English Year 2 Creating Literature

Build on familiar texts by experimenting with character, setting or plot

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  • Unit Plan Year: 2 3

    English Unit: Using Quotation Marks

    This wonderful unit focused on using quotation marks introduces students to the use of quotation marks, their function, why we use them, and...

  • Unit Plan Year: 2

    English Unit: Narrative Writing

    This comprehensive unit takes students through writing narratives. The unit begins with a presentation to assist teachers in demonstrating t...

  • Presentation Year: 2 3

    Quotation Marks - Presentation

    This Quotation Marks Presentation guides students through the use of quotation marks in narrative writing. It unpacks all the common rules i...

  • Presentation Year: 2

    Narrative Writing Presentation

    This presentation is an excellent resource for teachers introducing and revisiting Narrative Writing. The presentation begins by looking at...

  • Presentation Year: 1 2 3

    Digger Presentation

    This Digger presentation was created to support the book unit: Digger written by Mike Dumbleton. This presentation provides some background...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Halloween Booklet - Lower Primary

    Dive into a world of Halloween excitement tailored for our youngest learners! This 40-page booklet is packed with spooktacular activities, i...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Easter Pack - Upper Primary

    Elevate Easter celebrations for upper primary students (Years 5-6) with our dynamic Easter Pack! Engage in challenging math puzzles, creativ...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Easter Pack - Middle Primary

    Unleash the spirit of Easter with our vibrant pack designed for students in Years 3-4! From egg-cellent word searches to math challenges wit...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Easter Pack - Lower Primary

    Dive into a world of Easter excitement tailored for our youngest learners! This pack is filled with delightful activities, including bunny m...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3

    Using Quotation Marks Assessment

    This Using Quotation Marks Assessment requires students to recall their knowledge on how to correctly use quotation marks. Students inven...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Using Quotation Marks Quiz

    The Using Quotation Marks Quiz requires students to recall and retrieve their knowledge on how to use quotation marks. Simply open the slide...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3

    Create Your Own Story

    Students use this worksheet along with the ‘Spin A Story’ resource to choose characters, a setting and problem to write about. Students are...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3

    What Would They Say?

    This worksheet features visual scenarios for students to create character dialogue. Students are encouraged to think about what the characte...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3

    Quotation Vacation

    All the quotation marks have gone on vacation! Students read and edit the sentences with direct speech to add in quotation marks.  

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Quotation Station Activity

    This Quotation Station Activity makes for a fantastic hands-on learning experience for students as they recall their knowledge on using quot...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Quotation Marks - Student Reference Card

    This Quotation Marks student reference card makes for a great reference for students to refer to for the correct use of quotation marks. It...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Quotation Marks Checklist Poster

    Display this Quotation Marks Checklist as a point of reference for students to use while writing. This poster makes for a great self-edit...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Instead of Said Poster

    This Instead of Said class display is a wonderful way to encourage your students to use words other than ‘said’ in their writing. It feature...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Using Quotation Marks Poster

    This Using Quotations Mark class display is a simple yet effective display to remind students where to place their quotation marks for direc...

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Who Said That?

    Use these worksheets to help your students master the use of dialogue in their writing. In addition, each sheet provides the opportunity for...

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Make It Your Own!

    This task asks students to follow the process of writing a narrative to create their version of a familiar story. Students are provided with...

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Sizzle or Fizzle?

    Use these worksheets to tackle common problems in writing. The set included worksheets on:- Fragments- Run On Sentences- Boring Sentences

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Powerful Prepositional Phrases

    Students' complete sentences by adding an appropriate prepositional phrase. 

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Prepositions with Peter

    A fun worksheet that asks students to use prepositions to describe where the bee, could be, in relation to Peter. A fun way to introduce pre...

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Powerful Prepositions

    This worksheet is designed to help students identify a range of prepositions. In addition, this reference can be used when students are requ...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3

    Magnify the Moment

    Help students add more detail to their writing by making a moment EXPLODE! This worksheet outlines steps to gather all the details required...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3

    Magnify the Moment - Planning Sheet

    Use this planning sheet to guide students when magnifying a moment in their writing.     

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Said is Dead!

    Have students realise how many better words are out there than said! Encourage students to include better vocabulary when describing how the...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3

    Begin with a Bang

    Sick of bland beginnings to your student’s narrative writing? Then start with a bang! This worksheet allows students to practice beginning t...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3

    Informative Introductions

    This worksheet can assist students in coming up with a range of introductions for narrative writing. In addition, students learn that brains...

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Narrative Texts - Student Reference Card

    These student reference cards are fitted two to a page and should be cut in half. They provide students with references to assist them when...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Done writing - Now What?

    Use these bookmarks to prompt students after the completion of their narrative writing. 

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    What Did They Say?

    Use these worksheets to help your students master dialogue in their writing. Students must first develop appropriate speech based on the pic...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Spin a Story - Narrative

    Have students use these fun and engaging spinners to plan for their next narrative writing piece. You can print one large copy to use with t...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3

    Narrative Writing Organiser - Plan and Prepare - Portrait

    Use the story writing templates to help students plan for writing or have them unpack narratives to see how all stories follow the same stru...

  • Worksheet Year: 2 3

    Narrative Writing Organiser - Plan and Prepare - Landscape

    Use the story writing templates to help students plan for writing or have them unpack narratives to see how all stories follow the same stru...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3

    Narrative Structure Poster

    Print and display this simple narrative poster when introducing this concept to your class. The display provides a fun and memorable way to...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1 2 3

    English Unit: Book Unit: Digger

    This book unit is based on the storybook ‘Digger’ written by Mike Dumbleton and illustrated by Robin Cowcher. ‘Digger’ was written as a trib...

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

    My Book Review

    This My Book Review worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students review their favourite parts of the storybook ‘Digger’...

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

    Digger Colouring Sheets

    This Digger Colouring Sheet resource was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Use this resource as a fast finisher.  

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

    Digger Word Search

    This Digger Word Search was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Use this resource as a fast finisher.  

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

    Responding To Text

    This Responding To Text worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students reflect their favourite story character, and compa...

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

    Write Another Ending

    This Write Another Ending worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students reflect on the ending to the storybook ‘Digger’...

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

    Colette and Annie Comparison

    This Colette and Annie Comparison worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students compare the similarities and differences...

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

    Letter to James

    This Letter to James worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students step into the shoes of Annie and write a letter to Ja...

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

    Digger Cloze Comprehension

    This Digger Cloze Comprehension worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students read and fill in the missing spaces using...

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2 3

    Digger Sequencing

    This Digger Sequencing worksheet was created to support the Book Unit: Digger. Students sequence the events in the correct order.  

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Digger Key Vocabulary

    This simple class display was created to support the book unit: Digger. It provides a definition of the key vocabulary in the storybook ‘Di...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Create A Character - Set One

    This set of 30 Create A Character - Prompts are designed to encourage creative thinking and writing about characters. The prompts have been...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Look, Write & Colour - Writing Prompts Lower

    This set of 30 Look, Write & Colour - Picture Writing Prompts are designed to inspire writing in your classroom. The prompts have been desig...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Character Creator Cards

    In this activity, students complete a writing prompt based on one of the set’s character cards. This set is built around fantasy narratives....

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Scenery Cards

    In this activity, students use a series of landscape pictures and writing prompts to explore the importance of setting in narrative. Younger...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Roll-A-Story Narrative Prompts

    Roll a dice three times to discover the character, setting and problem to prompt you when writing your own fairy tale story.

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Create Your Own Character

    Use the template provided to assist you in visualising your perfect fairy tale character. Brainstorm your character’s physical and personali...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    How to Write a Fairy Tale

    Create your own imaginative fairy tale text. Use the templates to plan out your characters and setting before writing your own fairy tale st...

  • Resource Year: 2

    Annotated Recount - Middle Primary

    Students will understand the structure of a recount by analysing the annotated text. 

  • Resource Year: 2

    Story Map Narrative Mapping Ver. 2

    Further refine students' narrative skills with this second version of the narrative mapping resource. Students deepen their understanding of...

  • Resource Year: 2

    Story Map Narrative Mapping

    Develop students' storytelling skills with this narrative mapping resource. Students learn to structure and organise their narratives, enhan...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +2

    Narrative Settings

    This set of '35 Narrative Settings' has been developed to allow students to experiment with descriptive words and phrases as they accurately...

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