A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
The PowerPoint uses simple animations to ensure pupils are clear about how to write a school trip recount. There is also a Minion learning mat to display for additional support and to ensure children understand the success criteria. There are planning scaffolds to help pupils that need additional support to plan and write a recount. This PowerPoint uses the fishbone method to teach pupils how to write a recount on a school trip.
This is a fun family car advert for the X1 Super Penguin written to demonstrate persuasive techniques, such as, rhetorical questions. There are detailed teaching notes on the text and a follow up writing task. There is scaffold frame to support pupils with independent writing and a blank template for pupils to produce their own car advert, having discussed the advert provided. There is also a list of demonstration slogans from car companies. There are five resources in all. The car advert text is written to teach advertising techniques in persuasive writing.
Guided Reading KS1 - mat with poetry questions to use with any poem . This provides a structure to any guided reading discussion of any poem - there are a range of questions, so some offer lots of challenge . It uses the SMILE structure used by older children, but is a simple introduction to discussing a poem.
This mat provides question prompts to use with any poem. It helps to develop deeper understanding with highly able readers. It uses higher order reading skills and develops the pupils ability to support answers with evidence from the text. It could be used with individuals, or small groups.
Great writing tasks - (story, newspaper, persuasive task) on Ancient Egypt.
Differentiated writing tasks with, for example, model texts, planners and teaching notes. A fun Egyptian holiday brochure, a Tutankhamun newspaper and story about 'Night in an Egyptian Museum'.
This is a sports car advert written to demonstrate persuasive techniques, such as, blinding with science and deliberate ambiguity. There are detailed teaching notes on the text and on the follow up writing task. There is scaffold frame to support pupils with independent writing and a blank template for pupils to produce their own car advert having discussed the advert provided. There is a connotations worksheet, looking at the use of animal names with powerful connotations used for car names. There is also a list of demonstration slogans from car companies. There are seven resources in all, including the advert written with a white background for improved printing. It is a comprehensive and fun way to teach persuasive writing. theer is also a PowerPoint of persuasive techniques.
This is a sports car advert, aimed at Upper Key Stage 2, written to demonstrate persuasive techniques, such as, imperative verbs and blinding with science. There are detailed teaching notes on the text and follow up writing task and a PowerPoint of persuasive techniques. There is a scaffold frame to support pupils with independent writing and a blank template for pupils to produce their own car advert, having discussed the advert provided. There is a connotations worksheet, looking at the use of animal names with powerful connotations used for car names. There is also a list of demonstration slogans from car companies. There are seven resources in all, including the advert written with a white background for improved printing. It is a comprehensive and fun way to teach persuasive writing.
This is a bundle of punctuating speech resources. It includes a PowerPoint explaining the rules of punctuating speech and a punctuating dialogue investigation using harry potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It also includes two bookmarks. One bookmark requires children to notice how speech tags are used in reading and to compare the ways different writers handle speech. The other bookmark recaps the rules of how to punctuate speech.
This is a bundle of punctuating speech resources. It includes a PowerPoint explaining the rules of punctuating speech and a dialogue investigation using Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It also includes two bookmarks - one recapping speech dialogue rules and the other making suggestions for other words for 'said'.
This is a bundle of punctuating speech resources. It includes a PowerPoint explaining the rules of punctuating speech and an investigation using BFG. It also includes two bookmarks - one recapping speech dialogue rules and the other making suggestions for other words for 'said'.
This is part of a PowerPoint presentation discovering through questions and examples the rules for punctuating dialogue. This extract focuses on speech tags. The full PowerPoint and speech punctuation investigation tasks are available as a premium resource at AWalkerEducation shop.
The full premium presentation shows how to punctuate direct speech, how to move and use speech tags and includes alternative words for the speech verb, ‘said’. The investigations use well known texts for children to investigate and discover the rules for themselves.
There is a word a day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
There are 666 picture words - enough for over three and a half school years!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
There is a choice of using the resource in letter order or a random assortment.
This is a third Word a Day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Day for another school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
This is a Word a Week to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Week for a school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
If you like this Word a Week resource, you can buy the complete Word a Day resource for over three years. Alternately, the Word a Day resources can be bought as 3 separate year resources, providing a Word a Day for each of the three years.
This is a DfES recount booklet on a school trip. Please check out my other recount school trip resources at the AWalkerEducation shop. Resource was produced by the Department for Education and Skills
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This is a free sample of a Word a Day resource that I have made with over 600 words. The bought resource provides a big enough word a day collection for 3 and a half school years.
There is a related picture and synonym to aid comprehension.
I hope it will be a way for whole schools to increase the vocabulary of their pupils, through use in lessons, newsletters or assemblies.
Aimed at KS3, KS4 and KS5 but the word a day may also have some application with able pupils in upper KS2.
