Activity sheet for developing inference skills through interpreting different characters. The aim of the session is to produce a character description that includes character qualities, physical appearance and ideas about what the character’s back story might be based on the initial ideas pupils have gathered.

A resource sheet to aid pupils in developing sentences using fronted adverbials with commas . The story of Beowulf is used as stimulus. Pupils must add their own adverbial phrases to the beginning of given sentences. How many ways can they rewrite the sentences with different openers? How does the effect change with their choice of opener? Planning and smart board are available to accompany this resource.

Information sheet on the life and execution of King Charles I. Can be used independently or in conjunction with Year 4- Charles I biography planning and resources.

A sequence of lessons uses The Children of the New Forest by Captain Marryat. This book was used as it tied in with topic work on the English Civil War. This unit focuses on looking at characters within the book and using them to develop dialogue. This resource is available as part of a bundle with additional resources, including smart board.

A useful template for supporting pupils write a summary. By using the boxes in the left hand column pupils are prompted to prove the next piece of information leading to a coherent summary of a text/extract. Suitable for any year group and can be made easier or more challenging through the choice of text being used.

A resource to ensure that pupils are thinking about a text full and are able to ask questions about it. Pupils use the question words provided to use as a starting point for generating questions about their given text.

A resource to encourage pupils to think about how they approach questions involving text. This resource gives pupils the opportunity to use questions to generate their own text based on the answers they generate to alloted questions.

An activity to help pupils identify and understand the use of relative clauses through the story Beowulf (Morpurgo’s version). Using examples from the text, pupils find the relative pronoun that will lead them to identify the relative clause. They then have a go at creating some examples of their own, using the examples as inspiration/support. This activity is suggested for year 5 and up, although it could be adapted for certain year 4 groups.

An inference activity linked to the story of Beowulf. Pupils will need to use an image to determine firstly, what they can see within the image and secondly what they can infer from this.

Planning using a boxed format where pupils can first outline the story of Beowulf, idenifying themes that they can then imitate when planning there own story/legend side by side. Suitable for year 4 and up although the format can be adapted for any story writing.

This resource encourages pupils to put themselves in place of the characters during the first attack on the hall Heorot. They must consider what their chosen character might think and feel as well as detailing how they reacted. It is an opportunity for pupils to continue to develop their ability to extend sentences as well as use their knowledge of the text to infer possible character thoughts and feelings. This resource would be suited to year 3/4 and up.

An accompanying cloze procedure resource to support the identification of nouns, their uses and how they can support narrative . This resource can also be used to address other story writing features such as openings and setting development.

A cloze procedure activity where pupils have to fill in the spaces using nouns. This is a useful activity for identifying and using nouns, but also can be used as a model for story openings where characters are being introduced amidst action.

An activity for make inferences about a character using an extract. This resource is suitable for KS2, or KS3 needing support with inference.

An activity for make inferences about a character using an extract. This resource is suitable for KS2, or KS3 needing support with inference.

An activity for make inferences about a character using an extract. This resource is suitable for KS2, or KS3 needing support with inference.

A fun activity to do after completing work on Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones. It allows pupils to recall events from the book in order to answer questions. It can also be used to assess knowledge of the story.

Planning resource for biography writing- aimed at helping pupils develop the structure of their writing. This resource has previously been used to support year 4 pupils.

Smart board to accompany planning (also available as part of a bundle) on story writing using The Children of the New Forest by Captain Marryat. This unit was part of a topic on the English Civil War.