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Resource: Christophe’s Story Character Profile Pack
This pack contains everything that is needed to write a character profile about one of the characters from refugee novel Christophe’s Story. The children’s book by Nicki Cornwell tells the story of Christophe, a young refugee from war-torn Rwanda, who is faced with the challenges of a new school, language and life. The Christophe’s Story…
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Resource: The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Diary Entry Example Text Pack
This model diary entry is written from the perspective of Lila, the main character of The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman. The exemplar diary text comes with feature find worksheets and answers, and differentiated planning templates. After reading chapters 2 and 3 of the novel, this example diary text is perfect to use as a…
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Resource: Fun English Writing Games
This set of three enjoyable English games are perfect to increase knowledge, expand vocabulary, and boost confidence in writing. Children love playing these games in small groups, in pairs or individually. Pupils playing the three games learn about and use the following:• Various word classes (nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, determiners, prepositions)• Various phrase classes (noun…
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Resource: Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker
This resource pack contains a WAGOLL diary text based on Journey by Aaron Becker, a beautiful wordless picture book. The model diary entry is written from the point of view of the young female protagonist of the book. Alongside the Journey diary WAGOLL is a feature find worksheet, where pupils are tasked to identify the…
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Resource: The Iron Man Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template
This popular teaching pack contains all the resources needed for your pupils to write a character profile for The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. The following resources are provided: The model Iron Man character profile text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL for pupils to read. They can then go on to examine the…
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Resource: The Iron Man Reading Comprehension Bundle
This exciting resource bundle contains a set of Iron Man comprehension assessment papers, one for each chapter of the book and one that covers the whole novel. These assessments are ideal for any class studying Ted Hughes’ book The Iron Man in guided reading or English lessons. Each paper contains a variety of SATs style…
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Novels with history links for KS2
When teaching a history topic, I like to introduce a story book that connects to the topic. This way, the history lessons help pupils to understand the book, and the book helps pupils to understand the history topic, so it’s a win win! Below are six recommended books with cross-curricular links to five different periods…
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KS2 books with multiple settings
Books that are set in multiple countries give your pupils the opportunity to learn more about various places around the globe when you research the different locations. This research can be done during your English lesson as a cross-curricular link or incorporated into your geography lessons. I like to compare some or all of the…
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7 reasons to study Street Child with your class
Street Child by Berlie Doherty tells the story of a young, poor boy in Victorian London who is searching for a family and a home. Here are seven reasons why it is a fantastic book to read with KS2 pupils. 1. Links to history. The story is set in Victorian England so teaches history in…
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What features does a diary text need?
When teaching pupils how to write diary entries, there are certain features I expect them to focus on. Structural/organisational features Language features Grammar features If the above success criteria are included, then the text will do its main job: read like a diary. Additional features can also be included to make the diary more interesting…