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. 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 ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack ✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack 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 instructional text based on the book Lila and the Secret of Rain plus feature find sheets and differentiated writing templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading David Conway and Jude Daly’s picture book. Resources provided: • Exemplar instructional text WAGOLL • Feature find worksheets • Feature find answers • Writing template differentiated x4 • Teacher notes The exemplar text is a set of instructions that describe how to make it rain. Pupils read the model instructions, examine the features of the text and and then write their own instructions using the differentiated writing templates. The 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 Lila and the Secret of Rain themed resources: ✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Conjunction Activities Differentiated 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 ✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE ✦ The Hodgeheg Example Text Packs 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.

An example character profile text about Jim from the book Street Child plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 1 and 2 of Berlie Doherty’s Victorian-themed historical fiction novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text • Planning template differentiated 2 ways • Writing template differentiated 3 ways • Personality traits word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model character description of Jim Jarvis and then plan and write their own character profile about Jim, Emily, Lizzie, Ma, Mr Spink or any other character 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. 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 Street Child resources: ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Street Child Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Street Child Letter Writing Example 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 ✦ 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 about Sam from the book A Dangerous Game plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 1 and 2 of Marlorie Blackman’s novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text • Planning template differentiated 2 ways • Writing template differentiated 3 ways • Personality traits word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model character description and then plan and write their own character profile about Sam, Billy, Brandon or any other character 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. 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 Dangerous Game themed resources: ✦ Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Informal Letter Examples Text Pack ✦ Apology 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 ✦ 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 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 ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Two example letters from the point of view of Sam from the children’s novel A Dangerous Game by Malorie Blackman. These exemplar informal letters are perfect to use as WAGOLLs after reading Chapter 4 of the text. The letters are written from Sam to two different recipients, Sam’s parents and Sam’s friend, about his trip to Scotland. The contrasting model letters provide the opportunity for discussion about writing for a particular audience. Pupils can discuss the similarities and differences between the two. Pupils can identify the features of the model texts, and then plan and write their own informal letter based on the examples. The following documents are included in this resource pack: • Informal letter model texts x2 • Differentiated planning sheets x4 • Notes for teaching The notes for teaching include opportunities for cross-curricular geography and science activities. The features in the texts include: • Second person • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Thoughts/feelings/opinions • Co-ordinating & subordinating conjunctions • Expanded noun phrases • Rule of three • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Rhetorical questions • Commas in a list • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for possession • Dashes • Colons All resources come as easily editable Word documents 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 Dangerous Game themed resources: ✦ Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ Example Character Profile Text Pack ✦ Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Apology 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 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example apology letter text from Brandon based on the book A Dangerous Game plus feature find worksheets with answers, differentiated task sheet and differentiated planning templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Marlorie Blackman’s novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar apology letter text • Structure Feature Find worksheet • Structure Feature Find answers • Language, grammar and punctuation Feature Find worksheet • Language, grammar and punctuation Feature Find answers • Task sheet differentiated 2 ways • Planning template differentiated 3 ways The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. How to use this resource pack: 1 Read the WAGOLL 2 Identify the structural features 3 Identify the language and punctuation features 4 Plan an apology letter 5 Write an apology letter Language, grammar and punctuation features included in the WAGOLL text: • adverbs of degree • complex lists • conjunctions • expanded noun phrases • fronted adverbials • plural possessive apostrophe • relative clauses • synonyms 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 Dangerous Game themed resources: ✦ Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ Example Character Profile Text Pack ✦ Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Informal Letter Examples 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 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete 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 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.

An example diary text based on Chapter 1 of A Dangerous Game by Malorie Blackman with differentiated Feature Find sheet and answers. The diary entry is written from Sam’s point of view on the day he does press-ups. The exemplar text can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils write their own diary entry based on Chapter 1 or based on events that occur later on in the novel, such as in Chapter 2. Resources provided: • Exemplar diary entry text • Feature Find worksheets differentiated x3 • Feature Find answers differentiated x3 The diary text contains the following features: • Alliterations • Contractions • Exclamations • Fronted adverbials • Hyperboles • Idioms • Interjections • Metaphors • Repetition for effect • Rhetorical questions • Rule of three • Similes 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 Dangerous Game themed resources: ✦ Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ Example Character Profile Text Pack ✦ Informal Letter Examples Text Pack ✦ Apology 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 ✦ 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 ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An eight-slide presentation explaining how to use colons, including lots of examples and do’s and don’ts. This presentation comes as an easily editable Powerpoint presentation as well as in PDF format. The following usages of colons are included: • Using a colon to introduce a list; • Using a colon to separate related main clauses where the second clause explains the first clause; • Using a colon to emphasise a word or phrase. 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 punctuation resources: ✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Colons Activities & Quiz ✦ Six Colon Worksheets Differentiated ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities ✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack 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 ✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey? ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

Two activities involving identifying correct and incorrect use of colons. Pupils must look carefully at the sentences to check if the colons have been put in the correct place for a variety of sentences. There are two activities provided: Colon Cards/Quiz: pupils sort the cards into correct and incorrect piles. Great for paired or small group work. Large and small cards are provided, plus a presentation to use to go through the answers or to use as a whole class quiz. Colon Worksheet: pupils identify whether the colons are correctly punctuating the sentences, and then make any necessary corrections; identify different types of colon usage; add missing colons to sentences and write sentences using colons. Great as an independent task. This worksheet uses different examples to the cards/quiz. Different ways of using colons are demonstrated, including: • Using a colon to introduce a list • Using a colon to separate related main clauses where the second clause explains the first clause • Using a colon to emphasise a word or phrase Answers to all tasks are included. All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs. These activities are particularly suitable for years 5 or 6. 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 punctuation resources: ✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Colons How To Use Presentation ✦ Six Colon Worksheets Differentiated ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities ✦ Daily Grammar & Writing BUNDLE Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey? ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

Six worksheets aimed at learning how to use colons in writing. The worksheets cover a range of difficulty levels. They demonstrate colons being used in three ways: • To introduce items in a list • To separate two main clauses when the second explains the first • To emphasise a word or phrase at the end of a sentence The worksheets can be completed independently or in pairs. Answers to all tasks are included. All documents are provided as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs. These activities are particularly suitable for years 5 and 6 (UKS2). 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 punctuation resources: ✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Colons How To Use Presentation ✦ Colons Activities & Quiz ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities ✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE 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 ✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey? ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

Differentiated expanded noun phrase activities based on the picture book Lila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway and Jude Daly. Pupils will identify and create expanded noun phrases with this selection of activities The following resources are provided: • Identifying expanded noun phrases worksheet • Identifying expanded noun phrases answer sheet • Creating expanded noun phrases activity, differentiated x3 • Expanded noun phrase vocabulary bank The 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 Lila and the Secret of Rain themed resources: ✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Conjunction Activities Differentiated 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 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 non-chronological report text pack including model text, feature find worksheets, and planning and writing templates to write an information text about a Sri Lankan jungle animal from the novel The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook. 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 Structural, grammar, punctuation and language features included in the model information text: • Heading • Introduction • Subheadings • Bullet-pointed list • Picture/diagram with caption • Glossary • Present tense • Adverbs of degree • Alliteration • Brackets to add a definition • Complex list with semi-colons • Embedded relative clauses • Expanded noun phrases • Fronted adverbials • Modal verbs • Passive voice • Relative clauses • Subordinate clauses • List introduced with a colon • Singular possessive nouns • Plural possessive nouns Pupils first read the model non-chronological report about an animal that appears in the novel, the Sri Lankan green vine snake. Then they identify the features of the text. Finally, they plan and write their own information text about another Sri Lankan forest animal using the templates provided. 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. More The Girl Who Stole An Elephant themed resources: ✦ The Girl Who Stole An Elephant Character Trait Matching ✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Example Character Profile Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter WAGOLL Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Differentiated Templates ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Four Weeks ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example character profile text about Jared from the book The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 1 of Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black’s fantasy novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text • Planning template differentiated 2 ways • Writing template differentiated 3 ways • Personality traits word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model character description of Jared Grace and then plan and write their own character profile about Jared, Mallory, Simon or any other character 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. 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 Spiderwick Chronicles themed resources: ✦ WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Diary Entries Example Texts Pack ✦ Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack ✦ Instructions Example 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.

A collection of rhetorical question sentence starters to be used as a handout or poster. These sentence stems provide scaffolding to help pupils write rhetorical questions. A rhetorical question is a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. It is a literary device often used to persuade the audience. This vocabulary bank is particularly useful for planning and completing persuasive writing texts, such as adverts, debates, speeches and persuasive letters. Rhetorical questions can also be found in other text types such as instructions, diaries and stories. This document contains examples of rhetorical question sentence stems. The rhetorical question stem list can be used to help to understand this literary device, to identify rhetorical questions within texts and to use rhetorical questions in writing. Other rhetorical question resources: Activities ✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Letter writing example text packs ✦ Letter to an Ogre ✦ Unicorn Letter ✦ A Dangerous Game Letter ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter Letter Instructions example text packs ✦ How to Catch an Ogre Instructions ✦ Unicorn Instructions ✦ Stig of the Dump Instructions Adverts example text packs ✦ Stig of the Dump Advert Recounts example text packs ✦ Ogre Recount ✦ The Iron Man Hogarth’s Diary ✦ The Hodgeheg Diary ✦ The Nowhere Emporium Diary ✦ The Butterfly Lion Diary ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class Diary ✦ Charlotte’s Web Diary ✦ Harry Potter Diary ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons Diary ✦ Journey Diary ✦ A Dangerous Game Diary 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 For more resources, visit Helen-Teach’s shop.

Four worksheets aimed at learning how to accurately punctuate direct speech. The worksheets are differentiated to cover a range of difficulty levels. The speech punctuation used includes inverted commas (speech marks), capital letters, commas and end of sentence punctuation (full stops, exclamation marks or question marks). Different formats of direct speech are given as examples with the reporting clause in different positions, including: • The reporting clause before the direct speech • The reporting clause after the direct speech • Two or more sentences of direct speech together • The reporting clause separating one sentence of direct speech • The reporting clause separating two sentences of direct speech A variety of verbs are used in the reporting clauses instead of ‘said’. The worksheets can be completed independently or in pairs. The worksheets are themed around a variety of traditional tales, but knowledge of the stories is not necessary to complete the activities. Answers to all tasks are included. All documents are provided as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs. These activities are particularly suitable for years 4, 5 and 6. 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 punctuation resources: ✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz ✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE ✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE ✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE 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 ✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey? ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE For more resources, visit Helen Teach’s shop.

Example diary entry texts written from the contrasting points of view of Jared and Simon from The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide plus feature find worksheet and answers, differentiated planning templates and word banks. These exemplar texts are perfect to use as WAGOLLs after reading partway through Chapter 2 of Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black’s fantasy novel. Resources provided: • Two exemplar diary entry texts • Feature Find worksheet • Feature Find answers • Planning template differentiated 3 ways • Three word, phrase and sentence banks The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model diary entries, examine the features using the Feature Find worksheet and then plan and write their own diary entries using the differentiated templates. The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLLs: • Alliteration • Rhetorical questions • Hyperboles • Repetition for effect • Adverbs of degree • Adverbs of manner • Complex list punctuated with colon, commas and semi-colons • Conjunctive adverbs • Contractions • Idioms • Subordinating conjunctions • Fronted adverbials followed by commas • Expanded noun phrases • Brackets • Dashes • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Proper nouns • Relative clauses with pronouns • Relative clauses with omitted pronouns 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 Spiderwick Chronicles themed resources: ✦ WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack ✦ Instructions Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ 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 ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land 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 diary text with feature find worksheet and answers from the point of view of Chaya from the novel The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook. This diary writing pack comes with the following resources: • Model diary text from Chaya’s point of view • Feature Find worksheet • Answers to the Feature Find worksheet • Teacher notes Read the exemplar diary entry based on the events in chapters 5 to 9. Examine the language, grammar and punctuation features found in the text by completing the feature find worksheet. Finally write your own diary entry from the point of view of Chaya or a different character such as Neel, Nour or Chaya’s father. The following writing features, amongst others, are included in the diary entry: • brackets for extra information • colons for emphasis • contractions • dashes to add qualification • emotions/feelings • expanded noun phrases • fronted adverbials with commas • greeting with comma • idioms • modal verbs • relative clauses • repetition for effect • rhetorical questions • singular and plural possession • subordinate clauses • synonyms to avoid repetition All resources come as both easily editable Word documents and PDF files. 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 The Girl Who Stole An Elephant themed resources: ✦ The Girl Who Stole An Elephant Character Trait Matching ✦ The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Example Character Profile Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter WAGOLL Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Differentiated Templates ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Four Weeks ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

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. 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 Spiderwick Chronicles themed resources: ✦ WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Diary Entries Example Texts Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Instructions Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work ✦ Journey BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ Charlotte’s Web BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example persuasive letter text written from Hogarth to the Iron Man, plus feature find worksheets and answers, differentiated planning sheets and rhetorical question sentence starter sheet. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 4 of Ted Hughes’s novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar persuasive letter text • Feature Find worksheets • Feature Find answers • Differentiated planning sheets x3 • Rhetorical question sentence starter sheet The model letter is from Hogarth to the Iron Man to persuade him to help defeat the Space-Dragon. Pupils read the model persuasive letter, examine its features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own letters. The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLL: • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Asyndeton • Alliteration • Rhetorical questions • Exclamatory sentences (starting with how or what) • Emotive language • Second person • Fronted adverbials followed by commas • Subordinating conjunctions • Relative pronouns • Adverbs of degree • Conjunctive adverbs • Expanded noun phrases • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Modal verbs • Apostrophes for possession • Commas in lists • Exclamation marks • Question marks • Hyphens • Colons • Semi-colons The 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 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 ✦ 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 ✦ Charlotte’s Web: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Flat Stanley Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example non-chronological report text about brownies, a type of faerie or hobgoblin, 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 a brownie or a different mythical creature such as a goblin, boggart, 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 conjunctions • 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. 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 resources about myths and legends: ✦ Unicorn Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE ✦ Dragon 3 Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Monster Story Writing BUNDLE 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 ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ Possessive Apostrophe BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.