English Year 6 Examining Literature

Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse

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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

    Colour With Meaning

    These differentiated worksheets explore how colour impacts meaning, mood and symbolism in storytelling. Aligned to Leila and the Blue Fox an...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Creature Clues!

    This worksheet guides students to explore the symbolic meaning of animals in literature and film. Students analyse the role of the fox in Le...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4 5 6

    Strong but Silent

    This worksheet helps students analyse visual storytelling in the short film Migrants. Through structured observation, symbolism identificati...

  • 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

    Symbol Spotters

    This worksheet introduces the concept of symbolism through imagination and discussion. Without relying on text or visuals, students explore...

  • 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: 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 studentsโ€™ 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 otherโ€™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 Sideโ€ฆ

    This worksheet guides students to explore how changing the narratorโ€™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 characterโ€™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 Griffithsโ€™ Just Tricking! style โ€” 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 3โ€“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 3โ€“6 unit Just Tricking! โ€“ Narrative Writing with Humour. It provides a clear visual overview o...

  • 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 theyโ€™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 theyโ€™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 Poeโ€™s โ€˜The Ravenโ€™. 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: 3 4 5 6

    Parts of Poetry - Poster

    Classroom posters highlighting the different parts of poetry, with examples of each poetry element. A great resourceย to accompany the Year 5...

  • 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.ย 

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Parts of Poetry

    This resource was created to define and provide examples of the various language devices used to create poetry and prose.ย 

  • 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...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Poetic Devices Match

    This game was created to assist upper primary students in consolidating knowledge of Poetic Devices. It is a group game for up to 5 players...

  • 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.

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Poetry Pack

    This poetry pack is a resource that we know will become a huge favourite. It contains a 'how-to' guide on 6 different forms of poetry includ...

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