out in pairs or small groups.
The following punctuation marks with definitions and examples are included:
• Capital letters
• Full stops
• Commas
• Question marks
• Exclamation Marks
• Apostrophes
• Inverted commas
• Brackets
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
The cards have been organised to make it easy for teachers to reduce the selection of punctuation marks, depending on the needs of their class or individual pupils.
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDF files.
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A set of comprehension questions about the classic ballad Babes in the Wood.
17 questions with a total of 20 marks.
This resource comes with the following:
• Babes in the Wood poem
• Comprehension questions
• Comprehension answers
Due to the subject matter, this guided reading resource should be used with Year 6 and above.
The comprehension includes a variety of question types including a 3 mark ‘What impression’ question.
All resources come as editable Word documents and PDF format.
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A set of comprehension questions about the classic poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, with full answers and glossary.
19 questions with a total of 24 marks. The questions and extract cover stanzas 12-15.
This resource comes with the following:
• Pied Piper of Hamelin poem extract with illustrations
• Comprehension questions
• Comprehension answers
• Glossary
This resource is suitable for Upper Key Stage 2 pupils. It is perfect for guided reading or Year 6 SATs practice.
The comprehension includes a variety of question types including a 3 mark ‘What impression’ question.
All resources come as editable Word documents and in PDF format.
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Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the book The Boy Who Drew Dragons by Andy Shepherd.
The 3 differentiated model texts contain conversations between Tomas, Liam and Miss Logan on Tomas’s first day at school after Flicker arrives (based on events in Chapter 10).
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 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 after speech, and 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 to show how the words were spoken
• Actions of the characters
• New paragraph each time the speaker changes
• Feelings shown through action
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the 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
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✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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✦ The Twits Example Diary Pack
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Pack
✦ Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker
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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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An example character profile text about Sam from the book A Dangerous Game plus 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 Marlorie Blackman’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile WAGOLL 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 about Sam, Billy, Brandon 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 from any other story.
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✦Stone Age Boy Character Profile Example Pack
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A bundle of activities, worksheets, quiz and presentation aimed at learning how to use colons.
Resources include:
• Powerpoint/PDF presentation describing three main ways to use colons
• A variety of colon worksheets
• A colon sorting activity
• A quiz
The following usages of colons are covered in these resources:
• Using a colon to introduce a list;
• Using a colon to separate related main clauses where the second clause explains the first clause;
• Using a colon to emphasise a word or phrase
All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs.
These activities are suitable for years 5 or 6.
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A differentiated character matching activity about the book Children of the Benin Kingdom by Dinah Orji.
Pupils match the name of each key character with a description of that character. The activity is differentiated three ways. An answer sheet is included, plus a teacher information sheet containing facts about every character named in the novel.
The resource is provided as a PDF and editable Word document.
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A model character profile text about the main character from the classic poem The Highwayman, plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank.
This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading the romantic ballad by Alfred Noyes.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text
• Planning template differentiated 3 ways
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Personality traits word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the example character description of the highwayman and then plan and write their own character profile about the highwayman, the landlord’s daughter Bess or Tim the ostler using the differentiated templates and word bank.
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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Other The Highwayman themed resources:
✦ The Highwayman: Poetry Pack
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The Highwayman poetry pack containing a verse-by-verse PowerPoint presentation of Alfred Noyes’ poem, a pupil copy of the poem, a glossary and an event sorting activity with answers.
Pupil Copy of the Poem
A document containing the poem with each part and verse numbered to make it easy to refer to different sections, and space beside the text for note-taking.
Poem Presentation
The 21 slide presentation is organised with each verse on a different slide. The parts and verses are numbered. Two versions have been provided: one without a glossary, useful for first readings; and one with images or definitions of challenging vocabulary displayed at the bottom of each slide.
Glossary
A two-page Word/PDF document of words used in the poem, with word class, meanings and images.
Sorting Activity
The key events sorting activity can be completed individually, in pairs or, ideally, in small groups. This will help pupils to understand the storyline of this narrative poem. Answers have been provided.
Each document is available as an editable Word/PowerPoint file and as a PDF file.
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✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Four Weeks
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