This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives: -Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence -Ask questions to improve their understanding -Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction Pupils will look at a short extract from the text and be asked to infer what the text is about. They will then read the text as a class with the teacher posing questions throughout. They will then complete comprehension questions on the text before ‘hot-seating’ the subject of the biography to better understand their life. This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.

This lesson focuses on 2 NC objectives: -Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning -Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader Pupils will look at the meaning of some key vocabulary in the text before reading the text as a class with the teacher posing questions throughout. They will then draw an object from the text using what they have read to support them. After this, they will look at persuasive techniques and apply them to the text read considering the effect on the reader. This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives: -Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning -Participate in discussions about books that are read to them and those they can read for themselves, building on their own and others’ ideas and challenging views courteously -Read books that are structured in different ways and read for a range of purposes Pupils will first discuss formal and informal vocabulary before reading two versions of a school letter to parents. As a class, both texts will be compared with pupils asked which is most appropriate. Their task is then to write their own letter as a headteacher explaining an incident in school using the formal letter as a WAGOLL. This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

This lesson focuses on two NC objectives: -Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, considering the impact on the reader -Read books that are structured in different ways and read for a range of purposes Pupils will listen to the eerie music and will consider the genre of the text they are about the read. They will consider how to build tension and suspense from the poster shown. They will then read the text as a class with questions posed throughout by the teacher, considering how tension and suspense is built. Following this, they will write their own opening, using a haunted house picture as their stimulus and the text as their WAGOLL. This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives: -Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence -Prepare poems and plays to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone and volume so that the meaning is clear to an audience -Continue to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks In this lesson, pupils will learn what Blood Brothers is and will read the text as a class with questions posed by the teacher. They will then complete comprehension questions on the text and will continue the next part of the playscript. An example of how to do this is provided for them. This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives: -Make comparisons within and across books -Increase familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths, legends and traditional stories, modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage, and books from other cultures and traditions -Identify and discuss themes and conventions in and across a wide range of writing Pupils will revisit the fairytale they remember and will watch the film trailer considering how it has been adapted. They will then read the Brothers Grimm version considering how it differs to the modern version and what it can suggest about the time in which it was written. This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

This lesson focuses on two National Curriculum objectives: Check that the book makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and exploring the meaning of words in context Distinguish between statements of fact and opinion Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction In this lesson, students will watch a clip of recently discovered footage of Queen Victoria to help engage them for the text. They will then read the biography of Queen Victoria while the teacher questions them on elements of the text. Following this, they will complete comprehension questions on the text as well as inference and true/false questions. This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.

In this lesson, students will understand what different narrative genres there are and will be tasked to guess the genre from the extract given. They will then learn what the different parts to a story are and what are the seven basic plots they can choose from. Finally, they will develop their own ideas for a story from the questions posed. This is the first in a 5 lesson sequence on story writing. The following lessons are: Setting description Planning story structure Character description Writing and reviewing stories All of the lessons include an engaging presentation and the relevant resources. This lesson is appropriate for KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS1- KS3 students.

In this pack of activities, you will get the following task sheets in a 26 page booklet! All about ‘me’ activity sheets General getting to know my class and classroom sheets Maths from Year 4 recap Science topics from Year 4 recap English- holiday recount writing Art task to sketch a portrait of your partner DT teamworking task to build a structure using spaghetti and marshmallows Geography local area research task History ordering dates on a timeline

This 3 week guided narrative unit of work follows the first six chapters of Pig Heart Boy and the Talk for Writing model with a baseline assessment- planning- imitation- innovation- independent application- final assessment. The children work on their comprehension skills through whole class guided reading lessons based on what they have read so far. They learn to develop the characters through dialogue and description in structured lessons and through teacher modelling, they complete a shared write before independently writing the next chapter of the narrative. Lesson 1- ‘Have a go’ independently writing next chapter Lesson 2- Whole class guided reading on model chapter Lesson 3- Exploring characters Lesson 4- Characterisation through dialogue Lesson 5- Characterisation through description Lesson 6- Planning shared write Lesson 7, 8 &9- Shared writing Lesson 10- Chapter 5 comprehension Lesson 11-15- Planning, writing and editing independent ‘Show what you know’ This unit is planned for Year 5 and 6 children but can easily be modified to suit lower KS3 students. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

This three-week unit of work is based on the text Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman and the Talk for Writing model with a baseline assessment- planning- imitation- innovation- independent application- final assessment. The pupils will learn what the features of newspaper reports are and how to identify bias. They will look in detail at a ‘model text’ and will learn this off-by-heart to help them reproduce similar sentence structures and vocabulary in their own writing. Through teacher modelling, they will embellish the class version on kidney xenotransplantation before writing their own independently using the techniques they have learnt. Lesson 1- Have a go writing own newspaper report Lesson 2- whole class guided reading on the model text (Pig Heart Boy based) Lesson 3- Looking at how cohesion is created Lesson 4- Features of newspaper reports Lesson 5- ‘Boxing-up’- looking at how the model text is structured Lesson 6- Analysing bias and how it is created in newspaper reports Lesson 7, 8 & 9- Shared writing with teacher modelling Lesson 10,11,12,13,14,15- planning, writing, editing and improving own newspaper reports This unit is planned for Year 5 and 6 children but can easily be modified to suit lower KS3 students. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

In this lesson, children will learn about the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Stone Age. They will understand how humans evolved over this period and facts such as what they lived in and what they ate. They will complete a short quiz on what they have learnt and be tasked to create their own timelines of the period until modern day with date cards. All resources for this lesson are provided. This lesson is intended for KS2 but can easily be modified to suit KS3. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

In this lesson students will work towards the objective: To use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across zero An engaging powerpoint presentation is provided which asks students to calculate the difference between negative numbers as well as order numbers and problem solve with numbers in different contexts. Three levels of differentiated activity sheets are provided with answers. Duration: 1 hour Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

In this lesson, students will learn to use the column multiplication method, they will will practise this along with how to approach word problems. The activity is a game in which students move around the board in a group, picking up word problems and completing them as they try to reach the finish line! Mastery concepts such as completing missing multiplication calculations are given as a challenge as well as higher-level problem solving. This lesson is appropriate for Year 5/6 students. 3 levels of differentiation provided in the problems to play with the game as well as answer sheets. Duration: 1-2 hours. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

In this lesson, students will learn what square and cube numbers are, recognise relationships and patterns between them and problem solve using what they know in context.

Comparing and ordering fractions is an essential part of developing number sense. In this lesson, students will first compare fractions using bar modelling, then they will be taught how to compare fractions by expressing them in the same denominator and they will also look at how expressing fractions in the same numerator can be useful also. This comprehensive resource clearly explains the methods in the engaging presentation and comes with activities to practise these methods. It finishes off with a range of problem solving activities to help consolidate the methods and apply the concept to real life. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

In this lesson/s, students will revisit changing fractions into a common denominator and will then add or subtract them. They will have an opportunity to practise this skill before moving onto completing problems which require them to use their understanding of adding and subtracting fractions in context. This lesson is appropriate for Year 6 students but can easily be modified to suit Year 5 or Year 7 students. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

In this lesson, students will learn the different methods in multplying proper fractions and proper fractions by integers. They will complete consolidation questions and then a range of differentiated problems. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

These differentiated Christmas-themed problems cover all areas of fractions Year 6 students are expected to know: -fractions of amounts -equivalent fractions -simplifying fractions -adding and subtracting fractions -comparing and ordering fractions -multiplying and dividing fractions They can easily be modified to suit Year 5 and Year 7 pupils. Please note- answers for the shaded shapes are not shown (2 questions). Happy Holidays! For more resources like this, please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/ResourcesForYou Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

In this lesson, students will work towards the objective: To identify the value of each digit in numbers given to three decimal places and multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1000 giving answers up to three decimal places. They will first revisit the place value of numbers with up to 3 decimal places, looking at the value of digits and missing place values in numbers. They will then look at multiplying and dividing decimals by 10,100 and 1000: they will experiment with a place value grid looking for patterns between the numbers when multiplied or divided. A number of questions on the board will allow them to practise this skill. Finally they will complete a worksheet which challenges them to recognise patterns, answer word problems and create their own calculations for a partner. An answer sheet is provided. This is an engaging lesson which comes with an interactive power point presentation and all corresponding activity worksheets. It is designed for Year 6 but could easily be modified to suit lower KS2 and KS3. Duration: 1 hour To see more resources from ResourcesForYou, please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/ResourcesForYou