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Wolves, Non Chronological Report and Discussion Units for year 6. Contains all you need for two week units of work, lesson plans, differentiated non chronological reports to print, independent and guided group activities and more. (4.8mb Download) PC Version
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Wolves Discussion Year 6 Single User (PC)
Wolves Discussion Unit. Using sticky notes style layout, contains different arguments for introducing wolves back into the wild. (4.8mb Download) PC Version
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The Wreck of the Zanzibar Author: Michael Morpurgo. Illustrator: Christian Birmingham ISBN 0-7497-2620-2 Published by Mammoth Books
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Kensuke's Kingdom Author: Michael Morpurgo. Illustrator: Michael Foreman
ISBN 0 434 80418 5 Published by Heinemann Books
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Arthur, High King of Britain Author: Michael Morpurgo. Cover illustrations: Michael Foreman ISBN 0-7497-1874-9 Published by Mammoth Books
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ISBN 0585 420962 Published by Longman, Pelican
The text offers good models of the features and layout of balanced written arguments which summarise different sides of an argument and use persuasive language, followed by a defined conclusion.
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Climate Crisis- Saving Our World. Written by Nigel Hawkes and Francis Wilson. Picture research: Brooks Krikler Research. Illustrations created by Aladdin Books
ISBN 0-7496-3718-8 Published by Franklin Watts
This text provides the reader with material and content on which to base a discussion of this controversial issue. Using the information collected through shared reading, a written balanced report can be modelled. Children can then be supported into independent writing using the correct layout and language features.
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Chosen by Pie Corbett. Cover illustration by Gareth Lucas
ISBN 0-330-48291-2 Published by Macmillan Children's Books
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This anthology offers an anthology of poems, which as Pie Corbett states, "could act as a kick-start to writing." There are examples of significant poets of the past; riddles; haikus; kennings etc to provide an eclectic mix to be enjoyed by all and to provide models for children's own writing.
ISBN 0-947212-98-1 Published by Era Publications
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A parody of the traditional tale Cinderella, is Alex and the Glass Slipper. These two stories provide good examples of identifying and comparing characters, plot structure and language. Ideas from these can inform children's narrative writing.
Snow White in New York by Fiona French
ISBN 0-19-272210-7 Published by Oxford University Press
A further example of parody affords another experience of innovation on the traditional version and provides a model for children's independent writing.
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Cover illustration by Sam Hadley.
Published by the Penguin Group
ISBN 0-14-130013-2
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The two titles below, selected for the Year 6 Exemplification and Planning Unit 1 materials, provide models for children's narrative writing. They are taken from the above collection of short ghost stories from around the world
Ghost Story. Written by Susan Cooper: The Ivory Door. Written by Paul Biegel.
The Wedding Ghost
Written by Leon Garfield.
Illustrations by Charles Keeping
ISBN 0-19-272395-2
Published by Oxford University Press
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A gentle ghost story, involving flashback and elements of a familiar traditional tale, provides an opportunity for innovation and a model of superb language for writing in this genre
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