Planning, presentation and printables for a week studying Mulan as a whole class reader. My weekly reading lessons follow the same format: Session 1: Vocabualry Session 2: Close read (inferences made from sections of the text) Session 3: Non ficiton research or a comparrison Session 4: Comprehension (we use APE) Session 5: Test strategies

A teacher written model text used for myths in year 5. The story is based on the curse of Tutankhamun hitting London when a young John Carter (son of Howard Carter) brings the mummy and other artifacts to be displayed in a London museum. I got some really great stories from this. We studied the myth of the original curse first before the children wrote their own ‘modern myth’ based on my model.

A four week Talk for Writing unit based on the popular tale: The Night Pirates. Children will learn the model text and work towards writing their own version of the story where their character goes on an adventure with some rough, tough girl pirates! Lots of short burst tasks based around adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions etc… Comes with 4 weeks of Power Points, a model text and a copy of the box up grid I have used throughout the unit- all are easily editable to suit the needs of your class and many of the slides are useful for screen shotting and printing for use in books. For the innovation stage there are small chunks of the model text as bookmarks and highlighted with areas for the children to consider changing. Many slides also include either an oral starter or a SATs style starter question.

A four week Talk for Writing unit based on the traditional tale: Jack and the Beanstalk. Children will learn the text and work towards writing their own version of the story where their character climbs the beanstalk to defeat a monster of their choosing. Lots of short burst tasks based around adjectives. Comes with 4 weeks of Power Points, a model text and a copy of the box up grid i have used throughout the unit- all are easily editable to suit the needs of your class.

A 4 week Talk for Writing unit based around a model text about the curse of Tutankhamun . The children study the model text which is a modern day version based on the historical curse idea. It comes with a model text and four Power Point presentations. Each lesson will have an oral or SPaG starter and a short burst writing task. They can be easily edited and adapted to suit your needs but they make for an excellent time saving base!

A 3 week Talk for Writing unit based around the topic of a young coal miner called Lotte. The children study the model text and there are also links to the book ‘Town is by the Sea’ which i would suggest purchasing to accompany the unit. It comes with a model text and several other models and three Power Point presentations. Each lesson will have an oral or SPaG starter and a short burst writing task. They can be easily edited and adapted to suit your needs.

A four week Talk for Writing unit based on the popular tale: The Egyptian Cinderella. Children will learn the model text and work towards writing their own version of the story. An innovation week based on a French Cinderella and the final independent writing based on a Japanese Cinderella. Short burst writing tasks based around description and character understanding. Comes with 4 weeks of Power Points, a model text and a copy of the box up grid I have used throughout the unit- all are easily editable to suit the needs of your class and many of the slides are useful for screen shotting and printing for use in books. Each day also has a SPaG starter question For the innovation stage there are small chunks of the model text that are highlighted with areas for the children to consider changing.

A four week Talk for Writing unit based on the popular tale: The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch. Children will learn the model text and work towards writing their own version of the story where a jungle ranger gets his lunch stolen by a cheeky jungle animal of their choice. Lots of short burst tasks based around adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions and correct use of speech etc… Comes with 4 weeks of Power Points, a model text and a copy of the box up grid I have used throughout the unit- all are easily editable to suit the needs of your class and many of the slides are useful for screen shotting and printing for use in books. For the innovation stage there are small chunks of the model text that are highlighted with areas for the children to consider changing. Many slides also include either an oral starter or a SATs style starter question.