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Literacy - Writing (General)

Literacy

 

 

 

Welcome to the Literacy pages.
Feel free to browse through the general writing ideas and resources listed below,
or use the menu bar above to browse through the other Literacy areas.

Planning Templates:
  • Literacy Plan Template Word Document - A handy Word document, containing a planning template which can be edited and customised to fit your own requirements. Contributed by eronica Kaneti.
  • Literacy Weekly Plan Template Word Document - A planning template, which can be used to outline the Numeracy teaching for a whole week. Contributed by Veronica Kaneti.
Paper Templates:
  • Interactive Writing Paper Flash File- A great resource for whole class teaching... plain and writing paper with a variety of tools. Contributed by Class in a Flash.
  • Lined Paper PDF File - A page of lined paper, which can be printed and photocopied. Useful for helping children to differentiate between small and tall letters. Contributed by Frederic Caron.
  • 8mm Ruled Paper PDF File - A printable page of 8mm ruled paper (PDF). Contributed by Kevin Palmer.
Other General Writing Ideas / Resources:
  • Star Writers - A simple way of sharing children's success in writing.
  • Descriptive Writing - A fun way to encourage children to be more descriptive in the things which they write.
  • Rare Beasts PDF File - A full lesson plan, with lots of ideas (across many curriculum areas), related to the Edgar and Ellen stories. Find more at Edgar and Ellen.
  • Genre Net Web Pages - A large section of this site explaining how to teach children about different genre, while using computers (and particularly the Internet).
  • Stream of Consciousness - A fabulous idea which can encourages children to think about how they use vocabulary.
  • Who Am I? - A fantasic idea, incorporating ICT, Art and Literacy to produce a variety of different pieces of work.
  • Book of Best Work - Create a book of best work for future children to enjoy!
  • Our Own Library - A huge collection of ideas and activities, resulting in the creation of a library of the children's own books.
  • Personality Profile PDF File - A PDF worksheet with information about how to make a personality profile. Contributed by Heidi Streuber.
  • Vocabulary Display Label PDF File- A label which could be used as part of a VCOP display.
  • Connectives Display Label PDF File- A label which could be used as part of a VCOP display.
  • Sentence Openers Display Label PDF File- A label which could be used as part of a VCOP display.
  • Punctuation Display Label PDF File- A label which could be used as part of a VCOP display.
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Writing Ideas Mat (only £1.00)
A downloadable resource:

  • A bright resource ideal for use when writing.
  • Containing Vocabulary and Connective word ideas, Openers and Punctuation.
  • The second page contains commonly misspelled homophones e.g. there and their.. as well as tense and person reminders.
  • Great to be laminated back to back and used as desk mat reminders!

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