Free resources
We’ve collected together some of our top literacy resources to help your pupils create the very best pieces of work they can for your We Are Writers book.
Take a look at our picture prompts for even more ideas.
Story starters
Nine short story openings with linking activities, to help children unleash their imaginations and develop their creativity!
Ages 4 to 7 years.
Story planner
This useful activity sheet helps your class to plan a story before writing it.
Ages 5 to 7 years.
The who, where, when, what, why and how of story writing
This worksheet can be used in analysing and planning the key elements that make up a story.
Ages 7 to 9 years.
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Telling a good story
This activity sheet can be used to evaluate and give feedback on a class mate’s storytelling performance.
Ages 7 to 9 years.
A Roman soldier’s sweetheart
A worksheet activity in which children write a rhyming couplet from a Roman soldier’s sweetheart.
Ages 7 to 9 years.
On the way to school
Use this photocopiable poetry frame to write a poem titled ‘On the way to school’ using similes.
Ages 7 to 9 years.
Family rap
Use this poetry frame to create a poem in the form of a rap about your family.
Ages 9 to 11 years.
These are a few of my favourite things
A story frame to use in planning a story about a treasured possession.
Ages 9 to 11 years.
How to tell a traditional tale
Use this photocopiable in work on storytelling, to identify and prepare the key parts of the story to be told.
Ages 9 to 11 years.
Planet poetry
Use this activity sheet to write a poem based on research about the solar system, describing the Moon or another planet.
Ages 9 to 11 years.