**12 excellent resources for teaching persuasive writing: ** Persuasive vocabulary and phrases for display Slogans activity Topics to debate: vegetarianism, skating/rollerblading on the playground, school uniform, pets & boxing 1 persuasive class writing activity: Should children use mobile phones? Homework activity: Ask parents their opinions about various topics

5 persuasive writing frames + 5 topics to discuss and debate - pets, vegetarianism, school uniform, rollerblading and boxing. Also attached is a 44-slide PowerPoint that covers the following: What is persuasion? Useful ‘writing to persuade’ vocabulary, sentence starters and statements. 2 ‘writing to persuade’ writing frames. Debates and statements for debate. How to make writing MORE persuasive. Persuasive writing examples. Advertisements. Slogans. Persuasive letters. Questions to consider, debate or write about. Writing to persuade assessment rubric.

Writing To Recount: 1 worksheet. Fully editable. Appropriate for 7+ (depending on ability).

A selection of Santa poems and activities. You can sing along with Santa too!

Where does snow come from? A lovely poem + activities provided. Suitable for 4 - 8 years.

PowerPoint Presentation - Simple features of a newspaper report: Headline. Opening Sentence. Main body of text. Photo. Caption. Final Sentence.

3 lovely (and fully editable) stories to share with your class: The Rainbow Fish’ (adaptation). ‘Jack Frost and the Snow. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

3 lovely stories to share with your class: Jack Frost and the Snow. The Rainbow Fish (adaptation). The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Fully editable.

8 storyboard template. Ideal for planning stories, summarising sections of text or writing about events in chronological order. Ideal for all ages.

My university dissertation. Topic: The National Literacy Strategy. A Literacy Task Force in January 1997 (chaired by Michael Barber and set up by the Labour Party shadow education minister David Blunkett) published its interim report - A reading revolution: How we can teach every child to read well. In the report, one of the recommendations was that the National Literacy Project (NLP) should be evaluated. The conservative government had previously established the NLP as a pilot scheme in thirteen Local Education Authorities. The aim of the evaluation was to determine whether the NLP should form the basis for a wider national literacy programme for all schools should Labour win the election. The major features of the NLP were: the introduction of a carefully structured literacy hour; a three strand programme of work at text, sentence and word level; a framework of teaching objectives indicating what should be taught during each term. Grade awarded: 82% - 1st Degree. 9 pages. 3707 words. Fully editable.

3 fully editable antonyms resources. Ideal for 6 - 11 years. Resource 1: Worksheet. Resource 2: Mobile. Resource 3: Display material.

Teach your students how to put words in alphabetical order. Fully animated. 8 slides - fully animated.

Assembly: Work Together, Learn Together. 15 - 20 minutes long. Song, discussion opportunities, short story script and prayer included. Preparation: Ask groups of children to demonstrate (through role play) how they work together, e.g. in the classroom (helping with tasks); at lunchtime (good manners) and on the playground (playing fairly). These role plays will be shown during the assembly. You will also need 2 broom handles (or metre sticks) for the story. Fully editable.

A lovely ‘Show and Tell’ writing activity. Ideal for 3 to 7 years. Fully editable.

34 fully editable slides. The PowerPoint is divided up into the following 4 sections: Calligrams. Descriptive Poems. Onomatopoeia. Similes and Metaphors. Integrated activities and lots of fun!

Teeth & Eating Poems 12 slides. Teeth Poems - slides 3 to 6. Eating Poems - slides 7 to 12. Appropriate for KS1 or KS2. Fully editable.

This 53-slide PowerPoint covers the following: What are instructions? Verbal instructions. Time connectives. Written Instructions. Imperative (Bossy) Verbs. Instructional Writing Examples. Instructional Writing Task. Writing Frames. Editing Instructions. Ideal for 6+ and fully editable.

A FANTASTIC WRITING TOPIC TO DO WITH YOUR CLASS! A 57-slide PowerPoint with integrated animations and writing activities. 15 lessons - to be taught over 3 weeks. All activities are fully editable. Learning objectives, story, worksheets, video links and more. Ideal for Year 2 or Year 3. . LEARNING OBJECTIVES COVERED (The children will…) . Describe MR BIG. Describe what makes someone happy and sad. Answer questions about the beginning of MR BIG. Learn more about the word ‘avoid’. Sequence sentences correctly. Correct MR BIG sentences. Describe story settings. Order/sequence settings. Describe mountain gorilla activities. Compare two things. Write comparative sentences using however, but and whereas. Correct comparative sentences. Learn some new words and their meanings. Use a dictionary. Make a story map for one section of a story. Adapt part of a story. Plan a story. Write a story. Read a story aloud.

A FANTASTIC WRITING TOPIC TO DO WITH YOUR CLASS! A 57-slide PowerPoint with integrated animations and writing activities. 15 lessons - to be taught over 3 weeks. All activities are fully editable. Learning objectives, story, worksheets, video links and more. Ideal for Year 2 or Year 3. . LEARNING OBJECTIVES COVERED (The children will…) . Describe MR BIG. Describe what makes someone happy and sad. Answer questions about the beginning of MR BIG. Learn more about the word ‘avoid’. Sequence sentences correctly. Correct MR BIG sentences. Describe story settings. Order/sequence settings. Describe mountain gorilla activities. Compare two things. Write comparative sentences using however, but and whereas. Correct comparative sentences. Learn some new words and their meanings. Use a dictionary. Make a story map for one section of a story. Adapt part of a story. Plan a story. Write a story. Read a story aloud.

TREASURE ISLAND - Take your class on a real pirate adventure! Attached is 56-slide Treasure Island PowerPoint. PowerPoint contents: Characters. Setting. Transport. Tricky words in the story. Treasure Island - the story. Script template. Pirate pictures. Heroes and Heroines. Treasure Maps and Treasure Chests Character profiles. Writing your own pirate story. Also attached is a 3-week unit plan (fully editable), play script templates, Treasure Island - the story (a Robert Louis Stevenson adaptation),a short story example and a writing assessment. Fully editable.