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It’s Midnight and it’s Raining
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson focuses on the four key features of a story setting:
- the place where the story is set
- the time that the story is set
- the time of day
- the weather
Activities include answering higher and lower order questions.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Everyday Settings
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson looks at settings for simple stories; that is, how the reader is either told where a story is set or given clues to the setting. Activities in this lesson include a simple introduction to nouns, adjectives and verbs as well as a simple introduction to answering higher and lower order questions.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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A Pirate on the Moon
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson looks at the story setting for different genres; it also looks at the use of adjectives and nouns in settings. Activities in this lesson include answering higher and lower order questions.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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It was Pitch Black and Freezing Cold
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson looks at the features of a story setting. Activities in this lesson include answering higher and lower order questions based on extracts from stories.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Looking at a Character in Treasure Island
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£3.00Add to basketActivities include answering higher and lower order questions based on an extract from the book and writing a new paragraph for Treasure Island.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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The Pirate Code
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson looks at the set of rules (the pirate code) that pirates had to follow when living on a ship. The activities in this lesson include answering higher and lower order questions (some scaffolded).
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Creative Writing Pirate Activity
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include writing the resolution and ending for a pirate story after looking at how a pirate story is structured and completing a story mountain. There are also reminders about using adjectives, adverbs and powerful verbs.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on peer assessment with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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A Lovely Tropical Island
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson looks at the characters, the setting and the plots of pirate stories. Activities in this lesson include answering higher and lower order questions, using nouns and adjectives to describe characters and settings; and using first/third person.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Captain Black and the Pronoun
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson looks at characters in pirate stories. Activities in this lesson use extracts to show the use of first/third person and nouns/pronouns. Activities also include writing an account of an event on a pirate ship.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Blackbeard Always Looked Angry
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson looks at how to describe a character in a consistent way. Activities are based on the four ways in which characters in stories are traditionally described e.g. by how they think or how they feel. Pupils then have to describe a nasty pirate.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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A Nice and a Nasty Pirate
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson shows how using the correct adjectives and consistent character traits is necessary to create a character. Activities in the lesson include describing a good and a bad character – this activity is fully scaffolded. Activities also include answering higher and lower order questions.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Pirate Story Settings (I)
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson looks at the settings in a pirate story including how the atmosphere of the setting changes according to the time of day and the weather. Activities include answering higher and lower order questions.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Pirate Story Settings (II)
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson provides reminders of what pirate stories are about. Activities include answering higher and lower order questions as well as a noun/adjective task based on an extract from a pirate story.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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The Tin Soldier
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include reading the full story of The Steadfast Tin Soldier, answering higher and lower order questions, writing a different ending for the story and using the correct adjectives.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Comparing Early and Later Traditional Stories (II)
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson reminders about the features of simple and complex traditional stories, reading a complex traditional story – The Palace that Nobody Found, answering higher and lower order questions and identifying the features of traditional stories.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Introduction to Fables
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include learning about the features of fables, answering higher and lower order questions about fables and writing a tweet explaining what a fable is.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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The Legend of King Arthur
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include a reminder about the features of legends, reading the full text of The Sword in the Stone, answering higher and lower order questions about legends, designing a poster, identifying and summarising the main features of legends.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Red Riding Hood NOT Fooled by Wolf
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include an individual writing activity and a collaborative poster activity as well as looking at the setting, characters and plot of Red Riding Hood. Activities also include answering higher and lower order questions.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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A Menace in the Woods
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include reading a parody of Red Riding Hood, planning and writing a parody and using the correct punctuation.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Cinderella Climbs a Story Mountain
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include learning about the structure of early and later traditional stories, completing a story mountain for Cinderella, looking at messages and magic in traditional stories and putting the events in Cinderella in the right order.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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The Emperor’s New Clothes (II) Idioms
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include learning about idioms, looking at how to design a poster and designing a poster to show the main features of idioms.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Straw – No. Bricks – Yes.
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include learning about adjectives and adjective-based writing tasks featuring the four characters in the Three Little Pigs.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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How to Build a Brick House
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include learning about writing instructions, using bossy/imperative verbs, and about using fronted adverbials. Then, there is a task on writing a set of instructions for the first two pigs on how to build a brick house.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Uncle Porky to the Rescue!
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include learning about the features of recounts such as fronted adverbials, first/third person, past tense, chronological order; and writing a recount of a new version of the Three Little Pigs.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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First, Pay Attention Jack
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include learning about the difference between rules and instructions, how to write instructions using time connectives, writing brief notes about rules, writing instructions and rules for Jack and a comprehensive true/false task.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Using Magic Gateways in Fantasy Stories
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include looking at the use of portals in fantasy stories in detail, including their use as a ‘magic gateway’. Activities also include learning how to design a poster, designing a poster about the use of portals in fantasy stories and answering higher and lower order questions.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Improving Creative Writing using Fantasy Stories
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include a fantasy-based creative writing task including how writing can be improved. Three paragraphs have to be written for the opening of a fantasy story. This lesson also looks at past tense, first person, punctuation, using adjectives and the rules of dialogue.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Science Fiction that is Out of this World!
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson explores the settings, characters and plots of science fiction stories. Pupils use this information to design a poster showing the features of a science fiction story.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Ground Control to Major Tom
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£3.00Add to basketThe activities in this lesson include exploring the use of dialogue through the science fiction genre, how to write reported and direct speech using the correct punctuation and completing a true/false task that summarises all the features of reported and direct speech.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Stand Still Goldilocks
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include identifying instructions for preparing a picnic and turning ordinary sentences into instructions.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Goldilocks Says Sorry
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include writing an informal letter, looking at the features of an informal letter and deconstructing an informal letter.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on metacognition with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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