Activity 6 is based around comma golf. the par for the hole is based around the number of commas in the opening section of a piece of literature (it goes from Cats in a Manger to A Tale of two Cities). In the fist nine holes the pupils get given the par score and add the commas as they see fit. the back nine they must add the commas and hence decide the par score. Will they complete the course on par? Activity seven - welcome to the chase. Inference Inference is a major part of English testing. Using the game show you have a chaser and contestant / s to see how you answer the questions. Here in small groups you use a small paragraph or image of information to answer an A B or C question which has the correct inference from the multiple answers. Can you get home before the chaser catches you? There are two blank options if you wish to add your class examples.

A poem called schools back that looks at the teaching now in bubbles from a teachers point of view. this includes a poem for female teachers and one for males and a quick lesson plan if planning needed. can be used to help deal with the changes and any anxiety that might be happen.

From a simple three letter word can you add a letter at a time to make up to a six letter word or even a nine letter word. You can start from a two vowel, one vowel or no vowel starting word. Good luck.

A poem about the queen and what she meant to me to discuss followed by some starter ideas for the pupils to use for their own poems. The key is what the queen meant to you. Discuss the different aspects of her life and what she has seen in her lifetime

A short poem on the anguish of a Sunday night as a teacher wondering if you have dine enough for the day ahead… just fun for you to enjoy.

A poem looking at why a teacher teaches and the job satisfaction they get from it. Also looks at how the teacher gets joy from helping pupils achieve potential. The poem comes with a lesson plan for use in English and / or PSHE. Lesson plan looks at jobs classed as a vocation and satisfaction / dissatisfaction obtained from them in the pupils eyes.

Two poems as starters for world kindness day. Might help and inspire. Both poems are only one page long.

A fun little poem about the night before school starts from the family and teachers point of view. hopefully will bring a smile to the readers face. hopefully you can read it all on one page before deciding to download it if you want.

A short sharp poem on the journey of learning. look out for the much cheaper bundle

A descriptive poem about a ship in a storm on the open waves. Can be used as a way of getting a class to write their own poem

A story for assembly about forgiveness. Tommy is the best footballer at school, until an accident happens in a lunch time game, that causes him to get an injury that he blames Robert for. will he forgive Robert or bear a grudge?

A poem looking at the four seasons in the northern hemisphere. Dates for the seasons is based on the meteorological seasons not the equinox seasons. Can be used as either a lesson starter to look at descriptive etc, or as an assembly looking at the seasons, or tied into change and how to look at it.

A cheeky school pupil describes what they did over the summer holidays in poem form then asks what you would say you did in the summer holidays. a bit of fun that is aimed at encouraging a class to use poetry to describe their summer holidays week by week.

A fun poem to describe the new class for the year. have fun, all new class poems will be in a much cheaper bundle soon.

An activity for the whole class, you create and design your own superhero. You use a points system to select the powers you want, that way no one is to powerful. From there you can design your hero, create the backstory, create your own super villain and even create your own adventure story. You could even get some pupils to create a team up story that they can write together. Enjoy

A fun poem for teachers who are going through SATs. Hopefully a bit of fun.

A fun poem, about a pupils first day back. Enjoy and look out for the bundle that will have these much cheaper

A poem to be used as a lesson starter to get the pupils to express their feelings and understanding of the last pandemic / lockdown months events and how it has impacted their lives. Two versions of the same poem but with version two having a bit more friendly line, and a simple lesson plan. plus a couple of poems on the year ahead with a strong determined theme. hope you get some good work out of it.

A quick checklist for pupils when they are preparing a piece of fiction / creative writing

A helpful reminder of what to check with a pupils written work. PURR, punctuation, check you have all the relevant capital letters, commas full stops etc. Understandable, does your sentence or paragraph make sense? Reword, have used some words repetitively, can you change them for something else, are there any wow words you can use? Finally Recheck, does it still answer the question or task assigned? Congratulations PURR.