A very popular game to use! The game is called, ‘WHAT AM I?’ You can link this game with ANY topic, e.g. rainforest animals, toys, family members, rooms in a house etc. Just describe what it is you want to describe on 1 card and draw and label what it is you are describing on the other. The example shown is a parrot. You can use the cards in many ways. Here are 2 examples: Stick the answer card on the back of the description card and make a complete set of topic cards. How to play: Deal the cards. Take it in turns to read the description on the card shown to you. If you guess correctly, keep the card. If you guess incorrectly, you don’t get the card. The winner is the person who wins all the cards. Arrange the description cards on 1 side of a table and the answer cards on the other side. Match them up. I’ve attached a complete set of 10 ‘What am I?’ cards to print out and use. If you want a bigger set of cards, just print off a few more. The card template is fully editable so you can design them on a computer and print them off when you’re finished … this makes them look VERY professional. Your class will love this. They might even become more popular than TOP TRUMPS.

Ask your children to write a story about being shipwrecked. This activity could be linked to the story of ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’, an island topic, feeling isolated and alone OR just taught as a discrete lesson. Attached is a helpful planning guide and template. The planning guide contains questions to consider, the layout of the story and some useful vocabulary. Fully editable and designed to make writing appealing to a younger audience. 2 pages. Fully editable.

A fully editable and effective booklet to follow when teaching WRITING TO EXPLAIN. Page 1: Easy things for children to explain. Page 2: More tricky things for children to explain. Page 3: Writing to explain - writing guide/format to follow. Page 4: Writing to explain - writing frame (to complete).

What happens to ‘Grandma’ after she receives George’s Marvellous Medicine? Your student’s can use this worksheet to retell the events OR create their own marvellous reactions to the medicine! Fully editable.

2 slides. 8 target statements to check. Fully editable.

A great homework project if you are studying non-fiction report writing. Page 1: Instructions Page 2: Poster writing template Fully editable.

A PowerPoint stating features of writing. Slides 3 to 9: Deeper Features. Slides 10 to 13: Surface Features. Fully editable.

A simple template to use when planning your weekly English lessons. Fully editable.

A 3-page homophones activity booklet. Suitable for 5 - 7 years. Fully editable.

An effective planning template for individual English lessons. Fully editable.

A 3-page booklet to help children learn and practice the rules for adding er and est. Simple to follow and fully editable. Ideal for 7+

qu words. Ideal for younger learners. 1 worksheet. Answers provided. Fully editable.

A useful booklet to practise note taking skills. 4 pages. Fully editable.

ng words. Ideal for younger learners. 1 worksheet. Answers provided. Fully editable.

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION - 29 SLIDES A great way to introduce your class to ‘Myths and Legends’ and to get them to write their own Myth or Legend. Slide 3: What is Myth and Legend? Slides 4 - 5: Theseus and The Minotaur and Odysseus and Polyphemus texts. Slides 6 – 10: Examples of mythical creatures. Slide 11: The Minotaur character profile sheet. Slide 12: 6 mythical creatures/monsters to cut out and use for a character profile. Slide 13: A blank creature/monster character profile template. Slides 14 – 20: Examples of Heroes and Heroines. Slide 21: How to incorporate a Hero or Heroine into a story. Slide 22: Theseus character profile sheet. Slide 23: 6 mythical heroes /heroines to cut out and use for a character profile. Slide 24: A blank hero/heroine character profile template. Slides 25 – 29: Writing templates to plan and write a Myth or Legend.

A simple instructional sheet for younger children to follow when they are buddy/paired reading. 1 page. Fully editable.

Beyond the role play phase, children are said to be working in a particular phase when the Global Statement and Key Indicators represent the best fit with the child’s behaviours and beliefs. Children need not display all key indicators to be placed in a phase, the placement rests upon the teacher’s professional judgement. 2 pages Fully editable.

Summer Holiday Storyboard Write and draw pictures of the summer holiday. Good activity for the first day back. Fully editable.

A great game to play! Just divide your class into groups and get them to guess the answers to the questions. The more answers they get, the more points they win! Suitable for 5+ (depending on ability).

**MR BIG - 15 LESSONS - ALL RESOURCES! A 57-slide PowerPoint with integrated animations and writing activities. 15 lessons - to be taught over 3 weeks. All activities are fully editable. Learning objectives, story, worksheets, video links and more. Ideal for Year 2 or Year 3. . LEARNING OBJECTIVES COVERED (The children will…) . Describe MR BIG. Describe what makes someone happy and sad. Answer questions about the beginning of MR BIG. Learn more about the word ‘avoid’. Sequence sentences correctly. Correct MR BIG sentences. Describe story settings. Order/sequence settings. Describe mountain gorilla activities. Compare two things. Write comparative sentences using however, but and whereas. Correct comparative sentences. Learn some new words and their meanings. Use a dictionary. Make a story map for one section of a story. Adapt part of a story. Plan a story. Write a story. Read a story aloud.