Example character description of King Hrothgar from Beowulf. Paragraph to describe appearance as a model for children. Year 5 writing features identified and highlighted to aid discussion etc with children. Task was for children to highlight and label features and then think of their own ideas on a similar level.

Example text of setting description of Heorot Mead Hall from Beowulf. Includes features of year 5 writing, example text and labelled copy of same text.

Example text describing King Hrothgar which includes lots of features / techniques required for year 5/6 writing EXS/GDS. First sheet- text with objective for children’s books. Second sheet- questions to check understanding and start to explore the description. Third sheet- teacher reference- features / techniques to discuss and highlight with children/ Labels given to aid discussion with children. Lesson- children highlight and label features and techniques explaining them. The next lesson children wrote their own description using images from the book as well as previous planning.

Example text- description of Heorot Mead Hall from Beowulf. First sheet- plain text and second sheet has various features for identification and discussion highlighted- upper key stage 2 writing features e.g. expanded noun phrases, semi colons, parenthesis… Word file - can be adapted and images etc added. The aim is to save some time. This was used and teacher modelled the writing process and thinking process.

Set of display words with explanations and images to support writing tasks: describing the Mead Hall (Heorot) and describing King Hrothgar from Beowulf. Word file- can be editted and images adapted as required. Used to display in classroom for children to use and refer to. Challenged to include all in their writing.

Full set (see below) of plain posters (text can be editted and images can be added) to explain in simple terms the SPAG and writing features needed for key stage 2. Word file. No images as aim is to keep these plain and simple. Idea is to display in the classroom so that children can refer to them. Included: simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, paragraphs, relative clauses, phrases, expanded noun phrases, prepositional phrases, fronted adverbials, adverbials, co-ordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, clauses and main clauses, alliteration, personification, similes, metaphors, parenthesis, first person, third person, direct speech, indirect speech, subject, object, modal verbs, tense, simple past tense, past progressive tense, past perfect tense, past perfect progressive tense, simple present tense, present progressive tense, present perfect tense, present perfect progressive tense, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, determiners, prepositions, conjunctions.

Editable sheets for writing targets- child friendly targets taken from National Curriculum. One sheet for year 3/4, one sheet for year 5/6. Fully edittable in word format- images and text. First 2 sheets are in ‘letterjoin’ font and second 2 sheets in ‘Arial’ font.

Set of two sheets- National Curriculum Reading Targets- NC statements in child-friendly language. First 2 sheets are created using the ‘letterjoin’ handwriting font. Second 2 sheets are Arial font. Images can be editted to suit needs as can the text. File is word.