A set of 2 punctuation assessments to assess and track basic punctuation skills. Each test is structured in the same way, assessing: • Capital letters • Full stops • Question marks • Exclamation marks • Speech marks • Apostrophes for omission and possession • Brackets • Dashes • Commas • Colons and semi-colons Also included is a tracking sheet, to track which skills each child is demonstrating correctly.

Comprehension Questions suitable for UKS2. Questions on selected extracts (not included) for pages: 14 - 22 64 - 70 98- 108

Comprehension Questions for The Shoemaker’s Boy by Joan Aiken Questions on selected extracts (not included) for pages: 5 -13 15 - 24 38 - end

Comprehension Questions on page 1 - 20 of ‘How to Upset a Victorian’ by Simon Chesire. Suitable for KS2

Comprehension Questions suitable for UKS2. Questions on selected extracts (not included) for pages: 89 - 95 96 - 108 126 - 139 157 - 165

A peer assessment sheet for narrative writing, suitable for KS2. Children rate different elements of their partners work between 1 and 4 stars, with space to provide feedback comments.

SPAG Powerpoint 5 (of 5) A powerpoint comprising of 39 slides covering aspects of the SPAG curriculum, for example: • Verb-subject agreement • Antonyms • Past/present/future tense • Prepositions of time and place • Double negatives • Metaphors • Determiners • Diminutives, comparatives and superlatives • 7 x slides of revision Each topic includes a slide or two of teaching plus an activity slide based on the learning in that session (some, more complicated topics, run over a few days). The slides and tasks have been created for a short 15 minute SPAG session but could also be used as starters or in literacy lessons. At the end of each block of 4 topics is a quiz slide (which, if covered daily, would be a Friday session) which recaps the previous 4 topics covered. This Powerpoint has enough slides for 4-5 weeks of daily teaching (one topic per day). One further Powerpoints will be available soon covering the other areas in the SPAG curriculum, including a final revision set at the end.

SPAG Powerpoint 4 (of 5) A powerpoint comprising of 72 slides covering aspects of the SPAG curriculum, for example: • Sentence types • Subordinating connectives • Non-finite clauses • Noun phrases • Expanded noun phrases • Interesting vocabulary • Adverbial phrase and clauses • Colons and semi-colons • Articles • Speech punctuation • Synonyms for said • Formal/informal language • Apostophes for possession • Apostophes for omission • Homophones Each topic includes a slide or two of teaching plus an activity slide based on the learning in that session (some, more complicated topics, run over a few days). The slides and tasks have been created for a short 15 minute SPAG session but could also be used as starters or in literacy lessons. At the end of each block of 4 topics is a quiz slide (which, if covered daily, would be a Friday session) which recaps the previous 4 topics covered. This Powerpoint has enough slides for 6 weeks of daily teaching (one topic per day). One further Powerpoints will be available soon covering the other areas in the SPAG curriculum, including a final revision set at the end. PLEASE NOTE: Some slides have been duplicated from previous Powerpoints for revision purposes and the lower price reflects this.

SPAG Powerpoint 2 (of 5) A powerpoint comprising of 65 slides covering aspects of the SPAG curriculum, for example: • Conditional sentences • Homophones • Nouns • Extended noun phrases • Speech punctuation • Brackets • Dashes • Subordinating connectives • Phrases • Clauses • Alliteration • Similes • Metaphors Each topic includes a slide or two of teaching plus an activity slide based on the learning in that session (some, more complicated topics, run over a few days). The slides and tasks have been created for a short 15 minute SPAG session but could also be used as starters or in literacy lessons. At the end of each block of 4 topics is a quiz slide (which, if covered daily, would be a Friday session) which recaps the previous 4 topics covered. This powerpoint has enough slides for 6 weeks of daily teaching (one topic per day). A further 2 Powerpoints will be available soon covering the other areas in the SPAG curriculum, including a final revision set at the end. PLEASE NOTE: Some slides have been duplicated from Powerpoint 1 for revision purposes and the lower price reflects this.

SPAG Powerpoint 2 (of 5) A powerpoint comprising of 59 slides covering aspects of the SPAG curriculum, for example: • Root words • Prefixes • Suffixes • Pronouns • Proper nouns • Abstract nouns • Collective nouns • Commas in a list • Commas to separate clauses • Brackets • Dashes • Subordinating connectives • Verb/subject agreement • Simple sentences • Compound sentences • Complex sentences Each topic includes a slide or two of teaching plus an activity slide based on the learning in that session (some, more complicated topics, run over a few days). The slides and tasks have been created for a short 15 minute SPAG session but could also be used as starters or in literacy lessons. At the end of each block of 4 topics is a quiz slide (which, if covered daily, would be a Friday session) which recaps the previous 4 topics covered. This powerpoint has enough slides for 6 weeks of daily teaching (one topic per day). A further 3 Powerpoints will be available soon covering the other areas in the SPAG curriculum, including a final revision set at the end. PLEASE NOTE: Some slides have been duplicated from Powerpoint 1 for revision purposes and the lower price reflects this.

SPAG Powerpoint 1 (of 5) A powerpoint comprising of 88 slides covering aspects of the SPAG curriculum, for example: • Nouns, verbs and adjectives • Prepositions • Consonants, vowels and syllables • Dictionary and thesaurus use • Determiners • Capital letters • Full stops • Question marks • Exclamation marks • Sentence types • 1st/2nd/3rd person • Conjunctions • Connectives • Plurals • Tense • Irregular verbs • Sentence structures: simple, compound and complex Each topic includes a slide or two of teaching plus an activity slide based on the learning in that session. The slides and tasks have been created for a short 15 minute SPAG session but could also be used as starters or in literacy lessons. At the end of each block of 4 topics is a quiz slide (which, if covered daily, would be a Friday session) which recaps the previous 4 topics covered. This powerpoint has enough slides for 6 weeks of daily teaching (one topic per day). A further 4 Powerpoints will be available soon covering the other areas in the SPAG curriculum, including a final revision set at the end.

Display cards for a '100 Book Challenge' - where children race to be the first to have read 100 books! Each level could have a prize (for example, a bookmark/pencil/magazine/book token etc.) The books are for the names of the children in the class; I printed them on coloured card and then wrote on them.

This is a WAGOLL newspaper article, written using the beginning of the story of Kensuke's Kingdom (by Michael Murpurgo), but could be used as an example for any newspaper writing unit. Possible uses: - to annotate features of a newspaper - as a model for writing own newspaper articles - to critique - what is good and not-so-good about this article? P.s. The family is not called 'Finnegan' in Kensuke's Kingdom - we are not told their surname so I made one up!

'Writing like a writer' is a set of Powerpoint slides, each featuring a new word of the day. The purpose of this resource is to broaden the children's vocabulary and is aimed at KS2/lower KS3. The document displays the word, definition and example as well as a short writing task and there are 30 slides (enough for 6 weeks if used daily). The tasks are designed to be creative writing opportunities and so are very varied in theme! The word of the day does not necessarily 'fit' with the writing task, but as the children build up their vocabulary bank they should be able to use previous words to enhance their short piece of writing. This activity is designed to take about 10 minutes, and so can be used as a starter or daily activity during an allocated slot, e.g. register time. The way I have used this in the past is: - introduce the word, children repeat it aloud a few times - explain the definition and read through the example - children write down the word and the meaning in a vocabulary book - children complete the writing task, trying to use the new word or one of the previous words. PART 3

'Writing like a writer' is a set of Powerpoint slides, each featuring a new word of the day. The purpose of this resource is to broaden the children's vocabulary and is aimed at KS2/lower KS3. The document displays the word, definition and example as well as a short writing task and there are 30 slides (enough for 6 weeks if used daily). The tasks are designed to be creative writing opportunities and so are very varied in theme! The word of the day does not necessarily 'fit' with the writing task, but as the children build up their vocabulary bank they should be able to use previous words to enhance their short piece of writing. This activity is designed to take about 10 minutes, and so can be used as a starter or daily activity during an allocated slot, e.g. register time. The way I have used this in the past is: - introduce the word, children repeat it aloud a few times - explain the definition and read through the example - children write down the word and the meaning in a vocabulary book - children complete the writing task, trying to use the new word or one of the previous words. PART 2

'Writing like a writer' is a set of Powerpoint slides, each featuring a new word of the day. The purpose of this resource is to broaden the children's vocabulary and is aimed at KS2/lower KS3. The document displays the word, definition and example as well as a short writing task and there are 30 slides (enough for 6 weeks if used daily). The tasks are designed to be creative writing opportunities and so are very varied in theme! The word of the day does not necessarily 'fit' with the writing task, but as the children build up their vocabulary bank they should be able to use previous words to enhance their short piece of writing. This activity is designed to take about 10 minutes, and so can be used as a starter or daily activity during an allocated slot, e.g. register time. The way I have used this in the past is: - introduce the word, children repeat it aloud a few times - explain the definition and read through the example - children write down the word and the meaning in a vocabulary book - children complete the writing task, trying to use the new word or one of the previous words.

A poster explaining when and where capital letters should be used. Made on A4 but with the intention of being blown up to A3.

A poster designed to help children to make sure they have included all of the punctuation necessary for speech. It has been made on an A4 sheet, but with the intention of being blown up to A3!