This resource contains a power point presentation which covers the features of a diary which is broken down into steps such as; time order past tense describes feelings time conjunctions There is a planning sheet attached which aids the planning of a diary entry by splitting the parts into boxes. This will help them write up their diary afterwards.

This resource contains an interactive power point presentation explaining what inverted commas are and what they are used for. It has quiz questions at the end to test understanding. It also contains two worksheets. The first one is a lower level where inverted commas need to be added into sentences and the second extension sheet involves drawing two people and writing a conversation between them using inverted commas.

This resource contains a power point presentation which goes through what an expanded noun phrase is and how to create one. It has interactive games which can be played to fill in the blanks as well as some tasks. Lastly, it contains two worksheets. One is simply filling in the blanks to finish the expanded noun phrases in a sentence. The extension worksheet involves rewriting the text to make it more interesting use expanded nouns phrases. There is an additional expanded noun phrase word mat to aid this lesson.

This resource contains a presentation on how to write instructions and what they are used for. It breaks down which parts of instructions are important and why, as well as giving instructions for the children’s tasks afterwards. It also contains a worksheet where the children need to colour code and underline the features from written instructions. Lastly, there is an extension word search containing these features for the children to find.

Lesson 1- Introduce the book, talk about what it could be about. Complete comprehension worksheets. Print and cut out large crayon and stick onto a lollipop stick. Use as a role play activity where children pretend to be a crayon and their partner has to guess which. Lesson 2- Create a character profile on a chosen crayon using adjectives and some information on the crayon. There is a tailored adjective word mat to assist this. Lesson 3- Discuss features of informal letters. Complete an informal letter planning sheet. Lesson 4- Recap features of informal letters. Write up informal letter to Duncan pretending to be one of the crayons using the letter template.