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A fun, engaging decimal themed maths murder mystery for students to solve.
Pupils complete the decimal questions to solve the murder.
The following objectives are covered:
• convert decimals to fractions and percentages
• compare decimals
• add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals with different decimal places
• complete a decimal sequence
Complete answers are provided for all questions.
This resource is suitable for Key Stage 2 pupils.
The question and answer sheets both come as PDFs.
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An example action text inspired by the novel Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird, plus feature find with answers and novel extract.
Pupils will examine the exciting text extract from the refugee novel, looking for features of an action sequence. After highlighting features and noting examples of those features in a table, pupils will be introduced to an example text written from the point of view of a different character from the book. They can then write their own action text.
The action sequence extract is taken from chapters 13 and 14, when Ayesha is taken back across Beirut’s Green Line by Abu Bashir in a United Nations’ ambulance.
The model text is written from Abu Bashir’s perspective instead of Ayesha’s. This text can be used as a WAGOLL for writing.
The following documents are provided in easily editable Word format and as PDF:
• Extract feature find
• Extract feature find answers
• Feature table
• Action text order of events
• Example text from Abu Bashir’s point of view
The following action text features are identified:
• Verbs to show danger or speed
• Noun phrases to show danger or speed
• Adverbials to show speed
• Short sentences
• Thoughts and feelings
• Show not tell feelings
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
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✦ Letter Example Text Pack
✦ Direct Speech to Reported Speech Worksheets
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
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Teach pupils about the use of literary devices and figurative language in the classic children’s novel The Iron Man using these four differentiated activities.
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes 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 and enable them to create their own to enhance their writing.
Literary devices and figurative language examples from chapters 1 and 2 are explored in the following activities:
• Literary Device Match: pupils match the literary devices with their definitions and examples (ideal as a paired or small group activity)
• Completing Similes (differentiated x2): complete the similes using the appropriate noun phrase and then complete a challenge activity
• Completing Personification (differentiated x2): pupils complete the personifications using the appropriate verb and then complete a challenge activity
• Identifying Literary Devices (differentiation x3): pupils find and underline listed literary devices used in an extract from the novel
The following literary devices are covered by these activities:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Repetition
• Rule of three
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhetorical questions
Full answers to all activities are included.
Each activity comes as an easily editable word document and in PDF format.
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Example diary entry text for Oranges in No Man’s Land written from the point of view of Ayesha, plus writing feature identification worksheet. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading the first two chapters of Elizabeth Laird’s refugee novel * Oranges in No Man’s Land*.
The activities can also be carried out as standalone lessons using the extract that is included in the resource.
The following documents are included in this resource:
• Example diary entry text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Text extract from the novel
The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Mainly past tense
• Present tense (at the end of the diary)
• Future tense (at the end of the diary)
• Present perfect tense
• Past perfect tense
• Present progressive tense
• Past progressive tense
• First person
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Noun phrases
• Coordinating & subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Brackets
Pupils can read the example diary entry, identify the features and then write one of the following, including the features in their own writing:
• Their own version of the diary entry from Ayesha’s perspective
• A diary entry from a different character’s perspective, such as Granny, Mrs Zainab, Latif or Samar
• A diary entry for the next day
• A series of diary entries for the following few days
All resources are available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
Answers for the feature identification worksheet are included.
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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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Example letter text for Oranges in No Man’s Land written from Doctor Leila to Granny, plus writing feature identification worksheet. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading about Ayesha’s return from her dangerous journey crossing the Green Line in Elizabeth Laird’s refugee novel * Oranges in No Man’s Land *.
The model letter contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Metaphors
• Alliteration
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Thoughts and feelings
• Present tense
• Past tense
• Future tense
• Past perfect tense
• Second person
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative pronouns
• Exclamations
• Commands
• Interjections
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Dashes
Pupils can read the example informal letter, identify the features and then write one of the following, including the features in their own writing:
• Their own version of the letter from Dr Leila to Granny
• A return letter from Granny to Dr Leila
• A return letter from Ayesha to Dr Leila
The following documents are included in this resource:
• Example informal letter
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Differentiated planning templates x3
All resources are available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
Answers for the feature identification worksheet are included.
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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.
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A fun 100 question end of year quiz for KS2 pupils.
This 100 question quiz consists of five rounds of 20 questions. It is suitable for individuals or groups. An answer sheet has been provided for individuals or teams to record their answers and score.
The rounds are in the following categories:
• Books & Authors
• Geography
• Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation
• History
• Science
The quiz can be administered in two ways:
✽ Ask all of the questions first and then reveal all of the answers.
✽ Reveal each answer after each question.
The whole quiz can be carried out in one sitting or split up over a series of lessons.
The rounds can be completed in any order. Fact boxes have been included on some answers slides to add interesting information.
There are a range of questions with different levels of difficulty to suit a mixed ability class.
Teacher instructions are included on the presentation.
The quiz comes in PowerPoint format and as a PDF. The answer sheet comes as a Word document, PDF and as a page on the presentation.
The PowerPoint and Word documents are fully editable.
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Example newspaper report based on the children’s novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying The Iron Man. The example text reports on the events in Chapter 2 of the book when Hogarth first sees the Iron Man.
The model newspaper report comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus an answer sheet that can be uploaded for remote learning or shared in class.
After identifying the features, pupils complete the quotation punctuation activities.
Then pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the example text. Pupils’ reports can be about the events in Chapter 2 or a different event from later on in the novel.
This resource comes with the following documents:
• Example newspaper report
• Feature find
• Feature find answers
• Quotation punctuation activity with answers
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates x2
• Text extract
The genre-specific, language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include:
• Headline in the present tense
• Byline
• Date
• Introductory paragraph containing the 4 Ws
• Quotes, with inverted commas
• Photograph with caption
• Passive voice
• Alliteration
• Past tense
• Third person
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials
• Present perfect tense
A text extract has been included so that this resource can be used in as standalone series of lessons. All resources come as both easily editable Word documents and PDFs.
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A set of six fun and engaging stage Key Stage 2 Maths Murder Mysteries.
A fun set of activities in the following maths topic areas:
• Decimals
• Units of measurement
• Negative numbers
• Square & cube numbers
• Roman numerals
• Time
All Maths Murder Mysteries come with a full set of answers and are in PDF format.
These maths resources are great to use as a mid or end of unit activity or as an exciting recap lesson.
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Fun quizzes about each chapter of The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes for individuals, pairs or teams.
The quizzes comprise of 15 questions for each of the 5 chapters of the book. That’s a total of 75 questions!
These quizzes are great to use in the following ways:
• To assess understanding of each chapter after reading
• To recap the events of each chapter prior to reading the next one
• To consolidate understanding of the ideas and vocabulary used in the novel
• As a fun way to end a unit studying The Iron Man
Each question comes with an image or images to match the vocabulary used in the question or possible answers.
The multiple choice questions cater for a range of ability levels found in a mixed ability class.
The quizzes can be administered in two ways:
• Each answer given immediately after the question has been asked
• The answers to all the questions in each round given after all the questions in that round have been asked
• The answers revealed after all questions in the quiz have been asked.
An answer sheet has been included for pupils to record their responses.
Teacher instructions are included on the presentation, as well as the answers to all of the questions.
The quizzes come in PowerPoint format and as a PDF. The answer sheet comes as a Word document, PDF and as a page on the presentation. The PowerPoint and Word documents are fully editable.
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A chapter by chapter summary of events from The Iron Man novel by Ted Hughes with pictures.
This is useful for:
• Recapping the events previously read before reading the next section or chapter
• Informing pupils who have missed lessons of key plot points
• Supporting SEN pupils and lower ability readers
• Reminding pupils of the plot before or during writing activities
• Ordering of events activities
• Briefing cover teachers or part-time teachers who have not read the whole book
• Reviewing the novel after a half-term holiday or other break in learning
Each chapter summary is on a separate page of the document.
The summary document comes in easily editable Word format and as a PDF.
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An example character profile text about the female protagonist from the beautiful wordless picture book Journey by Aaron Becker.
The model character profile can be used as a WAGOLL for pupils to read before planning and writing their own versions of the profile.
Differentiated planning and writing templates have been included in this pack as well as a character trait word bank to prompt ideas.
The following documents are included in this resource package:
• Example character profile text
• Character profile planning template, differentiated x3
• Character trait word bank
• Character profile writing template, differentiated x3
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.
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
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Two activities and a quiz involving identifying correctly and incorrectly punctuated contractions. Pupils must look carefully at the sentences to check if the apostrophes for omission have been put in the correct place for a variety of contracted words.
There are three activities provided:
✽ Contractions Quiz: pupils identify whether each sentence is correctly or incorrectly punctuated. This quiz is great to use as a starter or plenary with the whole class with pupils working independently or in pairs. Each sentence contains one or more contractions, or words that are often confused with contractions, that have been correctly or incorrectly punctuated. Each answer is revealed and explained on the next slide.
✽ Contractions Card Sort: pupils sort the cards into correct and incorrect piles. Great for paired or small group work. Both large and small versions are provided, plus an answer sheet.
✽ Contractions Worksheet: pupils select the correct use of omission apostrophes and spelling of the contractions used in sentences. They also add missing contractions to sentences. Great as an independent assessment task.
✽ Contraction Word Bank: can be used by SEN or lower ability pupils to support them while carrying out these activities. This word bank is also a useful reference sheet for independent writing activities.
As well as common contraction use, these resources also look at the following errors in contraction use:
• Confusing it’s with its
• Confusing who’s with whose
• Confusing they’re with there or their
• Confusing plural nouns with contractions ending with ’s
Answers to all tasks are included.
All documents available as easily editable Word/Powerpoint documents as well as PDFs.
These activities are suitable for years 3, 4, 5 or 6.
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A set of fun Halloween themed coordinate picture worksheets, differentiated three ways, with answers.
Pupils plot the points onto the coordinate grids provided and join the points to create three different Halloween themed pictures.
Differentiated three ways:
• Bronze: one quadrant grid, with no zero values for the x or y axes.
• Silver: one quadrant grid, with some zero values for the x and y axes included.
• Gold: four quadrant grid (negative and positive numbers), with some zero values for the x and y axes included.
Answer sheets are included.
Each document comes as a PDF with the blank grids, full list of points to plot and solution.
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Three sets of differentiated worksheets for fun Halloween themed maths lessons. All worksheets include answer pages with solutions.
Each set is differentiated three ways.
The bundle contains:
🕸 x3 coordinate picture worksheets: plot the co-ordinates and join up the points to create a Halloween themed picture;
🕸 x3 shape algebra worksheets: solve the equations to find the value of the Halloween objects;
🕸 x3 fraction word problem worksheets: use addition and subtraction of fractions to answer the Halloween themed word problems.
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An internal monologue example text written from the point of view of a seagull who discovers parts of the Iron Man scattered on the beach. This exemplar text is based on the events of Chapter 1 from the children’s book The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
The WAGOLL inner speech text comes with a Feature Find and answers so that pupils can look for features of this text type and other language features before doing one of the following:
• Continuing the internal monologue from the seagull’s point of view (POV)
• Writing their own version of the text
• Writing an internal monologue from another character’s POV, such as the Iron Man himself
• Writing an internal monologue from the POV of a character from another story
The following files are included:
• Example internal monologue text (Word and PDF)
• Feature Find worksheet (Word and PDF)
• Feature Find answers (Word and PDF)
• The Iron Man text extract (PDF)
The following features can be found in the internal thought exemplar text:
• First person pronouns
• Present tense verbs
• Rhetorical questions
• Opinions and feelings
• Interjections
This text also contains these language features:
• Similes
• Personification
• Repetition for effect
• Onomatopoeias
• Rule of three
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A set of test style comprehension questions based on Chapter 3 of The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
This assessment contains a range of SATs style reading questions with a maximum of 18 marks.
All aspects of reading VIPERS have been covered: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation and summary/sequence.
Perfect to assess pupils’ understanding of the chapter in guided reading or English/literacy lessons.
The test comes with answers.
Other comprehension resources:
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Bundle
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Question Booklet Whole Novel
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 1
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 2
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 4
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 5
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✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet
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✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
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A set of test style comprehension questions based on Chapter 2 of The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
This assessment contains a range of SATs style reading questions with a maximum of 18 marks.
All aspects of reading VIPERS have been covered: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation and summary/sequence.
Perfect to assess pupils’ understanding of the chapter in guided reading or English/literacy lessons.
The test comes with answers.
Other comprehension resources:
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Bundle
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Question Booklet Whole Novel
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 1
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 3
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 4
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 5
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
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✦ 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
✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report
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A set of test style comprehension questions based on Chapter 1 of The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
This assessment contains a range of SATs style reading questions with a maximum of 18 marks.
All aspects of reading VIPERS have been covered: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation and summary/sequence.
Perfect to assess pupils’ understanding of the chapter in guided reading or English/literacy lessons.
The test comes with answers.
Other comprehension resources:
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Bundle
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Question Booklet Whole Novel
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 2
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 3
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 4
✦ The Iron Man Comprehension Questions Chapter 5
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✦ 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 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
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