This resource pack allows pupils to find differences and similarities between well-known fairy stories. They look at six scenes and characters from six fairy tales and then put them into the correct storybook. Pupils make a chart that compares characters and incidents in fairy tales. Pupils have the opportunity to make their own fairy tale, adding pictures and text from a large bank of images and props.

This activity pack introduces pupils to two traditional fairy tales, Jack and the Beanstalk and The Gingerbread Man. Pupils read through the stories with the teacher and then complete a series of activities that describe characters, sequence events and discuss what is needed for good beginnings, middles and endings when writing stories. Objectives: to retell and recount two traditional fairy stories to sequence events in a story to describe characters from a story

This resource pack is designed to provide a range of activities to support the teaching of synonyms. It could either be used as a lesson to introduce or revise the subject or as a means of consolidating various concepts. This resource pack should enable pupils to: understand what is meant by the term 'synonym,' identify synonyms and use a conventional or online thesaurus. Included in this pack are a selection of supporting worksheets that can be adapted to suit the age range of the pupils being taught.

A study of minibeasts, using Powerpoint and Smart notebook and worksheets. Other topics covered: Living things; Living things and their environment

This resource looks at writing a legend. There are 4 parts which look at : Beginnings : What should be included at the start of a legend, setting the scene, looking at words and phrases to describe it. Characters: Looking at the words and phrases to describe an extraordinary character and what features pupils can reproduce for their own character. Problems and Resolutions: Looking at the problems that could be encountered, and how, in an exciting way, these can be resolved.

This has been designed to allow children to begin to write independently, with images as sources of inspiration.

These activities have been made to support all areas of the curriculum from Early Years to Year 6. The activities can stand alone or used as part of an introduction or plenary session. Each activity has teacher guidance notes attached.

Develop CVC words through the topic of pets. Includes Smartboard resources

These units have been designed to guide pupils in elements of Narrative and Genre (Week 1 and 2), Character types (Week 2), Camera conventions (Week 3), Comic conventions and layout (Week 4), Reading Trail (Week 5). There are some associated word files that can be used with the digital resources. The PPTs are interactive. Although these units appear in chronological order, they can be used as stand-alone elements for other aspects of English.

Pupils are invited to choose the correct medial vowel to complete a word.

A resource based around the issue of sexuality and what makes a family unit. These activities are developed primarily as a speaking and listening resource but there are many opportunities for reading and writing also. All of the activities are based on the models outlined in the new Welsh Assembly Document ‘Developing Thinking’ with lots of opportunity for group work and fit with the new skills framework.

An interactive resource where pupils read through a story with the teacher, sequence events, describe characters and write a story.

A series of powerpoint presentations that allow pupils the opportunity use the theme of horror to look at personification, character description, critical analysis, empathy writing and direct speech. There are two versions of the powerpoints, one for the teacher and the other for the pupils.

Covers the comprehension and sequencing of a traditional Chinese story

PowerPoint which allows pupils to read traditional fables and to discuss the moral of the story

This lesson introduces pupils to the techniques used in newspaper reporting. Pupils will get the opportunity to analyse a story and write their own report, using a photo library. They will be asked to insert their reports into a newspaper template.

A resource with a series of powerpoint presentation lessons and website guide. It encourages pupils to assess and create stimulating descriptive writing pieces. The units focusing on ‘buttons’ also provides useful stimuli to create stories. These units can be used to produce coursework and exam practice and are very useful in terms of AFL practice.

This resource contains a web guide to basic literary skill it provides PowerPoint presentation starters and worksheets which are intended to be used briefly at the start of a lesson to consolidate previous learning. Topics covered include: Nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, homophones, parts of speech, sentence types, sentence openings etc

This resource will teach pupils how to read and say the different pronunciations of the letter string 'ough'. Most of the time we teach pupils to pronounce words using rules and then tell them about exceptions. In this case most of the pronunciations of 'ough' are exceptions or isolates. There are five whole class activities for the whiteboard. National curriculum links: 1.3, 2.3, 3.2 Teachers can assess pupils by listening to them read a section of the story in activity 1.

This resource introduces the concept of war and provides a framework on how to respond to 5 war themed poems using Content, Attitude, Techniques, Sucess. The poets and poems examined are:- * Wilfred Owen - Anthem for Doomed Youth * Robert Graves - Dead Boche * Edward Thomas - As the Team's Head Brass * Henry Read - Naming of Parts * Rupert Brooke - The Soldier This also includes guidance on how to draft coursework.