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Halloween Acrostic Poem Writing Pack
This is a full lesson on creating a Halloween acrostic poem.
This pack includes:
Teaching slides - with modelled text.
Planning page
Word Bank (both for display & printable)
6 x printable poem templates which can be coloured for display.
Halloween Instruction Writing - How to Make a Magic Potion
Halloween Imaginative Instruction Writing - How to Make a Magic Potion
This is a great creative instructional writing lesson to engage learners during Halloween.
It teaches learners how to write instructions and revises the different purposes of instructional writing.
For more able learners, the resource demonstrates how learners can improve instructions by adding openers, powerful verbs, adverbs and adjectives.
This resource also includes:
Teaching slides
Planning page.
Printable word bank
2 differentiated modelled texts which could be adapted to suit different ages or abilities.
2 x writing templates which could be used for display. 1 x cauldron template and 1 x recipe book template.
It also includes 5 different potion bottle templates for learners to design. These come in small or larger sizes.
Display bunting saying - Our Magic Potions.
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.
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
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
Boho Themed Literacy Resources Classroom/Bulletin Board Wall Display
Boho literacy/english wall/bulletin board classroom display.
Display includes
Display bunting with the words literacy or english
A writing editing pencil checklist
-Sentence opener word wall
-Connective/conjunctions word wall
Writing technical targets + plus 6 targets
Spelling activities poster
-Spelling strategies
Reading skills posters.
This resource matches my Maths Boho Classroom display bundle
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
Instructional Writing How to Make an Easter Scavenger Hunt
This resource teaches learners about instructions and how to design an Easter themed scavenger hunt that another pupil or teacher could set up. It also includes a modelled text to demonstrate what is expected of learners.
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)
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
Imaginative Writing: The Chinese Dragon
This Chinese New Year is the year of the dragon so the writing focus is going to be on a character description of a Chinese Dragon.
This resource explains the five different aspects of a character that pupils should describe in order to successfully convey their character to their reader.
It also provides a modelled text, and a table worksheet for them to record examples of each aspect from the text. This will help give them inspiration for their own story.
This resource includes the main lesson, the recording table and the planning page. I have also included a printed copy of the texts which could be printed out for pupils.
Chinese New Year - The Great Race Reading Comprehension
This reading comprehension retells the story of the Great Race which created the Zodiac calendar. It contains two tasks:
Task 1: Analyses new or tricky vocab
Task 2: Comprehension questions
Writing: Information Text - Victorian Schools
This resource begins with encouraging learners to create questions about Victorian schools which can become their subheadings. It then demonstrates how to take notes and then transfer these into paragraphs.
It also then models the text on lined paper so it mirrors their jotter. It demonstrates the structures and features of an information text that they can include in theirs.
Writing - Information Text on Birds
This writing resource works well along the RSPB Bird Watch which takes place this time of year. Whether children are actively bird watching outside or simply learning about birds around them, it is a great way to engage with nature.
This lesson models for learners how to research four different birds and take notes in their jotter. It then demonstrates how to turn these short notes into engaging sentences for their reader.
Finally it models for learners how they can lay this out neatly in their jotter and include some of the key features of an information text like headings, subheadings, pictures and captions.
The Story of the Wise Men/ Three Kings Reading Comprehension
Two level reading comprehension based on the story of the three wise men. It is told through the eyes of one of the wise men Melchior. This is a great modelled text to inspire children to write their own version of the story through a wise men.
It includes a range of questions from literal, to inferential to vocab focused.
There are also three follow up tasks for learners to complete.
Morning Daily Starter/Daily Display Slides for January
Daily morning Starters to engage learning first thing in the morning. The starters rotate on a weekly basis.
They cover a range of topics from:
Numeracy
Spelling
Grammar
Writing
Problem solving
Geography
General Knowledge
Inferencing Skills
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.
Celebrating Reading Days/Week Activities
This resource contains a variety of quizzes or activities that can be used to encourage learners to read more, share about what they read and introduce them to more authors or books.
It contains.
Become an illustrator Lesson and Worksheet. In this activity, pupils will see the blurb of a book but not the front cover. Based on what they read, they have to decide what front cover they should design to illustrate. It contains four different blurbs and a worksheet with four blank book covers.
Who Am I? Book character quiz.
Book Speed Dating Worksheet. Learners would each have a book on their table and when told they must move to another table. They then have a short time to skim and scan the book then review on their speed dating worksheet.
Who is my author quiz. Pupils must match the front cover to the author of the book.
Book activities. This resource contains five different activities that can be completed in class or independently as a home learning activity.
Christmas Literacy Starters.
10 x Christmas literacy starters covering spelling, grammar, writing and talking & listening (KS2 or 2nd Level)