I am a retired teacher who wrote 7 photocopiable books for Teachers and one book for children Union Jack Colouring Book.
The 7books covered Geography, History (Medieval/ Tudor/ Stuart), Travel and Transport, Myself and Events (this included diaries), Race Against Time Stories (SATS based), Church Dates for Children plus Nature and Seasons (including Sport). These 7 books have been mainly broken into a number of segments.
Challenging the Physical Elements, my Geography book, is complete.
I am a retired teacher who wrote 7 photocopiable books for Teachers and one book for children Union Jack Colouring Book.
The 7books covered Geography, History (Medieval/ Tudor/ Stuart), Travel and Transport, Myself and Events (this included diaries), Race Against Time Stories (SATS based), Church Dates for Children plus Nature and Seasons (including Sport). These 7 books have been mainly broken into a number of segments.
Challenging the Physical Elements, my Geography book, is complete.
Some information which might encourage children to write a story about going on a canoe trip.
10 reasons for taking up canoeing
Canoe Equipment
Canoeing on the River 1 can used like a comic strip. Canoeing 2 and Kayaking a dangerous river are vocabulary sheets. Children of different abilities should be able to use these sheets.( Illustrations by David Woodroffe).
Clip art of different canoes and kayaks.
Richard Branson fulfilled a personal dream by going to the edge of Space.
The picture I have chosen shows a very happy man fulfilling a dream.
He beat his fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos by days to be the first billionaire space company founder to ride in his own spacecraft.
Originally he was to fly on its second last flight but it was brought forward.
I have created a phrase and vocabulary sheet - I created a blank so you could choose which of the 3 pictures you preferred. There is also a blank comic strip.
I hope the children enjoy using the sheet.
Thursday, 26th August 2021
Jaco van Gass, who was born in South Africa, has just won GB another gold medal.
Jaco, a member of the British Armed Forces Parachute Regiment before he was seriously injured by a RPG (Rocket Propelled Granade)has just won the Men’s 3,000 Cycling Pursuit gold medal.
Jackie Robinson was one of the most influential sports figure of his day. he was the first African American to play Major League Basketball. He was the catalyst that broke basketball’s colour barrier.
Malala Yousafzai is now 24.
On 9th October 2012, aged 15 ,she was hit in the head from a bullet by a Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan gunman who wanted to assassinate her for activism towards female education. She was transfered to the UK to recover…
In 2014, aged 17, she became the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
Pakistan’s Prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, says she has become the country’s most prominent citizen.
I am Malala: the girl who was stood up for Education and was shot by the Taliban
Mohammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay until 1964, was a world champion boxer. Changing his name was a religious and political act when he converted to Islam.
In 1967 he became a conscience objector and refused to do military service in Vietnam for the USA saying it was against his religious and moral beliefs. He avoided jail but was stripped and banned from boxing. ln 1970 returned to the ring to win back his title.
Rigoberta Menchu Tum is a K’iche Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist and Nobel Prize Laureate (1992). She rose in prominence in 1983. She has dedicated her life to publicizing the indigeous suffering of her people during and after the Guatemala Civil War (1960-99).
She is a UNESCO goodwill anbassador.
She founded the country’s first indigenous political party, Winaq.
Tegia Loroupe is a Kenyan long distance track and road runner ( won the New York marathon in 1994 and 1995, plus other marathons).
She is also a global spokeswoman for peace, women’s rights and education.
In 2003 created the Tegia Loroupe Peace Foundation- created to promote friendship between people and gender equality.
She organizes Peace marathons which are held in East Africa.
In 2016 organized the Refugee Team for the Rio Summer Olympics in Rio.
Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011) was a Kenyan social environmental and political activist.
In 1977 she founded the Green belt Movement which focused on the planning of trees ( combating deforestation and soil erosion), environmental conservation and women’s rights. She felt by improving the environment she was creating a system that would encourage progress and peace
In 2004 she was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2006 won the Indira Gandhi Peace prize.
Sources
People of Peace by Sandrine Mirza
Wikipedia
I have put together 3 sheet connected with Global warming.
There is a’Yes to ’ and 'No to 'sheet . The second sheet is a Thesaurus of hopefully useful list of positive words to use. The third sheet is Poetry Aid in case the children want to try and write a poem about Global Warming…
I have put together two vocabularies, a poetry aid, two clip art pictures and a crossword/word search about deserts which I hope pupils will find useful
I thought this would be a topical piece of Creative Writing for pupils in years 5/6 to tackle when they return to school after the Christmas holidays .
The original story, based on the four pictures, is about a lad going with his mother to buy a special game with his birthday money. I created a phrase and vocabulary list plus an example answer a number of years ago. The Poetry Aid is a new extra.
I have put together a number of phrase/vocabulary sheets plus some Poetry Aids about sport.
I have tried to divide up winter and summer sports. Some sports of course are played throughout the year.
I have added, at the end, a exam type sheet about trainers -sample answer included.
FEAR - False Evidence Appearing Real.
I have written five phrase/vocabulary sheets relating to fear - Dream or Nightmare, Examination Nerves, In the Dentist Chair, Meeting a Ghost and Haunted House. Three example ideas have been added plus a Poetry Aid relating to Fear.
The hope is the children can use the phrases and vocabulary sheets, or the Poetry Aid to create some interesting creative writing.
I have created three phrase/vocabulary sheets about accident/illness plus a poetry aid. The sheets are differentiated in that the first one has incomplete sentences to finish. The second and third are very similar but the third one does not include the illustration.
The clip art sheet can be used for finished article.
I decided to create a poetry aid to go with my Snow and Ice material. I have included a Thaw vocabulary and poetry aid, a vocabulary sheet about flooding plus a clip art picture for best copy.
Thawing snow combined with heavy rain can create serious flooding,
I have put together several vocabularies which I hope will encourage children to write about themselves.
Self Portrait will get them to ‘draw’ in both picture and words themselves.
Hobbies and interests
They might even like to try and write a diary - useful phrases and word bank given.
In lock down perhaps they have been asked to help with DIY.
When I grow up - a chance to write down their dreams and ambitions.
Pranks - they might like to try one and write about the outcome/consequences!
Most children have or want a pet - 2 sets to choose from.
Cycling - most, if not all children have ridden a bicycle.
There is a chance to write either prose or attempt poetry.
In the Woods includes differentiated work covering the Primary years.
The work was originally for Key Stage 2 pupils but I have added more pictorial work which hopefully the younger child will appreciate.
It divides into 3 sections - prose, poetry and word searches
Along with the In the Woods sheet I have included The countryside Code. I have put together several different best copy sheets, 3 having illustrations and 2 set up like a comic strip.
For the poetry section I have started with the famous poem Starting by Woods by Robert Frost.
I have then tried to build up away for the children to attempt writing poetry. First by taking 2 words and trying to write simple couplets, then encouraging them to attempt simple poetry.
I have included 2 word searches. One is very simple - I wanted to included David’s picture of a hedgehog
All the illustrations, are the work of David Woodroffe, a professional illustrator, except the last sheet.
Mainly in Wikipedia I have found further information about 10 case studies mentioned in *The History of the Asian Community in Britain.
Sake Dean Mahomed (1750-1851)- a surgeon. He the first Indian to publish a book in English. He also Introduced Bengali cuisine,plus shampoo baths and therapeutic massage to Europe.
Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917)- the first Asian to become a British MP.
Mancherjee Bhownaggree (1851-1933)- a British Conservative party politician.
Shapurji Saklatvala (1874-1936 - first Indian politician to become an MP for the Labour party. He was also a member of the Communist Party.
Kamal Chunchie became an ordained minister in the Methodist church. In 1926he started a mission called the Colour Men’s Institute in Canning Town, London - spoke 8 languages (died 1953
Jaint Dass Saggar (1898-1954) - an Indian doctor who became the first non-white local authority councilor in Scotland.
V.K. Krishna Menon (1896-1974) - an Indian politician. Described by some as the second most powerful man in India. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had most power. Read about his controversies.
Mohinder Sigh Pujji (1918-2010) was a squadron leader in the RAF and a distinguished fighter pilot. He campaigned to raise awareness of the Indian contribution to the British war effort. In 2009 the RAF Museum in Cosford opened a permanent exhibition ‘Diversity in the RAF.’
Noor Inayat Khan (1914-1944) served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). She was the first female wireless operator to be sent form the UK to occupied France. She was betrayed, captured and executed - posthumously awarded the George Cross.** Read her story on Wikipedia**
Jayaben Desai (1933-2010) - always referred to as Mrs Desai, was a prominent female leader of the strikes in the Grunwick dispute in London in 1976
I have put together a number of former SATS style questions (11) where the children had to think of themselves in various situations. From visiting a market place, to How long can I stay up?, choosing a charity to raise money for, dreams, favourite meals, memories, moving house, pranks, talent competitions,flying in air balloon and left in charge of the classroom. For 9 of them I have also given example answers. There is also a Poetry Aid if they want to put their thoughts to verse.
I have put together a number of differentiated diaries to allow for different times in the week.
There is a mixture of ‘self’ topics starting with self portrait. From having an accident/being ill to celebrating a birthday. From Red Nose day to attending a carnival . A chance to write about hobbies or help dad/mum with some DIY.
Jupiter Hammon is known as the founder of African - American literature. His poem An Evening Thought;Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries (EVSCPC), published in 1761, was the first by an African-American in North America. (Read copy of poem)
Born into slavery he became a devoted Christian evangelist preacher. He was also a commercial clerk on long island. New York.
He was a slave of the Lloyd family. He was born at the Lloyd Manor (now Lloyd Harbor). He served 4 generations of the Lloyd family for his entire life
Like the Lloyds family Jupiter was a fervent Christian. Aged 22 he bought a bible from his master for 7 shillings and 6 pence. His writings reflected his spirituality. I
Jupiter received rudimentary education through the Anglican Church’s Society of the Gospel in Foreign parts system. His ability to read and write aided the Lloyds in their commercial businesses and helped him exhibit a level of intellectual awareness through literature.
EVSCPC was his first published poem. Composed on 25th December, Christmas day 1760 it appeared as a 'broadside in 1761.
An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley, 18 years later, was his second work to appear in print. The dedicated poem, to a fellow black slave, contained 21 rhyming quatrains (4 lines) , each accompanied by a Biblical verse -thinking it would help her Christian journey.
On 24th September 1786, aged 76, and still a slave, Jupiter said this famous quote during his speech at the inaugural meeting of the African Society in New York City ,
If we should get to heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being black, or for being slaves.
He knew that slavery was deeply entrenched in American society and that immediate emancipation of all slaves would be difficult to achieve,
The exact year of Jupiter Hammon’s death is unknown but it is believed he died in 1806.
He ranked 327 in the top 500 poets.
Sources
All poetry
Wikipedia
I have attempted to create 2 mini crossword sheets, one on Climate Change, the other on the environment.
The idea is that the pupils look for words within the two main words. They then make ‘mini’ crosswords, They then make clues for 2 of the crosswords. and give the crossword to friends to solve.
Please note the ‘master’ sheet contains words which do NOT appear in the Collins English Dictionary. Something a little different to try.