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A template to help pupils to write a profile about a book character.
Use this character profile template to write about a character’s appearance (looks), personality (traits), actions and special skills.
The character description template can be used by pupils to describe characters from books studied in Literacy and English lessons, read as a whole class text or independently, or to plan and create a new character before writing.
The template is ideal to use during World Book Day celebrations.
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A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. It is a way of writing that makes something sound bigger, smaller, better, worse, etc than it actually is. Hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is a figure of speech and a literary device.
This document contains examples of hyperboles. The hyperbole example list can be used to help to understand this literary device, to identify hyperboles within texts and to use hyperboles in writing.
Example texts and activities featuring hyperboles:
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✦ Example Description: Journey by Aaron Becker
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✦ Diary Example Text Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text Pack
✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example Pack
✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text Pack
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✦ Unicorns
✦ The Butterfly Lion
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land
✦ Journey
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons
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✦ How to Train Your Dragon
✦ The Twits
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An example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the Beowulf retelling by Michael Morpurgo plus accompanying resources.
The differentiated WAGOLL contains a conversation between Beowulf, his father, Edgetheow, and his uncle, King Hygelac, when he decides to travel to Denmark to kill Grendel. It is based on a part of the story containing no direct speech. Differentiated feature find sheets with answers and word bank are also included.
This resource contains the following documents:
• Example dialogue texts x3
• Dialogue text feature find sheets x3
• Answer sheets x3
• Contractions word bank
Pupils examine the model text, completing the feature find sheet, before writing their own version or continuing the dialogue.
The resources can be used when studying Morpurgo’s version of the story Beowulf or a different one, such as Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye or Beowulf by Rob Lloyd Jones.
All documents available as PDFs and easily editable Word documents.
Text contains the following features:
• Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause separated from words spoken with comma, question mark or exclamation mark
• Variety of speech verbs
• Adverbs
• Contractions within speech
• New paragraph every time the speaker changes
• Feelings of characters shown through action
• Two sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/end
• Split speech: one sentence spoken but split into two by the reporting clause
• Split speech: two sentences spoken at once and split into two by the reporting clause
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A fun Christmas-themed way for children to learn to identify different types of phrases and clauses (noun phrases, adverbial phrases, main clauses and subordinate clauses).
The phrases and clauses all come from popular Christmas carols and songs, including:
• Away in a Manger
• Frosty the Snowman
• Jingle Bells
• Little Donkey
• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
• Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town
• Silent Night
• Twelve Days of Christmas
• We Three Kings
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• While Shepherds Watched
This Christmas carol bingo game can be played with a whole class or in small groups. Pupils can play as individuals, in pairs or in teams.
Included in this resource pack:
• Playing Rules
• Christmas Carol Bingo Scorecards
• Bingo Calling Cards
• Phrase and Clause Class Answers
• Blank Bingo Scorecards
• Christmas Carol Phrase and Clause List
• Interactive Bingo Wheel Powerpoint
Just print and play!
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An example mission file text based on Chapter 4 of the action-adventure novel Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz with planning sheet and writing template.
The model mission file is written using information from Chapter 4, “So What Do You Say?", of the first novel in the Alex Rider series.
The exemplar text can be used as a WAGOLL text to examine before pupils plan and write their own mission file based on this chapter or a mission invented by the children themselves.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar mission file text
• Planning sheet
• Writing template
All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format.
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Teach pupils about the use of literary devices and figurative language in the novel Stormbreaker using these four differentiated activities.
The first novel in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz is full of literary devices such as similes, metaphors and personification. Examples of these and more are explored to give pupils a deeper understanding of the text and enable them to create their own to enhance their writing.
Literary devices and figurative language examples from chapters 1 to 8 are explored in the following activities:
• Literary Device Match (differentiated x3): pupils match the literary devices with their definitions and examples (ideal as a paired or small group activity)
• Completing Similes (differentiated x2): complete the similes using the appropriate noun phrase and then complete an extension activity
• Completing Personification (differentiated x2): pupils complete the personifications using the appropriate verb/noun and then complete an extension activity
• Identifying Literary Devices (differentiated x3): pupils find and underline listed literary devices used in extracts from the novel
The following literary devices are covered by these activities:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Repetition for effect
• Rule of three
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhetorical questions
Full answers to all activities are included.
Each activity comes as an easily editable word document and in PDF format.
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A pack of 50 differentiated grammar and punctuation worksheets linked to the book The Ship of Shadows by Maria Kuzniar. Answers are provided.
In this Year 5 and 6 pack, the following topics are covered:
• Various comma usage
• Speech punctuation
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Apostrophes: contractions and possession
• Dashes
• Relative clauses
• Changing tenses
• Modal verbs
• Active and passive voice
This pack is ideal for classes studying the exciting pirate-themed fantasy fiction story during English or guided reading lessons. Each set of differentiated worksheets complements a different chapter or set of chapters from the book.
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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Pupils examine the personality of Ada and other characters in this differentiated character trait matching exercise.
Pupils match the main characters from Children of the Benin Kingdom by Dinah Orji with character traits and evidence from the text.
The quotes from the text have been provided, alongside the character traits and definitions.
This resource has been differentiated three ways:
• Higher ability: 10 characters, quotes and character traits have been provided.
• Middle ability: 10 characters, quotes and character traits with their definitions have been provided.
• Lower ability: 7 characters, quotes and character traits with their definitions have been provided.
This activity is a great way for pupils to think carefully about how a character’s personality is revealed by what they do and how they react in a story. This gives pupils an opportunity to use their inference skills.
An answer sheet has been included.
All resources come in easily editable Word format and as PDFs.
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Pupils add missing punctuation to paragraphs from Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird.
Pupils read the paragraphs and add the missing punctuation, including the following:
• Capital letters for the start of sentences
• Capital letters for proper nouns
• Full stops
• Question marks
• Commas
• Inverted commas
• Apostrophes for contractions
• Apostrophes for possession
The worksheets have been differentiated three ways. Answer sheets have been included.
These worksheets are useful when learning about or revising punctuation, including sentence punctuation. The paragraph extracts help to familiarise pupils with the text, making the activity useful to carry out before text-based writing such as diary writing.
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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A example instructional text entitled “How to Slay a Hydra”, plus writing feature find worksheet, answers and writing templates. This text about the hydra, a mythical monster slayed by Hercules during his twelve labours, is perfect for any class studying ancient Greece.
These fun instructions contain the following language, grammar, punctuation and organisational features:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Rhetorical questions
• Commands beginning with imperative verbs
• Relative clauses
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Heading
• Subheadings
• Bullet points
• Numbered points
This example instructional text can be used to examine the features of instructional writing before pupils embark on writing their own instructions.
The following resources are provided in this pack:
• Instructions WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Writing template differentiated x2
Documents available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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In this week-long unit of work about the first Moon landing, pupils examine an example diary text written from Neil Armstrong’s point of view recounting the Moon landing; they take part in a role play and learn about the Moon landing; and then plan, write and edit their own diary entries.
This resource contains 5 lessons with full lesson plans, differentiation, all required worksheets and handouts (x23), and lesson presentations (x5).
Example of resources included:
• Lesson presentations x5 (Smart Notebook, Powerpoint & PDF)
• WAGOLL diary text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Differentiated planning templates
• Diary success criteria
• Moon landing timeline
• Moon landing vocabulary
• Detailed plans for each lesson with differentiation, starters, main teaching and tasks, and plenaries
All resources and lesson plans come as both Word documents and in PDF format. All lesson presentations come as Smart Notebook, Powerpoint and PDF files.
Suitable for Lower Key Stage 2. Useful for cross curricular English and history/science lessons.
Learning objectives
Main objectives:
• To identify features from a diary text
• To explore the feelings of a character
• To plan a diary entry
• To write a first draft of a diary entry
• To edit a diary entry
Year 3/4 English Curriculum objectives:
• To plan their writing by discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
• To participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play/ improvisations and debates
• To plan their writing by discussing and recording ideas
• To draft and write by organising paragraphs around a theme
• To evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements
• To evaluate and edit by proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency
• To proofread for spelling and punctuation errors
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An nineteen-slide presentation explaining how to punctuate direct speech, including lots of examples and do’s and don’ts.
This presentation comes as an easily editable Powerpoint presentation as well as in PDF format.
The following features of direct speech include:
• The difference between direct and indirect speech;
• The parts of direct speech;
• How different sentence types in speech are punctuated, including inverted commas (speech marks);
• The punctuation of several speech sentences;
• The punctuation of embedded reporting clauses.
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A fun model instructional text about defeating a dragon, plus feature find worksheet with answers.
Based on the Polish legend of the Wawel Dragon from Kraków, these instructions tell the reader how to defeat the dragon without the use of weapons.
Use this exemplar text as a WAGOLL to examine its features before pupils write their own instructional text. This resource is a perfect model for instructions about mythical creatures such as dragons, ogres or unicorns, but would work well as a WAGOLL before writing instructions about any topic.
The following language, grammar and punctuation features are included in the WAGOLL:
• Rhetorical questions
• Alliteration
• Fronted time adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Commands beginning with imperative verbs
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Brackets
• Colons
• Hyphens
The following resources are provided in this pack:
• Instructions WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
Documents available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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Three fun, engaging dragon-themed example texts that children will love to use.
The example WAGOLL texts included in the bundle are:
• a set of instructions: How to Defeat the Wawel Dragon;
• a persuasive letter: Letter About a Cockatrice Dragon;
• a non-chronological report: All About Knucker Dragon
All texts include a variety of language, grammar and punctuation features. A tailored feature find worksheet is provided with each text so that children can identify the writing features within the text. Answers to these activity sheets are also given.
The texts can be used as exemplars for the particular genre of writing, as part of a unit about mythical or legendary creatures or as fun, engaging stand-alone lessons!
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Ogre texts
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✦ How to Catch an Ogre Example Instructional Text, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
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Dragon texts
✦ Example Dragon-Themed Non-Chronological Report, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
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Unicorn texts
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Unicorns, with Feature Identification Sheet & Answers
✦ Example Persuasive Letter - Why We Need a Unicorn - with Features Worksheet & Answers
✦ Unicorn-Themed Example Instructional Text: How to Tame a Unicorn (with Feature Sheet & Answers)
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Fun and engaging model persuasive letter about a dragon problem plus writing feature identification worksheet with answers.
Based on the English legend of the cockatrice dragon from Wherwell, Hampshire, the sender of this letter asks the recipient for help to defeat the dragon that is terrorising their school.
The WAGOLL persuasive formal letter contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Emotive language
• Flattery
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Implied relative pronouns
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Exclamation marks
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Semi-colons
• Colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
This example persuasive text can be used to examine the features of persuasive writing and letter writing before pupils embark on writing their own persuasive letter. Works well as part of a unit linked to mythical or legendary creatures, fictional creatures (e.g. The Iron Man, characters from Alice In Wonderland) or as a stand-alone lesson.
Documents available as PDFs and editable Word documents. The letter can easily be edited to include the name of your own school, headteacher, pupils etc.
Answers for the feature find worksheet included.
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This bundle contains three example persuasive letter texts about three mythical creatures:
• Ogres
• Unicorns
• Dragons
The following resources are included in this bundle:
Letter to an Ogre
• Persuasive letter WAGOLL text
• Writing feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
Unicorn Persuasive Letter
• Persuasive letter WAGOLL text
• Writing feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
Dragon Persuasive Letter
• Persuasive letter WAGOLL text
• Writing feature find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
Pupils will love reading about these mythical creatures and then examining the features of the texts, before writing their own!
These fun instructions contain the following language, grammar, punctuation and organisational features:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Emotive language
• Flattery
• Rhyming
• Metaphors
• Hyperbole
• Rhetorical questions
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Relative clauses
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Expanded noun phrases
• Implied relative pronouns
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Exclamatory sentences
• Commands
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Brackets
• Semi-colons
• Colons
• Dashes
• Hyphens
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