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

The following resources are provided:

• Beowulf Character Profile model text
• Differentiated planning templates, x3
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Word bank

How to use this resource pack:

1. Share the WAGOLL with your pupils and discuss its features.
2. Using the templates, 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 King Hrothgar’s point of view
• Diary Entry model text from Grendel’s point of view
• Feature Find worksheets, differentiated x2
• Feature Find answers
• Planning templates, differentiated x3
• Word bank

How to use this resource pack:

1. Read some or all of the book.
2. Read the example diary entry texts.
3. Complete the Feature Find worksheets to examine the features contained in the WAGOLL texts
4. Decide whose diary entry you will write (e.g. King Hrothgar, Grendel or Beowulf) and from what point in the story.
5. Plan the diary entry using the differentiated templates and word bank.
6. Write the diary entry.

Pupils write a conversation based on the story.

The following resources are provided:

• Model dialogue texts, differentiated x3
• Feature find worksheets, differentiated x3
• Feature find answers
• Contractions word bank

The differentiated WAGOLL contains a conversation between Beowulf, his father, Edgetheow, and his uncle, King Hygelac, when Beowulf decides to travel to Denmark to kill Grendel. It is based on a part of the story that contains no direct speech. The WAGOLL text demonstrates usge of the following features of dialogue:

• 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

How to use this pack:

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

A selection of activities for pupils to identify and create fronted adverbials.

The fronted adverbial worksheets are differentiated three ways and contain a variety of fronted adverbial activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of fronted adverbials and improve their skills in using fronted adverbials in their writing.

Pupils are asked to do the following:

• Identify different types of fronted adverbials
• Re-write sentences to include fronted adverbials and commas
• Write sentences with fronted adverbials including correct punctuation

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

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