Punctuation PowerPoint. 20 slides. Ideal for 5 - 9 years. Slide 3: End marks Slides 5 and 6: Full stops Slide 7: Question marks Slide 8: Exclamation marks Slides 9 to 15: Activity: What end mark should be used? Slide 16: What to remember! Slides 17 and 18: The colon Slides 19 and 20: The Comma

Dictionary - Clarification activity Just write down (no more than 4) unfamiliar/new words on the worksheet then ask your student’s to predict what they mean. Then, ask your student’s to find the actual definition of each word using a dictionary. Finally, ask your student’s to create their own sentence with the word. Fully editable. Suitable for all ages.

A complete unit of work with all resources. 16 lessons. Age range: 6 to 9 years (depending on ability). Title: Explorers. Genre: Action/Adventure/Exploration. Model Text: The Enchanted Envelope. Stimulus/Hook Text: ‘Whatever Next’ by Jill Murphy. Cold and Hot Task included. . Resource 1: A complete Unit of Work. Ideal for 6 to 9 years. 16 lessons (4 to 5 weeks of lessons). The unit plan is divided into 3 main sections: Imitation, Boxing Up and Innovation. Cold and Hot task ‘suggested activities’ included. Fully editable. . Resource 2: An ‘Explorers’ text called ‘The Enchanted Envelope’. 548 words (2 pages). Genre: Action / Adventure / Exploration. The text is divided into 4 main parts: Introduction, Build-up, Main section and Ending. Difficult vocabulary highlighted. Fully editable. . Resource 3: A picture stimulus and ‘Hook’ text. Picture and Audio Text included. . Resource 4: 3 sets of ‘What does it Mean?’ worksheets. On each worksheet, students have to read the sentence (or phrase) from the text, guess what it means and find the actual meaning. These worksheets are excellent for introducing new vocabulary. Fully editable. . Resource 5: A storyboard for one of the activities. Fully editable . Resource 6: An innovation activity booklet. 6 pages - 5 worksheets. Fully editable.

Features of a Play Script - PowerPoint. 6 slides. Example play script given. Each slide highlights a feature of a play script … setting the scene, omission of speech marks, stage directions and use of dialogue. Fully editable.

Make your own VCOP Pyramid with this resource. Simply cut out the 4 triangles and paste together. These can then be used as a desk-top reminder/reference point for the children. There are 5 “bands” on each of the 4 pyramids and the lower down the pyramid you go, the more sophisticated the writing becomes. Fully editable.

Allow your student’s more creative writing opportunities with these simple and fully editable worksheets: Worksheet 1: Silly Sentences (Lower ability) Worksheet 2: Peculiar Passage (Middle ability) Worksheet 3 (2 pages): Short Story (Higher ability)

Can your student’s create a poem about a specific emotion? A lovely activity to find out more about your student’s emotional interpretations. Fully editable.

1 worksheet. 20 questions. Fully editable. Answers provided.

A 28-slide PowerPoint full of past, present and future tense sentence-based activities. Fully editable, fun and interactive.

Play script writing template A 2-page versatile play script writing template. Fully editable.

A fully editable 9-page EAL screening form. The aim of this screening form is to establish a student’s basic English language proficiency; to identify a student who requires EAL, EFL, ESL support and to identify topic areas a student may need to develop. Before carrying out the screening form, it is helpful to say to the child, ‘During the task, I will circle some areas that you find a bit tricky. This is to help me know which areas I need to focus on in class so that I can make your English even better!’ By saying this, the student will be reassured from the start. . The following 23 topic areas are assessed: Colours Numbers (0 - 9) Numbers (10 – 20) Body parts Head / Face Clothes Household objects School Shapes Action words Domestic Animals Weather words Food - Basics Food - Fruit Food - Vegetables Fast food Wild Animals Gardening Positional Words Days of the week Times of the day Months of the year Professions / Jobs

Paired Reading - PEER ASSESSMENT sheet. A useful peer assessment sheet for assessing reading punctuation, fluency, delivery and accuracy. Fully editable.

A 59-slide animated PowerPoint AND set of worksheets - the majority of which are related to ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by Lynne Cherry. The PowerPoint focuses on WRITING TO PERSUADE with the last few slides dedicated to advertisements. 10 integrated and exciting activities. Fully editable. Ideal for Year 3 or Year 4. 10 days of activities. Over 20 hours of planning!

8 storyboard template. Ideal for planning stories, summarising sections of text or writing about events in chronological order. Ideal for all ages.

300 High Frequency Words 6 pages in total (50 words on each page). Page 1: Words 1 - 50. Page 2: Words 51 - 100. Page 3: Words 101 - 150. Page 4: Words 151 - 200. Page 5: Words 201 - 250. Page 6: Words 251 - 300. The lists have been designed to allow the child 5 attempts to read and spell each word. Great for: Creating spelling lists, interventions, reading and spelling ‘check up’ tests. Also attached are 6 spelling record sheets (1 for each set).

Conjunctions Worksheet. 4 activities: Can you spot the conjunctions in the sentences? Copy the sentences and underline the conjunctions. Use conjunctions to make sentences more interesting. Find 5 conjunctions in your reading book. Give sentences different meaning by combining them using different conjunctions. Fully editable.

2 fully-editable non-fiction resources: A poster highlighting some features of a non fiction text. Features of a non-fiction text matching activity - match the correct word with its correct definition. Answers provided Ideal for 7 - 11 years. Fully editable.

Activity 1 - Worksheet: 24 mistakes to highlight in a passage: 9 missing capital letters. 7 missing full stops. 3 missing commas. 4 missing speech marks. 1 missing exclamation mark! . Activity 2 - Worksheet: 32 mistakes to correct in the passage: 10 spelling mistakes. 19 punctuation errors. 3 new lines missing (for new speakers). . Activity 3: Self assessment sheet for student’s to refer to when proofreading their work. Answers provided. Fully editable.

Focus: Capital letters and full stops. 2 activity booklets. 4 pages in total. Resource 1: A 2-page activity booklet that focuses on capital letters and full stops. Answers provided. Resource 2: A 2-page activity booklet that focuses on capital letters and full stops. Answers not provided. Suitable for younger learners (5 - 9 years). Fully editable.

4 storyboards attached. Fully differentiated and fully editable. Storyboard 1: All writing and pictures provided (answers). Storyboard 2: 4 pictures and all writing provided (lower ability). Storyboard 2: 4 pictures but no writing provided (middle ability). Storyboard 3: No pictures or writing provided (higher ability).