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Year 3/4 Character Descriptions Unit - Talk for Writing | PPT + Workbook + WAGOLLs | No-Prep
COMPLETE CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS UNIT - YEAR 3/4
“Saved me 10+ hours of planning!” - 5★ Review from KS2 Teacher
✔ Everything Included:
Daily PPTs** (with starters, plenaries + animated WAGOLLs)
30-page workbook (differentiated tasks + scaffolded writing frames)
Model texts (Clementine the Cloud + The Magical Zoo)
TfW-aligned: Boxing-up templates, innovation tasks, Big Write
✔ Perfect For Year 3/4:
→ Teaches expanded noun phrases, fronted adverbials, weather-mood links
→ LA Support: Picture prompts + sentence stems
→ HA Challenges: “Upgrade Your Sentence” tasks
✔ Why Teachers Love It:
Zero prep needed - just teach!
WAGOLLs for every task (even hot writes)
Reusable year-after-year
Email mrbaniresources@gmail.com for a FREE SAMPLE WAGOLL SLIDE IN PREVIEWS!**
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#year3writing #year4english #talk4writing #characterdescription #wagoll #teachertimesaver #noprep #literacyunit #differentiated #ukteachers

Suspense Writing - Whole Unit Freebie - Includes free tutorial Lessons
Check out the U-Tube Lessons playlist on Mr Bani Resources:
3 fantastic resources for the WHOLE UNIT:
*Suspense writing Daily PowerPoint,
*Suspense writing Workbook,
*Free U-Tube tutorials to go alonside the tasks.
Please enjoy, my only request is that you leave a comment and rate the product on both Tes and U-tube. Thank you in advance :)
Many thanks :)

Third Person - Outstanding Lesson
This is a lesson from the ‘Explanation Text Whole Unit’ i made.
It is an all in 1, differentiated lesson that also has an extension and an option to print out the task.
It is a fun lesson that the children will enjoy and hopefully you will too :)

Character Descriptions Feature Find - 15 Short Stories and Answers
Available in Print and Ppt.
This can be done over 1 or 2 lessons. 15 Short stories if you wish to do them independently, otherwise use the toolkit to find the feature in each story.
Very easily adapable for your own/current toolkit as each story is already written for you.
Activity extension at the end also included.

15 Short Fictional Stories
Here is a collection of short fictional stories. I have put them on PDF and also on Ppt for you to choose or edit as you like.

Descriptive Writing: Whole Unit Talk for writing - Includes Workbook/Ppt/Feature Quiz
This bundle has everything you need for the complete Descriptive Writing Unit. It includes a workbook that can be used in conjuction with the daily Ppt tasks. It also comes with a feature quiz which can be used as an additional stater or plenary each day (Although Ppt comes with starters and plenary included).
No need to lesson plan or prep as everything is there for you and differentiated, all you need to do is work your way through the Ppt and then let the children complete each set task for each lesson.
The Ppt and workbook includes:
Toolkit Features
Writing ideas/titles
Toolkit Breakdown 1 - Character Description
Toolkit Breakdown 2 - Fronted Adverbials
Toolkit Breakdown 3 -Pattern (or Rule) of three
Toolkit Breakdown 4 - Weather reflecting mood
Toolkit Breakdown 5 - Subordinate conjunctions
Toolkit Feature Find - INCLUDES THE FEATURE WAGOLL (Goldilocks) …although you can use your own.
Box-Up Breakdown - Boxing up of the Model text
Box-Up Breakdown - Boxing up of a shared class story (using the model text)
Shared/Class Write -Sara and the milkshake
Innovative Box-Up - Boxing up of the independent write/Hot write (Ben and the cave)… Although you can use your own.
Big Write - (Ben and the cave)
Big Write Revisit - Find each feature in their hot write and write possible sentences they could have added. (Upskill lesson)
*Each page and Ppt task comes with its own WAGOLL for EVERY TASK, EVEN THE HOT WRITE
Everything you need for the whole unit. It can be completed from at the earliest within 2 and half weeks (at a squeeze), but should normally take between 3 and 4 weeks.

Character Description: WORKBOOK ONLY: Whole Unit Talk for writing
For the workbook AND the PPT for the whole unit, click this link:
/teaching-resource/character-description-writing-whole-unit-talk-for-writing-includes-workbook-ppt-feature-quiz-13197882
This workbook has everything you need for the entire talk for writing unit task for character descriptions, no need to lesson plan or prep as everything is there for you, all you need to do is model the feature and then let the children complete each set task.
It can be targeted for the whole class, your lower-middle ability or just the lower or 1 to 1 children. It can be referred to throughout the unit or glued into their English books once completed.
This workbook includes:
Toolkit Features
Writing ideas/titles
Toolkit Breakdown 1 - Describe character in detail. (expanded noun phrases, adjectives)
Toolkit Breakdown 2 - Fronted Adverbials
Toolkit Breakdown 3 - Pattern/Rule of three
Toolkit Breakdown 4 - Weather reflecting mood
Toolkit Breakdown 5 - Subordinate conjunctions
Toolkit Feature Find - INCLUDES THE FEATURE WAGOLL (Goldilocks and the three bears) …although you can use your own.
Box-Up Breakdown - Boxing up of the Model text and own or class version
Innovative Box-Up - Boxing up of the independent write/Hot write
Big Write - Ben and the cave (or your own version)
Big Write Revisit - Find each feature in their hot write and write possible sentences they could have added. (Upskill lesson)
*Each page comes with its own WAGOLL for EVERY TASK, EVEN THE HOT WRITE
Everything you need for the whole unit. It can be completed from at the earliest within 2 weeks but should normally take between 3 and 4 weeks.

KS2 Explanation Texts Unit - Talk for Writing | PPT + Workbook + WAGOLLs | SEN-Friendly (Year 4/5)
COMPLETE EXPLANATION TEXTS UNIT
Save 10+ hours of planning with this SEN-inclusive, ready-to-use Talk for Writing resource!*
✔ What’s Included?
Daily PPTs** (with starters/plenaries + animated WAGOLLs)
25-page workbook (scaffolded for all abilities + SEN adaptations)
Feature quiz (perfect for AfL or homework)
Model texts (“How to Safely Walk Through a Jungle” + hot air balloon fact file)
Boxing-up templates (for independent writes)
✔ SEN-Friendly Features:
Visual prompts in workbook (e.g., drawing boxes for non-writers)
Repetitive task structure (builds confidence)
Dyslexia-friendly fonts and spacing
✔ Proven Results:
Downloaded by 23+ teachers (5★ feedback)
“The WAGOLLs transformed my Year 5’s writing!”
FREE SAMPLE SLIDE IN PREVIEWS!
Perfect For:
Year 4/5 teachers covering non-fiction writing
SENCOs needing scaffolded resources
Talk for Writing schools
explanation texts, KS2 writing, Talk for Writing, Year 4 English, Year 5 English, SEN resources, WAGOLL, non-fiction writing, PowerPoint lessons, writing workbook, boxing up, causal conjunctions, technical vocabulary

The rule (or pattern) of three - Differentiated Activities Set
Known by two names: The rule of three or the pattern of three in writing.
This bundle has 4 different activities and also a differentiated task sheet with a WAGOLL and answer sheet.
I also have a complete lesson on the Pattern (or rule) of three (Rated Outstanding) that can be found here:
/teaching-resource/resource-12619769

Weather Reflecting Mood - Outstanding Lesson
This all in one lesson, all the hard is already done for you, everything you need to get a lesson rated outstanding.
It includes Ppt, differentiated worksheets, extension and plenary.
Talk for writing friendly, can be used for years 3 to 6.
To understand how the weather can reflect the characters mood

Fronted Adverbials - Complete Lesson
Complete fronted adverbial lesson containing a differentiated task and plenary. No printing needed, everything you need is on a powerpoint.
Also contains on of the slides, fronted adverbial table (if needed for the lower ability to stick in their books).

The rule (or pattern) of three - Rated OUTSTANDING LESSON
Known by two names: The rule of three or the pattern of three in writing.
This resource is everything you need to introduce the rule of 3 to your ks2 and ks3 class all in one PowerPoint, no other resource needed.
This fun PPT includes everything you need to get an outstanding observation, no printing:
Starter
AFL
Modelling
Differentiated Task
Extension
Plenary
Reflection
Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to mrbabakbanihashemi@gmail.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!
I also have a Pattern (or rule) of three activity set which can be found here:
/teaching-resource/-12629519

Spellings - Look, Cover, Write Worksheet
This is a nice little lesson at the end of the day on a Friday.
My children would write down their spellings from the board into the table and then they get to fill the rest of the lesson to complete the worksheet independently, finishing off with writing them again in cursive.
TIP… As an extension get the children to then write down sentences that include their new spellings.
Thanks in advance, please leave feedback to let me know how your lesson went :)

Spellings - Scrabble activity
Enjoy this fun resource. The children will write down their spelling word and then use the scrabble tiles shown in the picture to find the value of each word.
Please leave a comment and share how your lesson went.

Spellings Word Search - Perfect Starter
The perfect starter I created for children of all ability groups to complete in order to practice their weekly spellings.
This includes 3 differentiated worksheets.
Please let me know how you get on with it :)
Enjoy

Rated Outstanding - Syllables Complete Lesson
This fun bundle includes a PowerPoint which has everything you need, including digital worksheets if you are teaching remotely.
Solve problems involving converting between units of time.
This Bundle has everything you need to also get an ‘Oustanding Rated’ lesson. Everything included. It is easily adaptable, covers KS2 and UPPER KS2 and KS3, comes with a differentiated worksheet that gets progressivly harder AND an extention/Mastery worksheet, Mark Schemes, a powerpoint that has a table of contents that will take you to your chosen part of the lesson.
This is a great lesson, making a difficult concept easily understandable with fun and engaging tasks.
Thanks in advance, I hope you enjoy it.

Amazing Similes and Metaphors Worksheet
A great little resource that my children loved. It was a great time filler and showed their understanding of similes and metaphors. It can be used for Key stage 2, Upper KS2 and KS3.
Also good for ESL.
Enjoy,
Thanks in advance.