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This is a worksheet on the apostrophe for possession / possessive apostrophe.
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Possessive Apostrophe - 15 Page Workbook
This resource contains a 15-page workbook (with answers) on using the possessive apostrophe / apostrophe for possession for both singular and plural nouns. It also contains an information sheet on how to use apostrophes for possession.
Possessive Apostrophe - 60 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable, 60-slide PowerPoint lesson on the possessive apostrophe. It explains how to use the apostrophe to show possession for singular and plural nouns. The PowerPoint provides lots of examples and opportunities for students to use the apostrophe appropriately. The presentation also includes a hyperlink to a short video on the apostrophe for possession.
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This is a 15 slide PowerPoint lesson on personification.
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Personification - 50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 50-slide PowerPoint on the literary device of personification. It contains:
An explanation and definition of personification and its use in the production of figurative language.
Why it is used.
Examples of personification from poetry and literature - I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud, The Ancient Mariner, Snow and Snow, The Fog, The Eight-Story Kiss.
Opportunities to identify personification in sentences, texts and poetry.
Images for students to compose their own writing containing personification.
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Personification - Set of 16 Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 16 worksheets on identifying and using the literary device of personification. Tasks include:
Identifying personification in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, The Fog by Carl Sandburg , Jack Frost, The Eight-Story Kiss by Tom Robbins , The Windmill by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, Snow and Snow by Ted Hughes.
Composing sentences and short paragraphs containing personification.
Personification - Set of 36 Posters
This resource contains 36 eye-catching A3 size posters on personification.
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This is a high frequency word spelling worksheet.
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Set of 30 High Frequency Words Spelling Practice Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 100 high-frequency words differentiated worksheets. They are ideal for spelling practice and homework. The first set is the most challenging and require pupils have to use the words in a sentence. The second set contains just the words for spelling (no sentences). The third set is for those pupils who experience difficulty in writing. The words can be written
over.
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Three sets of High Frequency Words Spelling Practice Worksheets
This resource contains a word frame containing some of the first 100 high-frequency words. The use of the frame will help young pupils and older SEN students to consolidate the learning of keywords and help them with sentence construction.
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Set of 10 High Frequency Word Writing Frames and Writing Sheets
10 High Frequency Word Writing Frames and Writing Sheet - Set 2
These resources involve pupils creating sentences with the use of writing frames that contain many of the first one hundred high-frequency words. Writing sentences and reading them back helps pupils to embed and consolidate these words which they will then be able to use freely in their writing.
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High Frequency Word Writing Frames - Sets 1 and 2 (Twenty Frames) and Writing Sheet
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This resource contains two Christmas-themed alphabetical order worksheets.
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Christmas Themed Alphabetical Order Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 8 Christmas-themed worksheets on alphabetical order. Tasks include:
Placing items in alphabetical order by the first letter only.
Placing items in alphabetical order to the second, third and fourth letter.
Placing names in a filing system using the alphabet.
Placing items on a Christmas shopping list in alphabetical order.
Making own shopping list and placing items in alphabetical order.
Placing the names of the characters in ‘A Christmas Carol’ in alphabetical order.
Placing the names of pop singers into an index system
Christmas Themed Alphabetical Order PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable, Christmas-themed PowerPoint lesson on alphabetical order, in which Santa’s elves visually demonstrate and explain alphabetical order up to four letters. This is an ideal resource for introducing/consolidating alphabetical order in the Christmas period.
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This resource contains an example of how to write a thank you card and a template for pupils to write their own thank you card. It has been designed for students working at Entry level 1 and 2 in English.
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Writing Short Notes / Messages
This resource contains a set of exemplars and templates on note writing / postcard writing designed for students working at Entry level 1 and 2.
Examples include:-
Get Well Soon
Thank You
Sorry
Party Invitation
Good Luck
Happy Birthday
This resource is ideal resource for Entry Level 1 students working towards Entry level English where students have to:
Use written words and phrases to present information.
Construct simple sentences using full stops.
Spell correctly personal or very familiar words
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This resource contains an A3 poster on personification for primary school pupils.
It can be laminated and used for classroom display.
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Set of 5 Literary Devices Posters - Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Similes and Metaphors
These are an eye catching set of five colourful A3 size posters available on both white and black backgrounds.
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This resource contains two worksheets on alphabetical order.
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Alphabetical Order: 24 Page Workbook
This is a 24 page workbook on alphabetical order that includes three information sheets, nineteen worksheets (with answers) and a progress check. Tasks include:
placing words in alphabetical order - to the first. second, third and fourth letters
locating patient’s names in a filing system
locating CDs in alphabetically labelled boxes
writing lists in alphabetical order
Alphabetical Order - 80 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable, 80-slide PowerPoint lesson that clearly and visually demonstrates and explains alphabetical order to the first, second, third, fourth and fifth letter. It also explains why it is important to understand and use alphabetical order. Opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to practise putting items into alphabetical order.
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This resource contains an A3 poster on similes. It can be laminated and used for classroom display.
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Set of 5 Literary Devices Posters - Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Similes and Metaphors
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This resource contains a poster illustrating the difference between a simile and metaphor.
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Similes and Metaphors - Set of 22 Posters
Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 39 slide PowerPoint on similes and metaphors. The PowerPoint includes:
An explanation and definition of simile and metaphors, the differences between them and why they are used.
Examples of similes and metaphors from poetry and literature - I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud (William Wordsworth), The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes), My luv is like a red, red rose ( Robert Burns) and the Bible.
Images to stimulate students to compose their own similes and metaphors.
Similes and Metaphors Set of 13 Worksheets Lesson
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This resource contains two worksheets on the apostrophe for contraction/omission.
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Apostrophe for Contraction 18 Page Workbook
This resource contains a 18 page workbook (18 worksheets) on the apostrophe for contraction / omission. It also includes an information sheet explaining when and how to use the apostrophe for omission / contraction. The worksheets contain a variety of tasks and will help students to master using apostrophes appropriately in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills. Answers are included.
Apostrophe for Contraction 50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable, 50 slide PowerPoint lesson on the apostrophe for contraction / omission. It explains how to use the apostrophe in contracted words. This resource will help students to use apostrophes appropriately in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills. The PowerPoint also contains a hyperlink to a short video explaining how to use the apostrophe for contraction.
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A spelling practice worksheet on the first ten words from the National Curriculum statutory word list for Years 4 and 5.
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Assessment and Records Year 4 and 5 National Curriculum Spellings
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This is a short PowerPoint presentation on using capital letters at the beginning of a sentence. It contains sample slides from a much longer presentation detailing all the occasions when capital letters are used. See below for details.
Capital Letters PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable, 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on capital letters. The PowerPoint clearly explains and demonstrates why, when and where capital letters are used. The PowerPoint includes:
Using capital letters at the start of sentences
Using capital letters for the pronoun I
Using capital letters for proper nouns - places, names, geographical features, book and film titles, days of the week, months of the year, special days, buildings etc
Using capital letters to address envelopes
Tasks include:
Identifying words that require capital letters
Identifying where capital letters should be used in sentences
These resources are suitable for Key Stage 1 pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of the resource.
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Capital Letters - Set of 27 Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 27 worksheets on when capital letters are used. Tasks include using capital letters for: the start of sentences, the pronoun I, proper nouns - names, places, days of the week, months,
geographical features and landmarks, wellknown and famous buildings, brand names / companies / businesses, movie and book titles, the start of direct speech, addressing envelopes
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This resource contains a spelling practice worksheet for the Year 3 and 4 National Curriculum homophones - accept, except, affect, effect, ball, bawl.
Tasks include:
copying out spellings using - look-cover-write-check method
constructing sentences using the homophones
finding the correct homophone for the missing word in sentences.
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Year 3 and 4 Homophones: Set of 8 Worksheets.
Year 3 and 4 Homophones 150- Slide PowerPoint Lesson
Year 3 and 4 Homophones - Set of 18 Worksheets
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A colourful and highly visual poster explaining what a noun is and with picture examples taken from a set of 5 posters on the common noun, proper noun, abstract noun, compound noun and the collective noun is available. See below for details.
Set iof 5 Noun Posters
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This is a sample worksheet for older SEN pupils on using full stops and capital letters accurately in sentence demarcation. The task involves inserting full stops and capital letters in the correct place. Click on the link below for details of a set of 15 worksheets on sentence demarcation using capital letters and fulls tops.
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Full Stops and Capital Letters Set of Worksheets
The resource includes a set of 15 age appropriate writing tasks to enable older SEN students to use full stops and capital letters accurately in sentence demarcation. The content is based on pupils and teachers at Sunnydale Comprehensive School.
Task 1 - Pupils rewrite a short paragraph (about 100 words) placing full stops and capital letters in the correct places. The content is designed to be engaging and about different characters who the pupils ought to be able to identify with.
Task 2 - Pupils complete a short comprehension about the paragraph answering in full sentences with a capital letter at the beginning and full stop at the end.
Task 3 - Involves pupils writing a short paragraph about a character.
These worksheets are ideal to give pupils practice at using capital letters and full stops in their writing to reinforce and consolidate this skill.
Full Stops - 40 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 40-slide PowerPoint lesson presented by the punctuation character - the ‘Full Stop’ explaining how and when to use the full stop and why it is important to place it accurately in writing. It also clearly demonstrates that a capital letter is needed at the start of a sentence. Ample opportunities are provided throughout the PowerPoint for pupils to decide where the full stops and capital letters should go.
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This resource contains a sentence writing frame that includes the article determiners 'a' or 'an'. Pupils compose sentences using the words on the frame and have to decide whether the article determiner is 'a' or 'an'. It is a particularly useful resource for those pupils who find writing independently challenging.
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Set of 10 Writing Frames - 'a' or 'an'
This resource contains a set of ten writing frames to reinforce the correct use of 'a' or 'an' before a word. It also contains a sentence writing worksheet.
100 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This PowerPoint explains how to use the article 'a' or 'an' before a word by looking at the first letter and sounding it out to determine whether or not it is a vowel sound.
Set of 8 Differentiated Worksheets on 'a' or 'an'
This resource contains a set of 8 worksheets on the use of 'a' or 'an' before a word. It is appropriate for younger primary pupils and older SEN / EFL students who have yet to master the basics of English.
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Thank you note and template - ideal for Entry Level 1 students working towards functional skills English qualifications/accreditation.
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Writing Short Notes
This resource contains a set of postcard / note writing worksheets containing exemplars and templates including
Get Well Soon
Thank You
Sorry
Party Invitation
Good Luck
Happy Birthday
This is an ideal resource for Entry Level 1 students working towards Functional Skills English where students have to
Use written words and phrases to present information.
Construct simple sentences using full stops.
Spell correctly some personal or very familiar words.
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This resource contains a sentence writing frame that incorporates the indefinite articles - ‘a’ and ‘an’.
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Set of 10 Writing Frames - ‘a’ or 'an’
This resource contains a set of ten writing frames to reinforce the correct use of ‘a’ or ‘an’ before a word. In addition to helping pupils to choose the correct article ‘a’ or ‘an’. It is a particularly useful resource for students who struggle to master the basics of writing. It provides a framework and scaffolding for pupils to achieve some success in creating sentences independently. Writing sentences and reading them back helps pupils to embed and consolidate high-frequency words which they will then be able to use freely in their writing.
a or an - 100 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This PowerPoint lesson explains how to use the articles ‘a’ or ‘an’ before a word by examining the first letter to determine whether or not it has a vowel sound.
Set of 8 Differentiated Worksheets on ‘a’ or 'an’
This resource contains a set of 8 worksheets on the use of ‘a’ or ‘an’ before a word. It is appropriate for younger primary pupils and older SEN / EFL students who have yet to master the basics of English.
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Second high-frequency words spelling practice worksheets.
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Set of Spelling Practice Worksheets - Second 100 High-Frequency Words
Contains two sets. One set is in phase order. Ideal for homework.
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