This resource pack was created for a Head of English interview to a year 5 class based on suspense writing. The hooks include a range of multi-media including short video clips, still photographs from the film ‘Adrift’ and an extract from the book Kensukie’s Kingdom. This pack includes a detailed lesson plan (which explains clearly how to scaffold learning and model writing), smartboard slides (including child appropriate video links), inspiring pictures, a success criteria, dyslexic word bank (with pictures) and a writing frame. I hope you find it useful!

Several writing frames to use whilst teaching the book: Halibut Jackson. “Halibut Jackson is a very shy person. He prefers not to be noticed at all. So he makes himself clothing to match his surroundings. His library suit has a striped look to it to match the shelves. But when he is invited to a party at the Palace, he is flummoxed - what does it look like in the palace? At last, having researched hard, and sewn quickly, he is ready: only to discover when he gets there that the party is a garden party. A suit of silver and gold, covered in jewels, is definitely going to get noticed. But everyone admires it tremendously!”

This resource has been created for a year 3 lesson for an interview as Head of English. The planning clearly scaffolds learning, building up to the children writing their an own verse of a poem. This resource includes a smartboard, detailed lesson plan, example poem, examples of modelled writing and a success criteria with writing frame. I hope you enjoy using this lesson with your class!

This download includes a detailed sequence of 6 planned lessons with power-points and worksheets building up to a recount in the style of a letter, from Macbeth to Lady Macbeth. Pupils will explore Shakspearean language, build a bank of atmospheric vocabulary and phrases to describe the heath and battle scene, plan and write their recount. All resources are included- including a teacher model write. This planning accompanies the Leon Garfield Shakespeare Animated Tales.