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Example diary entry texts written from the points of view of King Hrothgar and Grendel from Beowulf plus feature find worksheet and answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank. These exemplar texts are perfect to use as WAGOLLs after reading the first seven pages of Michael Morpurgo’s re-telling of the classic Anglo-Saxon story.
Resources provided:
• Two exemplar diary entry texts
• Feature Find worksheets differentiated 2 ways
• Feature Find answers
• Planning template differentiated 3 ways
• Contractions word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model diary entries, examine the features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own diary entries from the point of view of one of the characters, such as King Hrothgar, Grendel, Edgetheow, King Hygelac or the heroic Beowulf himself, using the differentiated templates.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLLs:
• Alliteration
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials
• Introductory paragraphs
• Rule of three
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Rhetorical questions
• Subordinate clauses
• Thoughts/feelings/opinions
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✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE
✦ Beowulf Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack
✦ Beowulf Character Profile Model Text Pack
✦ Beowulf Fronted Adverbial Differentiated Worksheets
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Glossaries for the novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, with definitions of nearly 300 words and over 100 accompanying images.
Included:
• 32 page glossary for the whole novel
• 5 separate glossaries for each chapter
The glossaries are organised into alphabetical order, encourging the use of dictionary skills which is a key component of the Key Stage Two curriculum for Years 3 and 4 (using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read) and Years 5 and 6 (use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words).
The dictionary of key vocabulary helps pupils of all abilities, including SEN and EAL pupils, with their comprehension of the story.
The glossary can be printed as a booklet to be used in a number of ways:
• To look up the meaning of words whilst reading the text to aid comprehension.
• As word word bank during themed writing to encourage the use of new vocabulary encountered in the novel.
• As a dictionary skills starter to introduce new vocabulary prior to reading.
• As a ‘fastest finger first’ plenary activity.
The glossaries come in editable Word format and as a PDF files.
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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
✦ Iron Man Comprehension BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Example Diary Texts BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Apostrophe Activities Differentiated BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Fronted Adverbial Differentiated Worksheets BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report
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A set of three example instructions linked to the children’s picture book Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura.
The three exemplar instructions are linked to the illustrations found in the book Stone Age Boy:
• How to make a Stone Age fire
• How to make Stone Age clothing
• How to make Stone Age soup (recipe)
These instructions can be used as WAGOLLs before pupils embark on writing their own instructions based on the illustrations found in the book, particularly on pages 16 and 17, or on their learning of the Stone Age in History or Topic lessons. Instruction and recipe templates have been provided for pupils to use during this writing task.
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and in pdf format.
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✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Dialogue Texts Differentiated, Feature Identification & Answers
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✦ Christophe’s Story Example Diary Entries, Feature Identification & Answers
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A bundle ofOranges in No Man’s Land themed resources based on Elizabeth Laird’s refugee novel.
The bundle includes the following:
Example texts with feature find worksheets and answers:
• Action writing
• Character profile
• Diary
• Letter
Differentiated worksheets:
• Direct to reported speech
• Figurative language
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✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE
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Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the book The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf.
The 3 differentiated example texts contain conversations between the narrator and friends and their teacher, Mrs Khan based on Chapter 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
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, question mark or exclamation mark
• Reporting clause after the words spoken
• Reporting clause before the words spoken
• Variety of speech verbs used
• Adverbs/adverbials to show how the words were spoken
• New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes
• Actions of the characters
• Feelings of characters shown not told
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the end/beginning
• Two or more sentences spoken at once and split into two by the reporting clause
• One sentence spoken but split into two by the reporting clause
• Contractions used in speech
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✦ Example Text Bundle
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✦ Character Profile Text Pack
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An example diary entry text from the point of view of Harry from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone plus Feature Find worksheets and answers. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 3 of J. K. Rowling’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text written by Harry
• 3 Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
Pupils read the model diary entry, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own diary entry from Harry, Dudley, Uncle Vernon or Aunt Petunia’s point of view.
Diary entries could be written about the same day or the day before or after the model text.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the example text:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Hyperboles
• Present perfect tense (have/has + VERB+ed)
• Past perfect tense (had + VERB+ed)
• Past progressive tense (was/were + VERB+ing)
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative clauses
• Modal verbs
• Rhetorical questions
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Brackets
All resources are provided as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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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✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
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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
All resources come as editable Word documents & in PDF format.
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✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Instructions Example Text Pack
✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack
✦ Informal Letter Example Text Pack
✦ FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack
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A bundle of three example texts and two sets of grammar and punctuation worksheets based on the novel How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.
The bundle contains the following 5 resource packs:
• A diary example text
• A character profile example text
• An explanation example text
• Fronted adverbials differentiated worksheets
• Possessive apostrophes differentiated worksheets
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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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An example biography text about Lucien Silver from the book The Nowhere Emporium plus differentiated planning templates, and biography sentence starter bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Ross MacKenzie’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar biography text
• Planning template differentiated 3 ways
• Sentence starter bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model biographical recount text and then plan and write their own biography about Lucien Silver, Daniel Holmes, Ellie Silver or any other character using the differentiated templates.
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Various non-chronological report WAGOLLs, activities, handouts and displays, themed around animals. Perfect for a non-chronological report writing unit in KS2.
Spider Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Layout activity
• Layout answers
• Sentence Sorting activity
• Sentence Sorting answers
• Planning template
• Writing template differentiated
Gila Monster Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
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
Animal Non-Chronological Report Punctuating Sentences Tasks
Resources provided:
• Badger information text punctuation task with answers
• Hedgehogs information text punctuation task with answers
• Spiders information text punctuation task with answers
Humpback Whale Non-Chronological Report Pack
Resources provided:
• Humpback whales vocabulary sheet
• Humpback whales vocabulary wall display
• Identify features: tense and sentence types with answers
• Humpback whales matching sentences sheet with answers
• Re-order sentences: elephants, with answers
• Humpback whales organising information into paragraphs with answers
• Humpback whales planning notes
• Non-chronological report planning sheet 4 sections
• Non-chronological report planning sheet 5 sections
• Non-chronological report writing template
• Non-chronological report sentence starters
• Non-chronological report checklist
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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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An example non-chronological report text about the Gryffindor house, inspired by Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling, plus task sheet, and differentiated planning and writing templates.
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
• Planning worksheets differentiated x2
• Writing templates differentiated x2
• Task explanation sheet
Pupils read the model non-chronological report about the Gryffindor house from Harry Potter, and then plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates provided. Pupils can write about one of the four houses from the novel or invent a fifth house for Hogwarts.
The resources are provided in both PDF and editable Word format.
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✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
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Pupils will learn how to write an exciting action sequence with this The Hodgeheg themed example text, together with a feature find and answers, boxing up grid, differentiated planning sheets and text extract.
Pupils start by reading the action writing extract from the children’s book The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith. The structure is then examined using the boxing up method. A new text is planned by modelling the innovation (completed grid provided). Next pupils will analyse the example text using the feature find grid (answers provided) where they will need to find examples of listed action sequence grammar and language features. Lastly, pupils will plan their own action sequence using the differentiated planning grids and then write their own action sequence.
The following resources are provided:
• Example action sequence WAGOLL text
• Extract from The Hodgeheg
• Action sequence feature find worksheet
• Answers to feature find
• Boxing up grid - completed
• Differentiated boxing up planning templates
Ideas for action sequences:
• Pupils write their own account of Max the hedgehog crossing at the zebra crossing or under the underpass, but with different dangers/obstacles in his way.
• Pupils write about Max to crossing the road using a different method.
• Pupils write about a different animal character crossing the road.
• Pupils write about a different animal character doing something else that is difficult or dangerous, e.g. a duckling travelling across a busy river.
This resource can be used when reading the book The Hodgeheg, or for a standalone series of lessons about action sequence writing.
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and in PDF format.
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✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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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.
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✦ 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
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Three example text packs and a set of differentiated apostrophe activities based on the story The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf.
The example text packs contain Feature Find worksheets, answers, templates and additional resources.
The following resources are included in this bundle:
• Diary entry model text pack
• Character profile model text pack
• Dialogue model text pack
• Differentiated apostrophe worksheets
Each model text pack pack comes with a WAGOLL for pupils to examine and then base their own writing on.
All resources come as editable Word documents and PDFs.
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A playscript example text based on the events of Chapter 3 from the children’s fantasy adventure book Varjak Paw by S.F. Said.
The two pages of script provided in this resource are the beginning of a scene where Varjak’s grandfather, Elder Paw, calls a Family Council.
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 model 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
• Contractions within speech
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✦ Varjak Paw Character Profile Example Text & Character Matching Pack
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A timeline activity for The Butterfly Lion which covers the key events from the whole novel. This is activity is perfect to use to deepen pupils’ understanding of Michael Morpurgo’s prize-winning novel.
Resources provided:
• Key events cards
• Timeline template
• Answer sheet
Give this timeline activity to small groups, pairs or individual pupils to complete to consolidate pupils’ understanding of the text. This is is particularly important as the story is non-linear, being told through a series of flashbacks, so this activity challenges pupils to order the events chronologically, thus deepening their understanding of the narrative.
An additional activity has been provided as an extension if necessary.
All resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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Four example text packs based on the novel Holes by Louis Sachar.
The bundle consists of 4 resource packs.
Character Profile Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Planning template differentiated x2
• Writing template differentiated x3
• Personality traits word bank
Description Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Description WAGOLL model text
• Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3
• Feature Find answers
• Description planning sheet differentiated x3
• Desert vocabulary bank
• Task sheet
Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Example newspaper report WAGOLL text
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• Feature find answers
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• Newspaper report planning templates
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• Labelled writing templates
Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text
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• Non-chronologcial report Feature find answers
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• Writing templates differentiated x2
• Task explanation sheet
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An example diary text based on Chapter 1 of the fantasy novel Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series) by Rick Riordan with differentiated planning sheets and word banks.
The model diary entry is written from Percy’s point of view on the day he visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The exemplar text can be used as a WAGOLL diary text to examine before pupils plan and write their own diary entry based on his chapter or the next few chapters.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text
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