A whole week of planning and resources, aimed at year 3/4. Linked to the Egyptian book of the dead. This week long unit really improved the writing in my class, taking the process step by step and modelling at each stage. They were then able to do the process independently in our subsequent units. The week opens by watching an animated version of the myth. Children then spend the week learning how to structure and write a 5 part action story, using description, showing not telling, suspense and detail. Designed to incorporate lots of shared writing and modelling as a class and in pairs.

A complete English lesson, written for year 5/6 and differentiated 3 ways. The objective covered is mood and tone, with a starter that looks at sentence and cohesion for sense. The planning uses the animated film: Alma, by Rodrigo Blaas, which is available on Youtube. All images are public domain from pixabay.com

A complete lesson and resources for chapter 1 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on characterization with inference skills. The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson and resources for chapter 2 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on characterization with inference skills. The lesson focuses on pathetic fallacy and the use of weather to express mood and tone. The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on a full understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson and resources for chapter 6 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on developing children's understanding of the whole story - from the point of view of the antagonist. The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century.The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is part of a scheme that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson and resources for chapter 6 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on developing children's understanding of the whole story - using a narrative WHOOSH! The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century.The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is part of a scheme that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd. (lesson 13 in a series of 14). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to understand and use figurative effects and techniques to enhance our writing. This is lesson 13 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A really successful table-top tool to enable chdn to choose more precise words. Laminate and cut out the wheels, then bundle them together with treasury tags (punch a hole in the stem of each wheel) Versions are included for common words and colours.

Really successful way of reinforcing grammar concepts in idle or spare classroom moments. Cut up and laminate - so they last forever!

A 4 day unit of work, written for Year 6 as part of a wider topic on the sinking of the Titanic. The unit starts, as we meet a passenger who somehow mysteriously disappeared during the voyage. The children then went on to write the account of the mysterious Mary Butts. All resources are included, including a prezi here: https://prezi.com/dfb1ignzqaqg/mary-butts-titanic-mystery/ Please leave feedback

A complete lesson and resources for chapter 3 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on the Rashomon effect to enhance narrative and character understanding. The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson and resources for chapters 4 and 5 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses in detail on characterisation, with hot seating and writing in role. The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century.The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is part of a scheme that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd. (lesson 9 in a series of 14). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to use dialogue to enhance characterisation and the action/plot in a story. This is lesson 9 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 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 London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd. (lesson 14 in a series of 14). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to slow down our writing and expand moments (to add in more detail, description or action) This is lesson 14 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, which builds on children's understanding of basic sentences. Children learn how to/ to revise how to identify, avoid and correct fragments, run on's and fragmented sentences. Also available as part of a 4 lesson scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sentence-skills-unit-4-complete-lessons-for-ks2-based-on-on-the-alchemist-s-letter-short-film-11716460 The stimulus for the unit is the short film 'The Alchemist's letter' which is available on You Tube and Literacy Shed. All images are from Pixabay

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book- CHARLIE MERRICK’S MISFITS in Fouls, Friends and Football! This lesson explores the use of dialogue 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 5 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 second 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 4 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 a unit on PERSUASIVE SPEECHES in Upper KS2 (Year 6) THIS COLD TASK PROVIDES A STANDALONE WRITING TASK THAT WILL FEED INTO THE UNIT. It would also work well as a big writing lesson. This is lesson 1 in a series of 6/7. The whole scheme of work is also available as a bundle The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a perusaive speech based on animal rights. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for a unit on DESCRIPTIVE WRITING (winter themed) in Upper KS2 (Year 6) THIS COLD TASK PROVIDES A STANDALONE WRITING TASK THAT WILL FEED INTO THE UNIT. It would also work well as a big writing lesson. This is lesson 1 in a series of 8. The whole scheme of work is also available as a bundle The planning for the whole unit of work is included in each individual lesson. The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing the cold task again as a hot task - in order to demonstrate progress. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.