Styles/Genres Teaching Resources
With such a large number of different text types, it can be difficult for students to learn and remember the corresponding purposes, structures and language features for each one. Use this extensive text types collection to assist your students when working with the different text types. Some of the educational resources available include posters and display banners to visually represent text types in your classroom, as well as learning activities including worksheets, activities, games, unit and lessons plans and PowerPoint presentations.
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Fairy Tales Settings Posters
A set of 6 fairytale story settings background posters.
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Elements of Poetry Workbook
A workbook to help students explore common elements of poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Idioms
A worksheet to help students understand idioms in poetry.
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Using Persuasive Language – A Turtle for a Pet
A worksheet that allows students to practice using persuasive devices in their writing.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Figurative Language
A worksheet to help students understand figurative language in poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Sound Devices
A worksheet to help students understand sound devices in poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Structure, Rhyme and Rhythm
A worksheet to help students understand structure, rhyme and rhythm in poetry.
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Developing Narrative Features PowerPoint - Year 5 and Year 6
A 26 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the features of narrative texts.
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Resilience Acrostic Poem Worksheet
A 3 page worksheet for students to use when learning how to write an acrostic poem about resilience.
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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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Writing A Description Text Poster
Display this poster in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of a description text.
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Year 3 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 3 magazine.
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Exploring Narrative Texts PowerPoint - Year 1 and Year 2
A 20 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching younger students about the structure of narrative texts.
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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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Writing A Report Poster
Display this poster in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of a report.
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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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Identifying Descriptive and Figurative Language Worksheets
A set of 3 worksheets to help your students identify descriptive and figurative language in narrative texts.
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Sound Devices PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint to use when teaching sound devices to your students.
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Letter to the Editor (Choosing Bedtime) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 2).
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NightyNite Napping Pod – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 3).
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The Cautious Carnival – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 3).
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Letter to the Editor (Huckle Finn Park Disgrace) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 2).
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Persuasive Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Imaginative Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Informative Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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Persuasive Sentence Worksheet
Some persuasive sentence starters to be completed with evidence.
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Figurative Language - Sorting Worksheet
A sorting worksheet using similes, personification, metaphors and onomatopoeia.
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Figurative Language - Self Portrait Activity
A worksheet using figurative language to describe a student's self portrait.
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Picnic Fractions Worksheet (Halves)
An activity for students to use when learning about halves.
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Year 4 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 4 magazine.
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The Moon Landing - Historical Recount Structure Sorting Task
A sorting task to help students learn about the structure of a historical recount.
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