This is a ten-lesson unit of work based on reading and writing instructions. The ten lessons in this unit aim to give children the opportunity to understand the features of instructions as a genre. In the first week, children will engage with the text type by following instructions to make edible Roman roads out of biscuits, chocolates and custard! There is also a grammar focus on using prepositions and imperative verbs. In the second week, pupils will use drama to develop ideas and extend their vocabulary. They will then plan their own set of instructions about becoming gladiator champions and they will then have the opportunity to draft, edit and present their final instructions. The literacy objectives covered in this unit are: - To give and follow verbal instructions - To use prepositions - To read and follow written instructions - To identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning - To use a range of imperative verbs - To prepare a group performance - To make a plan for my writing - To write my own instructions - To edit my writing - To make decisions about how to present my writing The PDF file contains ten lesson plans and all accompanying pupil resources.

This is a helpful revision tool for the Y2 SPAG test. Get ready for the KS1 grammar assessments with this SATS Practice Question Generator! Covering all of the grammar content domains, you can use this SATS revision resource to help Year 2 pupils to get used to the different types of questions that might come up in the grammar paper. Alternatively you can use these questions to collect evidence for your teacher assessments. Select one of the following modes on the Powerpoint: Choose a particular grammar domain or topic to revise Random mode, giving you a mixture of all types of questions The SATs revision resource is perfect for teachers to use as morning work, lesson starters or revision sessions or alternatively for pupils to practise independently at school or at home. Each slide contains a new question in the style of the SATS GPS test paper and an answer to reveal. This is a must-have resource for Y2 pupils working towards their KS1 GPS SATS tests!

Download our popular two-week literacy unit of poetry planning for Years 1 and 2. This unit is perfect to go with a living things topic and is built around objectives from the National Curriculum. In this unit, children will read and listen to nature poems by Christina Rossetti and consider how the sounds and language patterns come alive when the poems are read aloud. Pupils will have the opportunity to create their own versions of the nature poems and to perform them. The aims of the unit for pupils are: • To listen to classic poems being read aloud • To identify patterns of language and recurring phrases • To use the voice in different ways to express ideas • To perform a poem off by heart The PDF file contains 10 full literacy lesson plans, copies of the poems and all accompanying pupil resources. Perfect for National Poetry Month! SPECIAL OFFER: new TES buyers can use code OUTSTANDINGOCT at checkout to download for free! You may also like our other KS1 poetry packs: Going to Sea Poetry Pack Summer Performance Poetry Pack Spring Performance Poetry Pack

Download this popular two-week unit for Year 3 based on classic performance poetry. A two-week literacy unit of work for Year 3, containing lesson plans and pupil resources, looking at some of Carroll's funny poems and nonesense verses including the famous 'Jabberwocky'. In these lessons pupils will: - read and listen to classic poems by Lewis Carroll - use comprehension skills to tackle nonesense poetry - engage imaginatively with classic narrative poems - create their own Jabberwock creatures - write their own versions of the poems - make props for a dramatic performance - prepare and give a performance to an audience The poems include 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', 'A Strange Wild Song' and 'Jabberwocky'. The performance at the end of the unit would be perfect for World Poetry Day or to use in a poetry performance or assembly. Check out our other resources for Year 3 in our store

Top Tips for primary teachers on how to teach performance poetry.

A bundle of resources about Lear's poem 'The Jumblies', including a week-long plan, a printable poem, worksheets and activities.

A bundle of resources based on the poem 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', including two lesson plans, a printable poem, the abridged poem for pupils to read, a worksheet and a comic strip activity.

A bank of words to describe feelings. Can be used as a word bank or cut up into separate cards.

A list of adverbials of time and place for use with children practising writing sentences with fronted adverbials.

This is a fun introduction to verbal or written instructions in literacy. Pupils give each other instructions to draw the pictures on the cards and see how closely they can match the real picture!

This card sort activity is a good way of revising the features of instructions.

A list of powerful verbs for pupils to use during SPAG or writing activities.

This worksheet helps pupils to act like different animals below and then write a list of verbs to show how each one moves.

A printable version of The Owl and the Pussycat poem.

A bundle of poetry resources for KS1 containing unit plans, performance poems, activities and worksheets.

A success criteria checklist for pupils to use when writing a set of written instructions.

A worksheet that pupils can use as a template to plan a story based on the book Escape from Pompeii.

This worksheet allows pupils to label a bunny using different similes.

A bundle of resources based on Tennyson's sea monster poem 'The Kraken', including a week-long unit plan, a copy of the poem, worksheets and activities.