A diary entry that can be used as a model text/example text for a poor Egyptian farmer's day. Include explanation of dress, food, activities and social organisation.

Description of Trajan, a Roman emperor. Model text / example text / WAGOLL Includes adjectives and adverbs, speech marks and fronted adverbials

This is a short story based on Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. The original story is great for stories in imaginary settings, but doesn’t involve much in the way of punctuation. This story is 1 A4 side, so perfect for a model text or WAGOLL. It takes the story of Max and uses lots of the phrases from the story but adapts it. This time, Max argues with his brother, which is why he is sent to his room. A mountain grows in his room, which he climbs and then finds the Wild Things. Instead of making him a king, they throw him in prison. Will Max escape? Language features include: fronted adverbials, 2ED sentences, adjectives and adverbs, use of speech, Suitable for KS2

WAGOLL / example text / model text of a biography. The subject is Sgt Stubby, who was a popular mascot during WWI. Features of the text include: Past tense, chronological order, fronted adverbials, use of brackets and semi-colons, conjunctions

Biography of Queen Victoria Synopsis, early life, life as a young queen, later life and legacy covered in paragraphs, with relevant subtitles. Grammar focus - embedded relative clauses and sentence openers (fronted adverbials included) Three versions included - the original and then two with the different grammar focuses highlighted. Editable in order to allow you to add images.

Activity to improve a “boring” description Julius Caesar by adding in adjectives and adverbs.

A WAGOLL / model text / example text explaining how rainbows form. Includes: introduction and summary paragraph, sequential explanation, causal conjunctions, fronted adverbials.

Explanation writing model / example / WAGOLL text “How do I care for a pet dog?” Includes introductory paragraph, sequenced paragraphs and a conclusion. Use as a model text and children can then follow up with writing their own version for a different pet. A planning grid for this is also included. Text includes conjunctions, sequencing openers and technical vocabulary Could also be used for Instruction writing.

Short sentences written in the style of Roald Dahl’s the BFG with grammatical errors (e.g. “I is hungry”) Two differentiated levels for students to correct.

A model text / example text / WAGOLL. Short story following a five party story mountain - opening, build up, problem, solution, ending. The story is based on the opening of The Hodgeheg, but using a different character (a young duck). It includes a lot of similar sentence structure and phrasing, but is possible for KS2 children to replicate. Includes: Paragraphs A wide range of sentence openers (including adverbs, fronted adverbials and action verbs) Emotion, comma sentences Range of sentence types, including complex and compound sentences, relative clauses and short sentences for effect Speech Repetition of phrases for effect

All of the skills from the 2014 NC reading programme of study divided into Emerging, Expected and Exceeding bands for Upper Key Stage 2. The skills are spread across six themes. Perfect for tracking Guided Reading or for assessing reading skills.

All of the skills from the 2014 NC reading programme of study divided into Emerging, Expected and Exceeding bands for Lower Key Stage 2. The skills are spread across six themes. Perfect for tracking Guided Reading or for assessing reading skills.

Roald Dahl timeline activity Key events from Roald Dahl’s life to cut out and order chronologically

A series of lesson plans and resources for a unit on balanced arguments, based on nuclear power. This plan takes a Talk 4 Writing approach, using a quality example text that is studied through creating actions and using picture maps. Over four lessons, the students will study the introduction, initial paragraph and contrasting paragraph of a balanced argument about nuclear power and will learn to how to write their own version about solar power. This pack contains the following: A detailed lesson plan including differentiation for four lessons introducing balanced arguments A high-quality example text including the introduction, initial paragraph and contrasting paragraph Picture text maps for the initial paragraph and contrasting paragraph Worksheets to accompany lessons where needed Suitable for upper Key Stage 2

This is an original play script written for Key Stage 2 but could also be used in Key Stage 3. There are speaking parts for at least 25 children, as well as non-speaking parts, but extra speaking roles can easily be added. There are recommendations for suitable songs to go with each scene, although these would need to be bought/downloaded separately. It is based on four modern day school children who go back in time to discover more about life during the war. It includes scenes about evacuation, rationing, the homeguard and other aspects of everyday life.