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

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!

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!

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!

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!

This supportive resource will help students understand how to accurately write and punctuate speech. 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 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. 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!

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. This lesson looks at how authors can build tension and suspense in their writing with a focus on The Hobbit. It looks specifically at the part when Bilbo meet Gollum in the cave. Presentation, lesson plan and resources included. Students look at a poster slide detailing different ways authors build tension and suspense and then come up with their own examples. They then identify these techniques in an extract from chapter 4. They read the rest of the chapter, illustrating the levels of tension from main events on the graph. Finally, they write the part when Bilbo meets Gollum after watching a clip and reading the start of chapter 5 and write their own narrative of the scene. 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 describing the character of Bilbo Baggins. It teaches how to describe characters according to their appearance, personality, behaviour and any special traits or interests. Students look at a number of example extracts and are asked to highlight these examples before planning and writing their own character description using the planning frame 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!

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 is based on Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit and explores the beginning of the story. Students will analyse the content and structure of the text as a class before answering comprehension questions and complete a drawing task using description from the text. 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!

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!