This resource helps children practise using brackets to add extra information within sentences. Tasks include inserting brackets, rewriting sentences and choosing the most effective parenthesis. Ideal for reinforcing understanding and supporting writing fluency.
This resource reintroduces children to adverbs of possibility and how they can change the meaning of a sentence. Activities include identifying adverbs, filling in gaps with suitable choices and writing their own sentences using adverbs of possibility. Perfect as a… Read More »Adverbs of Possibility Objective Starters
Help your students develop critical thinking with this comprehensive set of resources on balanced arguments. The pack introduces pupils to the key features of balanced writing: being neutral, respectful and evidence-based. Through engaging PowerPoints, supportive word banks and scaffolded tasks,… Read More »Language for a Balanced Argument
This persuasive language resource pack is designed to help children master the art of persuasive writing. Through engaging activities and clear examples, pupils explore techniques such as rhetorical questions, emotive language, statistics, alliteration, the rule of three and more. The… Read More »Persuasive Language
This pack helps pupils learn how to craft effective introductions for non-chronological reports. The PowerPoint explores a range of strategies for drawing the reader in while the template and task sheet guide children in applying these techniques to their own… Read More »Writing an Introduction for a Non-Chronological Report
This resource pack helps pupils craft powerful story beginnings that instantly hook the reader. With a detailed planning sheet and an engaging PowerPoint, children are guided through techniques such as similes, metaphors, expanded noun phrases and show don’t tell, while… Read More »Writing an Effective Narrative Introduction
This resource introduces pupils to the key features of journalistic language, from formal vocabulary to powerful reporting verbs that make news writing sound authentic. The PowerPoint guides children through examples and practice, while the word mat and differentiated tasks support… Read More »Journalistic Language
This resource helps pupils master the skill of writing engaging introductions for explanation texts. Through clear examples, comparisons and structured guidance, children learn how to hook the reader with a fact, question or statement, provide background context and finish with… Read More »Writing an Introduction for an Explanation Text
This pack helps pupils write clear, engaging newspaper openings using the 4Ws (who, what, where and when). The step-by-step PowerPoint breaks down what makes a strong introduction while the tasks give pupils the chance to practise, compare and improve their… Read More »Writing an Effective Newspaper Introduction
