Short Story Powerpoint - Creative/Descriptive Writing Example. Suitable for use in KS1/KS2 - as a tool for comprehension; descriptive, creative writing story example, illustrating varied sentence structures, variety of punctuation and figurative language. There are some straightforward questions at the end of the powerpoint for use if needed. See also my other KS2 TES resources for descriptive/creative writing examples: Dragons! Powerpoint and written: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12959437 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12959414 Abandoned House https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960501 Volcano! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960494

Fun powerpoint for use as morning starter or filler fun activity. Suitable for KS1 KS2 Name 5 Things can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13038464

KS2 Year 6 Sats Reading Comprehension – ‘Retrieval’ / ‘Word Meaning in Context’ /Summary Practice The questions that follow the short fiction story (The Hare and The Tortoise’ by Aesop ) cover content domains: 2a = to give or explain the meaning of words in context. 2b = retrieve and record information or identify key details from fiction and non-fiction. 2c = to summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph. They are straightforward SATS style questions. Another retrieval/meaning practice story with questions can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13018091

KS2 Descriptive Writing Paragraph Model: A Mystery! Starter Paragraph set in 3 different times - past/present/future. These paragraphs can be used to illustrate key features of KS2 descriptive writing pupils all start with the same character at the beginning of a mystery story, but chooses one of 3 beginnings - each paragraph sets the character in a different time - one from the past, one present day and one set in the future. Fun way to encourage creative writing. Used when working with small groups of Year 6 pupils tasked with writing their own short narrative paragraph(s). Suitable for KS2.

Four fun powerpoints with fun, silly jokes to share. Suitable for KS1 and KS2 Approx 4 jokes per powerpoint

A Greek Myth Theseus and Hydra Re-imagined Powerpoint Whilst studying Greek myths with Year 5, their task was to write their own version of a Greek myth, using a hero and a monster of their choice. Working with a small group, I created my own Greek myth with the characters of Theseus and the monster Hydra to use as an example of how a myth could be re-imagined – modelling some of the descriptive language and grammatical features and structure that they could use in their own story. This could be used for pupils as an example of how to create their own version of a Greek myth too. Suitable for KS2 - particularly Year 5 and Year 6. This resource is also available as a Word Document for ease of printing using the following link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12785092

Great resource pack for Remembrance activities – particularly about why we use the Poppy as a symbol of Remembrance. Included: • In Flanders Field Poem by John McCrae with written commentary. • Information Sheet re: the history of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance. • Information Sheet on Remembrance Day. Also included: • A simple cross stitch pattern to use with KS2 pupils, although may be suitable for upper K2 also. (Cross Stitch Poppy Additional Information: The colour cross stitch pattern chart is on a pdf. This has coloured crosses. Each cross is equal to one cross stitch. I have also included some basic cross stitch information/instructions and a photograph of the finished picture. The pattern is stitched on 6 count binca material.) See also resource which just has the poppy cross stitch design: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12742390 See also other Remembrance resources on following links: • Remembrance/Armistice Day Wordsearch (free) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12921825 • All About Remembrance/Armistice Day including what it represents/history/the poppy as a symbol/relevance of ‘In Flanders Field’ Poem by John McCrae. KS2 Pdf: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13081421

KS2 Powerpoint - Descriptive Writing Paragraph Models: Dragon Volcano Earthquake Abandoned House Chiller Intro - Alone! These paragraphs can be used to illustrate key features of KS2 descriptive writing. Can also be used as ideas/models for story starters. Key Features: Modelling creative language choices/figurative language; kS2 grammatical features such as embedded clauses; varied sentence starters and structures; fronted adverbials; expanded noun phrases. Used when working with small groups of Year 6 pupils tasked with writing their own short narrative paragraph(s). Suitable for KS2.

A potted background history of facts and figures relating to Shakespeare and why he is still inspirational and relevant today. Powerpoint for easy use. Great to use as an introduction to William Shakespeare and the relevance of his language today - that so many sayings still in use are derived from his plays. Suitable for KS2. This resource is also available as a PDF for ease of printing here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13059828 Also a fun, free Shakespeare wordsearch here; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12825853

KS2 Year 6 Sats Reading Comprehension – ‘Retrieval’ and ‘Word Meaning in Context’ Practice The questions that follow the short fiction story (The Hare and The Tortoise’ by Aesop ) cover content domains: 2a = to give or explain the meaning of words in context. 2b = retrieve and record information or identify key details from fiction and non-fiction. They are straightforward questions written in the style of SATS retrieval/word meaning questions. Another retrieval/meaning/summary practice story with questions can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13019793

Creative Writing Resource for KS2 Great descriptive/creative writing bundle for the generation of chiller or suspense stories. Included: • two short chiller stories (one of which is annotated with a structure summary alongside) • Descriptive writing feature guidance • Chiller structure/feature word bank cards • Vocabulary idea card This has been used for Year 6 Literacy groups when creating their chiller stories.

Buy this pack of narratives and structure guidance sheets to utilise as examples to use in creative writing/descriptive writing sessions. Primarily used for Year 6 Literacy Groups. Could be suitable for lower KS2 Year Groups. Originally used when working with small groups of Year 6 pupils who were tasked with writing their own short narratives as part of their literacy descriptive writing exercises. Included: Earthquake/Volcanoes Collection • Short narrative example for an Earthquake – modelling some of the descriptive language and grammatical features/structure that pupils could use in their own stories. • Word bank/sentence starters/content idea cards for earthquake and volcano descriptive writing/narratives Chiller/Suspense Collection • Two short chiller stories (one of which is annotated with a structure summary • Chiller/Suspense Key Features Sheet • Chiller word and phrases Idea cards • The 5 senses – descriptive writing guidance

A modern re-telling of the popular fairy tale. Suitable for use in KS1 as a simple story example; an early comprehension exercise - and also for KS2 - as a tool for comprehension; descriptive, creative writing example, illustrating varied sentence structures, use of dialogue to progress story, variety of punctuation and figurative language. There are some straightforward questions at the end of the powerpoint for use if needed. See also my other KS2 TES resources for descriptive/creative writing examples: Dragons! Powerpoint and written: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12959437 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12959414 Abandoned House https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960501 Volcano! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960494

Simple powerpoint explaining the difference between co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions and some examples for pupils to try and identify. Suitable for KS2. LInks for further grammar resources can be found below: Difference between metaphors and similes: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12962815 Simple antonym/synonym matching game: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12976122

Great descriptive/creative writing powerpoint - using dragons as the subject matter. Download file to see full paragraph and word bank. Great value for money. Can be used to introduce a descriptive writing activity for pupils. **Included: Creative writing paragraph about a dragon awakening in his lair and flying off to find his next victim and also a word bank to generate ideas. ** Key features include: examples of creative language choices/vocabulary in order to create mood/atmosphere/setting of a dragon leaving its lair to hunt. Illustrates expaned noun phrases/adverbials/varied sentence structures. Suitable for KS2. This resource is also available as a word document: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12959414 Further descriptive paragraphs can be found at following: Erupting Volcano: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960494 (word doc) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12984370 (powerpoint) Abandoned House in Forest: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960501 (word doc) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12978017 (powerpoint) Also, a resource with ideas of how to make descriptive/creative writing more exciting using figurative language: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12986538

Fun powerpoint for use as morning starter or filler fun activity. Suitable for KS2 A KS1 ‘name 5 things’ can be found on this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13038457

KS2 Resource which gives information about the history of Remembrance/Armistice Day; what it represents/what happens on Remembrance Day and why we use a poppy as our symbol of Remembrance and significance of ‘In Flanders Field’ by John McCrae. PDF. See also resource of a poppy cross stitch design with instructions: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12742390 See also other Remembrance resources on following links: • In Flanders Field Poem – with commentary/Information re history of the Poppy as a symbol of remembrance and including the poppy cross stitch design pattern: • Remembrance/Armistice Day Wordsearch (free) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12921825

A mini information Powerpoint about the Olympic/Paralympic Games, including their history, sports included, medals, the Olympic Flame, Mascots, Motto and Olympic Values. There is a Powerpoint and a Pdf version of the same information for ease of access. Suitable for Upper KS1, KS2 and Year 7.

A potted background history of facts and figures relating to Shakespeare and why he is still inspirational and relevant today. Great to use as an introduction to William Shakespeare and the relevance of his language today - that so many sayings still in use are derived from his plays. Suitable for KS2. This resource is also available as a Powerpoint for ease of use in lessons at this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12986547 Also, a fun free Shakespeare wordsearch can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12825853

Useful timeline for Goodnight Mister Tom. PDF. The table maps out with the time period covered by the story with corresponding Chapter numbers and corresponding events of the war alongside. Good for providing context of the story. I have included a copy without the colour background for ease of printing if necessary as well as a colour copy for display. Further Remembrance resources: • Poppy cross stitch design - useful resource to use alongside GMT/as a Remembrance resource: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12742390 • KS2 In Flanders Field Poem/History of the Poppy/Remembrance Day Info plus Cross Stitch Poppy Pattern https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12712522 • KS2 Remembrance/Armistice Day - what it represents/history/Poppy as a symbol of remembrance PDF https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13081421 • Remembrance Wordsearch: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12921825 (free resource)