Great worksheets from the last school I taught in. Write your own Greek Myth over the term. Perhaps a half term to keep it compact and snappy.

Short of ideas for year two Autumn term? Put my planning from different schools together. It’s all in the zip file. I’ve put some examples in the general upload but there is TONS more in the included zip file. Lots of different types of planning as my schools were all different. There’s lots of free stuff too that is adaptable e.g. year 1 work. Sample : Teacher to explain that they will be focusing their learning this week on an author called Beatrix Potter (in both English and Creative Curriculum). Teacher to introduce the story of Peter Rabbit to the class (PowerPoint- shared area). Teacher to pause shared reading at regular intervals to challenge thinking and AF reading skills. Q: Do you think this story is non-fiction or fiction? Why? – Group to discuss. Whilst reading, teacher to model how to break down tricky words using phonetic knowledge. Group to discuss the text together; thinking about the characters and setting. Teacher to scribe thoughts onto flip chart for class to refer back to throughout the week. Mild: I can recall the main characters from a given text and can describe them using appropriate adjectives. Spicy: I can use phonics to form a sensible sentence. I can add full stops and capital letters when writing a book review. Hot: I can sequence events of the story; identifying what happened in the beginning, middle and end. Extra Hot: I can write/draw a picture to show my favourite part of the story and can verbally give reasons as to why.

Planning to teach Shakespeare’s play. Great powerpoints. Sample planning : Begin by introducing the new topic and the learning outcome. We will be studying ‘older’ literature. Explain that older literature is defined as anything written before 1914 but we are going to look at much older than this! Show a picture of William Shakespeare: children to TTYP – Who is this man? What is he famous for? Can you name any of his works? Come back together and elicit that William Shakespeare was an author – not of stories but of plays and sonnets (poems). Talk about some of his more famous work and explain that he wrote 38 plays and over 160 sonnets. Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616. He produced most of his work between 1589 and 1613 – why do you think he wrote mostly plays rather than stories? Elicit that he was an actor so he loved the stage and he intended his works to be acted out rather than just read and also because of the times. TV and film were not entertainment options and the majority of people couldn’t read so going to the theatre or watching an outside performance was very popular. List the main characters on the board, to include: The Capulets Juliet Lady Capulet (Juliet’s mother) Lord Capulet (Juliet’s father and head of the family) Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin and enemy of Romeo) Nurse (Juliet’s nanny) Paris (wants to marry Juliet) The Montagues Romeo

Nice little unit on modern history. Some nice powerpoints. Sample: Using Notebooks – answer questions. Who was John Lennon? What can you find out about him? Birthday Family Friends Community Music Is he still alive? If not, when, where and how did he die? Why is he famous? Rdg AF 2 WALT investigate the life of John Lennon WILF you can record information carefully about J L. Using questions, investigate life of J L What kind of childhood did John Lennon have? Recall information we know about Lennon so far. Establish that when Lennon was the children’s age it was around 1948/9. He was a teenager in the Mid 1950’s and grew into adulthood in the 1960’s. So his ‘era’ was the 1950’s and beyond. What do you think life was like for a child growing up in the 1950’s? How can we find out what it was like for children of your age at that time? Rdg AF 2 AF 3 WALT select information from books and the internet WILFcompare and contrast life in the 1950’s to life today. Give each group their focus area to research:- School in the 1950’s; Home Life in the 1950’s; Food in the 1950’s; Leisure Activities in the 1950’s; Fashion in the 1950’s Technology in the 1950’s and key questions you want them to find answers to. Children will record their findings on a Compare and Contrast Table the 1950’s v. 2010

Another 100 worksheets on volume 2. I've included more questions per sheet and for some I have omitted the alphabet grid. I have designed 100 worksheets on letter patterns for the 11+ non verbal reasoning questions. There are 100 worksheets provided on a cd. Letter patterns is an important aspect of the 11+ exams. Ideal for parents, pupils and tutors. Answer sheets provided. Introduce some logic and problem solving skills to students with the Letter Patterns worksheet. Sets of letters related in some way are displayed. Students must find the next two letters in the pattern for each set of letters. You can see an answer sheet in my picture with the answers in red.

I have designed 100 worksheets on letter patterns for the 11+ non verbal reasoning questions. There are 100 worksheets. Letter patterns is an important aspect of the 11+ exams. Ideal for parents, pupils and tutors. Answer sheets provided. Introduce some logic and problem solving skills to students with the Letter Patterns worksheet. Sets of letters related in some way are displayed. Students must find the next two letters in the pattern for each set of letters. You can see an answer sheet in my picture with the answers in red.

I have designed 100 worksheets on Literacy word searches for primary school children. A wide variety of words used. Plenty of different directions to keep the kids guessing. I have used common English words. Ideal for 11+ preparation. Ideal for Literacy. Ideal for people learning English. Answer sheets are provided for all worksheets.

Antonyms are an important part of the 11+ grammar school exams. I have designed 100 worksheets on this area. I have chosen a group of over 600 words. There are 10 questions per sheets and pupils write a, b, c or d. The teacher will be able to have a lively discussion when going over the work with the pupils, discussing the meaning of all the words. Of course they can be used by not only grammar school pupils. They would suit anyone of the top end of primary, adults with learning difficulties or foreign students learning English.

I have designed 100 worksheets on decoding numbers for the 11+ non verbal reasoning questions. There are 100 worksheets provided on a cd. Decoding is an important aspect of the 11+ exams. Ideal for parents, pupils and tutors. Answer sheets provided. The Decoding worksheet helps to reinforce spelling and problem solving skills for students. The letters of each word are replaced with other letters or numbers based on a pattern. Students must translate the words and spell them correctly. You can see an answer sheet in my picture with the answers in red.

Synonyms are an important part of the 11+ grammar school exams. I have designed 100 worksheets on this area. I have chosen a group of over 600 words. There are 10 questions per sheets and pupils write a, b, c or d. The teacher will be able to have a lively discussion when going over the work with the pupils, discussing the meaning of all the words. Of course they can be used by not only grammar school pupils. They would suit anyone of the top end of primary, adults with learning difficulties or foreign students learning English.

Reclaim your Sundays! Literacy planning for year 5 for the Autumn term. Plus 108 great close worksheets on Aesop’s fables. Planning covers topics such as Famous Authors’ Plans, Myths, Legends and Fables, Recounts. You get over 40 mb of material.

Save your Sundays! Great planning for 6 weeks. Plenty of powerpoints, worksheets and planning. Plus a load of Aesop worksheets close tests. Cut and paste into your template and enjoy a cuppa on Sunday nights watching the telly

Save your Sundays! Great planning (7 weeks worth) for year 5 Literacy Topics covered: Older Literature Poetry Stories from other cultures Plenty of powerpoints in there. Plus great close sheets on Aesop.

Lots of great planning from my teaching career in Primary schools. Nice powerpoints. Nice fun stuff too. Good value as you get a lot of stuff. I taught from Reception to year 6 so something for everyone.

Some nice files on this interesting topic. About a dozen word documents with planning. A couple of useful adobe files. Worked well in my classroom!

Lots of planning for the Autumn term. Literacy. Powerpoints, planning and handouts included. Plenty of a month’s work. Sample planning: Genre: Traditional stories, fables, myths, legends. Focus Texts: Robin Hood (Legend), Hercules (Myth) and Pandora’s Box (Myth). Objectives Primary Framework 7. Understanding and interpreting texts  Compare different types of narrative and information texts and identify how they are structured  Explore how writers use language for comic & dramatic effects 8. Engaging with and responding to texts  Compare the usefulness of techniques such as visualisation, prediction and empathy in exploring the meaning of texts 11. Sentence structure and punctuation  Punctuate sentences accurately, including using speech marks and apostrophe Learning/Writing outcome for unit: Children can write a new version of a legend, identifying their audience and adapting their writing to suit this audience. Children can reflect on their own performances. Children can reflect critically on their own writing and edit and improve it. NB Teacher Day on Monday, Mass on Thursday LO: Whole Class Shared Learning Guided and Independent Activities: Plenary: Tu Identify features of a myth. Introduce the new unit and look at the writing outcome displayed on the working wall – explain that we have three weeks to achieve this. Allow children two minutes to TTYP and talk about the new unit – do they have any ideas about myth, legends or fables? Introduce the LO for today. Work through the PowerPoint on the features of a myth. Activity One Come back together and create a ‘post it’ note checklist for the working wall, to include: A myth is about gods and goddesses It is set in ancient times It features danger/revenge It includes use of magical powers It uses powerful imagery Characters are heroes Explains a strange/important happening It features strange, frightening creatures Read the following version of ‘Pandora’s Box’ and compare & contrast: http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/story562-pandoras-box.html Activity Two Activity One Read through the myth of ‘Pandora’s Box’ Discuss the features – give children 10 minutes to highlight the features in pairs. LA: Supported by IR Activity Two Provide several examples of myths for pairs. Children to highlight and annotate the features. Differentiate questioning after activity. Discuss the task – were all the features present? Push HA to say that Myths pass on cultural, religious or spiritual beliefs and traditions. Look at the ten rainbow steps to writing a myth on PPT – discuss how this links to the story mountain. Homework and spellings.