A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for text interrogation. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

Balanced argument information and activity for writing a balanced argument/writing assessment

The PowerPoint is a guide to how to write a Place or setting for a story with the outcome being that the children can describe settings understanding how small details can be included to evoke time, place and mood.

A simple display poster demonstrating how to edit and improve our sentences

Planning for week 1 covering the objectives: Can I listen to and discuss a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books and read books that are structured in different ways? (Ongoing) Can I discuss ideas and outcomes for our new literacy unit, and link these with our new topic? Can I retrieve and record information from non-fiction? Can I draw inference about characters feelings, thoughts and motives for their actions? Can I justify these with evidence? (HA) Can I predict what might happen from details implied?

An activity writing descriptive words and sentences about fruit that can bee linked to the book Handa's Surprise

Day 2 flipchart for Balanced argument information and activity for writing a balanced argument/writing assessment

Planning for week 1 of the Journalistic writing for mythical creatures covering: Can I discuss and express views about a range of fiction? Can I compare information and draw inferences about viewpoint? Can I generate questions about the text? Can I summarise paragraphs of text? Can I identify the features of a news report?

A collection of Year 6 comprehension texts for questions and analyse

An activity where children are times reading a text and completing a short task

Simple text with a variety of questions ranging from skim and scan to inference. Text can be copied onto word so that it can be shared with the class

A selection of activities on a pick and mix sheet that children can take home at the start of the topic and choose from a selection of english, maths and topic based tasks on one page. This allows them the freedom to choose an activity which can be completed at least 1 per week

A writing task sheet and planning sheet for a writing assessment based on the story Cuda of the Celts, which can be bought online. An excellent book which shows aspects of Celtic history which we studied for historical settings. This resource can be adapted to other historical texts where two characters from different backgrounds meet.

Three documents that state the code of conduct for ICT/Computing for staff, KS1 and KS2

Unit cover with suggested books, purpose for writing and objectives for reading, writing and spag

A Powerpoint teaching the use of inverted commas linked to Cuda of the Celts and a success criteria grid to fit the lesson. Task sheets can be bought separately or as a lesson bundle

An assessment sheet for self or peer assessment after writing a setting. Includes the success criteria for writing a setting

An activity where children are times reading a text and completing a short task

An activity where children are times reading a text and completing a short task

Four days planning for the SPAG part of the Stories with historical settings unit. It covers time and cause conjunctions, inverted commas, past tense and Topic vocabulary linked to the book Cuda of the Celts