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Confident Readers & Writers Toolkit

KS2 Literacy · Ages 7–11

Strengthen spelling, comprehension, grammar and writing craft — then edit like a real author with Rosie, Gary and Elvis.

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Spelling Patterns & Rules

🦔 Gary: "Rules help — until they don't, then we learn the exception." Complete each.

-tion / -sion — informa · expan · conclu

ie / ei — recve · belve · thf

🦜 Rosie: "Good readers use tools." After reading a paragraph, do each.

R — Retrieve (find a fact):

I — Infer (what do you think & why?):

C — Choose evidence (quote 3–6 words):

🦎 Elvis: "Upgrade boring sentences." Rewrite using the senses (sound + movement + one simile).

"The jungle was scary." →

Fix the punctuation and improve one word:
"when pip went to the forest he saw a bird it was huge"

Add one expanded noun phrase (2 adjectives): the bird

🦔 Gary's edit check: Add · Remove · Move.

A — Add (detail or better word):

R — Remove (repeated/extra words):

M — Move (sentence for flow):

Edit one paragraph from your work here:

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Well done, !

You practised spelling rules, comprehension strategies, creative writing craft, grammar and editing skills. 🌿

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