Writing teaching resources for the United Kingdom
Nonfiction Text Features Posters | Ready-to-Print Anchor Charts
, Not Grade Specific,
Eight ready-to-print anchor-chart posters introduce nonfiction text features for classroom wall display.
Author Teacher's Clipart
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Tags Nonfiction, Features, Poster, Report, Non Fiction Text Structure Posters, Informational Text Features Posters
Opinion Writing Anchor Chart – O.R.E.O. Method
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Opinion Writing Anchor Chart presents the O.R.E.O. structure as four ordered moves. Writers state an opinion, provide reasons, explain those reasons, and close by stating the opinion again. The second chart removes the key words from the same sequence, allowing learners to reconstruct the framework rather than only reread the completed reference. The identical order on both pages keeps the mnemonic stable while changing the task from reference use to recall.
Author First in Line
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Tags Writing Lesson, Writing Chart, Opinion Writing, Fiction Text, Reading Poster, Oreo Anchor Chart
OREO Opinion Writing – Editable Graphic Organiser
, Not Grade Specific,
Two graphic-organiser layouts guide students through the OREO opinion-writing structure — stating an opinion, giving reasons and examples, then restating the opinion — available as a printable PDF or an editable Google Doc.
Author Roombop
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Tags Google Docs, Oreo Opinion, Opinion Graphic Organizer, Google, Oreo Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer, Oreo Opinion Writing Examples, Oreo Writing, Google Doc Graphic Organizer, Oreo Writing Template, Fillable Graphic Organizer, Opinion Writing Oreo
OREO Opinion Writing – 10 Graphic Organisers
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Opinion writing is scaffolded through five organiser types, each repeated in a second visual version. The OREO page separates opinion, reason, evidence or example, and restated opinion. Additional sheets compare pros with cons, sort facts from opinions, map an introduction with two supported reasons, and frame a concluding paragraph. Together, the sequence moves from idea evaluation to organised persuasive composition.
Author Cutie worksheets986
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Tags Opinion Writing, Persuasive Writing, OREO Writing Strategy, Writing Graphic Organizer, Paragraph Writing, Fact And Opinion, Pros And Cons, Writing Frames, Literacy Centers, Writing Activities
Pencils On Strike!
, Not Grade Specific,
Students plan reasons on a main-idea organiser and use them in a persuasive apology letter intended to bring the pencils back from their strike. A draw-and-write response and eight vocabulary cards extend the writing task.
Author First Grade Fan Club
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Tags Back To School, Persuasive Writing
Planning a Play Script – Writing Practice Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,
Characters, entertaining events, up to six scene settings, opening stage directions, and an ending are planned before students draft an original play script.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Drama Activity, Graphic Organizer, Writing Template, Blank Templates, Play Script, Script Writing, Writing Chart
PLOT: The FIVE Elements of a Story Graphic Organisers
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Ten plot-focused graphic organisers, each with instructions and a matching blank template, guide students through mapping a story's introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution in different formats.
Author Ibby Resources
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Tags Literary, Device, Graphic Organizer, Plot, Elements
Poetry Response Template: Read, Write and Draw
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Record a poem’s title and author, write a summary or interpretation, and add an illustration. Choose the poem separately.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Poetry Terms Vocabulary Booklet – 8 Key Terms
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Students choose a theme, then write and illustrate an original example of each of eight poetry terms (alliteration, assonance, end rhyme, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, and simile), guided by a completed spring-themed sample booklet the teacher models first.
Author THIS STORE IS BEING DELETED!
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Tags Poetry Terms, Figurative Language, Personification, Simile, Metaphor, Rhyme, Alliteration, Assonance, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Hyperbole Metaphor Personification Simile, Simile Clipart, Personification Alliteration, Metaphor Alliteration
Posters: Making Inferences
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A four-quadrant chart poses guiding questions about a character's actions, dialogue, feelings, and thoughts to support character inference.
Author Reading in the Middle Grade
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Tags Inferences, Character Interpretation, Reading Comprehension, Critical Analysis, Language Arts
R.A.C.E. Strategy Practice: Animals Worksheets
, Not Grade Specific,
Six short animal passages — leopards, dolphins, elephants, ants, sea turtles, and chimpanzees — each pair one open-ended question with a checklist for the R.A.C.E. citing-evidence strategy.
Author The Language of Learning
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Tags Writing Center, Writing Strategies, Animals, Informational Text, Text Evidence, Race Startegy, Race Stategy, Race Stratigy, Strategy Worksheet, Space Race Worksheet Pdf, Races Strategy For Writing, Simple Animals Worksheet Answers
Michael Jackson – Black History Reading Passage
, Not Grade Specific,
A short biography passage on Michael Jackson's life, from the Jackson 5 to Thriller, is followed by three text-based questions and a writing prompt. Students read a short Michael Jackson biography, answer three text-based questions and respond to one open writing prompt for Black History Month.
Author FlairSquare Educational Resources
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Tags Michael Jackson, Black History Month, Reading Comprehension, Language Arts, African-American Figures
Research-Based Writing Rubric – Class Ready
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A five-category rubric scores research-based informative writing on conventions, organisation, quality of information, citing reliable sources, and research notes, for a total of 30 points.
Author The Language of Learning
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Tags Research, Report, Writing, Rubric, Assessment, Research Rubric
Scary Similes and Metaphors: Years 4–7
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Monster-themed writing frames give students a single Metaphor or simile line with four ruled lines and a Name line beneath it, three to a page, alongside two extended sheets that add a twelve-line descriptive paragraph and a set of oversised display letters spelling out the title.
Author The Simplistic Teacher
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Tags Halloween Writing, Similes, Metaphors, Similes For Scary, Halloween Similes
Script Writing Template – primary Play Practice
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Character, Dialogue and Stage Directions columns structure a blank one-page table where students draft an original play scene.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Playscripts, Script Writing, Writing Template, Script Template, Graphic Organizer, Writing Chart, Reading Chart, Writing Process, Drama, Script Writing Templates
Script Writing Template – Characters and Dialogue
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A blank play-script frame opens with scene, setting and character fields, then a two-column table lets students pair each speaker's name with dialogue and actions. Scene, setting and character fields head a blank script frame, followed by a two-column table pairing each speaker's name with their dialogue and actions.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Writing Templates, Research Report, Research Template, Drama, Play Writing, Playscripts, Script Writing, Script Templates
Self-Editing COPS Cards- Help your Students Proofread Their Own Work
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The COPS acronym (Capitals, Organisation, Punctuation, Spelling) organises a one-page self-editing checklist students can use to proofread their own writing.
Author LessonFull.com
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Tags Self-Editing, COPS Cards, Proofreading, Writing Skills, Language Arts, COPS, Editing, Primary Writing, Grammar, Punctuation
Sentence Starter Cards: Eight Writing Prompts
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Choose sentence openings such as If only and Swiftly from eight cut-apart cards to help begin or vary a piece of writing.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Simple Subject and Simple Predicate Worksheets
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Simple subject and predicate identification is practised across ten short worksheets — five on subjects, five on predicates — each with ten single-sentence items and matched with a full answer key.
Author Soumara Siddiqui
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Tags Simple Subject And Predicate, Simple Subject, Simple Predicate
Comic Strip Template with Speech Bubbles
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Plan a short comic using empty panels and speech bubbles.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Spider Diagram Template – Reading & Writing Sheet
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A single spider diagram gives students a central topic circle ringed by eight blank legs for brainstorming related ideas.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Spider Diagram, Reading Diagram, Writing Diagram, Writing Graphic Organizer, Literacy, Brainstorming Chart, Diagramming Worksheets, Simple Spider Diagram, Diagram Worksheet
Springtime Picnic Fun - Writing Prompt
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A spring picnic writing-and-drawing prompt asks students whether they've been on a picnic before, then has them draw a picture of their own.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Writing, Writing Prompts, Writing Activities, ELA, Writing Centers, Spring Writing, Spring Writing Prompts, Spring Writing Activities, Spring Coloring
Story Outline Skeleton Activity
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A story-planning template breaks narrative structure into a character's obvious and hidden needs, an inciting incident, three complications, help, and a resolution.
Author Educational Voice
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Tags Story Outline Skeleton Activity, Story Outline Skeleton, Story Outline, Story Outline Activity, Creative Writing, Outline, Skeleton, Writing, Story
Substitute Teacher notes Report Forms Editable While you Were Out
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The main report layout combines practical handoff information with a compact class report card. A substitute can mark the service period, record absent learners, note behaviour, distinguish completed from incomplete work, and rate on-task behaviour, listening, and respect on five-point scales. A second streamlined page offers additional writing space. The design repeats in alternate visual versions, giving the returning teacher consistent fields across several style choices.
Author screenzro
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Tags Substitute Teacher Notes, While You Were Away Sub Notes, Substitute Form For Teacher, Substitute Teacher Report Template, Substitute Teacher Notes For Teacher, Substitute Teacher Report Forms, Sub Notes Template