Writing: Imaginative

	Story Openings
TR	Story Plant BBC Starship. Pupils grow their own story from the story plant. There is a printable activity sheet which gives a flavour of the game using some of the questions. Two viewing options are given – small or big screen. (Small screen loads quicker!)

 

	Writing Stories
	Writing Stories Writing Stories - this link provides a structured lesson focussing on the story of Gelert. Pupils will listen to the story, sequence the main ideas, discuss the characters and write a story.
	Traditional Fairy Tales This activity pack introduces pupils to two traditional fairy tales, Jack and the Beanstalk and The Gingerbread Man. Pupils read through the stories with the teacher and then complete a series of activities that describe characters, sequence events and discuss what is needed for good beginnings, middles and endings when writing stories. Pupils also have the opportunity to write a shared story. Some writing frames have been included to help pupils write their own fairy stories.

 

Developing Character

Character Trading Cards This webpage offers students an alternative way to demonstrate their knowledge and skills and to engage in meaningful literary practices. The Character Trading Cards tool allows students to create their own character cards, which they can then print off, illustrate, and trade or keep. It can be used with characters in a book pupils are reading or as a prewriting exercise for students who are writing narrative stories.

 

	Dialogue
	A Seaside Postcard Excellent for an introduction to writing dialogue. Look at the funny seaside pictures and then fill in the speech bubbles. The print icon is on the home page.
	Three Pigs/Cinderella Describing and annotating scenes. Another fun way of introducing dialogue. Pupils enter what each character says/thinks into the speech/thought bubbles. Drag the completed speech bubbles onto the picture by clicking and holding down the mouse button onto the black section of the speech/thought bubbles.
	They Came from Outer Space Imaginative dialogue - this activity provides a fun way to introduce dialogue. It takes some time to load.

 

	Poetry
TR	Poetry Archive This is a comprehensive online collection of recordings of poets reading their work. You can enjoy listening here, free of charge, to the voices of contemporary English-language poets and of poets from the past. There is a section for teachers with lessons plans and 10 minute activities linked to the poems on the site. The children's archive section allows them to search for poems on their favourite subject.
	Shape Poems This facility allows pupils to create a number of shape poems on given themes.