English Year 6 Language Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas

Identify authors’ use of vivid, emotive vocabulary, such as metaphors, similes, personification, idioms, imagery and hyperbole

Code AC9E6LA08

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  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    English Unit: Emotive Vocabulary

    This engaging unit of work guides students through the concept of figurative language, focusing on how authors use vivid and emotive vocabul...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Emotive Vocabulary - Presentation

    This presentation introduces Year 6 students to figurative and emotive language, explaining key devices like metaphors, similes, personifica...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Echoes of the Past

    This reflection-based worksheet helps students explore how arguments shape our understanding of historical narratives. Using real quotes fro...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

    Apostrophe Rules - Grammar Poster

    This printable Apostrophe Rules Poster helps students master the correct use of apostrophes in contractions, singular possession, and plural...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Emotive Vocabulary Grading Rubric

    This grading rubric assesses students’ ability to identify and analyse figurative and emotive language, including metaphors, similes, person...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Emotive Vocabulary Assessment

    This resource assesses students' ability to identify and analyse vivid, emotive vocabulary and figurative language in texts. It includes mul...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Quiz- Emotive Vocabulary

    This quiz assesses students’ understanding of figurative and emotive language through a mix of true/false, multiple choice, and short answer...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Device Dash!

    This interactive board game reinforces figurative language and emotive vocabulary through quick-fire questions. Students identify devices, e...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Tuning the Tone - Task Cards

    Use these differentiated task cards to help students identify, interpret and apply emotive vocabulary in context. Tasks progress from basic...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Emotive Upgrade

    This scaffolded worksheet supports students in replacing weak vocabulary with powerful emotive alternatives and crafting emotion-rich paragr...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Literary Device Detectives

    This worksheet guides students in identifying and analyzing literary devices in poetry. Students examine metaphors, similes, and personifica...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Persuasive Power

    This worksheet develops students' ability to identify vivid and emotive vocabulary in persuasive texts. Through analyzing a book review, stu...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Figurative Language Fiesta

    This worksheet introduces students to figurative language, helping them identify metaphors, similes, personification, idioms, imagery, and h...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Meaningful Metaphors

    This worksheet helps students transform literal sentences into meaningful metaphors, enhancing their descriptive writing skills. It includes...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Figurative and Emotive Vocabulary - Display

    This set of A4 posters vividly illustrates key figurative language devices (simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idio...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Emotive Vocabulary - Student Reference Card

    This student reference card clearly explains figurative language techniques like metaphors, similes and personification. With simple definit...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6 +1

    Rhetorical Devices Poster Pack

    Enhance your persuasive writing unit with our Rhetoric Devices posters! This set includes clear explanations, examples, and reasons for usin...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

    Literary Devices & Language Features - Poster Set

    These posters were created to support student learning of Literary Devices and Language Features. They feature a description and a clear exa...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

    Modal Verbs - Wall Display

    Use this fantastic resource in your classroom when teaching about modality. This activity can be used as a class display for students to ref...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Migration Marathons

    Students investigate some the largest migrations in the animal kingdom, plotting them on a world map.

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Super Tardigrade

    Students take what they’ve learned about the Tardigrade, and reimagine them in a super hero setting.

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    How Many Babies?

    This reading comprehension activity has students complete a short reading on the reproductive rates of different living things so students c...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Take Your Turn - Metaphor, Simile

    Students will differentiate between similes and metaphors in this rotation game. This game has been created in a style that allows for you t...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Take Your Turn - Idiom, Metaphor

    Students will differentiate between idioms and metaphors in this rotation game. This game has been created in a style that allows for you to...

  • Resource Year: H

    Rhetorical Devices

    This set of posters explains rhetorical devices and the specific roles irony, metaphor, parody and hyperbole play in developing meaning. 

  • Resource Year: 5 6 H

    Similes & Metaphors Bingo

    This bingo game will help students differentiate between similes and metaphors that are used in everyday life. They will match meanings to e...

  • Resource Year: 5 6 H

    Hyperbole & Idiom Bingo

    This bingo game will help students differentiate between idioms and statements of hyperbole that are used in everyday life. They will match...

  • Worksheet Year: 4 5 6

    Poetic Devices

    This worksheet helps students match poetic devices (simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole) to their defin...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Idiom Insights

    This worksheet helps students master idioms through a matching table and sentence-writing activity. With differentiated support and a creati...

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