We are a small group of teachers (including a mum and her daughter!) specialising in English literature and language. Collectively, we’ve got over 90 years’ experience teaching in schools & universities as well as in the private tutoring sector. All our materials are devised by us and have been tested in a range of educational environments. Oh, and we’re all fully-paid-up members of the “Practice makes perfect!” club.
We are a small group of teachers (including a mum and her daughter!) specialising in English literature and language. Collectively, we’ve got over 90 years’ experience teaching in schools & universities as well as in the private tutoring sector. All our materials are devised by us and have been tested in a range of educational environments. Oh, and we’re all fully-paid-up members of the “Practice makes perfect!” club.
Free Christmas-themed printable English descriptive creative writing story prompt featuring 3 elves painting berries. This resource contains
-A hi-res image
-Starter sentences / story openers
-Kick-starter questions
-Suggested linking words / phrases
-4 figures of speech
-15 useful words
-A style checklist
-A proofreading checklist
-Spaces for students to list their own figures of speech, vocabulary and ideas
Suitable for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students in Year 7. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for dyslexic learners here.
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Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo, and many more male Shakespearean characters for children to find in a fun, colourful, printable word search for Shakespeare’s Birthday (plus solution!).
22 male Shakespearean characters in total placed in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions. Suitable for children aged between 9 and 11 (Year 5 & Year 6 / 4th Grade & 5th Grade).
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
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FREE Female Shakespeare Characters Word Search
Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, Desdemona, Juliet, and many more female Shakespearean characters for children to find in a fun, colourful, printable word search for Shakespeare’s Birthday (plus solution!).
22 female Shakespearean characters in total placed in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions. Suitable for children aged between 9 and 11 (Year 5 & Year 6 / 4th Grade & 5th Grade).
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
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A fun, colourful, printable word search for Valentine’s Day with 20 themed words for children to find in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions. Suitable for children aged between 9 and 11.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
A fun, colourful, printable word search for Mother’s Day (plus solution!) with 21 adjectives for children to find in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions. Suitable for Key Stage 2 children aged between 9 and 11.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
A fun, colourful, printable word search for the Festival of Lanterns (aka Lantern Festival) with 20 themed words for children to find in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions. Suitable for children aged between 10 and 11.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
This is the US version. For the UK version, please click here.
A fun, colourful, printable word search for St Patrick’s Day with 22 themed words for children to find in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions. Suitable for children aged between 9 and 11.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
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Red Nose Day Word Search (+ Solution!) (English Activity Sheet: Ages 9-11)
A fun, colourful word game for Father’s Day! Challenge your students to make as many words as possible from the letters of the words “Father’s Day”.
A comprehensive list of appropriate possible answers is also provided.
Aimed at children between 9 and 11, but is suitable for younger children.
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Free Father’s Day Word Search Activity Sheet
A fun, colourful, printable word search for Father’s Day (plus solution!) with the names of 18 favourite fictional dads from classics by Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman and more for children to find.
All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions in a 15x15 grid. Suitable for Key Stage 2 children aged between 9 and 11.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
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Targeted SPaG practice worksheets to reinforce Year 6 students’ ability to correctly identify and use direct and indirect speech.
This pack contains 67 unrepeated practice questions (with answers) that are spread across 6 self-contained exercises, including:
Ticking boxes
Matching words and phrases
Rewriting statements, questions, requests & commands.
See Preview p. 2 for more details.
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FREE 2018 KS2 SATs English SPaG Paper 1 Practice Test (Year 6)
100 SATs-style questions divided into ten 10-Minute Tests. These bite-size tests are primarily a SPaG revision tool for Year 6 students preparing for the 2024 KS2 SATs English Paper 1: Questions, but they can also be used all year round as a practice resource or assessment tool.
Closely modelled on actual exam questions, the material in this resource covers all the key areas of grammar, punctuation and spelling that feature in Paper 1: Questions.
This resource also includes ten Self-Assessment Reports for students to review their performance and evaluate their progress as well as the complete answers (+ marking guidelines where appropriate).
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KS2 SATs English SPaG Paper 1 Practice Tests (x 3 papers)
Model 2018 SATs SPaG Paper 1 Practice Test Editable Interactive PowerPoint
SATs revision tool comprising 3 full original exam-style Paper 1 practice test papers made up of 145 realistic, unrepeated questions to help Year 6 children prepare for the 2019 KS2 SATs English Paper 1: Questions.
Each paper is closely modelled on a recent exam in terms of content domains, questions types, and layout. Like the actual exam, each paper should be completed in 45 minutes and consists of 46 to 50 questions.
The resource also contains:
Student Cover Sheets
SATs-style Instructions for Students
Full Answers
Marking Guidelines.
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Targeted SPaG practice worksheets to consolidate Year 6 students’ ability to correctly identify and use the active and passive voices.
This pack contains 140 differentiated practice questions (with full answers) that are divided into two sets: one for higher ability students and one for lower ability students.
Each ability set consists of 6 different exercise types including:
Ticking boxes
Labelling sentences
Rewriting sentences
Selecting or using the word(s) in brackets to complete sentences.
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FREE 2018 KS2 SATs English SPaG Paper 1 Practice Test (Year 6)
A full original 2018 KS2 Paper 1 SPaG practice test in 4 different formats. This revision and study tool comprises:
(1) an editable interactive PowerPoint for teachers (questions and answers)
(2) an editable PowerPoint for students (questions only)
(3) a colourful PDF student handout (questions only)
(4) a SATs-style exam PDF (with complete answers and marking guidelines).
Materials can be used variously as an interactive whole class Year 6 SPaG revision lesson, for group activities, or for independent study in the run-up to the 2019 KS2 SATs exams.
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Targeted SPaG practice worksheets to reinforce Year 6 students’ ability to correctly identify and use direct and indirect speech & to accurately punctuate direct speech using speech marks, full stops, commas, colons, question & exclamation marks.
In total, this bundle contains 132 unrepeated grammar & punctuation practice questions (with full answers) that are spread across 2 worksheets packs. Pack 1 includes 6 self-contained grammar exercises, while Pack 2 includes 6 self-contained punctuation exercises.
Throughout each pack, the exercises become more challenging with Exercise A being the easiest and Exercise F the hardest.
Suitable for classwork or homework, these versatile worksheets can be used individually or in various combinations depending on your SoW.
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