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Hello Fellow Teachers, Here is a large pack for an entire unit of diary writing lessons. It’s a week long, and all of the planning, resources, evaluations, examples, success criteria and word banks are provided! Even included two fonts for you so that you can edit the .doc format files at your leisure! Hopefully all of the above should help to turn the focus back to teaching as opposed to all of the other stuff we have to do! If you’re looking for home-learning projects, here are links to the resources I’ve put together for whilst the children are distance learning and off school. LKS2 Space themed: /teaching-resource/space-lks2-home-learning-project-12282480 UKS2 Space themed: /teaching-resource/space-6-week-english-project-for-ks2-12269809 Apocalypse themed: /teaching-resource/apocalypse-6-week-english-project-12270297 Detective themed: /teaching-resource/detectives-7-week-english-project-12270301 Romans & Celts themed: /teaching-resource/romans-and-celts-home-learning-project-12278939

A character description task based on Rhodopis from the Egyptian Cinderella text by Shirley Climo.

Writing prompt/stimulus based on retelling the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Teaching PowerPoint and 4-way differentiated planning sheets included in this 29-Page pack. This can be delivered to a single class, year group or whole-school cohort, or even as an extra-curricular Creative Writing club task! Assessing writing is a subjective nightmare! With this independent writing assessment stimulus, children can engage in an exciting writing task centred around retelling the story of Red Riding Hood, with older year groups synthesizing the story by adding their own endings. As teachers, we can decide which planning sheet most accurately matches the children’s abilities or targets, and the writing they produce can be assessed against national or state standards. With Talk for Writing opportunities throughout the PowerPoint, children can discuss their use of vocabulary, ideas for plot and explore their characters’ emotions in peer work or small groups. Included in this download: 25-page teaching PowerPoint 4 different planning sheet options in PDF format 5 fonts for editing purposes Editable versions of PPT and worksheets to suit your classes’ needs! Looking for more writing stimuli? Look no further (: X Writing Stimuli | Narrative | Red Riding Hood Retelling X Writing Stimuli | Narrative | Spellbound I hope this resource saves you time and stress! Miss Austin

Key Stage 2: 4 Entire Weeks of no-prep, distance learning English lessons based on Matilda by Roald Dahl. Emphasis on play scripts, recipe writing and description. Matilda is one of those novels that never gets old, is loved by children and adults alike and provides great opportunity to explore lots of different text types. Perfect for whilst we’re teaching from afar, I put this pack together to ensure this module can still be taught even though we’re not in the classroom! Included in this mega pack: 30+ resources in PDF format to ensure aesthetic layout! PDF version of the text 20-lesson, 4 week long planning sheet with brief lesson plans- all able to be completed from home. Prediction worksheet based on the front cover and blurb Glossary worksheet and definition answers provided Character trait worksheet for Mrs Phelps, Matilda & Mr Wormwood Two write up sheets for different character descriptions Venn Diagram for comparing characters ‘Features of a play script’ help sheet Jack and Jill play script to label Converting prose to play script worksheet Using commas in three different ways worksheet Acrostic Poem worksheet Intonation and expression worksheet Mischief scale worksheet Comparisons between movie and book worksheet Matilda’s next trick hypothesis worksheet Planning sheets for play scripts Asking questions to Miss Trunchbull worksheet Converting adjectives to adverbs worksheet Antonyms starter activity Synthesised chapter planning sheet Sequencing of emotions worksheet Recipe planning and example sheets Various starter tasks and extension challenges Additional Resources that didn’t make it onto the final plan .docx Word Document versions of ALL resources to allow you to edit them 3 fonts to edit your resources with Phew! What a massive pack to put together! All of these will be sold separately as individual lessons in the coming weeks. I hope this saves you time and stress. Miss Austin

7 Independent, project-based activities, perfect for homework or distance learning. Here is a ‘desert-island adventure’-themed, home learning project that will be used whilst the children are off school- it’s perfect for distance learning due to the tasks being able to be completed independently. This resource spreads across 5 tasks (could be set weekly or daily) which last for an hour-long each. The tasks included follow these learning objectives: LO: To draw a map to illustrate a setting LO: To create a fact file on an imaginary island LO: To write a fictional recount LO: To write an instruction text LO: To write a play script LO: To write a character description LO: To write a diary entry This download includes: PDF version of the 7-task home learning project Word Document version of the home learning project 3 fonts for editing .docx Word documents This task would work great for KS2 (Key Stage 2). My Distance Learning Projects Perfect for whilst we’re away from school or for homework, these independent projects can help to develop your children’s writing and creativity in a variety of areas. X Distance Learning Project: Apocalypse Theme X Distance Learning Project: Detective Theme X Distance Learning Project: Space Theme X Distance Learning Project: Designing a New Country I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress! Thank you, and happy teaching! Miss Austin

Hi there! This was originally on this website a few months ago and had over 600 downloads and great reviews! In this pack is an extensive powerpoint concerning past, present and future (and perfect!) tenses :) Enjoy x

Hi there! * Includes * Learning Objective:I can describe a character’s appearance and personality, using VCOP to improve my sentences. Lesson Plan (Must, Should, Could) Lower ability worksheet for structure Examples of character descriptions (Harry Potter) Guessing Task Recipe for a good description Extension and Normal Task outlined When this was a free lesson, it was accredited by TES who commented saying: "Thank you for sharing your resource. This resource has been recommended for teachers by the TES Resource Team." Enjoy teaching, Miss Ritchie

Hi there! Currently working in a storytelling school that base the whole term around a certain story. This term we're reading and studying The Prince of Birds. It's a great story and would be a great one to choose as it's a diverse story, has a focus on birds which can be used in art, science and ICT and is set in Spain, which is great for RE, History and Geography. LO's, success criteria and all resources set out above. Happy teaching! Miss Ritchie

Starters, plenaries, modeled descriptions and resources provided for two contrasting character descriptions. They're based on two characters from the book we're reading in class, but are easily adaptable. Let me know if you need anything else or have any comments. Miss Ritchie

A small pack based on Kennings. This was for 2 lessons in my class, with the second focused on reciting and memorising poetry as per National Curriculum objectives. Introductory powerpoint, a write up sheet (with Stone age theme- easily editable) and 2 day lesson plan Miss Ritchie

Hi there, I used this lesson as a 35 minute interview lesson, but the resources are easily editable to make use of them for a longer lesson time. LO: To use subordinate clauses. Two activities. Resources included!

A full week of planning and resources for a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory themed narrative piece.

In this resource pack, you will find 18 resources for homework, English lessons and History lessons. Includes Character descriptions, grammar homework based on adverbial phrases, newspaper articles, bayeux tapestry resources and blurb writing resources. If you have ANY questions, feel free to send them my way. I always respond and will always assist when needed. Enjoy!

A small pack of resources on the past and present progressive tenses. There are also word searches for children to convert between tenses and find the correct words! They’re differentiated with ‘remember’ sections. I’ve added it as a PDF for the correct format and as a Word doc so that you can edit it!

A differentiated, Egyptian themed resource where children have to place apostrophes into the correct places, state whether it is singular or plural and define the key terms.

Two Ancient-Egyptian themed, 3-way-differentiated worksheets on identifying, understanding and using similes.

Week 5 of my No-Prep, 6-week How To Train Your Dragon English teaching unit. This week’s focus is on personification, rhyming poetry and text comprehension using evidence from the text. How to Train Your Dragon is an incredible book to study, and this Chapter 12-14 unit pack helps to engage children in the text right from the start. With exciting, attractive and innovative worksheets designed to hook children in to the action from the get go, you can expect children to gain skills in using personification to describe, writing rhyming poetry in the ABCB pattern and providing evidence when answering comprehension questions. Included in this download: 1 week of planning included in page 2 of the PowerPoint for ease 41-page teaching PowerPoint that breaks down all worksheets & learning Key vocabulary break down for Chapter 12, 13, 14 and topical words Video clips suggested to complement planning Integrated QR codes for children’s independence purposes Identifying Personification worksheet The Story So Far worksheet Personification in Poetry worksheet Rhyming Poem Example worksheet Poetry Write-Up worksheet Chapter 14 Comprehension worksheet Newspaper Article Challenge worksheet Evaluation challenges for children to give their opinions on each poetic form 5 x starter/extension activities on the PowerPoint slides to push higher ability How To Train Your Dragon clip art (not for commercial use) 2 fonts to edit your resources with PDF & Word Document versions of every resource Looking for the rest of the unit? X Week 1 X Week 2 X Week 3 X Week 4 X Week 6 **Want to save money on the whole unit? ** X How To Train Your Dragon - Full Unit I hope this resource saves you time and stress Happy teaching! Miss Austin

I used these for a creative writing club; each week, children were given an LO sheet with a prompt and had to carry the story on! Enjoy :)

A planning sheet for designing a fruit. Chn must come up with a target market, key positive facts, cost and name for the fruit. This then led my class into making them in a DT lesson, and creating the packaging in a 3D nets Maths lesson.