This Writing Traits activity ‘The Semicolon’ encourages students to correctly and effectively use semicolons in writing.
This quick reference bookmark ‘Persuasive Writing Prompt: Convince Me’ offers guidance for students as they plan and develop their writing of persuasive texts.
This writing task worksheet ‘Coping with New Situations’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist …More
This writing task worksheet ‘Cory Is Excited’ helps students to practise creative writing. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions about the story’s characters, setting, beginning, middle and end in order to write the best possible composition. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Creating Questions for Peers’ supports students in planning writing, using prewriting strategies to create questions for interviewing peers.
This writing text exemplar ‘Creative Prompts’ gives students an example of how to approach such a prompt. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions about the ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘ where’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the story, then determine which ideas would be best to include in their …More
This writing text exemplar ‘Creative Prompts’ gives students an example of how to approach such a prompt. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions about the ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘ where’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the story, then determine which ideas would be best to include in their …More
This writing text exemplar ‘Creative Writing Prompt’ gives students an example of how to approach such a prompt. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions about the ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘ where’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the story, then determine which ideas would be best to include in …More
This writing prompt, ‘Curing Disease’ helps students to write about whether they are in favour or against scientific testing on animals. It encourages students to think about animal rights and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This graphic organiser, ‘Cycle of Events’ is a great scaffold for students in understanding how a series of 3 events are linked continuously throughout a cycle. This process is important when examining concepts such as the water cycle or life cycles of animals where there is no beginning or end. Through using this diagram students …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Cycle of Events’ is a great scaffold for students in understanding how a series of 4 events are linked continuously throughout a cycle. This process is important when examining concepts such as the water cycle or life cycles of animals where there is no beginning or end. Through using this diagram students …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Cycle of Events’ is a great scaffold for students in understanding how a series of 5 events are linked continuously throughout a cycle. This process is important when examining concepts such as the water cycle or life cycles of animals where there is no beginning or end. Through using this diagram students …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Cycle of Events’ is a great scaffold for students in understanding how a series of 5 events are linked continuously throughout a cycle. This process is important when examining concepts such as the water cycle or life cycles of animals where there is no beginning or end. Through using this diagram students …More
This writing prompt, ‘Daily Jobs’ helps students to write about five activities they wished they didn’t have to do. It encourages students to think about personal responsibilities and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘Decorating Ideas’ helps students to write about how they would decorate their bedroom. It encourages students to think about personal style and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This graphic organiser, ‘Descriptive Doodles’ supports students in planning descriptive writing using prewriting strategies.
This graphic organiser, ‘Descriptive Doodles for the Monster Match’ supports students in planning writing using prewriting strategies by drawing ideas for silly monsters .
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Descriptive Language’ encourages students to identify and use descriptive language in a sentence.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Descriptive Writing’ encourages students to write a sentence using descriptive words.
This writing prompt, ‘Design-a-Pet’ helps students to write about their perfect pet. It encourages students to think about animal qualities and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing task worksheet ‘Dialogue’ supports students to write a short dialogue between two people. It introduces students to the principles of this literary form, covering proper punctuation, paragraph breaks and speaker identification.
This writing task worksheet ‘Dialogue’ supports students to write a short dialogue between two people. It aims at encouraging students to use dialogue to put life into their work and provides space for students to practise this form.
This quick reference chart ‘Different Ways to Prewrite’ shows students different ways to organise their ideas before writing. It introduces students to a list, outline and web as ways to organise ideas, then to review these ideas to decide which are best to use before they start writing.
This writing text exemplar ‘Different Ways to Prewrite’ shows students different ways to organise their ideas before writing. It introduces students to a list, outline and web as ways to organise ideas, then encourages students to review these ideas and decide which would be best to use before they start writing.
This writing prompt, ‘Do Clothes Make the Man?’ helps students to write about whether they judge someone by what he or she is wearing. It encourages students to think about making judgements and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘Do You Believe?’ helps students to write about being superstitious. It encourages students to think about whether they are superstitious and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘Doing What’s Right’ helps students to write about doing something that is good or right. It encourages students to think about their behaviour and how it makes them feel and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This graphic organiser, ‘Doorway to Drawings’ supports students in creating and utilising drawings to develop ideas for writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘Doorway to Family Drawings’ supports students in creating and utilising family drawings to develop ideas for writing.
This quick reference chart ‘Drafting’ gives students a list of what to look for when they write their first draft. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan the content and organisation of their composition before they start writing, by paying attention to the details, sequence, and the introduction and conclusion of their texts.
This quick reference chart ‘Drafting’ gives students a list of what to look for when they write their first draft. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan the content and organisation of their composition before they start writing, by paying attention to the details, transitions, sequence, and the introduction and conclusion of their texts.
This writing prompt, ‘Dream On’ helps students to write about the most memorable dream they have had. It encourages students to think about dreams and their purpose and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘Early to Bed’ helps students to write about the meaning of the saying ‘Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise’. It encourages students to think about a well-known saying and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘Eating Healthy’ helps students to write a TV commercial with the aim of getting children to eat more fruits and vegetables. It encourages students to think about promoting healthy foods on TV and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This graphic organiser, ‘Eggcellent Heroes’ supports students to identify details from stories about folk heroes.
This grammar activity, ‘Ending Sentences’ asks students to add full stops at the end of sentences. It is aimed at developing students’ knowledge of written language and their awareness of how a full stop signals the end of a sentence.
This writing prompt, ‘English, Please’ helps students to write about what they would change about the English language to make it easier. It encourages students to think about communication and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘Everyday Heroes’ helps students to write about their hero. It encourages students to think about what life would be like without their hero and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This written language activity, ‘Expanding Descriptions: Adding Nouns and Adjectives’ supports language development by encouraging students to practise expanding descriptions by adding nouns and adjectives. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of how adding nouns and adjectives makes a description more interesting and informative.
This written language activity, ‘Expanding Ideas with Verbs’ supports language development by encouraging students to practise expanding ideas by using verbs and verb groups. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of how changing a verb to a more interesting or explicit verb group can make their writing more expressive.
This writing task worksheet ‘Explain a Sport’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist to …More
This writing task worksheet ‘Explain This Quote…’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist to …More
This writing prompt, ‘Explain Yourself!’ helps students to write about a saying, which explains who they are to the world, to put on a T-shirt. It encourages students to think about their personal identity and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing text exemplar ‘Explanatory Prompts’ gives students an example of how to approach such a prompt. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details and examples.
This writing text exemplar ‘Expository Prompts’ gives students an example of how to approach such a prompt. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details and examples.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Expository Writing’ encourages students to identify and write factual statements.
This writing text exemplar ‘Expository Writing Prompt’ gives students an example of how to approach such a prompt. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details and examples.
This written language activity, ‘Extending Sentences: Adding Phrases’ supports language development by encouraging students to practise adding words to make extended sentences. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of adding phrases.
This written language activity, ‘Extending Sentences: Adding Subordinate Clauses’ supports language development by encouraging students to practise adding words to make extended sentences. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of adding subordinate clauses.
This written language activity, ‘Extending Simple Sentences’ supports language development by encouraging students to practise adding words to make extended sentences. The focus is simple sentences.
This graphic organiser, ‘Fact or Feeling’ supports students to identify the difference between facts and feelings in a text.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘Facts about Your Pet’, features instructions for students to create an informational text about a pet or other animal. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest including details about the animal’s appearance, behaviour, and other characteristics, as well as the student’s feelings about …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Facts and Feelings of Famous People’ supports students to identify the difference between facts and feelings about various famous people.
This graphic organiser, ‘Facts or Opinions’ helps students divide information into two categories, showing their reading comprehension.
This writing task worksheet ‘Family Chores’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist to help …More
This writing prompt, ‘Family Fun’ helps students to write about what they like to do with their family. It encourages students to think about special family time and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing task worksheet ‘Family Holiday’ helps students to practise persuasive writing. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing by choosing their position on a topic, then asking themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience to support their position. It includes …More
This writing prompt exemplar, ‘Family Holidays’ provides a writing model for the students. It encourages students to think about holiday traditions and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt exemplar, ‘Family Holidays’ provides a writing model for the students. It encourages students to think about their favourite family holiday and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘Family Holidays’ helps students to write about a favourite holiday they have had with their family. It encourages students to think about their best family holiday and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
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