A neat game for your students who are developing phonemic awareness with syllable sounds. There are shells and 30 pictures / cards. The number on the shell pictures corresponds to the number of syllables in the animal’s name on the card(s) the students receive. Students have to sound out the syllables and place the card next to the correct number. This resource is great for helping students understand that recognising sounds is essential before they begin writing words. Can be used as a cut and paste game, individual or group activity.

A neat game for your students who are developing phonemic awareness with syllable sounds. There are 5 African vistas. 30 pictures / cards. The number on the vista pictures corresponds to the number of syllables in the animal’s name on the card(s) the students receive. Students have to sound out the syllables and place the card next to the correct number. This resource is great for helping students understand that recognising sounds is essential before they begin writing words. Can be used as a cut and paste game, individual or group activity.

26 bright, vibrant alphabet flashcards with a dinosaur theme. Ideal for engaging young dinosaur enthusiasts. Can be used for display or as part of developing phonemic awareness with students. Ideal when working one on one and asking students to select the word with the starting / middle / ending sound of your chosen word. In addition, the dinosaur pictures can also be used to ask students to identify the facial expression they think is being expressed.

7 pages of activities to help your students master the basics when it comes to spelling and sequencing of the months of the year.

20 flashcard discussion questions that can be used for revision of the text. Excellent way to promote extended, developed answers. Independent or group discussion activity.

Fun flashcard game for students who are getting to grips with different types of plural endings. 28 picture flashcards. Students have to place each picture card in the correct ‘group’: no change, es, s, oes, ves. Can be laminated to use as a group game or as an individual cut and paste.

5 pages of basic worksheets that are designed to help early learners familiarise themselves with the sequence and spelling of days of the week.

Exemplar paragraph (1 only) written to show students effective paragraph structure involving: Topic sentence / Point Evidence (Techniques) Explanation Comment / Link / Response on Ian Mudie’s famous poem.

6 colourful flashcards (or classroom posters if enlarged) of basic plural rules.

12 activities students can complete independently or in groups. Some require whole class participation. These activities can be integrated throughout your novel / film study unit or used for revision.

Resource designed to help students of Level 3 NCEA English, Visual Texts develop essay writing responses. Essay criteria is broken down into analysis / ideas and evidence. 2 sided Word document. Students are able to use this as a checklist when writing an essay in order to distinguish between the grade boundaries.

23 flashcards designed to help students revise the literary techniques used in satirical writing. I used this resource when teaching Juvenal’s Satires but the cards could also be used for teaching satire as part of a creative writing unit. Flashcards include (examples): Parody Invectives Sarcasm Imperatives Epigrams Apostrophe (not the punctuation mark) Circumlocution Ridicule Antithesis

20 colourful flashcards each containing a full sentence in the present tense. This resource is ideal for practising reading sight words and introducing new vocabulary as pupils become confident with sight words and look for an additional challenge. Bonus: each flashcard comes with a traceable letter version to enable students to develop their handwriting skills.

Three bright, vibrant posters on Narrative Perspective, Setting and Style. Each box breaks down what students need to look for when analysing texts regarding these key aspects.

4 bright, vibrant posters for your classroom. Posters can be reduced in size to be used as word mats for individual students. Tense types Sentence types 10 rhetorical device / persuasive language definitions

32 bright, colourful flashcards each depicting a word. Students have to say or write that word depending on the word class listed at the bottom of the card. (Verb, adjective, proper noun, abstract noun, noun. ) This is an excellent revision game for students to distinguish between word classes. Reverse side of the cards is included as an option should you wish to print and laminate them for a group activity : )

30 colourful cards to help your students use (and spell) prepositions. Dinosaur themed. PDF file.

8 worksheets (PDF file) focusing on the classic confusing words / homophones. Answers included. Students have to match the words contained in the word bank at the top of the page into the boxes below.

18 pages in this PDF file. Used as a fun general knowledge of the world activity. Students read the postcard messages and based on the clues, match the written side of the postcard to the picture postcards. 7 written postcards, 7 picture postcards. 3 additional templates. One blank for students to design their own picture postcard; one with a written scaffold to help students write their own postcard ‘letter’ and one without written instructions but still has the lines in place for students to write on. This is a fun activity to introduce students to informal letter writing skills.

This resource is ideal if you are wanting your students to focus on language techniques or devices in poetry. John Parker’s Mr. Swash poem is easily accessible for younger students with obvious language techniques, particularly onomatopoeia, alliteration and repetition. The second page is designed to be an extension task for students as it asks them to explain structural techniques. Answers included.