English Year 6 Literature Engaging With & Responding to Literature

Identify similarities and differences in literary texts on similar topics, themes or plots

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  • Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

    English Unit: Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants

    This unit invites students in Years 3-6 to explore how imagery, symbolism and connotation shape meaning in stories. Using Leila and the Blue...

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    English Unit: Poetry

    This unit introduces students to a number of literary devices, develop their skills in writing poetry, while fostering an interest in its va...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Poetry - Presentation

    This presentation will walk your students through year 5 poetry, showing them how to recognise the difference between different forms as wel...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants - Answer

    The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Suggested Answers booklet offers sample responses for all key activities across the unit. These includ...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Final Reflections

    This reflective resource invites students in Years 3-6 to consolidate their understanding of symbolism and visual storytelling. Designed to...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Picture This!

    This worksheet supports students in Years 3-6 to explore how imagery is used in written and visual texts. Using Leila and the Blue Fox and M...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Symbols in Stories

    This worksheet set helps students in Years 3-6 compare symbols from Leila and the Blue Fox with those in other texts or films. Through scaff...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants - Teaching Notes

    The Teaching Notes page supports the implementation of the Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Imagery and Symbolism Unit for Years 3-6. It ou...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Leila and the Blue Fox and Migrants - Title Page

    The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants unit title page introduces students to the theme of visual storytelling through rich imagery, symbolis...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Genre Scavenger Hunt

    This fun and interactive worksheet encourages students to explore different genres and text types by searching the classroom or library for...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Just Tricking! Answers

    The Suggested Answers booklet provides clear sample responses for all core activities in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It offer...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Just Tricking Task Cards

    The Extension Task Cards provide engaging enrichment activities for the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. Each card offers a creative c...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Paragraph Planner

    These paragraph planners support students to structure clear, engaging paragraphs in prank narratives. They guide sentence order, voice, and...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Glow & Grow - Just Tricking!

    This reflection sheet guides students to identify strengths and areas for growth in their writing, provide constructive feedback to peers, a...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Just Tricking! Grading Rubric

    The assessment rubric provides a 5-point scale for evaluating students’ summative tasks in the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit. It cov...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Ultimate Prank Project

    This final challenge lets students showcase their learning by creating a sequel, analysing humour style, or designing a comic-strip version...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Ordinary to Outrageous

    This final challenge lets students showcase their learning by creating a sequel, analysing humour style, or designing a comic-strip version...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Giggle Upgrades

    This worksheet helps students practice improving their stories by experimenting with different words and dialogue inspired by the Humour Hac...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Swap and Share

    This partner checklist supports peer feedback by prompting students to look for clarity, humour, and areas to improve in each other’s storie...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Humour Hacks

    These tip sheets explain age-appropriate humour techniques to help students identify, discuss, and use them in their writing. Each chart sho...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Polishing Your Prank

    This editing checklist helps students revise their prank stories for clarity, pacing, and humour. It guides them to self-assess sentence flo...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    View from the Other Side…

    This worksheet guides students to explore how changing the narrator’s point of view can shift humour and meaning. Students practise rewritin...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Sneaky Story Steps

    This tip sheet guides students through the typical Just Tricking! story format. It breaks down the narrative structure into three clear part...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Prank Plot Planners

    These scaffolded narrative planners helps students organise prank stories in the Just Tricking! style. It guides them to plan a clear orient...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Prankster Profiles

    This worksheet helps students explore the main character’s traits in Just Tricking!, compare motivations and choices, and write a diary entr...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Laugh Lab

    This worksheet helps students identify and analyse different humour techniques in a Just Tricking!-style passage, rewrite it to increase its...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Humour Hunters

    This worksheet helps students identify and understand different types of humour used in Just Tricking!. Students practise rewriting a passag...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

    Just Like Andy!

    This worksheet guides students to plan and write their own short prank story, following Andy Griffiths’ Just Tricking! style β€” using clear n...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Swap the Scene

    This worksheet helps students practise rewriting a prank scene from Just Tricking! in a completely different style. It teaches them to spot...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Story Building Blocks

    This set teaches students how to break down a narrative into key parts, rewrite scenes in a new style, and plan their own short stories insp...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Vocabulary Vibes

    This set supports students to collect and use key words from 'Just Tricking', building a rich word wall that enhances their funny storytelli...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Author Antics

    This worksheet set helps students learn about Andy Griffiths (the author) and Terry Denton (the illustrator). Students discover how they wor...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Cover Capers

    This set of worksheets helps students examine the book cover and title of 'Just Tricking', encouraging them to make predictions about the pl...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Just Tricking - Teaching Notes

    The Teaching Notes page supports delivery of the Just Tricking! Narrative Writing Unit for Years 3–6. It outlines the lesson sequence, curri...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Just Tricking! By Andy Griffiths - Title Page

    This title page introduces the multi-age Year 3–6 unit Just Tricking! – Narrative Writing with Humour. It provides a clear visual overview o...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Reading Bookmarks

    This set of colourful and motivational reading bookmarks includes themes such as I Love Reading, My Reading Goal, and Genre Explorer. Ideal...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Book an Adventure - Editable Display Set

    This full display set includes a bold β€œBook an Adventure” banner, bunting, and editable PowerPoint letters to create a vibrant classroom or...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Book an Adventure - Banner

    This bold and eye-catching classroom banner displays the slogan β€œBook an Adventure” and is ideal for Book Week celebrations or setting up a...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Book an Adventure - Bunting

    This printable bunting display features the slogan β€œBook an Adventure” and is perfect for classroom or library decoration during Book Week o...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Book Week Bingo - Upper Primary

    This Book Week bingo game is designed to deepen upper primary students' engagement with literature through creative and challenging reading...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Poetry Detective - Poem Analysis Pack

    This student-friendly worksheet pack supports students in analysing poems through the role of a β€œPoetry Detective.” Each page prompts close...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Waltzing Matilda - Banjo Paterson Poem Poster

    This printable version of Waltzing Matilda by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson presents the iconic Australian bush ballad in full. The resource provide...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    The Man From Snowy River - Banjo Paterson Poem Poster

    This printable copy of The Man From Snowy River by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson presents one of Australia's most celebrated bush ballads. Ideal for...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Clancy of the Overflow - Banjo Paterson Poem Poster

    This printable version of Clancy of the Overflow by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson presents the iconic Australian poem in a clean and accessible layo...

  • 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...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Blueback - Analytical Essay

    This task for middle to upper primary students involves writing an analytical essay on a key theme in Blueback. Students develop critical th...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6 +1

    Modality Desk Mat

    The Modality Desk Mat has been designed to act as a useful reference tool for students creating persuasive texts.

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6 +1

    Modality Bingo

    Modality Bingo has been designed as a group game, but you could easily use it to assess student understanding of modal verbs, by taking a ph...

  • 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...

  • Resource Year: 6

    575 A Haiku Adventure

    In this worksheet, students are scaffolded on the way to writing haiku. Encourage your students to share their work after they’re finished,...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Lean Your Limericks

    In this worksheet, students are scaffolded on the way to writing limericks. Encourage your students to share their work after they’re finish...

  • Resource Year: 6

    You're a Poet and Didn't Know it!

    In this worksheet, students are asked to write rhyming couplets using given sets of words. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Onomatopoeia

    In this worksheet, students lean about onomatopoeia. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces students to a number of literary devic...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Internal Rhyme

    In this worksheet, students look for internal rhyme, including in Edgar Allen Poe’s β€˜The Raven’. It is a part of a larger unit that intro...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Time to Rhyme

    In this worksheet, students are asked to come up with three rhymes for a list of words these can be shared in groups or as a class at the en...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Finding the Rhyme

    In this worksheet, students are asked to identify the rhyme scheme in a pair of poems. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces stud...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Finding the Rhythm

    In this worksheet, students identify the rhythm in a pair of Robert Louis Stevenson Poems. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Perfecting Personification

    In this worksheet, students take a closer look at personification. It is a part of a larger unit that introduces students to a number of...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Poetry - Student Reference Card

    This student card is designed to be a personal reference to students during the poetry unit and beyond. It is a part of a larger unit tha...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Figurative Language & Imagery Poster Set

    This set of posters explains how to use figurative language and imagery to enhance description in writing. Β 

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Storybook

    A read-aloud storybook of Β The Three Billy Goats Gruff

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    The Gingerbread Man - Storybook

    A read-aloud storybook of The Gingerbread Man.

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Alliteration Side Show Alley

    This colourful side show alley themed poster has been designed to illustrate the meaning of alliteration and provide simple examples.Β 

  • 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: 5 6

    Simile Metaphor Personification Posters

    This set of posters explains the meaning of similes, metaphors and personification and how to use figurative language to make comparisons be...

  • Resource Year: 3 6

    Poetry Purrfection Game

    Poetry Purrfection is a rotation activity designed to consolidate the understanding of poetic devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration and...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Personification

    This 4-page worksheet provides a detailed explanation of personification in poetry along with student activities designed to reinforce under...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Rhythm

    This worksheet looks at how rhythm is used in texts to emphasise words and syllables. Answer sheet included.

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