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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Persuasive Text Writing Prompts - Complete Set
A set of 5 persuasive writing prompts, covering a variety of topics.
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Persuasive Texts Writing Task - Movies Are More Enjoyable Than Books
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned persuasive text.
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Persuasive Texts Writing Task - City Life is Better Than Country Life
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned persuasive text.
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Simple Recount Writing Checklist
A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their recount writing.
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Persuasive Topic Cards - Upper Primary
A set of persuasive topic cards for upper primary.
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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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Sequencing Activity - Thunderstorms (Informative Text)
A sequencing task using an informative text.
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Modality Word Wall with Information
A set of 56 vocabulary words based on the degrees of modality in persuasive writing.
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Acrostic Poem Time Capsule Template - SPACE
An acrostic poem template for primary school students in the early years.
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Thoughts in Verse: A Collection of Poems for Children
A beautifully designed collection of poems, written especially for children.
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Writing Biographical Texts PowerPoint
A 29 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching older students about the structure and language features of biographical texts.
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Persuasive Writing Checklist
Now your students can make sure that they have everything they need in their persuasive writing.
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Explanation Text Writing Task – What Causes the Seasons?
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the explanation text type.
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Biography Sentence Starters
Biographies can be interesting and fun to write... with a little bit of inspiration and help to get them started!
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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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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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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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Comic Strip Templates
Download a comic strip template pack to inspire creative writing in your classroom!
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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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To My Teacher... Worksheet
Get to know your pupils a bit better using a ‘Letter to Teacher’ 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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Daily Writing Prompts Calendars – Upper Primary
Inspire your students and encourage them to write regularly with a set of printable Daily Writing Prompts in calendar format.
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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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Persuasive Texts Writing Task - All Families Should Own a Pet
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned persuasive text.
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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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