Pupils write a character profile about the story’s main character, Lila.

The following resources are provided:

• Character Profile model text
• Differentiated writing templates x3
• Word bank with images

How to use this resource pack:

1. Share the WAGOLL with your pupils and discuss its features.
2. Using the word bank and a copy of the book, pupils plan their character profiles.
3. Pupils write their character profiles on the differentiated writing templates.

Pupils can write a diary entry from the point of view of one of the characters.

The following resources are provided in this pack:

• Diary Entry model text from Lila’s point of view, differentiated x3
• Planning templates, differentiated x3

How to use this resource pack:

1. Read the book.
2. Read an example diary entry text.
3. Decide whose diary entry you will write (e.g. Lila, Mother or Grandfather) and from what point in the story (e.g. after speaking to Grandfather, before going up the mountain, after going up the mountain).
4. Plan the diary entry using the differentiated templates.
5. Write the diary entry.

Pupils write instructions based on the story.

The following resources are provided:

• Model instructional text
• Feature find worksheets
• Feature find answers
• Writing templates, differentiated x4
• Teacher notes

How to use this pack:

1. Share the model instructions.
2. Discuss the features.
3. Using the feature find sheet, pupils identify features of the text.
4. Mark the feature find sheet.
5. Pupils plan and write their own instructions using the templates.

A selection of activities for pupils to identify and create expanded noun phrases.

The following resources are provided:

• Identifying expanded noun phrases worksheet
• Identifying expanded noun phrases answer sheet
• Creating expanded noun phrases activity, differentiated x3
• Expanded noun phrase vocabulary bank

Differentiated conjunction activities based on the book.

The following resources are provided:

• Conjunction activities, differentiated x3
• Answer sheet

Pupils will practise using these conjunctions while also revising the events of the story:

• and
• but
• or
• so
• because
• when
• if

This example text and grammar bundle contains all of the resources above, making it an ideal resource for teaching the book Lila and the Secret of Rain.

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