This resource introduces children to writing sentences with a different kind of opener. The PowerPoint shows how starting with a sound word makes writing more exciting and engaging while the task sheets provide opportunities to match sounds to sentences and… Read More »Sound Word Sentence Openers
This lesson pack is an introductory lesson that helps children vary the way they start their sentences. The PowerPoint explains what adverbs are and how they can be used at the beginning of a sentence to add detail and avoid… Read More »Adverb Sentence Openers
This lesson pack helps children understand the difference between vague and detailed writing. The PowerPoint introduces how to make sentences more specific using adjectives, expanded noun phrases and similes while the task sheet gives pupils the chance to practise by… Read More »Writing Specific Descriptions
This Story Opening resource helps children learn how to start a story in an engaging way. The PowerPoint introduces the key elements of an opening: introducing a character, setting the scene and adding an exciting event. The planning sheet guides… Read More »Writing a Story Opening
This resource teaches children how to make their writing more descriptive by comparing one thing to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’. The PowerPoint introduces the idea with clear explanations and examples while the differentiated task sheets provide practice through matching,… Read More »Similes
This Show Don’t Tell resource helps children improve their descriptive writing by showing a character’s feelings through actions and expressions rather than simply naming the emotion. The PowerPoint introduces the idea with clear examples while the differentiated task sheets provide… Read More »Show Don’t Tell
This resource helps children develop their descriptive writing by learning how to use adjectives effectively. The PowerPoint introduces what adjectives are and how they add detail to nouns, moving from simple examples to expanded noun phrases. A task sheet and… Read More »Adjectives to Write an Effective Description
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Help your pupils master the tricky skill of writing clear, factual introductions for newspaper reports. This lesson pack guides children to focus on the key information — who, what, where and when, without overloading with detail or description. The PowerPoint… Read More »Writing a Newspaper Introduction
Bring the newsroom into your classroom with this KS1 Journalistic Language pack.Through an interactive PowerPoint, word mat and engaging tasks, children are introduced to key journalistic words like witness, suspect and confirmed. They’ll practise spotting and using these terms in… Read More »Journalistic Language
