Styles/Genres Teaching Resources for Year 1
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'For' and 'Against' Sorting Activity - All Children Should Play Weekend Sport
A hands-on sorting activity to use when introducing students to the persuasive text type.
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Weekend Recount Worksheet
A worksheet for younger students to use when writing a weekend recount.
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Food Flavour Fryer – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 2).
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'For' and 'Against' Sorting Activity (Complete Set)
A set of 5 sorting activities to use when introducing students to the persuasive text type.
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'For' and 'Against' Sorting Activity - Tablets Should Replace Paper and Pencils in the Classroom
A hands-on sorting activity to use when introducing students to the persuasive text type.
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'For' and 'Against' Sorting Activity - Fish Make The Best Pets
A hands-on sorting activity to use when introducing students to the persuasive text type.
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Personal Recount Planning Template
A template for students to use when planning a personal recount.
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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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Creative Writing Prompts Calendar - Early Years
Encourage your pupils to write with fun writing prompt calendars for beginning writers.
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Informative Text Writing Graphic Organiser Pack
Make writing an informative text easy with graphic organisers for your pupils!
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Holiday Recount Worksheet
A worksheet for younger students to use when writing a holiday recount.
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Informative Writing - Animal Research Task
An 8 page booklet for students to record facts about animals when learning to write informative texts.
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'Facts About...' - Informative Texts Worksheet
A fact finding scaffold to use when introducing informative writing in the classroom.
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Win a Trip to the Moon – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
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Onomatopoeia Word Wall Vocabulary Cards - Blank
Blank word wall vocabulary cards for brainstorming activities.
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Letter to the Editor (Longer Lunchtimes) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
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Sequencing Activity - Dogs Make the Best Pets (Persuasive Text) - Simplified Version
A sequencing task using a simple persuasive text.
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Sequencing Activity - Homework is Unnecessary (Persuasive Text) - Simplified Version
A sequencing task using a simple persuasive text.
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OREO Persuasive Writing Poster
A poster detailing what to put in a persuasive paragraph using the OREO acronym.
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Exploring Persuasive Texts PowerPoint - Year 1 and Year 2
A 35 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the structure and language features of persuasive texts.
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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 - Lower Grades
A set of persuasive topic cards for lower grades.
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Introduction to Personal Recounts PowerPoint
An 18 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching younger students about the structure and language features of personal recounts.
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Narrative Writing Poster
A poster to encourage your students to think about narrative writing.
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Fact File Pack - Animals, Objects and People
A set of 6 fact files, covering a variety of topics.
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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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Comic Strip Templates
Download a comic strip template pack to inspire creative writing in your classroom!
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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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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.