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Olympics 2024
This resource aims to provide learners with a range of learning experiences relating to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The activities include:
History of the Olympics - Timeline activity
Host City of the Olympics - Factfile of Paris
Offering their own city as a host - Persuasive Letter to the Olympic Committee.
Sporting Events - Researching & creating an information text on different sporting events
Olympic Logo - Designing a new olympic logo
Persuasive Writing - Design a Theme-park
This writing resource shows learners how to create a persuasive leaflet for their own theme park.
They must use persuasive strategies to engage their reader and promote their park.
Reflective Writing - The Best/Worst Day of My Life
Reflective Writing - The Best/Worst Day of My Life
As pupils progress in their writing, it is important to teach them how to progress their basic recount writing into reflective writing. Rather than just retell events pupils will describe their thoughts/emotions and reflect on how these events impacted them positively or negatively.
Pupils really enjoyed this writing piece and I emphasised that it didn’t have to be a hugely emotional experience which could upset them. The pupils had recently visited a residential stay so I felt that this was a good one to model for them as many of them had different experiences of it.
This resource takes you through what it means to be reflective. It also provides examples for the pupils which allows them to discuss if the paragraph recounts or reflects.
There is also a modelled writing piece which breaks the writing into sections for the pupils.
Direct Speech
Short grammar input which revises the rules for direct speech and includes some written activities.
Singular and Plural Nouns Grammar Lesson
Short grammar lesson singular and plural nouns. Includes a QR to a game that learners could play and includes some written tasks.
Autumn Acrostic Poem Writing Lesson
This is a full lesson on creating an Autumn acrostic poem.
This pack includes:
Teaching slides - with modelled text.
Planning page
Word Bank (both for display & printable)
4 x printable poem templates which can be coloured for display.
Autumnal display bunting with other autumnal decor.
Spelling Strategies Poster
Spelling Strategies Poster
Halloween Creative Writing - Describing a Spooky Character
This creative writing lesson focuses on describing a spooky character.
The lesson begins with a simile starter activity which can be completed as a class or in groups. It also then includes a follow up similes worksheet that learners could complete independently.
The resource then focuses on how we can describe a character by their:
appearance
behaviour/actions
personality/attitudes
The resource includes a modelled passage about a vampire where learners can identify what they learn about the character and sort it into the three categories. Again this can be completed as a whole class or in groups or there is a follow up worksheet that could be completed independently.
The resource also includes:
Planning page
Word bank (with vocab for each of the three categories)
Halloween Instructional Writing How to Carve a Pumpkin
This writing resource teaches learners how to write an instructional text.
It uses the theme of carving pumpkins to engage learners. The lesson can be completed using learners prior knowledge of carving pumpkins or after carving pumpkins as a class.
This resource includes:
Full teaching slides
Planning Page
Modelled text
Word bank
Twisted Fairytales Roll a Story
A twist on the standard fairytale story. Learners can roll a dice to help them build their story.
Persuasive Letter Writing - Can I Get a New Pet
This lesson explains the purpose and audience of a persuasive text. It then teaches different persuasive strategies. It includes a writing task which is to persuade a family member to get you a new pet. It also contains a modeled letter which can be used as an example for learners.
Sentence Openers and Connectives Display
Sentence opener and connective flashcards which can be displayed on literacy wall. Useful resource to remind learners to include these in their writing.
Features of a Newspaper Article
This resource teaches learners how to write a newspaper article by looking at the main features.
It covers
Names of newspapers
Headlines
Bylines/leadlines
Formal tone
Instructional Writing
This resource revises what instructional writing is and the different kind of instructions we can get. It then goes on to model the layout and key features of an instructional text.
The resource models a text on how to make fairy cakes, however this could be used as an example and changed.
At the end of the resource there a few slides showing learners how to improve their instructions by adding in sentence openers, powerful verbs, adverbs and adjectives.
Persuasive Letter to Stop Homework
This lesson teaches children about persuasive writing and different persuasive strategies they can use. It then gives different targets (success criteria) that learners need to achieve in order to successfully produce a good persuasive letter.
It also includes two different example texts (one good and one that requires improvement)
Descriptive Writing Setting Lesson - Through the Keyhole
Upper Primary/KS2 Descriptive Writing Setting Lesson - Through the Keyhole
This is setting focused writing lesson is a popular and engaging lesson for learners. The lesson provides an engaging story starter prompt which learners can use or come up with their own. The focus of the lesson is what the character ‘Mia’ sees through the keyhole. Learners may choose to keep this character or will adapt with their own ideas. The lesson can be solely focused on describing what is seen through the keyhole or more confident writers may wish to continue the narrative with the character stepping through the door.
The lesson pack contains
story starter prompt
example settings and description
opportunities for learners to work co-operatively
planning pages (senses page or a simple mind map)
an art template of a keyhole for displays
setting word banks for the four picture prompts included
Bundle
Pastel Classroom Display Bundle
This bundle includes a range of different classroom displays from general class management to literacy and numeracy. All resources follow the same pastel colour palette
Halloween Spooky Setting Creative Writing
This writing lesson teaches and models how to use figurative and descriptive writing to create a spooky setting. It models an example for learners and contains a planning page for learners to plan their own writing in a setting of their choice.
Discursive Writing - Should Animals be Kept in Zoos
Discursive Writing - Should Animals be Kept in Zoos. This resource explains discursive writing, models a table for learners to complete, provides a short planning format example, includes a modelled paragraph and contains a word bank for learners.
Creative Writing: Describing a Winter Setting
This resource focuses on describing setting during creative writing.
It begins with a starter which focused on personification and teaches learners how to use personification and create it.
The resource then shows a number of winter settings and encourages learners to describe the setting using the five senses. This can be printed as a page for learners to complete independently or in small groups. Alternatively, it can be completed as a whole class on the interactive whiteboard.
The resource then talks the learners through the process of planning. This resource uses the story mountain format which has been attached as a pdf.
Finally, the resource gives a modelled story opener to discuss with learners.