The Boy at the Back of the Class themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of apostrophe activities, focusing on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the popular refugee novel. The apostrophe worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of apostrophe activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of the punctuation mark and improve their skills in using apostrophes in their writing. Different types of apostrophes are covered by the worksheets: • Apostrophes for omission (contractions) • Apostrophes for singular possession • Apostrophes for plural possession The worksheets focus on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Onjali Q. Raúf’s book, The Boy at the Back of the Class . Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet. Every resource comes in PDF and editable Word format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other The Boy at the Back of the Class themed resources: ✦ Example Text Bundle ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack 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 ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Butterfly Lion: 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

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. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Butterfly Lion resources: ✦ Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Pack ✦ Character Sort Activity Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work BUNDLE ✦ Christophe’s Story Example Diary Entries, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A character sort activity involving the main characters in the book The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo. Pupils must sort the cards to match the name of the character, a brief description, a picture of the character and a quote about the character from the text. The activity can be made less challenging by removing one of the categories, such as the quotations, from the sort. The number of characters can also be altered to suit the needs of the pupils. The activity can be carried out in small groups, pairs or individually. This resource is a useful reminder to pupils about the names and roles of the characters in the story to help pupils to understand the novel as they read. The characters are listed in order of appearance in the novel and split onto three separate groups, so that teachers can choose which characters to include in the sorting activity, avoiding spoilers. • Group A: Chapters 1 and 2 • Group B: Chapters 3 and 5 • Group C: Chapter 7 This resource comes as a PDF and as an easily editable Word document. Other Butterfly Lion themed resources: ✦ Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Timeline Activity Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Pack Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Journey: Example Writing 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Pupils must match up the two parts of sentences from the text that have been cut in two. Five sentence matching activities are provided, one for each chapter of The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes. After reading each chapter of the novel, in pairs, pupils match up the beginning of the sentence with the correct ending, reading them aloud to check that they sound complete. Benefits for this activity: • Encourages pupils to discuss how they know which parts to put together • Leads to pupils to spot patterns in sentence structure • Gives the opportunity for pupils to re-read sentences many times over • Helps pupils attune their ears to the sound of a sentence • Helps children recall the events of the story • Provides the opportunity for children to pay close attention to the grammar of sentences including tense • Helps pupils recognise sentences in their own writing in order to demarcate them using the correct punctuation All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs. Answers for all 5 sentence matching activities are provided. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

The Boy Who Grew Dragons themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of apostrophe activities, focusing on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the fun fantasy book. The apostrophe worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of apostrophe activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of the punctuation mark and improve their skills in using apostrophes in their writing. Different types of apostrophes are covered by the worksheets: • Apostrophes for omission (contractions) • Apostrophes for singular possession • Apostrophes for plural possession The worksheets focus on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Andy Shepherd’s book, The Boy Who Grew Dragons . Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet. Every resource comes as an easily editable Word document and in PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other The Boy Who Grew Dragons themed resources: ✦ Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Letter Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features ✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers ✦ The Iron Man - Example Interview with Hogarth plus Feature Identification and Planning Sheet ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Glossary for the Whole Novel (Chapters 1-5) Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Pupils practise changing direct speech to reported speech using these differentiated worksheets based on events from the refugee novel Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird. A conversation from Chapter 8 of the novel, when Ayesha escapes from the militiamen with the help of the mysterious old man Abu Boutros, must be changed from direct to reported speech. Direct speech is speech which is reported by using the exact words that the speaker used and includes the use of inverted commas (otherwise known as speech marks or quotation marks). Reported speech (otherwise known as indirect speech) tells you what someone said but does not use the person’s actual words. This activity has been differentiated three ways to cater to a range of ability levels in the classroom. Answers have been provided. The resources come as PDF documents. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Oranges in No Man’s Land resources: ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices Worksheets ✦ Letter Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Action Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Mythical Creatures: 3 Example Non-Chronological Reports BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Useful word banks to help children to create and describe a monster, a dragon or even an animal. These word banks contain nouns, their synonyms, and adjectives for the following body parts: • skin coverings: fur/hair, scales, feathers, skin, spines, quills • head: horns, antlers, crest, wattle • limbs: legs, wings, flippers, tentacles, claws, talons, hooves, pincers • mouths: jaws/snout, beak, teeth, tusks, fangs, tongue • other parts: tail, mane, dorsal crest, shell, fin, pouch Each body part comes with a list of appropriate adjectives and a photograph for illustration. This resource is particularly helpful for SEN and EAL pupils, but can be used by the whole class to widen pupils’ vocabulary usage. A second version includes synonyms for nouns, as well as appropriate adjectives, suitable for all pupils. Each word bank comes as a PDF in two formats: • document spanning three A4 papges, • as a handy booklet that can be printed, folded and stuck into pupils’ books for easy reference. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Ogre texts ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Ogres ✦ Example Letter to an Ogre Persuasive Text ✦ How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text ✦ Example Ogre-Themed Recount Text Dragon texts ✦ Example Dragon-Themed Non-Chronological Report ✦ Chinese Lung Dragon Non-Chronological Report Planning Activity - Differentiated Unicorn texts ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report ✦ Example Instructional Text ✦ Example Text BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources!

The Ice Palace themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of apostrophe activities. The apostrophe worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of apostrophe activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of the punctuation mark and improve their skills in using apostrophes in their writing. Two different types of apostrophes are covered by the worksheets: • Apostrophes for omission (contractions) • Apostrophes for singular possession The worksheets focus on the beginning of Robert Swindells’ adventure story book, The Ice Palace . Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet. Every resource comes in PDF and editable Word format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Ice Palace themed resources: ✦ Ice Palace WAGOLL Writing, Apostrophe & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ The Ice Palace Example Character Profile Text Pack ✦ The Ice Palace Diary Entry Example Text Pack with Feature Find ✦ The Ice Palace Literary Device Resource Pack Differentiated 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 ✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE ✦ The Hodgeheg Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Fronted adverbial worksheets based on the first two chapters of the book Flat Stanley: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery by S. Pennypacker and created by Jeff Brown. These three differentiated worksheets 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. Pupils are asked to identify different types of fronted adverbials, re-write sentences to include fronted adverbials and commas, and write their own sentences with fronted adverbials including correct punctuation. Each sheet comes with its own answer key. All resources come as Word documents and PDFs. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Flat Stanley themed resources: ✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation Bundle ✦ Flat Stanley Example Character Profile Text Pack ✦ Flat Stanley Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Flat Stanley Punctuation Worksheets Differentiated You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE ✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Features Sheet & Answers Visit Helen-Teach’s shop for more resources.

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. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Highwayman themed resources: ✦ The Highwayman WAGOLL Writing, Literary Device & Poetry Pack BUNDLE ✦ The Highwayman: Diary Entries Model Text Pack ✦ The Highwayman: Character Profile Model Text Pack ✦ The Highwayman: Literary Devices Differentiated Activities Other popular resources: ✦ Holes BUNDLE ✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter BUNDLE ✦ Street Child BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s shop for more resources.

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. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Harry Potter themed resources: ✦ WAGOLL Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ 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 Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

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. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Journey themed resources: ✦ Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Text Examples Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Journey by Aaron Becker: Example Writing Bundle ✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Dialogue Text Examples Differentiated: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Christophe’s Story Example Letter, Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Christophe’s Story Dialogue Writing Example with Feature Identification, Answers & Extract ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ The Iron Man Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template Visit Helen Teach’s Shop for more resources.

This collection 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 of daily activities are included on the presentation. The answers to each activity is on the next slide to aid idiscussion with the class. The presentation has over 60 slides in total. These can be used as daily registration activities, English/Literacy lesson starter activities, plenaries, end of the day activities, and more. This resource requires no photocopying, just a screen and somewhere for the children to note down their answers (English books, general work books or mini-whiteboards). Topics covered: • Co-ordinating conjunctions • Sentence types: statement, exclamation, question and command • Commas in lists • Pronouns • Similes and metaphors • Plural possessive apostrophes • Apostrophes for contractions • Subordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions or prepositions? • Alliteration • Present perfect tense • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Prepositions to express cause • Fronted adverbials • Onomatopoeia • Direct speech • Co-ordinating conjunction or adverb? • Fronted adverbials with a comma after each • Question or exclamation? • Complex sentences • Singular and plural possessive apostrophes and contractions • Standard and non-standard English • Personification • Noun phrases • Determiners • Fronted adverbials • Homophones • Rule of three Can also be used as revision for Key Stage 3 pupils. Editable PowerPoint presentation and PDF document provided. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. If you like this, you might also be interested in: ✦ Daily Writing Nuggets with Answers - Half Term 1 ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ Contractions: Apostrophes for Omission Activities & Quiz ✦ Punctuation Mark Matching Activity | Differentiated Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

This collection 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 of daily activities are included on the presentation. The answers to each activity is on the next slide to aid idiscussion with the class. The presentation has over 60 slides in total. These can be used as daily registration activities, English/Literacy lesson starter activities, plenaries, end of the day activities, and more. This resource requires no photocopying, just a screen and somewhere for the children to note down their answers (English books, general work books or mini-whiteboards). Topics covered: • Co-ordinating conjunctions • Sentence types:statement, exclamation, question and command • Commas in lists • Pronouns • Adjectives and nouns • Plural possessive apostrophes • Apostrophes for contractions • Subordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions or prepositions? • Present perfect tense • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Prepositions to express cause • Fronted adverbials • Direct speech • So and so: Co-ordinating conjunction or adverb? • Fronted adverbials with a comma after each • Five senses • Question or exclamation? • Complex sentences • Plural possessive apostrophes • Standard and non-standard English • Noun phrases • Definite and indefinite articles • Homophones Can also be used as revision for Key Stage 3 pupils. Editable PowerPoint presentation and PDF document provided. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. If you like this, you might also be interested in: ✦ Daily Writing Nuggets with Answers - Half Term 2 ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

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 entries 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 If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Carrie’s War themed resources: ✦ Carrie’s War Example Character Profile Text Pack ✦ Carrie’s War Character Matching Activity Differentiated Other popular resources: ✦ Holes BUNDLE ✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter BUNDLE ✦ Street Child BUNDLE ✦ 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example informal letter text written from Tom to his friend Petie, plus feature find worksheets and answers, differentiated planning sheets and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading partway through Chapter 5 of Betsy Byars’s novel The Midnight Fox. Resources provided: • Exemplar informal letter text • Feature Find worksheets • Feature Find answers • Letter planning, differentiated x3 • Contractions word bank The model letter is from Tom to Petie, his best friend back home. It is based on the events that have so far occurred in the story. Pupils read the exemplar informal letter, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets, and then plan and write their own letters from this part of the story or later on. The following layout, language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL: • Similes • Hyperbole • Slang • Rhetorical questions • Non-rhetorical questions • Contractions • Expanded noun phrases • Fronted adverbials with commas • Extra information inside commas • Possessive noun phrases • Dashes for emphasis • Subordinate clauses • Greeting • Sign-off The resources are provided as PDFs and editable Word documents. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Midnight Fox resources: ✦ The Midnight Fox Character Comparison Differentiated Activity Other popular resources: ✦ Holes BUNDLE ✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter BUNDLE ✦ Street Child BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example character profile text based on information from Chapter 1 of the novel The Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars with feature find sheet, differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. The model character profile based on the children’s novel describes Tom, 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 Tom or another character such as Aunt Millie, Uncle Fred or Hazeline. 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: • Extra information inside brackets • Relative clauses • Extra information inside commas • Possessive noun phrases • Conjunctive adverbs • Introducing a list with a colon • Commas in a list • Expanded noun phrases • Fronted adverbials • Subordinate clauses All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the novel The Midnight Fox, 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 Betsy Byars’s book. Resources provided: • Exemplar diary entries 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 from Tom’s perspective, 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 Mom, Dad, Petie, Aunt Mille, Uncle Fred or Hazeline. The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text: • date • greeting with a comma • introduction • present perfect tense • fronted adverbials with commas • thoughts/feelings • expanded noun phrases • rhetorical questions • hyperbole • subordinate clauses • dashes for emphasis • brackets for extra information • contractions • omitted ‘that’ • repetition for effect • possessive nouns • subordinate clauses • alliteration • sign off If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Midnight Fox themed resources: ✦ The Midnight Fox Example Character Profile Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ 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 Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example character profile text based on information from chapters 1 and 2 of the historical fiction novel Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden 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 Carrie, 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 Carrie or another character such as Nick, Auntie Louise or Mr Evans. 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 list with semi-colons • expanded noun phrases • fronted adverbials followed by a comma • extra information inside a pair of commas • extra information inside a pair of brackets • possessive nouns • relative clauses • list introduced with a colon • conjunctive adverbs • subordinate clauses All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Example playscript based on Chapter 18 of the children’s historical novel The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier. This exemplar playscript is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 18 of The Silver Sword when Edek is in court for a crime committed by Jan. The model playscript comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to complete, plus an answer sheet for easy marking. After identifying the features, pupils can write their own playscript by either re-writing the model text, continuing the script provided or writing a different scene from another part of the novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar playscript • Feature Find worksheets • Feature Find answers The language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include: • List of characters’ names, using commas to separate each item in the list • Setting the scene, written in the present tense • Stage directions • Character names written down the left-hand side of the page, followed by a colon before each line of speech • Speech – actual words spoken after a character’s name (no inverted commas) • Character directions within speech, inside brackets • Character directions not within speech If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Silver Sword themed example text resources: ✦ The Silver Sword BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile ✦ Diary Entry ✦ Letter ✦ Playscript Other popular resources: ✦ Holes BUNDLE ✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter BUNDLE ✦ Street Child BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE ✦ The Highwayman BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.