Supporting the National Year of Reading 2026
Purchasing the PM Writing Big Books (or Digital-Only Access) unlocks the accompanying Teacher’s Portal – a one-stop online dashboard to support you and your colleagues in creating successful writers. Here’s what you can find inside the portal…
Exemplar texts
- Deconstruct text purpose, text structure and language features.
- Use the editing tool to create new texts.
Differentiated lesson plans
- Cater for a range of pupils with pathways designed for children working Towards, At and Beyond Year level expectations.
- Each lesson plan includes:
- Learning intentions and success criteria to support assessment
- In-depth focus on audience and purpose, and text structure
- Explicit activities focusing on language features such as grammar and punctuation, and sentences
- Spelling strategies to support students’ writing
- Modelled, interactive, guided and independent *writing activities.
Student activities and writing scaffolds
- Consolidate pupils’ knowledge of text structure and language features
- Support children through the stages of planning and drafting, editing and writing their own texts
Student videos
- Support children’s understanding of key language features such as grammar and sentence structures
Extensive professional support
- Refresh your knowledge around the teaching of writing, the writing process, key features of text types, grammar, and other language features
- PM writing support videos ensure easy implementation in the classroom
Pre-assessment and assessment tasks
- Help teachers decide which students are most suited to the Towards, At or Beyond differentiated activities
- Determine your student’s level of understanding using Assessment Task checklists
Scope and sequences
- Newly updated and expanded-upon Scope and Sequences
Try it for free
If you wish to try the Teacher’s Portal before purchase, please email consultants@scholastic.co.uk with your name, job title, school name and postcode to request a free seven-day trial (one free trial per UK school address).
The small print
- Please note that Digital Access Codes are available to purchase separately as an alternative to purchasing the Big Books (which include access to the online Teacher Portal).
- There are ten Big Books OR ten Digital Access Codes (2 per stage A / B) available to purchase.
- Digital Access Codes are a digital-only licenced product. You will receive an email containing a unique access code and link after purchase. Terms and conditions apply, and licences are non-refundable.
