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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
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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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✦ Christophe’s Story BUNDLE
✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter BUNDLE
✦ The Highwayman Poetry BUNDLE
✦ Holes BUNDLE
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✦ 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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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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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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Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the classic novel Carrie’s War, plus feature find worksheet, answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank.
This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 3 of Nina Bawden’s historical World War Two novel. The diary entry, written from evacuee Carrie’s perspective, recounts the day when her brother Nick is caught eating biscuits from Mr Evans’ shop.
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 from a different point in the narrative or from the point of view of a different character, such as Nick, Mr Evans or Auntie Louise.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text:
• fronted adverbials with commas
• subordinate clauses
• dashes for emphasis
• repetition for effect
• feelings
• colons followed by explanations
• similes
• show not tell
• brackets for extra information
• expanded noun phrases
• contractions
• hyperbole
• thoughts
• possessive nouns
• omitted ‘that’
• date
• greeting with comma
• introduction
• sign off
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More Carrie’s War themed resources:
✦ Carrie’s War BUNDLE
✦ Carrie’s War Character Profile Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Character Matching
✦ Carrie’s War Newspaper Report Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Letter Writing Pack
✦ Carrie’s War Timeline Pack
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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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✦ Goodnight Mister Tom Example Character Profile Text Pack
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A model descriptive writing text based on the beautiful wordless picture book Journey by Aaron Becker.
The model text describes the girl approaching and entering the city in her boat.
The description comes with a feature find task, which asks pupils to search for the following writing features including figurative language and other literary devices:
• similes
• metaphors
• hyperbole
• personification
• repetition for effect
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• show not tell feelings
An answer sheet has been included.
The description can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils write their own description based on Journey.
The resources come in easily editable Word format and as PDFs.
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Other Journey themed resources:
✦ Example Writing BUNDLE
✦ Example Diary Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Text Examples Pack
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