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An example character profile text for The Butterfly Lion about Millie, the old lady, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers, and differentiated writing templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 2, Strange Meeting, of Michael Morpurgo’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
The character profile text contains the following layout, language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Key informations
• Picture of character
• Subheadings
• Metaphors
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for possession
• Apostrophes for omission
• Commas in lists
• Colons
• Hyphens
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model character profile text, identify the features, and then write their own character profile using the differentiated templates.
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✦ Example Text BUNDLE
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✦ Character Sort Activity
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An example diary entry text written from the point of view of Fern from Charlotte’s Web plus feature find worksheets and answers, and differentiated planning templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 1 of E. B. White’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry text
• Feature Find worksheets
• Feature Find answers
• Planning template differentiated 3 ways
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model diary entry, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own diary entry using the differentiated templates.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL:
• Similes
• Idioms
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Thoughts/Feelings
• Rhetorical questions
• Fronted adverbials (and other introductory words, phrases and clauses) followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Dashes
• Hyphens
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✦ WAGOLL Example Text Packs BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
✦ Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
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An example non-chronological report text about barn spiders, the same species of spider as the character Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White, plus three activities with answers, planning and writing templates.
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
Pupils read the model non-chronological report about barn spiders, and then examine its features; label the layout features of a non-chronological report; sort the sentences about pigs into sections; and plan and write their own non-chronological report using the templates. Pupils can create the information text about one of the animals from the book, such as a spider, pig, goose or sheep. 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
• Glossary section
• Paragraphs
• Pictures/diagrams with captions
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Present tense
• Questions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Relative clauses
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Question marks
• Commas in a list
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Hyphens
• Dashes
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
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An example character profile text for The Hodgeheg about Max plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers, and differentiated writing templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 1 and 2 of Dick King-Smith’s book.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
The character profile model text contains the following layout, grammar and punctuation features:
• Key information
• Picture of character
• Subheadings
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Apostrophes for omission
• Commas in a list
• Colons
• Brackets
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model character description, identify the features, and then write their own character profile using the differentiated templates.
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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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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✦ WAGOLL Example Text BUNDLE
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Three differentiated worksheets and activities about the figurative language used in the novel Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
The following resources have been provided:
• Literary devices identification sheets, differentiated x3
• Literary devices match, differentiated x3
• Literary devices information sheet
Literary devices identification sheets
Independent activity. Pupils identify a range of literary devices, including figurative language, from an extract from Chapter 1 of the novel. This resource has been differentiated with three levels of challenge.
Literary devices match
Group activity. Pupils match the names of literary devices with definitions and examples from chapters 1-5 of the book. This resource has been differentiated with three levels of challenge.
Literary devices information sheet
Can be displayed, stuck into books or used as a handout.
The following literary devices are covered in this resource:
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• idioms
• metaphors
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• repetition for effect
• rhetorical questions
• rule of three
• similes
Extracts and answer sheets are included for each skill level of differentiation.
This resource comes as an easily editable Word document and in PDF format.
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Example diary entry text for the Moon landing written as Neil Armstrong, plus writing feature identification worksheet.
Useful for cross curricular English and history/science lessons.
Contains the following features: language features such as similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and rule of three; apostrophes for contraction, singular and plural possession; fronted adverbials followed by commas; time conjunctions; chronological order; paragraphs; fully punctuated speech with inverted commas.
The exemplar text recounting the first Moon landing can be used as a WAGOLL for pupils to examine before writing their own diary text.
Files available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Answers for the feature identification worksheet included.
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These two collections of 30 daily activities will help to teach, assess and consolidate your pupils’ understanding of the grammar, punctuation and spelling curriculum to improve their writing for half a term. Six weeks’ worth of daily activities are included on each presentation, so 12 weeks of daily activities altogether. The answers to each activity is on next slide to aid class discussion. Each presentation has over 120 slides.
These can be used as daily registration activities, English/Literacy lesson starter activities, plenaries, end of the day activities, and more.
This resource bundle requires no photocopying, just a screen and somewhere for the children to note down their answers (English books, general work books or mini-whiteboards).
Can also be used as revision for KS3 pupils.
Editable PowerPoint presentations and PDF documents provided.
Topics covered:
• Adjectives and nouns
• Alliteration
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Commas in lists
• Complex sentences
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Definite and indefinite articles
• Determiners
• Direct speech
• Five senses
• Fronted adverbials
• Fronted adverbials with a comma after each
• Homophones
• Noun phrases
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Plural possessive apostrophes
• Prepositions to express cause
• Present perfect tense
• Pronouns
• Question or exclamation?
• Rule of three
• Sentence types: statement, exclamation, question and command
• Similes and metaphors
• Singular and plural possessive apostrophes and contractions
• So and so: Co-ordinating conjunction or adverb?
• Standard and non-standard English
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions or prepositions?
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
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The Iron Man themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of fronted adverbial activities, focusing on Chapters 4 and 5 of the novel.
The fronted adverbial worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of fronted adverbial activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of fronted adverbials and improve their skills in using fronted adverbials in their writing.
The worksheets focus on Chapters 4 and 5 of Ted Hughes’ novel, The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant).
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet.
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An example diary entry text for The Boy Who Grew Dragons written from the point of view of the character Kat, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL whilst studying Andy Shepherd’s fun fantasy book.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Metaphors
• Hyperbole
• Emotions
• Rhetorical questions
• Variety of sentence openers
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Exclamations
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Brackets
The diary text recounts the events from chapters 9 and 10, from Tomas’s friend Kat’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 Tomas, Kat, Kai, Ted, Liam or any other character from the story.
All resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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A playscript example text based on the events of Chapter 5 from the children’s book The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
The exemplar script is for a radio play. The two pages of script provided in this resource are the beginning of a scene where the Iron Man and the Dragon meet for the first time in Australia.
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 exemplar 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
• Sound effects inside brackets
• Contractions within speech
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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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✦ Instructions Example Text Pack
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Teach pupils about the use of literary devices and figurative language in Alfred Noyes’ poem The Highwayman using these four activities with differentiation.
The classic poem is full of literary devices such as similes, metaphors and personification. Examples of these and more are explored to give pupils a deeper understanding of the text.
Literary devices and figurative language examples are explored in the following activities:
• Literary Device Match (differentiated x3): pupils match the literary devices with their definitions and examples (ideal as a paired or small group activity). Answers included.
• Completing Similes (differentiated x2): complete the similes using the appropriate noun phrase and then complete an extension activity. Answers included.
• Identifying Literary Devices: pupils find and underline listed literary devices used in every stanza of the poem. Answers included.
• Simile and Metaphor Meanings (differentiated x3): pupils explain the meanings, or match the meanings, of the similes and metaphors from the poem. Answers included.
The following literary devices are covered by these activities:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Repetition
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Symbolism
Each activity comes as an easily editable word document and in PDF format.
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Example instructional text based on information from Chapter 2 of the children’s novel Stig of the Dump by Clive King.
This exemplar instructional text “How to Build a Fireplace” is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 2 of Stig of the Dump.
The model instructions come with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
After identifying the features, pupils write their own instructions based on the example text with the help of the extract from the book (also included).
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Rhetorical questions
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Commands
• Imperative verbs
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Hyphens
• Colons
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✦ Complete Unit of Work
✦ Reading Comprehension Tests
Stig of the Dump example texts, with feature find sheet and answers:
✦ Example Texts BUNDLE
✦ Chapter 1: Diary Entries
✦ Chapter 3: Character Profile
✦ Chapter 4: Informal Letter
✦ Chapter 5: Dialogue
✦ Chapter 6: Playscript
✦ Chapter 7: Newspaper Report
✦ Chapter 8: Interview Article
✦ Chapter 9: Persuasive Advert
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How To Train Your Dragon themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of fronted adverbial activities, focusing on Chapters 1 & 2 of the novel.
The fronted adverbial worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of fronted adverbial activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of fronted adverbials and improve their skills in using fronted adverbials in their writing. 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.
The worksheet focuses on Chapters 1 & 2 of Cressida Cowell’s popular novel, How To Train Your Dragon.
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet.
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Example instructional text based on information from Chapters 22 to 29 of the children’s novel The Twits by Roald Dahl.
This exemplar instructional text “How to Trick the Twits” is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying The Twits. The instructions are based on the trick that Muggle-Wump the monkey plays on Mr and Mrs Twit at the end of the book.
The model instructions come with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
After identifying the features, pupils plan and write their own instructions based on the example text using the differentiated templates provided.
The following resource are included:
• Example instruction text
• Feature identification worksheet
• Feature identification answers
• x3 differentiated planning sheets
• x3 differentiated writing templates
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Present tense
• Second person
• Imperative verbs
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Hyphens
• Colons
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✦ Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Diary 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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An example informal letter from the point of view of Muggle-Wump the monkey from the children’s novel The Twits by Roald Dahl.
This exemplar informal letter is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 14-17 of the text.
The model informal letter comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class. The worksheets can be easily adjusted to match the ability of your class and provide differentiation.
After identifying the features in the model text, pupils can write their own informal letter from Muggle-Wump, the Roly-Poly Bird, one of the boys, Mr Twit or Mrs Twit’s point of view, based on the example text.
The following documents are included in this resource pack:
• Informal letter model text
• Feature identification sheet
• Answers to feature identification sheet
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Differentiated writing templates x3
• Apostrophe word bank
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Second person
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Commas in a list
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Hyphens
• Colons
• Brackets
• Dashes
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✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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✦ FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack
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A bundle of character profile resources themed around the popular children’s novel The Iron Man (also known as The Iron Giant) by Ted Hughes.
This bundle contains the following resources:
Hogarth Character Trait Matching
A differentiated character trait matching activity showing pupils how to examine evidence from the text to identify a character’s traits. This gives pupils an opportunity to use their inference skills.
Iron Man Character Profile Example Text
A character profile example text which includes relevant language, grammar and punctuation features. This comes with a feature identification sheet to help pupils to read the model text closely before writing their own. The answer key is also included.
Character Profile Writing Templates
Writing templates for the characters of Hogarth and the Iron Man, so that pupils can use what they have learned to write their own character profile.
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Example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the novel The Twits by Roald Dahl. The example text is based on Chapter 27 of the novel when Mr and Mrs Twit are stuck to the floor. A feature find worksheet with answers is included, plus differentiated activity sheets and extract.
This following documents are provided:
• Dialogue writing model text
• Feature find sheet
• Feature answers
• Differentiated dialogue writing activities x4
• Activity answers
• Said synonyms vocabulary list
• Extract from The Twits
The model text is useful as a WAGOLL for children to study before attempting to write their own version, continue the model text or add punctuation to direct speech.
This resource can be used when studying the The Twits or during a stand-alone dialogue writing lesson.
The model text contains the following features:
• Actual words spoken with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause, separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark
• Variety of speech verbs
• Adverbs
• Actions of the characters
• New paragraph each time the speaker changes.
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/end
• Two sentences spoken at once and split into two by the reporting clause
• Contractions used in speech
All documents are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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✦ Instructions Example Text Pack
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✦ Informal Letter Example Text Pack
✦ FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack
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An example character profile text about the character Abu Boutros from the children’s refugee novel Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird.
Pupils start by reading the extract from the novel in which Abu Boutros is introduced as a character. They then complete the matching activity, pairing quotes from the text with inferences that can be made about the character.
Pupils then read the exemplar character profile of Abu Boutros to use as a WAGOLL. The model character profile comes with a feature find worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
After identifying the features from the example text, pupils write their own character description of Ayesha, Granny, Mrs Zainab, Samar, Latif, Abu Boutros or a character from another book using the differentiated character profile planning and writing templates and character trait word bank (also included).
The language, grammar, punctuation and layout features to be identified in the text include:
• Similes
• Alliteration
• Rule of three
• Present tense
• Third person
��� Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular & plural possession
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
• Hyphens
• Subheadings
The following documents are included in this resource package:
• Text extract from novel
• Inference matching activity
• Character profile WAGOLL text
• Feature find
• Feature find answers
• Character profile planning template, differentiated x3
• Character trait word bank
• Character profile writing template, differentiated x3
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✦ Direct Speech to Reported Speech Worksheets
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✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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