A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book- CHARLIE MERRICK’S MISFITS in Fouls, Friends and Football! This lesson explores the use of tense in diaries and first person narratives and links to the rest of the unit. It would also work well as a standalone lesson This is lesson 4 in a series of 8. Each lesson is available separately. The whole scheme of work is available here:[https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charlie-merrick-s-friends-fouls-and-footballs-complete-scheme-of-work-8-days-11913484] Also includes the planning for the whole first week. The only resource not included is the book itself! The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a first person narrative based on the characters in the book All images sourced from Pixabay or authors own.

Lesson 3 in a series of 4 lessons, covering narrative objectives for upper KS2. Children apply the learning in the final lesson when they write an additional chapter for the story. There is a PowerPoint presentation and all resources are included. Narnia Clip art by ninjamomdesigns All additional images are from PIXABAY,

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ PIG HEART BOY’ by Malorie Blackman. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on developing a character tone and voice (and maintaining it) This is lesson 9 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a dilemma story This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that asks children to apply their understanding of the characters from the novel. This is lesson 11 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that creates a piece of writing for assessment purposes at the start of the unit (Cold Task). It is based on the short film ‘A German in The Woods’ from the literacy Shed. The task is differentiated for GDS and EXS students. This is lesson 2 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s ’ By John Boyne This is a lesson that explores the contrasts between the 2 main characters This is lesson 10 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 12 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a short story, along a similar theme to the original text, using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with the short story planning and writing (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’WONDER ’ By R.J. Palacio This is a cold task lesson, which results in the children writing a first person narrative linked to the text. This is lesson 1 in a series of 7. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 7 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a first person narrative, linked to the original text, using all of the features learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with planning and writing a diary entry (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay. WOnder clipart used with permission from ‘21st century teacher’ all rights reserved. Images must not be copied or sold.

A complete lesson that revises the use of all tenses taught in KS2 (Simple, perfect and progressive) It is perfect for SATS revision or to apply an understanding of how to vary tenses in writing. The lesson runs through the different types of tenses, and gives PPT based tasks which ask the children to apply each of the tense changes. The final activity is a ‘slow write’ type poem that uses the progressive tenses (past, present and future) All images from PIXABAY

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’WONDER ’ By R.J. Palacio This is a lesson that looks at the features of first person narratives This is lesson 2 in a series of 7. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 7 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a first person narrative, linked to the original text, using all of the features learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with planning and writing a diary entry (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay. WOnder clipart used with permission from ‘21st century teacher’ all rights reserved. Images must not be copied or sold.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’WONDER ’ By R.J. Palacio This is a lesson that looks at how to vary tenses in first person narratives. This is lesson 5 in a series of 7. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 7 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a first person narrative, linked to the original text, using all of the features learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with planning and writing a diary entry (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay. WOnder clipart used with permission from ‘21st century teacher’ all rights reserved. Images must not be copied or sold.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’WONDER ’ By R.J. Palacio This is a lesson that looks at the use of personal tone and self reflection in first person narratives. This is lesson 4 in a series of 7. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 7 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a first person narrative, linked to the original text, using all of the features learned and developed during the series of lessons. The unit begins with a cold task, and ends with planning and writing a diary entry (hot task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay. WOnder clipart used with permission from ‘21st century teacher’ all rights reserved. Images must not be copied or sold.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ KING KONG’ by Anthony Browne. It is differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to USE PREPOSITIONS This is lesson 6 in a series of 13. The whole scheme of work is available here: The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a rampaging beast story (along the lines of KIng Kong in NYC) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay. Fim images from publicdomain.com

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ SKELLIG’ by David Almond. (lesson 1 in a series of 10). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to engage the reader from the start of a story. The resources and PPT are fully editable wherever possible. This is lesson 1 in a series of 10. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing in my year six class. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ SKELLIG’ by David Almond. (lesson 5 in a series of 10). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to use differing perspectives. The resources and PPT are fully editable wherever possible. The whole unit plan (10/11 lessons ) is inlcuded along with the resources for lesson 5. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing in my year six class. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ KING KONG’ by Anthony Browne. It is differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how USE PRECISION AND WORD LIMITS TO CREATE DESCRIPTION. This is lesson 11in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available here: The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a rampaging beast story (along the lines of KIng Kong in NYC) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay. Fim images from publicdomain.com

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book- CHARLIE MERRICK’S MISFITS in Fouls, Friends and Football! This lesson explores the features of diary entries, and links to the rest of the unit. It would also work well as a standalone lesson This is lesson 2 in a series of 8. Each lesson is available separately. The whole scheme of work is available here[:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charlie-merrick-s-friends-fouls-and-footballs-complete-scheme-of-work-8-days-11913484] Also includes the planning for the whole first week. The only resource not included is the DFE exemplification ‘Frankie’ available free on the STA website. The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a first person narrative based on the characters in the book All images sourced from Pixabay or authors own.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book- CHARLIE MERRICK’S MISFITS in Fouls, Friends and Football! This lesson explores personal tone in diary entries, and links to the rest of the unit. It would also work well as a standalone lesson This is lesson 3 in a series of 8. Each lesson is available separately. The whole scheme of work is available here:[https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charlie-merrick-s-friends-fouls-and-footballs-complete-scheme-of-work-8-days-11913484] Also includes the planning for the whole first week. The only resource not included is the book itself! The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a first person narrative based on the characters in the book All images sourced from Pixabay or authors own.

Lesson 1 in a set of 4 lessons, covering narrative objectives for upper KS2. Children apply the learning in the final lesson when they write an additional chapter for the story. The lesson can be used as a standalone lesson, or used in conjunction with the other three. A detailed PowerPoint presentation and all resources are included. All original images (from book) are in the public domain, as are the text extracts. All additional images are from PIXABAY,