A first person account of the death of ‘The Highwayman’ from a solider’s perspective with tasks attached. Directly linked to the narrative poem ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes. A modelled example of how to write of the events in the poem from a different viewpoint. Ideal as an example text for teacher exposition. Suitable for a guided reading text. Writing and reading tasks attached. Aimed at KS 2/ 3 children. A Microsoft Word Document.

This comprehension resource pack is ideal for year 3 /4 whole class guided reading sessions. It includes a set of lesson plans, starter activities, activity worksheets and a PowerPoint to navigate the sessions. There are 7 lessons all together with SATS style questions on the different strands of guided reading. This resource covers 2a) language, 2d) inference, 2b) retrieval, 2c) summarising and 2h) comparisons. It is ready to pick up and use alongside your own copies of the text ‘The Magic Finger’. A tried and tested resource that will make your life easy!

A PowerPoint presentation on the various word classes - nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions and determiners. Ideal for KS1 and 2. Includes activities and a Quiz on word classes. The slides could be printed as a visual display. Two work sheets on Microsoft word differentiated on word classes. A lesson plan to help teach the activities. A set of large words to organise into a sentence.

A complete guided reading lesson with a PowerPoint presentation focusing on teaching language skills - exploring unfamiliar words and working out the meaning using known root (base) words and vocabulary in context. Shared activities to complete as you work through the PowerPoint. An original poem on pirates with historical accuracy to link to topic work suitable for KS1 or lower KS2. A differentiated comprehension on the poetry text with a range of question types covering many assessment focuses- retrieval , structure, language, inference and opinion. Answer sheets provided.

A worksheet with four different activities on identifying common homophones. Activity one - to find pairs of homophones. Activity two - to circle the correct spelling option in sentences. Activity three - to work out the missing homophones by solving the sentence clues. Activity four - to think of your own sentence clues for some common homophones. The sheets are editable. A suitable resource for Year 2, 3 and 4.

A complete unit of work for up to 4 weeks. Ideal for KS1 but also applicable to lower KS2. Covers a range of objectives including guided reading and SPaG skills. Focuses on the theme of fairy tales. Editable resources. A plan with 24 lesson ideas covering speaking and listening, reading skills and grammar and punctuation and writing objectives. An original poem focusing on the long vowel phoneme ‘e’ called ‘A Troll down the Street Called Pete.’ A differentiated expanded noun phrases work sheet with 3 activities. Differentiated worksheets on the long vowel phoneme ‘e’ detectives. Sequence the story differentiated worksheets on the fairy tale version of the poem and The Three Little Pigs. A factual description of trolls and where they originate from with new language. Three comprehensions with a variety of question types covering the key skills retrieval, inference, language and comparison. Answer sheets included. A role on the wall worksheet for a troll. A similes worksheet with three differentiated activities linking to the poem. A letter writing template for Pete the Troll. A worksheet on drawing and labelling the setting. A worksheet on bringing the characters to life with speech and thought bubbles. A differentiated character description template.

Differentiated worksheets to compare and contrast different fairy tales - which features are the same and which are different?- Picking out new language to magpie. A good guided reading activity and feeds into the unit of work on fairy tales. Editable resources. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

A worksheet on a Microsoft Word document. 8 simple sentences to convert to compound sentence structures. Coordinating conjunctions provided with examples. Ideal for KS 1/ 2 children.

A worksheet ideal for guided or independent work. A Microsoft word document that can be edited. Tasks: Underline the subjects and verbs within the sentences. Highlight the main clauses. Identify the sentence structure – is it simple, compound or complex? Circle the conjunctions used – are they coordinators or subordinators? Aimed at KS 2 children.

A role on the wall worksheet for a character in a story to add emotions and feelings on the inside and physical characteristics and behaviours on the outside. Editable resource. Suitable for KS1 or KS2.

An activity with three colour coded sentence structures, with each word printed on Microsoft Word documents individually. Ideal for hands on grammar lessons in guided or group work. Children have to sort cards into word classes, create sentences and rearrange sentences by identifying phrases and clauses. A challenge activity suitable for KS 2 or more able KS 1 children.

2 Microsoft Word Documents on Reading. A report ideal to send to parents to encourage reading for pleasure at home. A document on the key reading skills and what terms/ expectations are used in assessment. Ideal as a classroom poster or as a resource to send home to parents to help with their understanding of comprehension question types. Also useful for whole school staff development - clarifying guided reading skills.

Exactly what are the three main sentence structures? How can you tell which is which? Where do I include commas? This Presentation should help you to answer these questions with more confidence. A PowerPoint to explain the features of the three main sentence structures - simple, compound and complex. Ideal as a teaching tool for Key Stage 2 children or as a presentation to parents or staff as part of an English workshop.

Three modelled texts on a letter, diary and postcard written from Holiday destinations in America Links to travel, holidays and around the world topics. Ideal for whole class exposition or guided groups Useful as an example of how to write a particular genre Tasks and questions attached for independent or guided work Can be used as comprehension material. Suitable for KS 2/3 children Microsoft word documents that can be modified to suit the class. Useful for grammar lessons – to identify words classes/ punctuation/ clauses/ figurative language etc.….

A worksheet with 4 separate tasks linked to subordinate conjunctions and complex sentence structures. A Microsoft word document that can be edited. Task 1: Identify and underline the main clause. Highlight the key subject and verb in both the main and subordinate clauses. Circle the subordinator. Task 2: to add a main clause to the subordinate clause and make sentences that make sense. Task 3: to use a different conjunction in each sentence - linked to school or current topic. Task 3: Challenge: to use as many conjunctions as possible from list in a paragraph of writing about school/ topic. Ideal for KS 2 children as guided or independent work with differentiated tasks.

A class assembly on Poetry in its many forms. Written in rhyming prose. 9 pages long in Microsoft Word format Suitable for KS1/2 children Approximately 15 - 20 minutes long. Four original poems included. Cross curricula link with English, Speaking and listening, music, drama and dance Includes references to rhyme, nonsense poems, figurative language and performance poetry. To accompany the assembly; a PowerPoint with thirteen colourful and informative slides . Could also be used as a teaching tool for English.

A range of question types on each of the chapters - beginning to the end of 'Street Child' by Berlie Doherty Ideal for KS children - Year 4/5 Suitable for Guided reading sessions or English reading assessment Covers inference, retrieval, prediction, evaluation, justification, language, structure and summarising. Differentiated for two different abilities. 15 separate Microsoft word documents to access.

An extended comedy play-script A class of children await their stressed-out teacher and decide to discuss the question ‘What is the meaning of Christmas?’ Ideal for an alternative Christmas production Aimed at KS2/3 19-page script with music suggestions Cross curricula link to RE, Drama, English and Citizenship

60 questions on the text ‘The Butterfly Lion’ by Micheal Morpurgo. A selection of question types for each chapter. Covers inference, literal retrieval, evaluation, language and prediction questions. Suitable for KS 2 7 pages of questions written on Microsoft word. Suitable for guided reading sessions or English reading assessments.

A modelled text on descriptive writing with tasks attached. Tom flies his multi-coloured kite, but soon the kite is flying him. Ideal for whole class exposition or guided groups Useful as an example of how to write a particular genre. Tasks and questions attached for independent or guided work. Can be used as comprehension material. Suitable for KS 1/2 children. A Microsoft word document that can be modified to suit the class. Useful for grammar lessons – to identify words classes/ punctuation/ figurative language/ clauses etc.….