The Prefix ‘inter-’ - Year 3/4 (16-slide editable PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets) This differentiated teaching resource introduces Year 3/4 learners to prefixes with a focus on the prefix ‘inter’. It includes a definition and explanation of the prefix ‘inter’, whole-class activities and three differentiated worksheets to assess understanding. Full answer keys are included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: The Prefix ‘re’ The Prefix ‘in’ The Prefix ‘mis’ The Prefix ‘sub’ The Prefix ‘auto’ The Prefix ‘super’ The Prefix ‘anti’ The Prefix ‘dis’ The Prefix ‘un’ The Prefixes ‘il’, ‘im’ and ‘ir’ Developing Reading Skills - Prefixes

Clockwise and Anti-clockwise - KS1 In this year 1 geometry teaching resource pupils are introduced to the mathematical vocabulary of clockwise and anti-clockwise to describe direction and movement as per the requirements of the year 1 and 2 programme of study (Geometry - position and direction). Content includes: Clockwise and anti-clockwise explanation Describe the direction of the objects animated activity Clockwise and anti-clockwise activity with an accompanying worksheet ‘Clockwise and Anti-clockwise - KS1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

Fractions on a Number Line - Year 6 In this KS2 maths teaching resource, pupils will practise placing fractions on a number line helping them compare and order fractions. This lesson covers the year 6 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Number - fractions) and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 6 - Autumn - Block 3 - Fractions. Content includes: Teaching PowerPoint presentation with class activities 3 differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Fractions on a Number Line - Year 6’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 6 fractions resources: Simplifying Fractions - Year 6 Comparing and Ordering Fractions - Year 6 Adding and Subtracting Fractions - Year 6 Adding Mixed Numbers - Year 6 Subtracting Mixed Numbers - Year 6 Multiplying Fractions and Mixed Numbers by Integers - Year 6 Multiplying Fractions by Fractions - Year 6 Dividing Fractions by Integers - Year 6

Finding Equivalent Fractions - Year 3 In ‘Finding Equivalent Fractions - Year 3’ pupils explore finding equivalent fractions using number lines and bar models. This teaching resource covers the year 3 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 3 - Spring - Block 3 - Fractions A. Content includes: PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of these small steps Worksheet with answers ‘Finding Equivalent Fractions - Year 3’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 3 fractions resources: Fractions and Interpreting Scales - Year 3 Understanding the Whole - Year 3 Numerators of Unit and Non-unit Fractions - Year 3 Denominators of Unit Fractions - Year 3 Comparing and Ordering Unit Fractions - Year 3 Comparing and Ordering Non-unit Fractions - Year 3 Fractions on a Number Line - Year 3 Year 3 Fractions ‘A’ Bundle

Negative Numbers - Year 5 This KS2 mathematics teaching resource is an aid to delivering a lesson on interpreting negative numbers in context, and counting forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero, covering the curriculum objectives of the year 5 maths programme of study (Number - number and place value). Content includes: A negative numbers explanation Counting forward and back across 0 practise Find the missing number on the number line Reading temperatures activity Ordering numbers and finding the difference problems Ordering numbers activity and accompanying worksheet Find the difference activity and accompanying worksheet A connect 3 game 3 links to online negative numbers videos and games ‘Negative Numbers - Year 5’ can be edited so teachers can adapt it to use with all abilities. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 5 number and place value resources: Counting Forwards or Backwards in Powers of 10 Numbers to 10,000 - Year 5 Rounding Numbers to the Nearest 10, 100 and 1,000 - Year 5 Roman Numerals to 1000 (M) - Year 5 Number and Place Value - Year 5

Measuring Capacity Using Standard Units - Year 1 In this Year 1 teaching resource pupils begin to measure and record capacity using standard units (litres and millilitres) as per the statutory requirements of the Year 1 maths programme of study (Measurement). This colourful and engaging PowerPoint presentation includes: 1. Interactive activities with 2 accompanying worksheets 2. 1 further worksheet with answers 3. Classroom activity worksheet The PowerPoint can be used exactly as it is or it can be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs.

Identifying Fact and Opinion English Reading Teaching Resource This handy English teaching resource focuses on identifying fact and opinion in a non-fiction text. Content includes: 1. An animated PowerPoint lesson 2. Activities to support the teaching of this objective with an accompanying worksheet 3. One further worksheet with answers 'Identifying Fact and Opinion' is editable so that it can be tweaked, altered or differentiated to suit each class taught.

Year 3 / Year 4 Retrieving and Recording Information From Non-Fiction is an editable PowerPoint based lesson with 3 differentiated worksheets and answer keys, which can be used to introduce this topic for the first time or as general comprehension practice. In this resource, pupils learn what non-fiction and fiction are, how to quickly and accurately find and retrieve information, and how to present this information in full sentences. Look at the example texts together and use the discussion prompts to assess understanding before assigning the appropriate level worksheet for each learner. Bronze Activity: Scan the text, look for keywords and answer comprehension questions in full sentences. Silver Activity: Scan the text, look for keywords and answer comprehension questions in full sentences. Gold Activity: Scan the text, look for keywords and answer comprehension questions in full sentences. Use reference materials, such as dictionaries or the internet to answer additional questions. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Reading and Understanding Instructions - Year 3 and 4 SATs English Reading Test Prep - Information Retrieval SATs English Reading Test Prep - Thoughts and Feelings

The Tempest is a 192-slide PowerPoint-based unit of work with a 22-page booklet of accompanying worksheets. The resource contains a series of engaging lessons designed to develop knowledge and understanding of the play’s context, plot, characters, themes and language. The unit is designed for Year 9 but can be used at GCSE too. It covers a range of activities for pupils of all abilities, such as: How to approach Shakespeare (tips for reading Shakespeare’s language and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary) Analysing the characters Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Ferdinand, Antonio and Sebastian Understanding the play’s plot and subplots Examining Shakespeare’s use of language and poetic imagery Exploring the play’s themes - order and disorder, power and control, colonisation, slavery and freedom, redemption and forgiveness Getting to grips with the historical and social context of the early 1600s (attitudes to foreign countries and colonisation) Understanding Shakespeare’s creation and resolution of conflict and order Varied lessons - comprehension questions, spoken English tasks, extension activities, etc Learning how to write an essay-like answer about a Shakespeare text Use of video to help the learning of key scenes and characters Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more GCSE English Literature drama resources: An Inspector Calls Blood Brothers Macbeth Romeo and Juliet The History Boys The Merchant of Venice

A Christmas Carol - WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature Exam Question (67-slide editable PowerPoint with 9 worksheets) This teaching resource provides a step-by-step guide to the Eduqas GCSE English Lit exam question on A Christmas Carol. It tracks through the paper and explains how to produce an effective answer under exam conditions. It offers guidance on approaching the question, planning and managing time effectively. It explains how to structure and write a higher band answer and asks students to study a range of exemplar exam responses which they are required to mark using the Eduqas GCSE English Literature mark scheme. Learners are then given an exam question and extract and are required to write a response under exam conditions. The resource includes an editable PowerPoint presentation, question papers, mark schemes, extracts and exemplar responses in PDF format. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more GCSE resources for A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol (GCSE) Stave 1 A Christmas Carol (GCSE) Stave 2 A Christmas Carol (GCSE) Stave 3 A Christmas Carol (GCSE) Stave 4 & 5

KS3 English - Speech Writing 59-slide editable PowerPoint-led unit of work with 6 worksheets Speech Writing is a five lesson KS3 English unit of work that explains how to write an effective speech. It guides students through the process of how to plan, write and redraft an effective speech. KS3 Speech Writing covers the following: Mind the GAP - Genre, Audience and Purpose – why it’s important in speech writing How to plan, structure and write a speech The techniques of speech writing Exemplar speeches for modelling and assessment Identifying problems and creating solutions Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Writing a Review Persuasive Writing Writing to Persuade Newspaper Article Writing Writing a Formal Letter - Year 5 and 6 Autobiographical Writing - Year 5 and 6 Writing Effective Story Openings Descriptive Writing - Year 5/6 Writing to Entertain Writing a Formal Letter - Year 7/8 Descriptive Writing - Year 7/8 Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - KS3 GCSE Speech Writing GCSE English Narrative Writing GCSE English Writing Fiction - Descriptive Writing

Complex Sentences - KS2 and KS3 'Complex Sentences - KS2 and KS3' is a handy PowerPoint resource designed to help pupils learn how to create complex sentences to improve writing as per the curriculum objectives of the KS2 and KS3 English programmes of study. The resource can be tweaked, edited and differentiated to suit your teaching needs and is easy to update over time. Content includes: 1. Definition and examples of a complex sentence 2. How to recognise the main clause in a complex sentence 3. Identifying the main clause activity with accompanying worksheet 4. How to recognise the subordinate clause in a complex sentence 5. Identifying the subordinate clause activity with accompanying worksheet 6. Adding a subordinate clause activity with accompanying worksheet 7. 1 further worksheet

Sentences and Phrases - KS2 This ‘Sentences and Phrases’ teaching resource is designed to help lower KS2 and KS1 children consolidate their knowledge and understanding of the differences between a phrase and a sentence. The resource is made up of a colourful and fully editable PowerPoint presentation. It includes a clear explanation of the differences between a phrase and a sentence, a couple of consolidation activities with 2 accompanying worksheets. Although it is designed with lower KS2 pupils in mind, ‘Sentences and Phrases’ can be easily adapted for use with other learners. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: How Words Make Sentences - Year 1/2 Simple Sentences - Year 3 Complex Sentences - KS2 and KS3 Compound Sentences - KS3 English Essentials Simple Sentences - KS3 English Essentials Understanding Complex Sentences

Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - KS3 This ‘Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - KS3’ teaching resource includes a range of teaching activities designed to help pupils create characters with depth and believability. Content includes: A study of how Dickens presents Magwitch in the opening pages of Great Expectations Exploring how writers convey character through the use of description, dialogue and action Examining the key ingredients of effective character creation A guide to building a character profile - with exemplar materials How to transform a character profile into a piece of prose and a convincing character A model text to help students through the process Four accompanying worksheets As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - KS3’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar writing resources: Show Not Tell Writing Effective Story Openings Descriptive Writing - KS2 Descriptive Writing - KS3 Adjectives in Stories Complex Sentences Words Instead of Said Drafting - How to Improve Writing

This three-lesson mini-unit is designed to help GCSE students develop their reading assessment skills. It is made up of a 43-slide PowerPoint presentation, 7 worksheets and an assessment task using an extract from the crime novel ‘A Gun for Sale’. Contents: Lesson One An introduction to the ‘Reading Fiction’ section of the GCSE English exam How to approach the exam task Analysing an extract - first and second reading Understanding unfamiliar vocabulary, consolidation and using deduction skills How to write an extended answer about language Lesson Two How to refer to the text and use quotes effectively How to write about structure How to answer a 20 mark evaluation question effectively A 45-minute assessment task Lesson Three Feedback and discussion of student responses All five GCSE-type assessment questions and answers explored in detail Exemplar answers for all five questions GCSE Reading Fiction Comprehension has everything you need to help you develop essential exam skills. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: GCSE English Language - Reading Fiction Comprehension 2 KS3 Comprehension – A Gun for Sale KS3 Comprehension - Frankenstein KS3 Comprehension - Jamaica Inn KS3 Comprehension Bundle

Year 9 Comprehension – A Gun for Sale This three-lesson mini-unit is designed to help upper KS3 learners develop their comprehension skills with an eye towards GCSE. It is made up of a 44-slide PowerPoint presentation, 8 worksheets and a comprehension exercise using an extract from Graham Greene’s ‘A Gun for Sale’. Contents: Lesson One An introduction to KS3 comprehension How to approach a comprehension exercise (the dos and don’ts) Approaching an extract – what to look for on a first and second reading Understanding unfamiliar vocabulary and using deduction skills How to write an extended answer about language and techniques Lesson Two How to refer to the text and use quotes effectively How to write an extended answer about structure A 45-minute comprehension exercise Lesson Three Feedback on student responses to the comprehension task and discussion of success criteria All five comprehension questions and answers explored in detail Exemplar/model answers for all five questions Year 9 Comprehension - A Gun for Sale has everything you need to help you develop essential comprehension skills at upper KS3. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: KS3 Comprehension - Frankenstein KS3 Comprehension - Jamaica Inn KS3 Comprehension Bundle GCSE English Language - Reading Fiction Comprehension GCSE English Language - Reading Fiction Comprehension 2

This two-lesson mini-unit covers William Blake's 'London' in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry or the WJEC/Eduqas anthology, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 51-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 3 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of William Blake, Romanticism and the social and historical context of the late 1700s. First Reading – A reading of ‘London’ with glossary and discussion/comprehension questions - answers included. Language and imagery – Analysing 'London' in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included. Lesson Two Themes – Exploring the themes of 'London' – the misuse of power, poverty, class, social injustice, capitalism, freedom. Structure and Form – How Blake uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘London’ with ‘The Prelude’ and ‘Checking Out Me History’. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview our 'London' teaching resource, please select 'View All Slides' then click on the images.

Ozymandias This two-lesson mini-unit covers Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 47-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 3 accompanying worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of Shelley and Romanticism. First Reading – A reading of ‘Ozymandias’ and discussion of the poem’s inspiration by the poet Percy Shelley. Language and imagery – Analysing 'Ozymandias' in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the themes of 'Ozymandias' – human power, art and nature. Structure and Form – How Shelley uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Ozymandias’ with ‘The Prelude’ and ‘London’. To preview 'Ozymandias' click on the images.

The Prelude: Stealing the Boat This two-lesson mini-unit covers Wordsworth’s ‘Stealing the Boat’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 66-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 6 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of William Wordsworth, Romanticism and the social and historical context of the late 1700s. First Reading – A reading of ‘The Prelude: Stealing the Boat’ with glossary and comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Stealing the Boat’ in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Wordsworth’s use of imagery and poetic techniques in the poem. Themes – Exploring the themes of ‘The Prelude: Stealing the Boat’ – the power of nature, fear, personal growth and the connection between humans and the natural world Structure and Form – How Wordsworth uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘The Prelude: Stealing the Boat’ with ‘Ozymandias’ and explaining how to write an effective extended answer. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview our ‘The Prelude: Stealing the Boat’ teaching resource, please click on the images. Click below to see more AQA GCSE Anthology Power and Conflict Poetry resources: Ozymandias London My Last Duchess The Charge of the Light Brigade Exposure Storm on the Island War Photographer Bayonet Charge Remains Checking Out Me History Poppies Tissue The Emigree Kamikaze AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Power and Conflict Pack

Mother, Any Distance - GCSE English (26-slide PowerPoint and 5 worksheets) This two-lesson mini unit enables GCSE students to explore Simon Armitage’s ‘Mother, Any Distance’ in detail. The first lesson covers the context of the poem and introduces the sonnet form. After a differentiated ‘Do Now’ activity, students undertake tasks in response to information about Armitage’s ‘Book of Matches’. Following this, they are introduced to the Italian and English sonnet and the concept of iambic pentameter. The lesson concludes with a brief ‘true or false’ activity as a learning review. In the second lesson, students apply what they have learnt to an exploration of Armitage’s poem. After a similarly differentiated ‘Do Now’ activity, students undertake a double-sided worksheet and respond to a range of questions that cover content, structure and form and finally, language and imagery. At the end of the lesson, students summarise what the poem is about in no more than 20, 15 or 10 words. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack