Follow-up Activities

 Crazy Cake

After reading the Instructions on how

to make Crazy Cake, write them beside 

the photographs, sequencing correctly.

 Brussels Sprouts

After reading the Slice of Life about eating 

Brussels Sprouts, write a description or a

Slice of Life based around your favourite meal.

 Plan Your List Poem

After reading the Things to Do With a Stick list 

poem, plan your own using this graphic 

organiser.

 Slice of Life Plan

After reading the Prank Slice of Life stories,

use the plan to write your own ideas for a prank

you have carried out, or any other moments you

want to share. Use your senses for the

setting, actions (feet) and dialogue (speech

bubbles) to show what happened, and then

think about precise nouns (N), powerful verbs

(V), adjectives and adverbs (+), similes/

metaphors (twins), and onomatopoeia (boomm),

you want to use to liven up your writing.

 Setting Description Plan

After reading the setting descriptions, use the

plan to write your own ideas. Describe the setting

through your senses, any actions (feet), and then 

think about precise nouns (N), powerful verbs 

(V), adjectives and adverbs (+), similes/ 

metaphors (twins), and onomatopoeia (boomm)

you want to use to liven up your writing.

 Explanation Fact Grid

After reading the explanation of how the process

of mummification works, plan your own

explanation using the grid provided here, filling in

each box with key words from your research.

Don't forget ideas for a great Introduction and

how to summarise in your Conclusion.

 Animal Report Fact Grid

After reading the report about Capybara, plan

your own animal report using the grid provided

here, filling in each box with key words from your

research. Don't forget ideas for a great

Introduction and how to summarise in your

Conclusion.

 Writing Instructions

Use this plan to write a set of instructions for how

to do something you are really familiar with

that others can follow easily.