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

The following resources are provided:

• Maxwell Character Profile model text
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• 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. Pupils complete the feature find worksheets.
3. Using the templates, word bank and a copy of the book, pupils plan their character profiles.
4. 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 Charlie Geek’s point of view
• Feature Find worksheets, differentiated
• 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 text.
3. Complete the Feature Find worksheets to examine the features contained in the WAGOLL text.
4. Decide whose diary entry you will write 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 playscript based on the events of chapter 9. This is a great opportunity for pupils to use drama, performance and improvisation to understand the characters and plot.

The following resources are provided:

• Model playscript
• Feature find worksheet with answers
• Playscript success criteria checklist
• Differentiated writing templates, x3
• Teacher notes

How to use this resource pack:

1. Share the WAGOLL with your pupils and discuss its features.
2. Pupils act out the scene provided, using the model playscript.
3. Pupils complete the feature find worksheet.
4. Pupils improvise the rest of the scene.
5. Using the success criteria checklist, pupils write their own playscripts.

Pupils write a biography about one of the famous people from chapter 29.

The following resources are provided in this pack:

• Example Amelia Earhart Biography WAGOLL
• Glossary
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Biography planning sheets, differentiated x2
• Biography writing templates, differentiated x2
• Biography phrase bank
• Task sheet

How to use this resource pack:

1. Pupils read up to the end of chapter 29.
2. Pupils read the model biography.
3. Complete the feature find worksheet to examine the features contained in the WAGOLL text.
4. Research one of the four famous people from the chapter (Amelia Earhart, Roald Amundsen, Louis Le Prince or the captain of the Mary Celeste).
5. Plan the diary entry using the differentiated templates and word bank.
6. Write the diary entry using the differentiated templates.

This example text bundle contains all of the resources above, making it an ideal resource for teaching the book The Day I Was Erased.

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