Powerpoint presentation linking to online activities: flashcards and flash games.

This is one of a series of short reading passages written for Lower KS2. It is followed by a mini- comprehension task where pupils have to choose which of three statements is true . There is a SPaG exercise linked to the passage. The final activity is extended writing. The text is a bit PC - no plastic in costumes, and no traipsing around streets threatening old folk or begging for sweets!

A page of handwriting lines in the same size as my worksheets to allow teachers to provide targeted follow-up to work done in handwriting lessons.

Proof-reading practice for Y5-8 to improve pupils' SPAG skills and increase the accuracy of their writing. A PDF presentation for the whiteboard. Five 15 minute exercises, each consisting of sentences with errors of punctuation, spelling, grammar or usage. Pupils write out each sentence correctly, underlining the correction they have made.

Many students are not aware of the difference that acute and grave accents make to pronunciation. This resource was created to help remedy that. It consists of a timed Hotpot activity where players have to identify long and short ‘e’. A link at the top of the page takes them to a website where rules of pronunciation are explained.

A zip folder contains seven interlinked files, all of which are needed for this timed activity. Seven sentences have been jumbled up, and the student has one minute to put the words and the punctuation in the right order.

Four Hot Potatoes vocabulary activities: proverbs, opposites, odd one out and similes. Probably best suited to upper KS2 or KS3.

This is a fully resourced one hour lesson on subject and object pronouns. There is a full lesson plan indicating how the lesson could be structured. For the starter activity, there is a screen display of a nonsense poem containing pronouns. The main teaching input is via a 7 slide presentation covering the form of subject and object pronouns, their position in relation to the verb, and how to avoid common mistakes. It ends with a short practice exercise to be done in pairs or small groups. Most slides contain teacher-controlled slow-reveal animation in order to keep the class involved throughout. The independent exercise which follows contains 15 sentences in which I/me has to be inserted correctly into gaps. During the plenary, pupils work together on a printed version of the poem seen in the starter. This could be finished as a homework task.

This collection of resources is sufficient for 6 one hour lessons on adjectives. The material is suitable for Y6 and over, and would also be useful for adult classes or staff training. Lesson plans and answers are included. Each session begins with a short starter activity followed by the main input which is taught through a section of a teacher-controlled PowerPoint presentation. Most slides contain step-by-step reveal animation to enable interaction with the class and provide the possibility of individual whiteboard work. Teachers are advised to familiarise themselves in advance with the click and reveal system and the links between slides. A PDF version of the presentation is also available for anyone wishing to avoid the animation. This version would also be useful for producing classroom display material. Topics covered include: adjectives before the noun adjectives after the verb adjectives modifying pronouns antonyms of adjectives comparative and superlative adjectives correct use of comparative and superlative. Each of the presentation sections ends with a practice slide to facilitate supported group work. Pupil handouts are provided for recording answers to the questions, and each practice slide is linked to an answer slide. After the teaching input, learners move to an independent worksheet activity linked to the day’s focus. The activities vary in type (multiple choice, crossword etc). There is also an optional writing extension which is continued throughout the unit. Every lesson ends with a short plenary.

This is a customisable resource for English designed to get the creative juices flowing. A list of random words (choice of 2 - 5) is generated and pupils are challenged to come up with ways of including all of them in a piece of collaborative writing. As the class comes up with ideas, the teacher records them by typing on the onscreen board. The work can be saved at the end of the session. If pupils are not used to this kind of exercise, I suggest beginning with the 2 word sentence option. Challenge them to make sentences that make links between the words. You can move on to the other options in the menu as they become more confident… Although designed for use in English classes, this resource can easily be adapted for other subjects and for whole school sessions like assemblies. It is great for CPD too (safeguarding training, for instance). The PowerPoint file is stored in a folder with a text file named ‘words’. By replacing the words on this list by your own, the words generated on the screen can be related to any topic you like. Make sure that you keep the text file and the PowerPoint file together, however, or the nothing work. I have included a separate folder with three extra word lists (summer, adjectives, and synonyms for ‘said’). If you decide to use them, you need to rename them as ‘words’ and swap them with the original file in the main folder. You need to enable macros on your computer to use the resource, otherwise nothing will happen!

This is an interactive (Hotpot) Activity to improve pupils’ recognition of French nasal sounds. A multiple choice game played against the clock requiring player to identify rhyming words. It could be played on an interactive board as part of a whole class teaching activity, or set for homework for students to practise on home computers. eg The given word is ‘foncent’ - does it rhyme with pense, ronce or lancent? (Answer is ronce)

Five sentence maps to enable Y6 - Y8 pupils to construct sentences for oral or written work.

Proof-reading practice for Y5-8 to improve pupils' SPAG skills and increase the accuracy of their writing. A PDF presentation for the whiteboard. Five 15 minute exercises, each consisting of sentences with errors of punctuation, spelling, grammar or usage. Pupils write out each sentence correctly, underlining the correction they have made.

PDF presentation consisting of 10 screens with 3 versions of a spelling. Pupils have to identify the correct spelling.

Five sentence maps to help pupils construct sentences for either oral or written work. Language content includes adjectival agreement, parts of the verbs 'avoir' and 'être', negative word order. Suitable for Y 6-8.

Print Next Steps comments onto Avery labels to save time and wrist ache when marking writing. Fourteen different sheets with twenty-one labels on each.

Proof-reading practice for Y5-8 to improve pupils' SPAG skills and increase the accuracy of their writing. A PDF presentation for the whiteboard. Five 15 minute exercises, each consisting of sentences with errors of punctuation, spelling, grammar or usage. Pupils write out each sentence correctly, underlining the correction they have made.

The presentation shows the 3 positions for a dependent clause. Accompanying worksheet challenges pupils to identify main clause in complex sentences. With answers.

PDF presentation covering rules for adding suffixes to words ending in 'l', 'le'. Spelling rules for adverbs, for words ending in -'ful', changing 'y' to 'i'... More than a single lesson starter - I would focus on one slide a day and build it into a unit of work over a week or so. The complete presentation could also be used as a revision session.

For complete beginners who are learning to read French. A two slide presentation where pupils have to spot words with silent 'e' endings and write them down. Good for a quick starter.