The 'Getting it Right' series is appropriate for both KS2 and KS3. Each unit comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Sentences and Connectives' unit is supported by a workbook of activities, an assessment activity to check students' understanding, and a quiz package that remind students of the key points of the lessons and stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulate and embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentations (2) Workbook (including assessment activity) Quiz presentations (2)

The 'Getting it Right' series is appropriate for both KS2 and KS3. Each unit comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Proper Nouns' unit is supported by a workbook of activities, an assessment activity to check students' understanding, and a quiz package, that reminds students of the key points of the lessons, before providing a quiz that stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulate and embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentation Workbook, including assessment activity Quiz presentation

The 'Getting it Right' series is appropriate for both KS2 and KS3. Each unit comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Punctuating Speech' unit is supported by a workbook of activities, an assessment activity to check students' understanding, and a quiz package, that reminds students of the key points of the lessons, before providing a quiz that stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulateand embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentation Workbook, including assessment activity Quiz presentation

Each unit in the 'Getting it Right' series comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Apostrophes for Possession and Omission' units (2) are supported by a workbook of activities, and a quiz package that reminds students of the key points of the lessons, before providing a quiz that stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulate and embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentations (2) Workbook Quiz presentations (2)

A flexible resource that builds into a flexible series of resources. 'High Fives - Proper Nouns' is a series of five worksheets that can be used as daily lesson starters, or for literacy tutorials, or as homework activities. They are suitable for primary and secondary schools. Each page has an identical layout, the first box explaining the teaching point, the second and third boxes offering words, phrases and sentences for correction, and the final box giving an opportunity for independent writing. Each week, further 'high fives' packages will be added. High Fives Punctuation Series (in preparation): Proper nouns Using Commas Sentences Apostrophes for possession Apostrophes for omission Speech marks Colons Semi colons

A series of twelve starter activities covering some of the most common errors that we, as teachers, see in our students' writing. Each starter begins with an 'error' slide, where students are asked to spot the error that the slide illustrates. There follows an explanation of the error and how to correct it, the penultimate slide in each starter unit being designed so that it can be laminated for permanent classroom display. Each presentation is supported by activities in the accompanying workbook, for individual, pair or group work. Contents: 12 'Common Error' presentations 12 'Common Error' Activity Sheets Note: All images are free to use commercially.

The unit aims to enable students to improve their skills in developing 'character' in narrative writing. Students analyse 'good' and 'bad' models of writing, before moving through short burst writing activities towards sustained, independent writing. Two homework units for your school's VLE accompany the classroom presentation, focusing on using adjectives and 'working verbs'. The unit concludes with an optional assessment activity, and provides materials for peer assessment, fulfilling the OFSTED 'Outstanding' requirement that teachers demonstrate 'systematic approaches to marking, target setting and feedback'. Contents (4-6 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 6 page workbook 2 VLE homework presentations Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

The 'Getting it Right' series is appropriate for both KS2 and KS3. Each unit comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Using Commas' unit is supported by a workbook of activities, an assessment activity, and a quiz package that reminds students of the key points of the lessons, before providing a quiz that stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulate and embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentation Workbook Quiz presentation

This unit of work enables students to improve their skills in developing 'setting' in narrative writing. A homework unit for your school's VLE accompanies the classroom presentation, focusing on the use of ' the senses' in creating an effective setting. The unit concludes with an optional assessment activity and provides materials for peer assessment, fulfilling the OFSTED 'Outstanding' requirement that teachers demonstrate 'systematic approaches to marking, target setting and feedback'. Contents: (3-5 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations VLE Homework presentation 6 page workbook Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

The 'Getting it Right' series is appropriate for both KS2 and KS3. Each unit comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Paragraphing Fiction' unit is supported by a workbook of activities and a quiz package that reminds students of the key points of the lessons, before providing a quiz that stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulate and embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentation Workbook Quiz presentation

Spellpics 1 and 2 comprises 20 spelling activities that are great fun, while at the same time providing a learning structure to enable students to develop their understanding of spelling strategies. Each activity provides 5 PowerPoint game slides - sixteen pictures linked to sixteen words focusing on different spelling rules, such as the 'i before e' rule, split digraph rule, 'tion' suffix rule, etc. Students are shown the pictures, the spelling strategy is indicated, and they have to guess the word that is suggested in each case, before the teacher reveals the answers. Each game is supported by an extension activity to underline and embed the learning strategy, and the final slide of each game displays the key learning points of the game, that can be laminated for classroom display. Please browse the preview to discover 'Spellpics'. All images are free to use commercially.

An interactive game that encourages students to learn key quotes from across the three acts of 'An Inspector Calls' With whole classes, I usually play with three teams. Each team elects one person to 'slap' on the correct character after part of a quotation has been revealed. If the student 'slaps' correctly, this gives the rest of the team a chance to discuss the and complete the quotation exactly to gain further points. The 'slapper' is rotated every five quotes, giving 18 students the opportunity to compete in this role as well as with the team as a whole. Alternatively, the resource could be used as an individual test or quiz, or placed on the school's VLE platform so that students can revise / play from home. All images are 'available for re-use'.

Spellpics 1 and 2 comprises 20 spelling activities that are great fun, while at the same time providing a learning structure to enable students to develop their understanding of spelling strategies. Each activity provides 5 PowerPoint game slides - sixteen pictures linked to sixteen words focusing on different spelling rules, such as the 'i before e' rule, split digraph rule, 'tion' suffix rule, etc. Students are shown the pictures, the spelling strategy is indicated, and they have to guess the word that is suggested in each case, before the teacher reveals the answers. Each game is supported by an extension activity to underline and embed the learning strategy, and the final slide of each game displays the key learning points of the game, that can be laminated for classroom display. Please browse the preview to discover 'Spellpics'. All images are free to use commercially.

‘Never a Crossed Word’ is a fun package for all ages. It is said that if students can’t say it, they can’t write it, and this resource focuses on developing students’ speaking and listening skills, giving them opportunities to describe and explain in a highly structured, fast paced game format. The pictures are not mere decoration. They give students clues and ‘entrances’ to the word that they are trying to describe, and as such, are integral to the game. The resource can be used as a lesson starter, as an end of term activity, or as a literacy activity for tutor groups etc., allowing those students who may be reluctant to express themselves the opportunity to do so in a fun way. This resource provides sixty games (sixty slides – two levels of difficulty), all focused on verbs, and contains a built in timer to enhance the excitement of the game! Contents: PowerPoint games Rules of the game All images are free to use commercially.

‘Never a Crossed Word’ is a fun package for all ages. It is said that if students can’t say it, they can’t write it, and this resource focuses on developing students’ speaking and listening skills, giving them opportunities to describe and explain in a highly structured, fast paced game format. The pictures are not mere decoration. They give students clues and ‘entrances’ to the word that they are trying to describe, and as such, are integral to the game. The resource can be used as a lesson starter, as an end of term activity, or as a literacy activity for tutor groups etc., allowing those students who may be reluctant to express themselves the opportunity to do so in a fun way. This resource provides sixty games (sixty slides – two levels of difficulty), all focused on nouns, and contains a built in timer to enhance the excitement of the game! Contents: PowerPoint games Rules of the game All images are free to use commercially.

‘Sentence Power’ is a series of fifteen starter activities designed to give students opportunities in experimenting with a variety of sentence forms in a variety of contexts. For instance, students may be asked to begin sentences with adverbs, participles, imperative verbs or abstract nouns; they may be asked to use rhetorical questions, repetition or rule of three within their sentences; they may be required to write a sentence in 15-20 words, or only five words, or end the sentence with an exclamation. Crucially though, students are asked to experiment with their sentence types in the context of different pieces of writing, such as an extract from a thriller, from a romantic novel, or a horror story; other contexts offered are advertisements, letters of complaint, diaries, reviews, instructions, etc. Contents: 15 PowerPoint Starters 15 page workbook. Note: All images are free for use commercially.

This unit provides activities on imagery, word sounds, onomatopoeia and alliteration, extended imagery and personification. After each segment, students write a response in which they use the techniques that have been modelled and developed in the lesson. At the end of the unit, students assemble their poetry anthologies and choose two pieces for display and assessment. Writing frames, sentence starters and students' own 'word bags' offer support to students at all stages. Two homework units further reinforce all aspects of the work covered in the classroom unit. Contents: (6-8 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations Two VLE homework presentations 11 page workbook Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

In this unit, students analyse a series of car advertisements (remember the Skoda cake advert?), and learn how to explain their ideas with clarity and precision. The advertisements are very different in terms of their target audience, their appeal, etc. Students engage in a range of linked activities, which encourage discussion, group work and individual work. The unit culminates in an optional assessment and peer assessment activity. Oh, and it's good fun as well! Contents: (4-6 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations VLE homework presentation 7 page workbook Links to TV car advertisements Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially

In this unit, students work on planning and delivering a report on 'The School Play', while the school magazine's editor drops in various suggestions, leading students to reconsider their plans as the unit progresses. The unit offers two assessment tasks and a peer assessment activity, while a writing frame offers organisational support when required. In the homework unit for your school's VLE, students are confronted by the mysteries of the famous 'Roswell' alien landing incident. Contents: (4-6 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 4 page workbook VLE Homework presentation Writing frame Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

A unit of work that contains an abundance of pictures, anecdotes and reports based on the 'Scriven Report', which investigated the working conditions in the factories of 'The Potteries' in the mid 1800s. Students use grids, writing frames and summarising placemats to investigate and report on the working lives of young children, and to develop their ability to organise non-fiction writing. The VLE homework unit develops and embeds students' understanding of 'main idea' and 'supporting details' by using further extracts from the report. Contents: (4-6 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 6 page workbook VLE homework presentation Grid for note-taking Writing frame Summarising placemat Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.