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  1. Write This Way

Write This Way

Welcome to the online resources for Write This Way by Gavin Reid, Jenn Clark and Michelle McIntosh. Here you will find a range of helpful resources to use alongside the book. Click the links below to download what you need. 

About the book

Write This Way covers all aspects of primary school writing, including grammar, sentence development, punctuation, paragraph writing and planning. Written by dyslexia experts, it shows teachers how to support self-sufficiency skills in writing and encourage learner independence. The ready-to-use resources for each topic - including discovery tools and activities - offer extensions and adaptations to suit all pupil needs, including fun ideas for multisensory learning, group interventions or to keep pupils learning outside of the classroom.

Online resources (exclusive to online)

Chapter 1

Lesson 1, main activity: Noun Town

Lesson 2, main activity: Nifty Nouns

Lesson 2, optional extension: Name That Noun! 

Lesson 3, discovery: Noun or Not a Noun

Lesson 3, optional extension: Guess the Verb!

Lesson 4, discovery: Compound Word memory game 1

Lesson 5, main activity: Adjective Art Walk

Lesson 6, optional extension: Pronouns Match Game

Lesson 7, main activity: Ice Cream Cone Adverb Match

Lesson 8, main activity: Puzzle Out the Contraction

Lesson 9, discovery: Prepositions

Lesson 9, optional extension: Preposition Pop

Chapter 2

Lesson 3, discovery: Types of Sentences

Lesson 3, main activity: Punctuation Dice

Lesson 4, main activity: Prepositional Phrase Game

Lesson 9, main activity: Spot the Error Worksheet (Answer Key)

Chapter 3

Lesson 1, main activity: Capital City

Lesson 2, discovery: End Punctuation sentence slips

Lesson 2, main activity: End Punctuation

Lesson 2, main activity: Sentence Read and Circle

Lesson 4, optional extension: When to Use Commas

Lesson 4, main activity: Commas Worksheet (Answer Key)

Lesson 5, main activity: Spot the Direct Speech Worksheet (Answer Key)

Lesson 5, optional extension: Direct Speech

Chapter 4

Lesson 2, main activity: Stages of Writing

Lesson 3, main activity: Punch It! Listing Game

Lesson 7, main activity: Concluding Sentences

Lesson 8, main activity: Colouring Sentences

Chapter 5

Lesson 1, discovery: Blank Story Mountain

Lesson 1, main activity: The Yeti and the Story Mountain

Lesson 2, main activity: Storyboard Example and Template

Lesson 3, main activity: My Story Elements

Lesson 4, main activity: Beginning Middle End

Lesson 5, main activity: Setting the Stage

Lesson 6, main activity: Wanted Poster Character Review

Lesson 9, main activity: Adding Colour

Lesson 9, main activity: Colourful Word Examples

Lesson 10, main activity: Show! Don't Tell Example

Lesson 10, main activity: Show! Don't Tell Passage Sort

Lesson 11, Main activity: Direct Speech

Extension activities

Extension 1: Compound Bingo Bop

Extension 3: Practice Pizza

Extension 4: Key Point Card

Extension 4: Take Away Menu Slips

Extension 4: Key Concepts Takeaways

Extension 5: Sentence Wheel

Extension 7: Said is Dead Worksheet

Extension 9: Character Fortune Teller Template

Extension 11: Sentence Rummy


Book resources (available to print)

Chapter 1

Lesson 1, discovery: Nouns Cards
Lesson 2, discovery: Proper Nouns Cards
Lesson 4, main activity: Compound Word Memory Game 2
Chapter 2
Lesson 1, discovery: A Sentence Is...Activity
Lesson 1, main activity: A Sentence Is... Marking Activity
Lesson 2, main activity: Subject-Predicate Sorting Activity
Lesson 4, discovery: Prepositional Phrases
Lesson 5, main activity: Main Clause Scavenger Hunt
Lesson 6, main activity: Sentence Fragments Activity
Lesson 7, main activity: FANBOYS Car Labels
Lesson 7, main activity: FANBOYS Parking Lot
Lesson 7, main activity: FANBOYS Sentence Strips
Lesson 8, discovery: Subordinate Clause Discovery Chart
Lesson 8, main activity: Subordinate and Main Clause
Lesson 9, main activity: Spot the Error Worksheet
Chapter 3
Lesson 1, discovery material: Capitalisation Sentence Strips
Lesson 3, main activity: Possessives Worksheet
Lesson 3, main activity: Possessives Worksheet (Answer Key)
Lesson 4, discovery: Commas Writing Sample 1 and 2
Lesson 4, main activity: Commas Worksheet
Lesson 5, discovery and main activity: Spot the Direct Speech Worksheet
Lesson 6, discovery: Punctuation Sketches Worksheet
Lesson 6, discovery: Punctuation Sketches
Lesson 6, main activity: Semicolon Worksheet
Chapter 4
Lesson 1, discovery material: What is a Paragraph
Lesson 1, main activity: Labelling Different Parts of a Paragraph
Lesson 3, main activity: Popcorn Brainstorming Ideas
Lesson 4, main activity: Organising Your Ideas Example
Lesson 4, main activity: Organising Your Ideas Template
Lesson 5, main activity: Supporting Sentences 1 and 2
Lesson 7, main activity: Creating Hooks Sentences Strips
Lesson 7, main activity: Descriptive Paragraphs Activity 
Lesson 7, main activity: Descriptive Paragraphs Activity (Table)
Lesson 8, main activity: Descriptive Paragraph Modelling Exercise
Lesson 10, discovery: Show! Don't Tell Passages