Children explore what the BFG can hear from chapter 7 (The Marvelous Ears) and come up with ideas of their own. They turn their ideas into a poem and publish it. Please click on my name above to see other BFG resources.

A great writing activitiy that teaches children to write in the first person as an animal. Originally made to work with the book War Horse, it can be adapted to be a stand alone set of lessons or to work with other books.

Some fun tasks based on the Dr Seuss book Oh the Places You’ll Go. A good time filler for the last week of term. Also included, a PPT for writing your own kids book based on The Day the Crayons Quit.

Loads of lessons and resources based on the the Dr Seuss book The Lorax. Includes: Comparing the environment before and after the Onceler arrives. Looking at made up words and coming up with your own. Writing a diary entry in character Creating an advert for a Thneed Writing a persuasive letter to the Onceler Lots here that will take a few weeks to get through. THIS IS AN ACTIVINSPIRE PROMETHEAN FLIPCHART

This is a PowerPoint aimed at writing an obituary for the character Macbeth. It includes an example, success criteria and some extra information about the character. Includes a comic strip summary of the story and a video link to an age appropriate cartoon version.

This PowerPoint covers all of the areas needed to evidence a piece of writing at and above the expected level. This will take 3 weeks to complete and will show the children (with examples, word banks and sentence starters) how to write a narrative story based on a picture book.

30 full lessons based on the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Includes newspaper writing, Diaries, recounts, narrative stories, script writing, reading comprehension, SPaG, art, poetry and much more. All the lessons are based on a chapter of the book (some chapters have 2 or 3 lessons for that chapter). Used for home learning but easily adapted for the classroom. There are links to the on line videos that accompany the lessons and a link to the full book that is read on YouTube.