Ideal for use in Year 3 when using ‘a’ or ‘an’ is introduced or consolidation in later years. PPT with the rules for adding ‘a’ and ‘an’ including the common exceptions to the rule and a quickfire **quiz**. Activity sheets with three levels of differentiation to allow children to identify when ‘a’ or ‘an’ needs to be used across a variety of words. National Curriculum Links Use of the forms a or an according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel Differentiation Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of words, no exceptions to the rule. Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of more increasingly difficult words, no exceptions to the rule. Applying their knowledge to sentences. Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of words including exceptions to the rule. Applying their knowledge to sentences and paragraphs.

Ideal for use in Year 4 when the possessive apostrophes objective is first introduced or in later years for consolidation. ‘Plural possessive apostrophes’ PPT. A guide to how to use apostrophes for plural nouns with a **quiz** to allow for practise in class. ‘Possessive apostrophes’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation including a range of activities to allow children to practise using and adding apostrophes. National Curriculum Links Year 4 statutory content to be introduced – Apostrophes to mark plural possession Differentiation Adding apostrophes to singular nouns to consolidate previous learning. Adding apostrophes to plural nouns that end in an ‘s’. Adding apostrophes to plural nouns that end in an ‘s’ and those that don’t e.g. children.

A fifteen-lesson writing unit, leading students towards writing their own explanation text based on a fictional product: telescopic glasses! Students spend time at the start of the unit designing their own telescopic glasses. This allows them to focus on how to write an explanation text, without becoming bogged down in learning exactly how a specific product works, they can tell us! This would make a great unit to be taught alongside a Science unit on Space, or as a way to revisit Scientific knowledge. This unit begins with ten lessons exploring the text type and sentence level work. The final five lessons allow them to write their explanation text. The unit uses three differentiated example text types about telescopic glasses to supports students’ understanding. Where appropriate, each lesson is differentiated and carefully planned to suit different students’ needs. Lesson order: Hook lesson: introducing the telescopic glasses and their purpose. Students design their own telescopic glasses. Creating diagrams with technical language, students draw and label diagrams of their glasses using technical language. Identify features of explanation texts, students explore the key features of explanation texts and find examples in the texts provided. Using parenthesis, students will look at how parenthesis has been used in the sample texts before practising writing their own sentences using parenthesis. Using relative clauses, students will look at how relative clauses have been used in the sample texts before practising writing their own sentences or paragraphs using relative clauses to describe their glasses. Writing with conjunctions, students will explore a range of conjunctions and their different purposes in the sample texts. They will then have time to complete sentences or write their own sentences using conjunctions: comparing, contrasting, explaining and describing more than one. Using cohesive devices, students explore how repeated words/phrases, rhetorical questions and conjunctions are cohesive devices. Activities include highlighting cohesive devices in sample texts and editing paragraphs to make them more cohesive.

A fifteen-lesson writing unit, leading students towards writing their own information text based on Anglo-Saxon society. Students spend time at the start of the unit researching the different ranks of Anglo-Saxon society so they can write a text comparing and contrasting two ranks. This would make a great unit to be taught alongside a History unit on Anglo-Saxons, or as a way to revisit Historic knowledge. This unit begins with ten lessons exploring the text type and sentence level work. The final five lessons allow them to write their information text. The unit uses three differentiated example text types about Anglo-Saxon society to supports students’ understanding. Where appropriate, each lesson is differentiated and carefully planned to suit different students’ needs. Lesson order: Hook lesson: introducing information texts, what they are and their purpose. Students read information texts with key information crossed out, allowing them to work out what the texts are about and reinforce the idea that information texts need to be clear for anyone to read. Key features, students highlight features in differentiated texts. Research Anglo-Saxon society, students will record what they find on mind maps. You will need access to topic books and/or the internet for this lesson. Answering questions about Anglo-Saxon society, students engage in a fun chatterbox activity to make sure they know everything about the ranks of Anglo-Saxon society they are researching. Tense, students explore the tense the texts are written in and practise writing in both the past and present tense. Writing with conjunctions, students will explore a range of conjunctions and their purposes to compare and contrast in the sample texts. They will then have time to write their own sentences comparing and contrasting using different conjunctions. Using appropriate language, students explore the tone of the sample texts and re-write very informal extracts. Relative clauses, explore how relative clauses are used and practise changing their position within a sentence. Students cut out main and relative clauses and arrange them to make the most effective sentences. Using parenthesis, students will look at how parenthesis has been used in the sample texts before practising writing their own sentences using parenthesis. Planning the information texts. Writing the text - the final five lessons give students chance to write their text looking back at the examples, modelling writing and editing what they have written.