Experienced KS2 teacher with a firm belief that children learn most effectively through examples and routines. My teaching resources are structured consistently, featuring model texts, success criteria, and activities for improving speed, punctuation, and grammar skills through a 'fix it' approach. With a dedication to maintaining high standards of writing and fostering a love for language in my students, I ensure that each lesson is engaging, informative, and tailored to meet the needs of all.
Experienced KS2 teacher with a firm belief that children learn most effectively through examples and routines. My teaching resources are structured consistently, featuring model texts, success criteria, and activities for improving speed, punctuation, and grammar skills through a 'fix it' approach. With a dedication to maintaining high standards of writing and fostering a love for language in my students, I ensure that each lesson is engaging, informative, and tailored to meet the needs of all.
A newspaper report on the arrest of Stanley Yelnats and his sentence to Camp Green Lake. To be completed after chapter 4 of the book.
Enhance English lessons with this newspaper report for Year 5 students in England. Specifically designed to complement your teaching of the adventure story Holes by Louis Sachar.
The package includes a model text exemplifying a newspaper report, a differentiated success criteria (presented up to three levels) to cater to varying abilities, and a ‘fix it’ activity sheet focusing on spelling, punctuation, and grammar appropriate for Year 5 learners. The ‘fix it’ text can also be used to help generate pupils’ ideas for their independent write, along with the model text as it is a different character profile on Stanley.
Upon acquiring the resource, the following activities can be implemented:
Reading and Discussion: Initiate a class or group discussion about the features of the text using the provided model text. Encourage students to share their opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of the writing.
Reviewing Success Criteria: Present the differentiated success criteria to students and task them with assessing the model text accordingly. Students can use colour coding, underlining, or ticking off to indicate the inclusion of all necessary features.
Error Correction Exercise: Engage students in a correction activity focusing on identifying and rectifying spelling and punctuation errors in the text.
Writing Task: Encourage students to craft their own text inspired by the model and self/peer assess their work using the provided success criteria.
The resource, conveniently formatted in Word, allows for easy adaptation to suit your teaching needs.
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Lower Key Stage 2. Reading comprehension pack for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. First 5 chapters.
Roughly 10 reading comprehension questions for the first 5 chapters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
I have offered the first 5 chapters free so you can see if the style of questions would suit your pupils or style of teaching and you can purchase the other 25 chapters from my shop.
All National Curriculum Content Domains are covered throughout all 30 chapters with the headings:
Word Meaning,
Inference,
Summarising,
Analysis and Evaluation,
Evaluation of Content, Structure and Quality
Retrieval,
Predicting,
Explaining and Exploring,
Comparison and Synthesis.
They could be used in several ways: as part of reading lessons with Holes as the scheme of work; as a morning activity; as an early finisher activity or as a meaningful filler activity. Every question is supplied with a comprehensive answer which could be used for peer assessment.
They were written with Lower Key Stage 2 specifically in mind.
Every sheet is written using Word so can be edited and adapted as needed. All are also uniform and ready to be stuck in books if required and ready to go straight away.
Lower Key Stage 2. Reading comprehension questions based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
Roughly 10 reading comprehension questions for each chapter.
All National Curriculum Content Domains are covered throughout all letters with the headings:
Word Meaning,
Inference,
Summarising,
Analysis and Evaluation,
Evaluation of Content,
Structure and Quality,
Retrieval,
Predicting,
Explaining and Exploring,
Comparison and Synthesis.
They could be used in several ways: as part of reading lessons with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as the scheme of work; as a morning activity; as an early finisher activity or as a meaningful filler activity. Every question is supplied with a comprehensive answer which could be used for peer assessment for more able students.
They were written with Lower Key Stage 2 in mind.
Every sheet is written using Word so can be edited and adapted as needed. All are also uniform and ready to be stuck in books if required and ready to go straight away.
Year 5. Reading comprehension pack for Holes by Louis Sachar.
Roughly 10 reading comprehension questions for each of the 50 chapters of Holes by Louis Sachar.
I have offered the first 5 chapters free so you can see if the style of questions would suit your pupils or style of teaching.
All National Curriculum Content Domains are covered throughout all 50 chapters with the headings:
Word Meaning,
Inference,
Summarising,
Analysis and Evaluation,
Evaluation of Content, Structure and Quality
Retrieval,
Predicting,
Explaining and Exploring,
Comparison and Synthesis.
They could be used in several ways: as part of reading lessons with Holes as the scheme of work; as a morning activity; as an early finisher activity or as a meaningful filler activity. Every question is supplied with a comprehensive answer which could be used for peer assessment.
They were written with Year 5 specifically in mind although could be used for Year 6.
Every sheet is written using Word so can be edited and adapted as needed. All are also uniform and ready to be stuck in books if required and ready to go straight away.
Year 5. Reading comprehension pack for Holes by Louis Sachar. First 5 chapters.
Roughly 10 reading comprehension questions for the first 5 chapters of Holes by Louis Sachar.
I have offered the first 5 chapters free so you can see if the style of questions would suit your pupils or style of teaching and you can purchase the other 45 chapters from my shop.
All National Curriculum Content Domains are covered throughout all 50 chapters with the headings:
Word Meaning,
Inference,
Summarising,
Analysis and Evaluation,
Evaluation of Content, Structure and Quality
Retrieval,
Predicting,
Explaining and Exploring,
Comparison and Synthesis.
They could be used in several ways: as part of reading lessons with Holes as the scheme of work; as a morning activity; as an early finisher activity or as a meaningful filler activity. Every question is supplied with a comprehensive answer which could be used for peer assessment.
They were written with Year 5 specifically in mind although could be used for Year 6.
Every sheet is written using Word so can be edited and adapted as needed. All are also uniform and ready to be stuck in books if required and ready to go straight away.
Year 2. Reading comprehension pack for The Day the Crayons Quit by Oliver Jeffers.
Roughly 10 reading comprehension questions for each of the crayons letters to Duncan.
All National Curriculum Content Domains are covered throughout all letters with the headings:
Word Meaning,
Inference,
Summarising,
Analysis and Evaluation,
Evaluation of Content, Structure and Quality
Retrieval,
Predicting,
Explaining and Exploring,
Comparison and Synthesis.
They could be used in several ways: as part of reading lessons with The Day the Crayons Quit as the scheme of work; as a morning activity; as an early finisher activity or as a meaningful filler activity. Every question is supplied with a comprehensive answer which could be used for peer assessment for more able students.
They were written with Year 2 specifically in mind although could be used for Year 3.
Every sheet is written using Word so can be edited and adapted as needed. All are also uniform and ready to be stuck in books if required and ready to go straight away.
3 lessons based in Internet Safety Week. All with National Curriculum links. Fully source resourced with clear lesson plans, children’s activities and PowerPoints to match.
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