Resources


Includes: Pattern poem template
Pattern poem exemplar
Pattern poem publishing template
Focus: writing, vocabulary

Useful links and resources to support The Poetry Book

PLEASE NOTE: this page does not include the downloadable resources for The Poetry Book. If you have purchased the book, use the log in on the title page to access the resources.

Includes: useful spelling rules and links to YouTube clips that explain the rules in more detail  

Focus: learning spelling conventions to support students’ writing

Includes: PDF template to make a memory box to store a memory poem

Focus: writing a poem about special memories and storing it in the memory box

Includes: a timeline at two levels and an exemplar

Focus: retelling the main events in a story

Includes: an inferring activity template and exemplar

Focus: inferring about a character’s feelings at different points in a story

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

Includes: a template and an exemplar

Focus: creating meaning using a selection of random words

Focus: providing opportunities for students to practise speaking and listening skills in the context of an everyday conversation

Using funny animal images to warm students up for writing

Focus: generating ideas, sentences, words, spelling, punctuation, editing

A fluency phone, also referred to as a whisper phone or phonics phone, is a self-amplifying device.

Focus: using a fluency phone to support students during writing self-checks

Developing general knowledge and providing ideas for writing through non-fiction video clips

Focus: using current events and themes to motivate students for writing  

Focus: using a TED-Ed clip to support students to generate ideas for writing, using a range of text types

Includes: a writing lesson plan, YouTube video link and two video talk strips (for juniors and seniors)

Focus: describing an event from the perspective of a character

Using a video to motivate students for writing

Focus: to develop word consciousness, write a factual description, develop note-taking skills or write a report

Drawing inspiration from unexpected visitors

Focus: using photos of unexpected visitors to develop a Quick Write activity or a narrative writing lesson

Includes: a lesson plan, YouTube video link, student planning sheet and exemplar

Focus: structuring and ordering events in a narrative (story)

Includes: a lesson plan, two exemplars (written and published)

Focus: activating memories and writing descriptively

Includes: a writing template, a completed example and a follow-up Quick Write lesson plan

Focus: labelling and writing an explanation

Includes: two templates (for planning and writing) and a completed example

Focus: labelling and writing an explanation

Includes: two versions of the conversation prompt chart presented in The Oral Language Book and The Reading Book

Focus: to support whole-class, group or partner discussions

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