Figurative language and comparing things using language such as metaphors and personification deviates from the literal meaning of words for the sake of more interesting writing. This resource can be displayed in the classroom, used as a word mat or stuck in to students’ books to help them better understand what different types of figurative language are and why they are used.

A help sheet to support children identify and use prepositions in their writing. If you would like to see some of my other resources, please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/ResourcesForYou

Stories From Other Cultures give children the opportunity to experience a world outside of their own and to bring it into the classroom to appreciate a culture that they may not have even considered. It may also help to unlock some different texts that they wouldn’t normally reach for. This is a sequence of lessons to support the teaching of Stories from Other Cultures. The sequence follows: Lesson 1- Whole-Class Guided Reading on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Lesson 2- Identifying features of Stories from Other Cultures Lesson 3- Re-telling a story Lesson 4- Writing a character description Lesson 5- Writing a setting description Lesson 6- Planning and writing own story from another culture All of the supporting resources are provided as well as comprehensive lesson plans for each lesson. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

A useful tool to support children when describing their characters. It covers physical traits and personality traits and can be printed as a display or as a useful hand out.

This lesson focuses on supporting the planning and writing of Free Verse Poetry. It comes with an engaging powerpoint presentation and a possible planning template. Pupils review imagery and the poetic devices used to create it. They complete a matching activity for this. They then find their own image as a stimulus for their poems and write down related words and phrases. A planning frame is also given for the children to use to structure their ideas. Pupils use their planning frame to write their own free verse poems. Possible starters are given as well as a brief checklist of things to remember. Pupils look back at their poems and with feedback from the teacher and their partner, they edit and improve them. Pupils learn their poems off-by-heart and perform them considering rhythm, volume and expression. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

Personification is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. This lesson focuses on using personification in poetry. It comes with an engaging powerpoint presentation and the related lesson plan (shown as part of the whole sequence of lessons) and example poems. Children learn what personification is and why it is used in poetry. They then consider the effect of the personification used relating to images shown, thinking critically. In pairs/ small groups, the children then read a number of poems making use of personification discussing how they feel about the poems and language used. As a class then complete a modelled write, taking words and phrases from the children to create a stanza/verse of a poem based on the video clip on Australian bushfires. The children then write an additional stanza to the poem independently making use of metaphors for effect. For the extension task, children guess what image is being described in the poems using the personification for clues. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

Metaphors are a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. This lesson focuses on using metaphors in poetry. It comes with an engaging powerpoint presentation and the related lesson plan, activity sheet and example poems. Children learn what metaphors are and identify them in poems as a class, discussing their effect on the poem and the reader. They then do this in pairs/ small groups reading a number of poems and creating their own metaphors for images given. As a class then complete a modelled write, taking words and phrases from the children to create a stanza/verse of a poem based on the video clip. The children then write an additional stanza to the poem independently making use of metaphors for effect. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

Similes are a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ). This lesson focuses on using similes in Imagery/ Free Verse poetry. It comes with an engaging powerpoint presentation, lesson plan and activity sheets. Children first revisit imagery before looking at the language structure of similes. They listen to a poem which uses similes and discuss the effect of the similes used. They then work in pairs/ small groups to read a number of poems identifying the use of similes and how they are used. They then write their own similes for the pictures given. As a class then complete a modelled write, taking words and phrases from the children to create a stanza/verse of a poem based on the image. The children then write an additional stanza to the poem independently making use of similes for effect. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

These differentiated planning sheets can be used to help students plan their holiday recounts. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

This resource can either be displayed in the classroom or children can stick it into their books to remind them of the Golden Rules when answering comprehension questions. If you have enjoyed this resource and would like to see other resources from my shop, please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/ResourcesForYou

This is an excellent resource to help students structure their stories. It follows the Story Mountain structure of opening- build up- problem- resolution and ending as well as giving prompts for what to include at each stage. Word document included also if you wish to edit.