Welcome to the Online Teaching Resources TES shop. Here you'll find hundreds of KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4 teaching resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets for English, Maths, Science and History. All materials are made with the UK National Curriculum in mind and have been created to engage and enthuse learners. You can find out more and access hundreds more brilliant resources at our websites www.Teacher-of-Primary.com and www.Teacher-of-English.com.
Welcome to the Online Teaching Resources TES shop. Here you'll find hundreds of KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4 teaching resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets for English, Maths, Science and History. All materials are made with the UK National Curriculum in mind and have been created to engage and enthuse learners. You can find out more and access hundreds more brilliant resources at our websites www.Teacher-of-Primary.com and www.Teacher-of-English.com.
A Christmas Carol’s House of Games
(124-slide animated PowerPoint presentation)
Welcome to Ebenezer Scrooge’s House of Games - an animated A Christmas Carol themed quiz inspired by the House of Games television show. The quiz works with both individuals and groups and is a fun way to recap and revise the text.
English Functional Skills – Entry Level 3
(7 lesson unit of work which includes a 126-slide editable PowerPoint and 20 worksheets)
This comprehensive teaching unit covers everything required by Entry Level 3 Functional Skills English. It includes a range of activities that help develop key communication skills. The unit covers Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing.
Contents include the following:
An introduction to Functional Skills with video
Observing, speaking and listening skills – watch a video, take part in discussion and answer questions
Developing communication skills for later life
EL3 key words spelling tests
Developing awareness of and engagement with current affairs – the environment
Activities to improve writing skills– punctuation practice, writing for different purposes, using subject verb agreement accurately, how to paragraph
Reading and comprehension skills – reading an article about plastics pollution and writing answers
Writing an email
Redrafting written work to create a good impression
And more!
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more English Functional Skills resources:
Functional Skills Entry Level 1
Functional Skills Entry Level 2
Functional Skills Level 1
Functional Skills Level 2
Direct and Reported Speech
This KS2 English resource explains how and when to use direct and reported speech in written work. Content includes:
Editable PowerPoint teaching resource
Activities to support the teaching of this objective with 2 accompanying worksheets
‘Direct and Reported Speech - KS2’ is fully editable so teachers are able to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.
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Direct Speech - Year 3 and 4
Punctuating Speech
English Teaching Resources: The Nativity Story - KS1
‘The Nativity Story - KS1’ has been designed to cover many of the year 1 and 2 curriculum objectives for ‘Reading - comprehension’ and ‘Writing - composition’ outlined in the English programme of study.
‘The Nativity Story’ is a bright and engaging PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Colourful telling of the story with quiz questions to assess understanding
Story sequencing activity with cut out worksheet
Story re-telling with accompanying worksheets
Select a character from the story and then draw and describe them
Nativity scene colouring page
‘The Nativity Story - KS1’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource to suit each class they teach.
Using ‘and’ - Year 1
In this English grammar teaching resource, pupils practise using the conjunction ‘and’ to join words and clauses together as per the curriculum objective of the Year 1 programme of study (Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation). This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes:
A using ‘and’ explanation
Various activities with an accompanying worksheet
3 further differentiated worksheets with answers
As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Using ‘and’ - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Year 1 Grammar resources:
Suffixes - Year 1
Singular to Plural - Year 1
Nouns - Year 1
Compound Words
Common Exception Words - Year 1
Nouns - Year 1
‘Nouns- Year 1’ introduces pupils to common nouns: people, places and things. It is a colouful and engaging English teaching resource that uses the example words from the Year 1 English - Appendix 1- Spelling. Content includes:
What is a noun introduction
An interactive noun sorting activity with accompanying worksheet
Go on a noun hunt activity worksheet
Circle the nouns activity and worksheet
Identify the noun in the sentence activity and worksheet
Further consolidation worksheet with answers
‘Nouns - Year 1’ can be edited giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class they teach.
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Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1
Types of Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Collective Nouns
Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1
'Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1’ introduces pupils to singular and plural nouns as per the curriculum objectives of the Year 1 English programme of study - Writing - transcription. This engaging PowerPoint lesson includes class activities with 6 accompanying worksheets for children to use during the lesson. It contains 3 further differentiated worksheets to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. It uses the example words from the Year 1 English - Appendix 1- Spelling. Content includes:
Singular nouns and plural nouns explanation
Using -s to form plural nouns
Using -es to form plural nouns
6 activities with accompanying worksheets
3 differentiated worksheets with answers
‘Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1’ can be edited giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class they teach.
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Nouns - Year 1
Types of Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Collective Nouns
Making Predictions
English Teaching Resources: Making Predictions is a PowerPoint presentation designed to help children develop the important reading skill of making predictions in a story.
The lesson includes:
- An introduction with examples of simple narrative predictions using words and images.
- A simple narrative activity to help strengthen prediction making skills with accompanying worksheet
- A consolidation plenary to reinforce understanding of making simple predictions.
- Bold clear fonts, simple language, bright colours, child-friendly imagery and easy to follow text.
War Horse
War Horse is a unit of work containing a 142-slide PowerPoint, 14 PDF worksheets and 13 lessons. This scheme of work explores the novel chapter by chapter, analysing the book’s plot, characters, themes and language through a range of engaging activities. These teaching resources can be used with Year 5 or Year 6 (Upper KS2) or with a lower ability Year 7 group either as a whole class text or as part of a guided reading programme.
Below are examples of the activities contained in the lessons.
Comprehension questions
Chapter by chapter activities to consolidate understanding
Research task – World War One
Making predictions about War Horse using the cover, title, author and blurb
Exploring and discussing themes
Character analysis of Joey, Albert, Father and Captain Nicholls
Understanding the features of a novel – how does Michael Morpurgo use language and narrative structure in War Horse?
Close analysis of language in key scenes
Role play and hot seating activities
Understanding War Horse’s characters through empathetic writing – diary writing
Developing inference and deduction skills
Writing a newspaper story about key events in the story
Winter Swans
This two-lesson mini-unit explores Owen Sheer’s ‘Winter Swans’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA’s Love and Relationships Poetry, this resource looks at the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 52-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets.
The two lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context – A brief outline of Owen Sheers and factors that may have inspired the poem.
First Contact – An initial reading of ‘Winter Swans’ with a glossary included. Comprehension questions with example answers.
Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Winter Swans’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided.
Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included.
Lesson Two
Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Winter Swans’ - Romantic love, nature and distance
Structure and Form – How Sheers uses rhyme, rhythm, caesura and enjambment.
The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Winter Swans’ with other poems from the anthology. Model answer included.
Introducing Alliteration - KS1
‘Introducing Alliteration - KS1’ is a single lesson teaching resource designed to help teach children all about alliteration. The resource includes:
An introduction with examples of alliteration
An interactive activity to help consolidate understanding of alliteration and accompanying worksheet
One further worksheet
The resource uses bold clear fonts, simple language, bright colours and child friendly imagery.
‘Introducing Alliteration - KS1’ can be edited in full giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource if required to suit their individual teaching requirements.
Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity - Year 5 and 6
Upper KS2 English Teaching Resource
In ‘Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity - Year 5 and 6’ pupils learn how to use hyphens to improve their writing by avoiding ambiguity and making their writing clearer and more concise as per the objectives of the Year 5 and 6 programme of study. This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes:
A link to a short hyphens explanatory video
What is a hyphen explanation
How hyphens improve writing
Common categories of hyphenated words
4 hyphens activities with accompanying worksheets
As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity - Year 5 and 6’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.
Limericks - Year 5 / Year 6
This KS2 lesson teaches children about limericks in a fun and engaging way. First, it provides examples of limericks and explains what the ‘rules’ of limericks are. It then provides a task that requires children to explore the examples and discuss the poems regarding layout, structure and language. The second half of the lesson explains how to write a limerick. Pupils are given a scaffolded approach and an example to help them construct a class and then individual limerick.
The resource contains a 23-slide PowerPoint and 3 worksheets. It is differentiated using ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ activities to help all children achieve.
AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation - Macbeth
(38-slide PowerPoint presentation with 5 worksheets)
This two-lesson teaching resource provides a step-by-step guide to the AQA GCSE English Literature exam question on Macbeth. It tracks through the question paper and shows students how to produce an effective answer under exam conditions. It offers guidance on approaching the question, planning and managing time effectively. It also explains how to structure and write a higher band answer. Learners are then given an exam question and extract and are required to write a response in exam conditions.
To preview a selection of slides from ‘AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation - Macbeth’, click on the images.
Romeo and Juliet - Friar Lawrence (PowerPoint and worksheets)
Romeo and Juliet - Friar Lawrence is a two-lesson resource that explores the character of Friar Lawrence in detail. It includes an analysis of his speech in Act 2, Scene 3, a discussion about his character and an exploration of how Shakespeare uses language to present him to the audience.
As with all our teaching resources, the PowerPoint slides are fully editable so you can use the resource as it is or tweak it to fit your specific needs.
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Romeo and Juliet - The Prologue
Romeo and Juliet - Act 1
Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 5
Romeo and Juliet - The Prince’s Speech
Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio
Romeo and Juliet – Women in Elizabethan England
Romeo and Juliet - Act 2
Romeo and Juliet - The Balcony Scene
Romeo and Juliet - Act 3
Romeo and Juliet – Act 3, Scene 1
Romeo and Juliet - Act 4
Romeo and Juliet - Act 5
Romeo and Juliet - The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Unit of Work
Romeo and Juliet - AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation
Romeo and Juliet - KS2 Unit of Work
Romeo and Juliet - House of Games
Descriptive Writing - Year 5/6 is made up of six lesson overview, an 82 slide PowerPoint presentation and a 9-page booklet of worksheets.
The PowerPoint contains stage by stage lessons specifically designed to teach writing to describe at upper KS2. The resource contains a number of lessons which can be tweaked, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. The lessons are made up of a range of activities for learners of all abilities, including:
The features of writing to describe
Using adjectives effectively to create descriptive imagery
How to use verbs effectively in descriptive writing
Planning, structuring and organising writing
Using similes to bring writing alive on the page
Developing a wider vocabulary
How to draft and redraft when writing to describe
The Prefixes ‘il-’, ‘im’ and ‘ir’ - Year 3/4
(19-slide editable PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets)
This differentiated teaching resource introduces Year 3/4 learners to prefixes with a focus on the prefixes ‘il-’, ‘im’ and ‘ir’.
It includes a definition of the prefixes with examples, whole-class activities and three differentiated worksheets to assess understanding. Full answer keys are included.
Expanded Noun Phrases - Year 4
Lower KS2 English Teaching Resource
In ‘Expanded Noun Phrases - Year 4’ pupils learn about expanded noun phrases and how they can improve their writing as per the objectives of the Year 3 and 4 programme of study. This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes:
What is a noun phrase explanation
What is an expanded noun phrase explanation
A determiner, adjective and noun recap
4 expanded noun phrases activities with accompanying worksheets
Link to an expanded noun phrase video and game
As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Expanded Noun Phrases - Year 4’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.
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Expanded Noun Phrases - Year 5 and 6
Noun Phrases - Year 2
Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs
Types of Nouns
Questions and Question Marks - KS1
This KS1 punctuation teaching resource is an aid to delivering a lesson on question marks. It covers the curriculum objectives of the KS1 English programme of study (Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation). Content includes:
A definition of a question and question marks with examples
Activities to support the teaching of this objective with an accompanying worksheet
1 further worksheet
‘Questions and Question Marks - KS1’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource, if needed, to suit their individual teaching requirements.
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Question Marks - Year 1
Question Marks - KS3
‘Wonder – Unit of Work Part One’ explores the first eleven chapters of the novel ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio. The unit begins with an introduction to the book and author before focusing on understanding the novel’s plot, characters, themes and use of language. The resource contains ten lessons (made up of an 85-slide PowerPoint presentation and 23 worksheets) which explore the book from Chapter One, ‘August’ to Chapter Eleven, ‘The Performance Space’.
The unit contains a range of teaching and learning activities including:
Developing reading and vocabulary skills
Differentiated tasks (Gold, Silver and Bronze) to provide appropriate learning for all pupils
Reading and comprehension tasks
Grammar, punctuation and spelling activities that cover contractions, time adverbials, pronouns, homophones, synonyms and word classes
Language study – comparing American and British English
Discussing key themes
Character analysis
Formal and informal writing
Drama activities and freeze framing
And much more!
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Wonder resources:
Wonder - Part 1
Wonder - Part 2
Wonder - Part 3
Wonder - Part 4
Wonder - Unit of Work Bundle