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Writing -
Types of Writing
Riddles 5 - 11
Teach your children about riddles when they are
familiar with rhyming. Includes a worksheet, example riddles and extension
ideas.
Making Teacher Angry 7 - 11
A wonderful idea for a poem involving ways to make
teachers angry!
Genre Net 5 - 11
A large section of this site explaining how to
teach children about different genre, while using computers (and particularly
the Internet).
Registration 7 - 11
Create a modern version of the 'Registration' poem
by Allan Ahlberg.
Kids on the Net
5 - 11
Encourage your class to write, by publishing their
work on the excellent "Kids on the Net" web-site (includes links and ideas)
Discursive Writing 7 - 11
A discursive text (in PDF) with a framework. If
the two sheets are copied onto acetate, they overlay one another to enable
the children to see how the example fits the framework. Contributed by Neil
Hedworth.
Stream of Consciousness 5 - 11
A fabulous idea which can encourages children to
think about how they use vocabulary.
Writing the Middle 7 - 11
A fantastic way of helping children to write the
middle section of their stories.
Creative Writing Ideas 5 - 11
A number of ideas which can be used as a stimulus
for creative writing lessons.
Descriptive Writing 7 - 11
A fun way to encourage children to be more descriptive
in the things which they write.
Story Starters 5 - 11
A set of brilliant story starters (PDF) to give
children ideas for a story. Contributed by Paula Whysall, who also recommends
them as an extension activity for those who have finished their Literacy
work.
Pirates, Pirates, Pirates! 7 - 11
Use this format to encourage children to write
poetry involving alliteration and lots of adjectives!
Story Ideas 5 - 11
A set of ideas (in PDF) which children can use
when writing stories based on particular themes. Contributed by Sharon Whitchurch.
Story Plans 7 - 11
Two free worksheets which children can use when
planning their stories.
Who Am I? 5 - 11
A fantasic idea, incorporating ICT, Art and Literacy
to produce a variety of different pieces of work.
Create-a-Story 7 - 11
Excellent activity for those who lack ideas when
writing stories (worksheets provided).
Letter Writing 5 - 11
Writing letters can be extremely enjoyable for
children, and this page shows you how.
Photographic Poetry 7 - 11
Create a poem in response to photographs you have,
or you wish you had.
Holiday Recipes 5 - 11
A great way of getting children to write about
their holidays.
First Person, Third Person 7 - 11
A worksheet requiring children to decide if sentences
are written in the first person or the third person.
Describing Yourself 5 - 11
A game, useful for the beginning of term, which
helps you and the children get to know each other.
Wanted Poster 7 - 11
A Wanted Poster template (PDF) which can be used
when thinking about character profiles and portraits. Contributed by Paula
Whysall.
Limericks 7 - 11
Learn about limericks! Contains lots of examples
and suggested activities.
Shared Writing (Found on the ICT pages) 7 - 11
The whole class writes a story together using a
word processor.
Instructions 7 - 11
Variety of activities based around instructions.
Character Sequencing 5 - 11
A wonderful way of reinforcing the importance of
beginnings, middles and ends.
Finding out about Foxes 7 - 11
Requires children to use their research skills
to produce an information report about foxes.
Willow Pattern Activities 5 - 11
A number of activities (some of which have
links with Art) which are based upon the Willow Pattern story.
Personalised Story
7 - 11
Test the personalised story machine on this page,
and find out how the concept can be used in the classroom.
Better Book Reports 5 - 11
A PDF file containing 25 ideas for writing book
reports! Contributed by Katie Pullman.
Personality Profile 5 - 11
A PDF worksheet with information about how to make
a personality profile. Contributed by Heidi Streuber.
Planning Sheets 5 - 11
A planning sheet (in PDF) for use by groups of
children when planning longer stories. Contributed by Sharon Whitchurch.
Writing -
Words (types, parts, increasing vocabulary)
Adverb Poster 7 - 11
A wonderful poster which can be displayed to give
children adverb suggestions.
Verbs Worksheets 7 - 11
Worksheets which teach children how to change the
spellings of verbs when changing their tense.
Correct the Homophones 7 - 11
Use this worksheet to reinforce your children's
knowledge of homophones.
Verb and Adverb Actions 7 - 11
A drama idea which increases children's awareness
of different verbs and adverbs.
Homophone Weekly 7 - 11
A fantastic way of helping children to remember
different homophones.
Step Words 5 - 11
Three quick games which encourage children to think
about the letters which make up words.
Transformations
Heads and Tails Adjectives 7 - 11
A colourful worksheet (PDF) which develops children's
understanding of adjectives. Contributed by a visitor.
Super Sentences! 5 - 11
Turn boring simple sentences into Super Sentences!
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb 7 - 11
Reinforces knowledge of these four types of words
(includes worksheet).
Boy / Girl 5 - 11
An interesting game for children which encourages
them to share new vocabulary.
Collective Nouns 7 - 11
A PDF containing an exercise to reinforce children's
existing knowledge of collective nouns. Contributed by Jim Merrett.
Names 5 - 11
Fun game, where children think of words (in specific
categories) beginning with certain letters.
Nouns Worksheet 7 - 11
A PDF worksheet which encourages children to think
about nouns. Contributed by Luke Townsend.
Word Quilts 7 - 11
A very simple idea which helps children to know
the different types of words. Also an excellent way to decorate your classroom.
Suffixes and Prefixes 5 - 11
A PDF file containing two posters explaining all
about suffixes and prefixes. Contributed by Katie Bownes.
Oh How Boring! 7 - 11
A story which children must edit to make it less
repetitive and boring.
Suffixes and Synonyms 7 - 11
Two similar worksheets which ask children to search
for different types of words.
Alternative Meanings 7 - 11
Make up alternative meanings for words, based on
how the words actually sound.
Synonyms and Antonyms 7 - 11
Team game in which children find synonyms and antonyms
of words. Also encourages use of a thesaurus.
Prepositions Activities 7 - 11
Lots and lots of interactive resources, ideas and
worksheets to teach your children about prepositions.
Anthony Antonym 7 - 11
Develop your children's understanding of antonyms
with this excellent idea!
Using a Thesaurus 7 - 11
A worksheet which encourages children to use a
thesaurus to find synonyms.
Synonym Pairs 5 - 11
A fabulous way of helping children to learn about
synonyms
Writing -
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
Words which begin with H 5 - 7
A worksheet (PDF) which helps Year One children
to identify words which begin with the letter 'H'. Contributed by Lynn Harvey.
Making words with I, O and U 5 - 7
A PDF worksheet in which Year One children have
to complete the words provided. Contributed by Lynn Harvey.
Misspelled Words 5 - 11
A list of 100 of the most mispelled words, and
activities to help your class remember how to spell them correctly. Also
includes a printable version of the 100 words.
Commas 7 - 11
A simple but effective worksheet requiring children
to put commas in the correct place.
Using Spellings 7 - 11
A great idea for getting children to use the words
in their spelling lists.
Punctuation Posters 7 - 11
A set of 11 brilliant posters (in PDF), outlining
the uses of different types of punctuation. Contributed by Neil Hedworth.
Spelling Tips 5 - 11
A simple spelling tip which could increase your
children's spelling scores.
Fill in the Punctuation 7 - 11
Children need to put the correct punctuation into
a piece of text (includes worksheet)
Using Speech 7 - 11
A worksheet containing ideas and activities, which
reinforce using speech properly when writing. Contributed by Kathryn Perkins.
Punctuation Sheets 7 - 11
A set of useful reminders (in PDF) for children
to think about when writing stories. Contributed by Sharon Whitchurch.
Speech Marks 7 - 11
A number of useful resources which can be used
to teach children about speech marks
Hot Potato! 5 - 7
An amusing game which encourages children to think
about initial blends of words.
Incident in the Playground 7 - 11
An interesting worksheet (PDF) which helps children
to think about their grammar, based on an incident in the playground
.
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