A supportive resource for building tension and suspense in writing. 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!

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children’s fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit is set within Tolkien’s fictional universe and follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit. This lesson looks at Tolkien’s narrative styles of writing: ‘All-knowing’, ‘Intrusive narrator’ and ‘expert giving information’. Students identify examples from the text and think about their effect on the reader. Students identify his styles specifically in chapter 3 (text extracts provided) and then attempt to replicate his narrative styles in their own stories. They 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!

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children’s fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit is set within Tolkien’s fictional universe and follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit. In this lesson, students will rewrite chapter 4 of The Hobbit following the storyboard provided and making use of their writing skills learnt. 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!

Journalistic writing is the style of writing used to report news stories in newspapers, television broadcasts, on radio and on the Internet. In this lesson students will watch, read and listen to different forms of news and identify their similarities and differences leading to the creation of a general features list for journalistic writing. 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!

Journalistic writing is the style of writing used to report news stories in newspapers, television broadcasts, on radio and on the Internet. This is a supportive resource to use when studying journalistic writing. To purchase the Journalistic Writing BUNDLE, please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/ResourcesForYou

Bias is an inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair. In this lesson, students will identify bias in news. They will compare reports to determine whether they show a biased or balanced point of view and will also try to alter a newspaper article to show bias with a different viewpoint. Presentation, lesson plan and resources included. 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!

Journalistic writing is the style of writing used to report news stories in newspapers, television broadcasts, on radio and on the Internet. In this lesson students will look at the features of newspaper reports from examples given and consider the audience of the reports. They will look in detail at a newspaper report broken down into its sections to better understand how they are structured. Then they will plan and write their own newspaper reports using the supportive planning and writing frames provided. 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!

In this lesson, students will look at what makes a setting description effective. They will learn how to use expanded noun phrases, prepositional phrases and figurative language when describing a setting and will be tasked to identify these in setting descriptions. They will then develop their ideas for their own settings using group discussion, drama and the plan provided. All of the task resources for this lesson are included. This lesson is appropriate for KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3 students. 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!

Each Recommended Reading List has 20 books which are appropriate for year group and will help to improve children’s word reading, vocabulary and understanding. These choices have been compiled by librarians and leading English teachers. 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!

The two resources give examples of possible questions that can be asked to help develop children’s comprehension skills. They link to the AF’s and are useful for any fiction or non-fiction material. 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!

Text types in literature form the basic styles of writing. Factual texts merely seek to inform, whereas literary texts seek to entertain or otherwise engage the reader by using creative language and imagery. This is a comprehensive resource which details common features of the following text types: -recounts -non-chronological reports -newspaper reports -discussion -persuasion -instructions -explanation -poetry -narrative These are some of the common features of each text type. However, features can differ depending on the audience and purpose of a text and so these serve as a guideline only. Useful for KS2 and KS3 as a supportive resource for both teachers and students. 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!

Persuasive Advertising is a type of product promotion that aims to persuade a consumer for buying a particular product. In this lesson, students will learn the FREDEPTORS acronym for: F- facts and font R- repetition E- exaggeration D- description E- emotive language P- pictures T- the rule of three O- opinions R- rhetorical questions S- slogans Students will look at a range of adverts and identify what features make them persuasive. They will then be given a planning frame and will plan and produce their own persuasive adverts. 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!

This resource will support students writing their own stories as it gives a comprehensive overview of what should be included in a story.

In this lesson, students will learn how to effectively describe characters including their appearance, personality/ behaviour and special traits. They will look at a range of book extract describing characters looking at this in practice. They will then look at the character description of Miss Trunchbull and be tasked to identify the different descriptions before writing their own character description using the plan and word banks provided. All plans and word banks are included. This lesson is intended for KS2 students but can easily be modified to suit KS3. 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!

In this lesson, students will identify and list the common features of newspaper reports. They will look in detail at example reports and create their own headlines for a story. They will then look at missing features on example reports to see whether they have remembered the features learnt. A presentation, lesson plan and resources all included. 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!

In this lesson, students will be supported planning and writing their own stories. They will review the story mountain structure and how best to begin a story. Plans for describing characters, settings and the plot are provided as well as a self-assessment grid for use upon completion. This lesson is intended for KS2 but can easily be modified to suit KS3. 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!

In this lesson, students will learn what the stages of a story mountain are from beginning- build up- problem- resolution and ending. They will look at an example story and pick out each part before writing a story mountain plan as a class for the film Frozen. Following this, they will work in groups to write their own story mountain plan for a film they know well before moving on to doing the same for their own imaginative stories. This lesson is intended for KS2 students but can be easily modified to suit KS3. 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!