Free teacher web sites for English topic ‘Text - Instructions’
Paper planes, chocolate biscuits, making tea.... we've all been there. Liven up your lessons with some instructions on how to wrestle a grizzly bear from eHow though and you'll really get them excited. Enliven instruction writing lessons with this super topic!
Downloadable recipe sheets
Beautifully presented recipe sheets that have instruction text features. Includes attractive and clear photos. Could well tie in with your D+T work too! (You will need the Adobe reader for these PDF format downloads.)
External link: Downloadable recipe sheets
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eHow
Instructions on how to do just about everything. The suggestions for "How to get out of a terrible date? mean that you can't use this with children - but How to make fairy cakes, and the like, will certainly be useful. Upper Ks2.
External link: eHow
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Instruction text - Art Attack
Great range of step-by-step instructions with photo illustrations for a wide range of art projects. Includes all features of the text type.
External link: Instruction text - Art Attack
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Instructions - how to make a pop-up book
Good simple instructions on how to make a pop-up mechanism for a book or card. All on one simple printable web page.
External link: Instructions - how to make a pop-up book
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Making cakes and chocolate spiders
Some super resources to develop instructional writing in KS1 and lower KS2.
External link: Making cakes and chocolate spiders
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Planning an instruction text (Smart Notebook file)
Super presentation to support the planning of an instruction text.
External link: Planning an instruction text (Smart Notebook file)
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Polly Put the Kettle On powerpoint
Good downloadable text that contains sequencing of tea-making and captions of photos of old range cookers, kettles, kitchen equipment. Really a rather nice resource for the Victorians topic too.
External link: Polly Put the Kettle On powerpoint
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Sequencing Instructions - how to make a cup of tea
Help make Gran a cup of tea by sequencing the instructions correctly. But how many youngsters do this these days? Probably worth a go anyway but make sure they know what a cup of tea is first.
External link: Sequencing Instructions - how to make a cup of tea
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