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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Writing A Narrative Poster
Display this poster in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of a narrative.
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Exploring Poetry Worksheet - Onomatopoeia
A worksheet to help students understand onomatopoeia in poetry.
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Blank Comic Strip Template
A blank comic strip to use when developing and sequencing ideas for narrative and imaginative writing.
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Year 1 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 1 of Teach Starter's Year 1 magazine.
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Assessment Rubric - Procedural Writing
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' procedural writing.
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Developing Informative Writing Skills PowerPoint
A 19 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the structure and language features of informative texts.
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Imaginative, Persuasive and Informative Paragraphs PowerPoint
A 22 slide editable PowerPoint Template to use when teaching your students about the structure of imaginative, persuasive and informative paragraphs.
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Write the Room - Paralympic Games Writing Centre
Teach your pupils the vocabulary associated with the Paralympic Games with this interactive Write the Room activity.
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Paralympic Athlete Profile Template
Get your students excited about their favourite para-athletes with our Paralympic Athlete Profile Template.
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My Monster Story Template
Use this simple story template to get your students writing simple narratives based on a sequence of events.
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Similes Matching Game
Use this similes game to introduce your students to some of the most common similes used in the English language.
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Biography of a Paralympian – Inquiry-Based Project
Have your students investigate the life and achievements of a famous Paralympic athlete with this inquiry-based learning project.
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Story Ideas Sentence Starter Pack
Help your pupils choose a topic to write about with this set of 36 character, setting and compilation task cards.
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Creative Writing Prompts Calendar - Early Years
Encourage your pupils to write with fun writing prompt calendars for beginning writers.
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I Am Poem Template for KS2
Get to know your pupils and create reflective poems with a printable ‘I Am…' Poem template.
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Procedure Texts Writing Scaffolds
Use this procedural writing scaffold to guide your pupils towards writing high-quality procedure texts.
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Gingerbread Man Disguise – Christmas Classroom Display
Disguise the gingerbread man to keep Santa from eating him and create a fun Christmas classroom display.
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Easter Diary Writing Activity
A cute diary entry writing activity.
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Figurative Language Posters – Onomatopoeia
Help young readers and writers recognise onomatopoeias with a set of onomatopoeia classroom posters.
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Christmas Writing Prompt Dice Game – Roll-a-Story
Roll a Christmas Writing Prompt and write a fun Christmas story with our printable writing worksheets.
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How to Decorate a Christmas Tree – Year 1 Procedural Writing Activity
Practise sequencing and writing procedural texts with an interactive ‘How to Decorate a Christmas Tree’ slide deck and differentiated writing prompts for Year 1 students.
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Christmas Writing Prompts for Year 1 Writers
Celebrate Christmas time and practise those writing skills with your Year 1 writers.
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Christmas Character Writing and Craft Templates
Choose between four adorable Christmas writing templates for your Key Stage 1 pupils.
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Reindeer Research Guide - Mini Workbook
Research all about reindeer with this guided research template.
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Dear Santa Letter Templates
Use a printable Dear Santa Letter template to write fun letters to Santa during your writing classes.
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How to Build a Snowman - Procedural Writing Worksheets
Explain how to build a snowman with a pack of printable Year 1 writing activities.
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Santa Letter Template
Write a letter to Santa with a printable letter template.
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Christmas Writing - Story Starter Writing Prompts
Inspire your pupils to write creatively with a set of 30 Christmas writing prompts.
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Halloween Shape Poem Templates
Inspire spook-tacular writing this Halloween with a variety of printable Halloween Shape Poem templates.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Halloween
Practise organising information for essay writing with this informative text fact-sorting activity.
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Roll-a-Scary Story Starter – Halloween Writing Prompt for Key Stage 2
Inspire some spooktacular Halloween writing with a roll-to-create Halloween Writing Prompt creator.
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Schools Around the World – Brochure and Writing Template
Research and write a report on schools in a different country with this brochure template.
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