Text Types Teaching Resources for Year 5
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Writing Paper with Picture Box - Differentiated Templates
Help your students organise and display their writing and artwork using printable writing paper with picture boxes.
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Persuasive Devices Word Search
Familiarise your students with the most common persuasive devices with a fun word search.
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Improving Persuasive Texts Worksheets
3 pieces of text for students to rewrite in order to make them more persuasive.
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Persuasive Paragraph Topic Sentences – Digital Template
Unlock persuasive writing paragraph starters with this ready-to-use slide deck designed to inspire confident, well-structured writing.
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Roll an Adventure Story - Storytelling Dice Game
Roll and write an adventure story during Book Week using our Roll An Adventure Storytelling Game.
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Information Report Text Type Poster With Annotations
Display this information report with annotations to help students identify the structure of this type of text.
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Printable Graphic Organiser Worksheets
A collection of 14 different blank graphic organisers to use in a variety of ways in all subject areas.
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Persuasive Texts Writing Scaffold
A one page scaffolding sheet which can be used to write a persuasive text.
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Persuasive Vocabulary Word Wall
Help your students enhance their persuasive writing skills with a set of 40 persuasive vocabulary word cards.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 5
A visual display for your classroom to help students 'bump up' their persuasive writing.
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I Am Poem Template
Get to know your students and create reflective poems with a printable ‘I Am… Poem template.
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Let's Research! Information Report Templates
Conduct, organise, and display research about books, people, planets, animals, states, and countries with a versatile set of report writing templates.
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Narrative Vocabulary Word Wall
A set of words to help your students when writing narrative texts.
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Imaginative, Persuasive and Informative Paragraphs Teaching Slides
Learn about the different structures of imaginative, persuasive and informative paragraphs.
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Topic Sentence Starter Examples Slideshow
Spark creativity with this topic sentence starter examples slideshow that provides your students with writing prompts across three writing genres.
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Koala Information Report – Writing Project
Get your students writing a koala information report using this age-appropriate fact file and writing scaffold.
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Writing Information Reports Teaching Slides
Teach your students the features of information reports using this detailed slideshow targeted at upper primary school students.
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Note-Taking Practice Worksheets
Use this set of note-taking practice worksheets to help your students identify key facts, details and vocabulary when researching information.
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Identifying Informative Language Worksheets
Explore the types of language found in informative writing using this set of three information reports on a variety of age-appropriate topics.
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Informative Paragraph Topic Sentence Starters - Interactive Slides
Build your students’ writing skills with a set of digital informative paragraph writing prompts.
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Write a Short Story – Adventure in Space
Get your students analysing and writing adventure in space stories with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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The Penalty Kick - Write a New Ending to a Story Activity
Promote resilience and boost narrative writing skills with a football-themed ‘Write a New Ending to a Story’ reading prompt and writing activity for National Simultaneous Storytime 2026.
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Emotive Language Task Cards
Get students exploring emotive language examples with this set of task cards perfect for your persuasive writing unit.
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Recount Writing Word Wall
A set of 30 vocabulary words related to recount writing.
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Weathering and Erosion – RACES Writing Strategy Worksheets
Combine reading, writing and science with two worksheets about weathering and erosion using the RACES writing strategy for text evidence.
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Malala Yousafzai Biography for Students with Worksheets
Introduce young learners to an inspiring changemaker with this Malala Yousafzai biography for students with accompanying worksheets.
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Writing a Persuasive Letter Poster
Use this writing a persuasive letter poster to teach your students the structure and features of persuasive letters.
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Animals That Adapt - Research Project & Report
Strengthen your students' understanding of conducting research with an Animal Adaptations research project.
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Information Report Writing Template
Use this information report template to help your students correctly structure their informative writing.
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All About Me! - Simile Poem Template & Poster
Get to know your students and explore simile poems at the same time with this All About Me Simile Poem Template and Poster.
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Exaggeration and Hyperbole Interactive Activity
Explore hyperbole examples with your students using this digital game perfect for lesson warm-ups or lesson wrap-ups.
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Narrative Booklet Template – Storybook Theme
A storybook-themed booklet for students to use when publishing their narrative texts.