15 teaching
resources for those 'aha' moments
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Story Map Template
A template to use when exploring or planning a narrative story.
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Year 2 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 2 magazine.
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Exploring and Building Narrative Characters PowerPoint
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching younger students about how to build a character for a narrative text.
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Narrative Setting Prompts Posters
A set of 2 posters giving ideas for the setting of a narrative.
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Exploring Characters Posters
A set of 4 posters depicting words and phrases that can be used to describe a character's personality, feelings and appearance.
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Character Profile Template
A template to use when exploring the personality, appearance, feelings and actions of a character from a narrative.
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Little Red Riding Hood Character Profile Worksheets
A set of character profile worksheets using the Little Red Riding Hood Fairy Tale.
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Hansel and Gretel Character Profile Worksheets
A set of character profile worksheets using the Hansel and Gretel Fairy Tale.
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Fairy Tales Settings Posters
A set of 6 fairytale story settings background posters.
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25 Fairy Tale Character Posters
Set of 25 posters featuring the most significant and popular fairy tale characters.
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Creating a Fairy Tale Setting
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a setting for a fairy tale.
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Exploring Narrative Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit uses fairy tales to introduce the narrative text type to younger students. It addresses the structure, characters and language features of a narrative.
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Writing a Fairy Tale
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a fairy tale, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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What's the Problem?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a complication and resolution for a fairy tale.
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Creating a Fairy Tale Character
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a character for a fairy tale.