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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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Other Stig of the Dump resources:
✦ Complete Unit of Work
✦ Reading Comprehension Tests
Stig of the Dump example texts, with feature find sheet and answers:
✦ Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Chapter 1: Diary Entries
✦ Chapter 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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An example informal letter from the point of view of Barney from the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King.
This exemplar informal letter is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 4.
The model informal letter comes with a feature identification worksheet, plus answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class. The worksheets can be easily adjusted to match the ability of your class and provide differentiation.
After identifying the features, pupils can write their own informal letter from Barney or Lou’s point of view, based on the example text.
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Exclamatory sentences
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Use of synonyms to avoid repetition
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for double contractions
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Apostrophes for joint possession
• Hyphens
• Colons
• Brackets
• Dashes
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
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Other Stig of the Dump resources:
✦ Complete Unit of Work
✦ Reading Comprehension Tests
Stig of the Dump example texts, with feature find sheet and answers:
✦ Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Chapter 1: Diary Entries
✦ Chapter 2: Instructions
✦ Chapter 3: Character Profile
✦ Chapter 5: Dialogue
✦ Chapter 6: Playscript
✦ Chapter 7: Newspaper Report
✦ Chapter 8: Interview Article
✦ Chapter 9: Persuasive Advert
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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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✦ 3 Example Instruction and Recipe Texts Plus Templates
✦ Fronted Adverbials Differentiated Worksheets & Answers
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Example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King. It is based on Chapter 5 of the novel, when Barney speaks to the Snargets in Stig’s cave, but in the example, Stig has the ability to speak English and joins in the conversation. A writing feature identification worksheet, answer sheet and extract from Stig of the Dump are included.
Use the WAGOLL before pupils write their own versions or continue the model text.
This can be used when studying the novel Stig of the Dump or during a stand-alone lesson.
All documents provided as Word and PDFs.
The model text contains the following features:
• 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 to show how the words were spoken
• Actions of the characters
• New paragraph every time the speaker changes.
• Feelings of characters shown through action
• Sentence spoken but 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
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Other Stig of the Dump resources:
✦ Complete Unit of Work
✦ Reading Comprehension Tests
Stig of the Dump example texts, with feature find sheet and answers:
✦ Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Chapter 1: Diary Entries
✦ Chapter 2: Instructions
✦ Chapter 3: Character Profile
✦ Chapter 4: Informal Letter
✦ Chapter 6: Playscript
✦ Chapter 7: Newspaper Report
✦ Chapter 8: Interview Article
✦ Chapter 9: Persuasive Advert
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An example newspaper report based on Chapter 7 of the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 7 of Stig of the Dump.
The model newspaper report comes with a feature identification worksheet, plus an answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class, enabling pupils to become confident in the genre before an independent or shared writing activity.
Planning sheet and newspaper report templates have also been included.
After identifying features, pupils write their own newspaper report based on the example text by either re-writing the model text, choosing a different event from Stig of the Dump to report or inventing their own adventure for Barney, Lou and Stig.
The language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Headline in the present tense
• Byline
• Date
• Introductory paragraph containing the 4 Ws (who, what, where, when)
• Quotes, with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Passive voice
• Alliteration
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials
• Present perfect tense
All resources come both as editable Word documents to easily adapt for your class and in PDF format.
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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 2: Instructions
✦ Chapter 3: Character Profile
✦ Chapter 4: Informal Letter
✦ Chapter 5: Dialogue
✦ Chapter 6: Playscript
✦ Chapter 8: Interview Article
✦ Chapter 9: Persuasive Advert
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A three-page example non-chronological report entitled “All About Werewolves”, plus feature identification sheet (with answers).
This fun, engaging non-chronological report exemplar text contains the following text-specific features:
• Introduction
• Sub-headings as questions
• Facts
• Technical vocabulary
• Images with captions
The section headings in the report are:
• What do werewolves look like?
• What do werewolves eat?
• Where do werewolves live?
• How do werewolves behave?
• How do people become werewolves?
• How can you protect yourself from a werewolf?
• Did you know?
The following language, grammar and punctuation features are examined in the feature identification worksheet:
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Facts
• Technical vocabulary
• Commands
• Questions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Relative clauses
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Question marks
• Commas as a parenthesis
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
This 860 word example non-chronological report and feature sheet can be used to examine the features of non-chronological report writing as a WAGOLL before pupils embark on writing their own non-chronological report about a werewolf or other legendary, mythical or supernatural creature.
All documents are available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
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Stone Age Boy themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of fronted adverbial activities.
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 fronted adverbial activities are related to Satoshi Kitamura’s children’s picture book Stone Age Boy, but can be used for a standalone lesson on fronted adverbials.
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet.
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An example character profile of Mrs Twit from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl, with feature find sheet and answers, planning and writing templates.
The profile is based on chapters 4, 5 and 6 of the novel.
This exemplar character description is perfect to use as a WAGOLL before pupils plan and write a profile about Mrs Twit, Mr Twit, Muggle-Wump the monkey or any other character from The Twits .
After looking at the example text and identifying the features, pupils plan and write their own character profile using the planning and writing templates, and character traits list provided.
Documents included:
• Example character profile of Mrs Twit
• Feature find sheet
• Feature find answers
• Character traits list
• Character profile planning template
• Character profile writing template
The language, grammar and punctuation features included in the WAGOLL include:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Third person
• Present tense
• Present perfect tense
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinate clauses
• Commas in lists
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
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A fun example diary entry text for The Twits , writing feature find worksheet with answers, and differentiated planning and writing templates. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 6 and 7 of Roald Dahl’s popular novel.
The diary, written from Mrs Twit’s point of view, describes the day she made wormy spaghetti for Mr Twit.
The following resources are included:
• Example diary text
• Feature find sheet
• Answers
• Differentiated planning templates x4
• Differentiated writing templates x3
The diary text contains these language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Hyperbole
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• First person
• Past tense
• Past perfect tense
• Exclamatory sentences
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Commas in list
• Apostrophes for contraction & possession
• Brackets
• Dashes
• Hyphens
Pupils can read the example diary entry, identify the features and then write one of the following, including appropriate features in their writing:
• Their own version of Mrs Twit’s diary entry
• Mr Twit’s diary entry for the same day
• A diary entry for the next day without reading the subsequent chapters, using prediction
• A series of diary entries for the following days
• A diary entry for any other day from any character’s point of view, e.g. Mrs Twit, Mr Twit, one of the boys who was stuck to the tree, Muggle-Wump the monkey, the Roly-Poly bird.
All resources are provided as PDFs & editable Word files.
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Example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the novel The Twits by Roald Dahl. The example text is based on Chapter 27 of the novel when Mr and Mrs Twit are stuck to the floor. A feature find worksheet with answers is included, plus differentiated activity sheets and extract.
This following documents are provided:
• Dialogue writing model text
• Feature find sheet
• Feature answers
• Differentiated dialogue writing activities x4
• Activity answers
• Said synonyms vocabulary list
• Extract from The Twits
The model text is useful as a WAGOLL for children to study before attempting to write their own version, continue the model text or add punctuation to direct speech.
This resource can be used when studying the The Twits or during a stand-alone dialogue writing lesson.
The model text contains the following features:
• 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 each time the speaker changes.
• 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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Pupils write Neil Armstrong’s diary entry recounting the day of the Moon landing in this lesson.
Resources include:
• Lesson plan
• Lesson presentation
• Diary success criteria
Suitable for Key Stage 2. Useful for cross-curricular English and history/science lessons.
All documents available as PDF and editable Word/PowerPoint documents.
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A two-page example non-chronological report entitled “All About Ogres”, plus writing feature identification worksheet and category activity.
This 650 word example non-chronological report and accompanying resources can be used to examine the features of non-chronological report writing as a WAGOLL before pupils embark on writing their own non-chronological report.
The following documents are included in this download:
• Model non-chronological report about ogres
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
• Sorting ogre facts into categories activity with answers
This fun, engaging non-chronological report exemplar text contains the following:
Language features:
• rule of three
• alliteration
• similes
• facts
Grammar features:
• commands
• questions
• relative clauses
• synonyms to avoid repetition
Punctuation features:
• question marks
• apostrophes for singular possession
• apostrophes for plural possession
• brackets
• colons
• semi-colons
• dashes
• hyphens
All documents are provided as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
All answers for are included.
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Pupils sort notes about the Chinese Lung Dragon into categories for a non-chronological report. They then use these categorised notes to write their own non-chronological report about the Chinese Lung Dragon. This can be incorporated into study of the Chinese New Year.
Pupils enjoy reading and sorting the 30 facts about the lung dragon. This engaging activity can be done individually or in pairs.
The following resources are provided:
• Uncategorised notes about the Chinese Lung Dragon
• Worksheet with grid
• Answer sheet
Differentiation
The task is differentiated three ways. It is made less complex with a simplified list with only 20 facts and a simplified grid with fewer categories. It is made more complex with a grid without headings (pupils must decide their own). All differentiated sheets have been provided.
This resource works well with the example non-chronological report about the Knucker Dragon, to provide an exemplar for children’s own report writing.
All documents are available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
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Example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the novel Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell. The example text is based on Chapter 2 of the novel, when Rwandan refugee Christophe is bullied by schoolboy Jeremy. A writing feature identification worksheet and an answer sheet are included. The extract from Christophe’s Story is also included.
The model text is useful as a WAGOLL for children to study before attempting to write their own version or continuing the model text.
This resource can be used when studying the novel Christophe’s Story or during a stand-alone lesson focusing on dialogue writing.
All documents available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
The model text contains the following features:
• 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 to show how the words were spoken
• Actions of the characters
• New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes.
• Feelings of characters shown through action
• One sentence spoken but 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
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Example persuasive advertisement based on Chapter 9 of the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King. This exemplar advert persuading readers to visit Stone Henge is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 9 of Stig of the Dump.
The model advert text comes with a feature identification worksheet, plus an answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class, enabling pupils to become confident in the genre before an independent or shared writing activity.
After identifying features, pupils plan and write their own persuasive advert based on the exemplar. The pupils can link their advert to the novel Stig of the Dump by persuading their readers to visit the Kent standing stones, the Medway Megaliths, and to stay in Stig’s cave hotel, giving opportunities to describe settings from chapter 9 of the book.
The language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Facts and statistics
• Rhetorical questions
• Commands (starting with imperative verbs)
• Expanded noun phrases with appealing adjectives
• Other appealing adjectives
• Use of synonyms to avoid repetition
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Hyphens
• Colons
All resources come both as editable Word documents to easily adapt for your class and in PDF format.
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✦ Chapter 9: Persuasive Advert
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Two example diary entries from the point of view of Christophe from the children’s novel Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell.
These exemplar diary entries are perfect to use as WAGOLLs after reading Chapter 1 of the text.
The first model diary entry comes with a feature find worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet. This can be easily edited to vary the challenge level and provide differentiation.
After identifying features, pupils can write their own diary entries based on the example texts. These could be from the point of view Christophe or from the point of view of other characters (for example, Jeremy, Greg, Miss Finch or Christophe’s father). Alternatively, pupils could write from Christophe’s point of view recounting events from the previous or following day.
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Similes
• Rule of three
• Onomatopoeia
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Exclamation marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Commas in a list
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
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An example letter home from the point of view of Christophe from the children’s novel Christophe’s Story by Nicki Cornwell.
This exemplar letter to Babi is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 3 of the text.
The model letter home comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class. The feature identification sheet can be easily edited to vary the challenge level and provide differentiation.
After identifying the features, pupils can write their own letters, based on the example text. These could be from the point of view Christophe or from the point of view of other characters such as Christophe’s father or mother.
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Present perfect tense
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Dashes
• Hyphens
• Semi-colons
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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.
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A set of comprehension questions about the classic poem Matilda Who Told Lies by Hilaire Belloc.
21 questions with a total of 28 marks.
This resource comes with the following:
• Matilda Who Told Lies poem with illustrations
• Comprehension questions
• Comprehension answers
• Glossary activity
• Glossary answer
• Picture ordering activity
• Matilda Who Told Lies poem without illustrations
This resource is suitable for Upper Key Stage 2 pupils. It is perfect for guided reading or SATs practice.
The comprehension includes a variety of question types including a 3 mark ‘What impression’ question.
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These two collections of 30 daily activities will help to teach, assess and consolidate your pupils’ understanding of the grammar, punctuation and spelling curriculum to improve their writing for half a term. Six weeks’ worth of daily activities are included on each presentation, so 12 weeks of daily activities altogether. The answers to each activity is on next slide to aid class discussion. Each presentation has over 120 slides.
These can be used as daily registration activities, English/Literacy lesson starter activities, plenaries, end of the day activities, and more.
This resource bundle requires no photocopying, just a screen and somewhere for the children to note down their answers (English books, general work books or mini-whiteboards).
Can also be used as revision for KS3 pupils.
Editable PowerPoint presentations and PDF documents provided.
Topics covered:
• Adjectives and nouns
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• Determiners
• Direct speech
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• Noun phrases
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Plural possessive apostrophes
• Prepositions to express cause
• Present perfect tense
• Pronouns
• Question or exclamation?
• Rule of three
• Sentence types: statement, exclamation, question and command
• Similes and metaphors
• Singular and plural possessive apostrophes and contractions
• So and so: Co-ordinating conjunction or adverb?
• Standard and non-standard English
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions or prepositions?
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
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