Some information on advantages and disadvantaged of various types of ships for students to read then choose a ship and give a justification for their choice.
A selection of resources for a lesson or lessons about the poem Jabberwocky.
I ask students to find 10 nonsense words in the poem.
Use the planning sheet to help them design monster.
Write a description of their monster.
Write a story of poem about their monster using some words they have made up, or made up words from the poem. Here you may need to spend some time deciding what these words mean.
Finally an activity on non-fiction writing to support pupils to include titles, sub-titles, captions and to write in paragraphs. Use the example about Komodo dragons to spot these features. Use the information about Swordfish (easier) and Ichthyosaurus (harder as headings are not included and the information is not in order) or your own research to write your own non-fiction article about a real life monster.
Writing activity based on reading the blurb. One with questions to answer the other asking students to write what the blurb tells them and to explain why they think this.
A bundle of resources I used with as student with Autism who was finding creative wring challenging. Concrete experiences (receiving letters, doing a mock interview, photographs) and a clear structure helped him to construct a successful narrative with descriptions, and a clear structure.