English Teaching Resources for Year 6

Shared Writing – A Teacher's Life

A 60 minute lesson in which students will write a biography in pairs about a teacher’s life using primary information.

The Art of the Interview

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the skills required to conduct a successful interview.

Predicting

A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of predicting.

Questioning

A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of questioning.

Activating Prior Knowledge

A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of activating prior knowledge.

Modelled Writing - Improving Persuasive Texts

A 60 minute lesson in which students will improve a persuasive text by applying knowledge of persuasive language features and devices.

Shared Writing - Persuasive Letters

A 60 minute lesson in which students will write a persuasive letter using appropriate text structure, language features and devices.

Applying Proofreading and Editing Skills

A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.

Writing a Narrative - Independent Writing

A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a narrative, using appropriate text structure, language and features.

Writing a Narrative - Shared Writing

A 60 minute lesson in which students will write a narrative, in pairs, using appropriate text structure, language and features.

What's The Story With Stories?

Narrative Features - Developing a Plot

A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a plot for a narrative which includes a setting, characters and a problem to be solved.

Narrative Texts - Text Structure

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of narrative texts.

Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing

A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write an informative text, using appropriate text structure, language and features.

Applying Proofreading and Editing Skills

A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.

Using A Fact File - Shared Writing

A 60 minute lesson in which students will use a fact file and scaffolding sheet to write an informative text in pairs.

Informative Texts - Language Features

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of informative texts.

Let's Get Factual!

A 60 minute lesson to introduce the purpose and types of informative texts to students.

Informative Paragraph Structure

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the correct paragraph structure for informative writing.

Active Voice and Passive Voice

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use active voice and passive voice in sentences.

The Missing Mona Lisa – Chapter 8: Process of Elimination

It's getting closer now - the Adventure Agents are closing in of the thief. They now need to write a persuasive piece in order to get a warrant. Time is of the essence!

The Missing Mona Lisa – Chapter 7: Time for the Truth!

The truth comes out in this chapter and the Adventure Agents are able to start using all the information they have collected over the previous chapters to start eliminating some suspects.

The Missing Mona Lisa – Chapter 5: More Questions and Answers

This chapter provides the Adventure Agents with the two remaining police interview transcripts and an extra very important piece of evidence has just been discovered!

The Missing Mona Lisa – Chapter 4: Questions and Answers

This chapter of the exciting Missing Mona Lisa Adventure provides the Adventure Agents with three police interviews from the five main suspects. What extra clues will they provide to help find the thief?

The Missing Mona Lisa – Chapter 3: The Evidence Piles Up!

Chapter 3 introduces the Adventure Agents to the evidence collected so far and requires them to write a newspaper report informing the public that the 'Mona Lisa' has been stolen.

The Missing Mona Lisa - Chapter 2: I Saw You!

Now it's time for the Adventure Agents to learn some of the main characters and look at their witness statements. They will have the first pieces of this fun puzzle!

The Missing Mona Lisa - Chapter 1: The Case

Your students, the Adventure Agents, will be taken on a learning journey where they are required to piece together the clues and information provided to crack the case of the Missing Mona Lisa!