Focus: vocabulary development
Pattern poems work well for non fiction topics reinforce the word classes of verbs, nouns and adjectives.
Refer to The Poetry Book for other poetry ideas.
Focus: vocabulary development
Includes: two templates (for planning and writing) and a completed example
Focus: labelling and writing an explanation
Includes: a three page resource containing activities for using the Question dice and Detail dice.
Focus: questioning and identifying evidence in texts, and adding detail to writing