Styles/Genres Teaching Resources for Key Stage 1
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Animal Poetry Prompts Task Cards
A set of 12 poetry prompts for younger students.
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Pirate Ship - Writing Template
A printable pirate themed writing template to use in the classroom.
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Pirate Themed Mini Story Book Template
Students can use this template to create their own pirate themed mini story book.
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Blank Comic Strip Template
A blank comic strip to use when developing and sequencing ideas for narrative and imaginative writing.
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Narrative Writing Poster
A poster to encourage your students to think about narrative writing.
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Biography Sentence Starters
Biographies can be interesting and fun to write... with a little bit of inspiration and help to get them started!
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Year 1 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 1 of Teach Starter's Year 1 magazine.
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April Writing Prompts - Key Stage 1
20 writing prompts for April with corresponding writing sheets.
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March Writing Prompts - Key Stage 1
20 writing prompts for March with corresponding writing sheets.
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February Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for February with corresponding writing sheets.
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January Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for January with corresponding writing sheets.
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December Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for December with corresponding writing sheets.
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November Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for November with corresponding writing sheets.
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October Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for October with corresponding writing sheets.
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July Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for July with corresponding writing sheets.
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June Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for June with corresponding writing sheets.
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September Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for September with corresponding writing sheets.
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August Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for August with corresponding writing sheets.
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Exploring Procedural Texts PowerPoint
A 17 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the structure and language features of procedural texts.
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May Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for May with corresponding writing sheets.
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Exploring Narrative Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit uses fairy tales to introduce the narrative text type to younger students. It addresses the structure, characters and language features of a narrative.
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Exploring Informative Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the informative genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of information reports.
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Strong Words Make Strong Opinions
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how word choice can be used to strengthen an opinion.
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Exploring Persuasive Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the persuasive genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of persuasive texts.
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Exploring Procedural Texts Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce procedural texts to younger students. It addresses the purpose, structure and language features of instructions and recipes.
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Introduction to Personal Recounts Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce the recount text type to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of personal recounts.
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Writing a Fairy Tale
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a fairy tale, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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What's the Problem?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a complication and resolution for a fairy tale.
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Creating a Fairy Tale Character
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a character for a fairy tale.
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Exploring Simple Narrative Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the structure of a narrative text.
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Introducing Simple Narrative Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the structure of a narrative text using fairy tales.
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Animal Fact Book - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently create an informative fact book about an animal.