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Helen-Teach's Shop provides high quality, great value English and maths resources designed to save teachers' precious time. All materials are created by a teacher with over 20 years of experience.
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Two example text packs, one punctuation pack and a literary device pack based on the bookThe Ice Palace by Robert Swindells.
The bundle consists of 4 resource packs.
Character Profile Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated writing templates, differentiated x3
• Character trait word bank
Diary Entry Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text
• Feature find worksheets, differentiated x3
• Feature find answer sheets, differentiated x3
Contraction & Possession Apostrophe Differentiated Worksheets Pack
Resources provided:
• Apostrophe worksheets, differentiated x3
• Worksheet answers
Literary Device Pack
Resources provided:
• Literary Device Matching Cards, differentiated x3
• Matching Card answers
• Literary Device Identifying worksheets, differentiated x3
• Identifying answers
• Literary Device Find worksheets, differentiated x3
• Device Find answers
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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Units of Work
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4
Book & Poetry Bundles
✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE
✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Flat Stanley: WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ How to Train Your Dragon: BUNDLE
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land: BUNDLE
✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief: Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ Stone Age Boy: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Street Child: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman: WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Hodgeheg: Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium: Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword: Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE
✦ The Twits: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
Other English Bundles
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Unicorn Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions & Persuasive Letter with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Dragon 3 Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
Punctuation & Grammar Bundles
✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
History & Science Bundles
✦ Ancient Egypt Example Text Bundle
✦ Mummification Bundle
✦ Ancient Greece Myths & Monsters WAGOLL Writing Bundle
✦ Animal Non-Chronological Report Bundle
Maths Bundles
✦ Valentine’s Day Maths BUNDLE
✦ Easter Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Christmas Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE - Differentiated Worksheets
✦ 6 Maths Murder Mysteries With Answers BUNDLE
✦ 2D & 3D Shapes Games Maths BUNDLE
✦ 2D Shapes Polygons Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
✦ 3D Shapes Solids Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
English & Maths Games
✦ Fun English Writing Games
✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
✦ 15 Fun Maths Arithmetic Games
French Bundles
✦ 10 French Role Play Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animals Role Plays & Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animal Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Games Guess Who the Character Is BUNDLE
✦ French Battleships BUNDLE
✦ French Shape Vocabulary Games BUNDLE
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A timeline of key events based on the historical fiction novel Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden.
This timeline of events supports the teaching of Carrie’s War, a story about the experiences of two young evacuees, Carrie and her brother Nick, who are sent to live in Wales during the Second World War.
A list of key events in chronological order with dates and chapters are given.
This resource is useful for students studying the novel and teachers alike.
More Carrie’s War themed resources:
✦ Carrie’s War Example Character Profile Text Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Diary Entry Model Text Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Character Matching Activity Differentiated
✦ Carrie’s War Newspaper Report WAGOLL Pack
Other popular resources:
Book & Poetry Bundles
✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ Christophe’s Story 4 Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Model Text BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman: WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE
✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium: BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land: BUNDLE
✦ Lightning Thief: Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword: Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Street Child: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
Units of Work
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Year 3/4
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | Year 3/4
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Timeline activity pack for Carrie’s War which covers the key events from the whole novel. This is activity is perfect to use to deepen pupils’ understanding of Nina Bawden’s historical fiction novel.
Resources provided:
Event sorting activities
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 2-6
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 7-14
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 2-14
Timeline activity for whole novel
• Key events cards
• Timeline template
• Answer sheet
Give these timeline activities to small groups, pairs or individual pupils to complete to consolidate pupils’ understanding of the text. The story is non-linear, being told through a flashbacks, so the whole novel activity challenges pupils to order the events chronologically, thus deepening their understanding of the narrative.
All resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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More Carrie’s War themed resources:
✦ Carrie’s War Example Character Profile Text Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Diary Entry Model Text Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Character Matching Activity Differentiated
✦ Carrie’s War Newspaper Report WAGOLL Pack
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✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE
✦ Christophe’s Story BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman Poetry BUNDLE
✦ Holes BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE
✦ Street Child BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work
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A set of model writing packs based on the evacuee novel Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden, plus bonus character and timeline activities.
The bundle consists of 4 resource packs for a character profile, diary entry, newspaper report and informal letter. The packs come with WAGOLLs, feature find sheets, templates and more to enable each student to produce their own piece of writing.
Character Profile Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated planning templates, x3
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Character trait word bank
Diary Entry Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entries WAGOLL text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets, x3
• Contractions word bank
Newspaper Report Model Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Example newspaper report
• Feature find sheets, x2
• Feature find answers, x2
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates, x2
Informal Letter Model Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar informal letter texts, x2
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets, x3
• Contractions word bank
• Teacher notes
Bonus packs:
Character Matching Activity Pack
Resources provided:
• Character cards, differentiated x3
• Answers
Timeline of Events Activity Pack
Resources provided:
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 2-6
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 7-14
• Event sorting activity with answers, chapters 2-14
• Key events cards
• Timeline template
• Timeline answer sheet
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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Other popular resources:
Units of Work
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4
Book & Poetry Bundles
✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE
✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Flat Stanley: WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ How to Train Your Dragon: BUNDLE
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land: BUNDLE
✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief: Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ Stone Age Boy: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Street Child: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman: WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Hodgeheg: Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ Ice Palace WAGOLL Writing, Apostrophe & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium: Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Silver Sword: Model Text Pack WAGOLL Writing BUNDLE
✦ The Twits: Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
Other English Bundles
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Unicorn Example Text BUNDLE: Non-Chronological Report, Instructions & Persuasive Letter with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Dragon 3 Example Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
Punctuation & Grammar Bundles
✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
History & Science Bundles
✦ Ancient Egypt Example Text Bundle
✦ Mummification Bundle
✦ Ancient Greece Myths & Monsters WAGOLL Writing Bundle
✦ Animal Non-Chronological Report Bundle
Maths Bundles
✦ Valentine’s Day Maths BUNDLE
✦ Easter Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Christmas Maths BUNDLE Worksheets
✦ Halloween Maths BUNDLE - Differentiated Worksheets
✦ 6 Maths Murder Mysteries With Answers BUNDLE
✦ 2D & 3D Shapes Games Maths BUNDLE
✦ 2D Shapes Polygons Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
✦ 3D Shapes Solids Games Pack BUNDLE Differentiated
English & Maths Games
✦ Fun English Writing Games
✦ 10 Fun Times Tables Games
✦ 15 Fun Maths Arithmetic Games
French Bundles
✦ 10 French Role Play Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animals Role Plays & Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Animal Games Packs BUNDLE
✦ French Games Guess Who the Character Is BUNDLE
✦ French Battleships BUNDLE
✦ French Shape Vocabulary Games BUNDLE
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An example non-chronological text about Sri Lankan green vine snakes, plus feature find task, planning and writing templates, and task sheet.
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find answers
• Planning sheets differentiated x2
• Writing templates differentiated x2
• Task explanation sheet
Pupils read the model information text about green vine snakes, and then examine its features; and then research, plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates. Pupils can create the information text about the same or a different type of snake, or an animal of their choice. These activities can be carried out over several lessons.
Structural, language, grammar & punctuation features in the model text:
• Heading
• Introduction
• Subheadings
• Bullet-pointed list
• Picture/diagram with caption
• Glossary
• Present tense
• Adverbs of degree
• Alliteration
• Brackets to add a definition
• Complex list with semi-colons
• Embedded relative clauses
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials
• Modal verbs
• Passive voice
• Relative clauses
• Subordinate clauses
• List introduced with a colon
• Singular possessive nouns
• Plural possessive nouns
This scientific text has cross-curricular links to the science curriculum:
✎ Year 3: Animals Including Humans - identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat
✎ Year 4: Living Things and Their Habitats - recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
✎ Year 4: Animals Including Humans - construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey
✎ Year 5: Living Things and Their Habitats - describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals
✎ Year 6: Living Things and Their Habitats - give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics
✎ Year 6: Evolution and Inheritance - identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution
The resources are PDFs and editable Word files.
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
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Differentiated example non-chronological texts about the four seasons, plus feature find sheet, planning template and display images.
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL texts, differentiated x3
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find worksheet
• Non-chronologcial report Feature Find answers
• Planning template
• Display images
Pupils read the model information text about the four seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn), and then find the expanded noun phrases and conjunctions in the text. Next they plan their own non-chronological report using the planning template. They are then ready to write their own reports!
In the texts, the following features of each season are mentioned: the weather, trees, clothes and other relevant details. The model texts contain a variety of expanded noun phrases and co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
The resources are PDFs and editable Word files.
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Other popular resources:
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Ice Palace WAGOLL Writing, Apostrophe & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Example Text and Grammar BUNDLE
✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Hodgeheg Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE
✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the classic novel Goodnight Mister Tom, plus feature find worksheet, answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank.
This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 5 and 6 of Michelle Magorian’s historical World War Two novel. The diary entry, written from evacuee Zach’s perspective, recounts the day when he speaks to protagonist Willie for the very first time.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Contractions word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the example diary entry, use the WAGOLL to complete the feature find worksheet, and then plan and write their own diary entry based on the WAGOLL, from a different point in the narrative or from the point of view of a different character, such as Willie, Tom Oakley or Dr Little.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text:
• fronted adverbials with commas
• subordinate clauses
• dash and dashes for emphasis
• relative clauses
• thoughts/feelings
• colons to introduce lists
• complex lists with semi-colons
• similes
• brackets for extra information
• expanded noun phrases
• contractions
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• possessive noun phrases
• date
• greeting with comma
• introduction
• sign off
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More Goodnight MIster Tom themed resources:
✦ Goodnight Mister Tom Example Character Profile Text Pack
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✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work
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An example character profile text based on information from chapters 1 and 2 of the historical fiction novel Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian with feature find sheet, differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank.
The model character profile based on the World War II children’s novel describes evacuee Willie, the story’s protagonist.
Read the exemplar character profile text and then use the feature find worksheet as a WAGOLL to examine before pupils plan and write their own about Willie or another character such as Thomas Oakley or Zach.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Differentiated planning templates, x3
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Character trait word bank
The following features are included in the exemplar text:
• complex lists with semi-colons
• conjunctive adverbs
• expanded noun phrases
• extra information inside dashes
• fronted adverbials with commas
• colons to introduce lists
• possessive noun phrases
• relative clauses
• rule of three
• subordinate clauses
All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format.
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✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4
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