The powerpoint explains how to change writing styles/register according to audience, purpose and text, and what tone to use for each. Shows examples of similar sentence written in a formal and an informal style. Ends with an activity where the children have to turn an informal sentence into a formal one.

A set of 76 phonics display/flashcards to use in KS1. There are 2 A5 cards on a page. Each card contains pictures and a list of words including the relevant common exception words for Year 1. The first set contains the letters of the alphabet. The second set contains the consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs and trigraphs in the Y1 Spelling appendix. The third set contains extra graphemes identified in the Letters and Sounds phonics programme.

Includes a powerpoint, vocabulary cards and a set of posters. POWERPOINT: explains the difference between conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions, giving examples of where and how to use them. 4 sets of display: SET 1 Time place and cause connectives: This set contains 3 headings and sets of words in clouds to display around the headings time, cause and place. There are blank clouds for you to add your own. SET 2) Conjunctions adverbs and prepositions cards: In this set there are 5 words per A4 page which can be cut up for display. The words are organised into conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions with an A4 title for each. SET 3) Conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions posters: These posters splits the connectives into sets of Time/Cause/Place and conjunctions/adverbs/prepositions. There are 7 A5 pages plus a title page. SET 4) Co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions: These posters explain the difference between the two types of conjunctions and give examples of each in clouds.

This pack contains 2 powerpoint lessons: Parenthesis: How brackets, dashes or commas can be used to indicate parenthesis. Commas: Gives examples of what can happen if commas are omitted, and how they are important to the intended meaning.

These resources introduce the concept of a sentence and show how to write a sentence. POWERPOINTS: Introduction to sentences: Explains what sentences and punctuation are. It reinforces the importance of capital letters, full stops, question marks or exclamation marks, and spaces in-between words. How to compose a sentence: Introduces the concept of sentence writing, and how the children should think about and then say the sentence before they write it down, remembering to read through and check their work when finished. “I can” sentences: simple sentences for the children to read. The vocabulary gets progressively harder, from simple CVC words to using long vowel graphemes and blends. Jake’s Full Stop: A story demonstrating how important it is to put full stops in the right places. Picture sentences: Find the correct sentence out of four to match the picture. Joining sentences with ‘and’: Demonstrates how text can become more interesting when ‘and’ is used to join sentences. Ends with sentences for the children to join with the word and. Words that fit: Find the words that can be substituted in the sentence. Sentence building: Jumbled up words that need arranging into sentences. Suitable for a class writing activity. WORKSHEETS (PDF) - to accompany the PowerPoints Worksheets: 15 different worksheets to accompany the lessons, including - A checklist when writing sentences Finish the ‘I can’ sentences Write the words that fit Write sentences about a picture Punctuation story Match the sentences Cut and make a sentence The worksheets are in both colour and black and white. Some of the PowerPoints include a linked video to watch. This is a link shared through SafeShare T.V., a program that filters adverts and unwanted commercials from the clip. You may need to check if you can access this in school. The links were checked before uploading, but if any don’t work, feel free to contact me.

POWERPOINTS: Paragraphs:An introduction to paragraphs, explaining what they are and how to write them. Headings and sub-headings:An introduction to headings and sub-headings, explaining what they are and where and how they can be used. Present perfect:Explains what the present perfect tense is and how it is formed. It ends with sentences for the children to rewrite using the present perfect tense. PDF activity: Present perfect worksheet

A powerpoint lesson and a jigsaw activity to teach the spelling guidelines: Hyphens can be used to join a prefix to a root word, especially if the prefix ends in a vowel letter and the root word also begins with one.

This set includes 2 resources: One powerpoint explaining: the use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to mark the boundary between independent clauses use of the colon to introduce a list and use of semi-colons within lists punctuation of bullet points to list information Plus 5 A4 posters explaining the use of the colon, semi-colon, dashes, bullet points and hypens

A powerpoint explaining when to use a and when to use an, with an interactive activity for the children to choose the correct form.

A powerpoint lesson, worksheet and plan on plural noun suffixes: Plural noun suffixes: A powerpoint explaining the meaning of singular, plural and what a suffix is. It explains what effect the addition of s or es has on nouns.It ends with an interactive game. Plural noun suffix worksheet

Spelling resources to teach the statutory requirements in Appendix 2 of the English curriculum: Punctuation: Separation of words with spaces; Introduction to capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences; Capital letters for names and for the personal pronoun I. PowerPoint files: Introduction to exclamation marks: Short presentation explaining when to use exclamation marks Introduction to full stops: Short presentation explaining when to use full stops Introduction to question marks: Short presentation explaining when to use question marks Capital letters - when to use them: Looks at occasions where capital letters should be used, with an activity to test the children’s understanding at the end. Capitals and punctuation quiz: Interactive activity where the children have to decide what is wrong with each sentence. Jake’s full stop: A story that shows what happens when full stops are left out of sentences. Sentences and punctuation: Recap on sentences and punctuation, with an activity at the end.

Four powerpoints looking at past and present verb tenses. POWERPOINTS Introduction to tenses: Explains what tense means, and past and present tense, giving examples including the progressive form of verbs.It ends with some examples and opportunities for children to change the tenses of sentences. Changing present into past tense: Sentences to change Thinking of verbs and past and present tense: Look at pictures and describe the actions in the present and the past tenses. Irregular past tense verbs: Explanation and lists of irregular past tense verbs.

A PowerPoint lesson explaining what subordination and co-ordination are with accompanying worksheets and posters, designed to teach the Y2 Sentence objectives. The set contains: POWERPOINT: Subordination and coordination A 7 page PowerPoint explaining how to connect sentences and clauses using subordination (when, if, that and because) and co-ordination (using or, and or but.) It gives examples of how to use them in sentences then gives sentence starters for the children to complete using the words above. ACTIVITIES / WORKSHEETS: Co-ordination writing sheets x 4: Each sheet has a different picture. The children have to write sentences using the words and, but and or. Subordination worksheets x 4: Each sheet has a different picture. The children have to write sentences using the words when, if, that and because DISPLAY: Two posters explaining subordination and co-ordination with examples and a heading.

The first powerpoint recaps the terminology noun and prefix then explains how prefixes are added to words and change their meaning. Gives some examples of words with the prefixes super, auto, anti and tele and asks how the meanings have changed. The second powerpoint looks at a range of prefixes the children should have covered in Y2 and introduces new ones alongside their meanings. PDF WORKSHEETS & ACTIVITIES: Word list – nouns using prefixes Fore/mid/sub jigsaw cards Super/auto/anti jigsaw cards Prefix anti worksheet Prefix auto worksheet Prefix super worksheet DISPLAY: Noun prefixes display Plus a Y3 VG&P plan

3 POWERPOINTS: Words and families: Explains what word families are and how to make them. It follows with 10 common exception words and related words . Roots, affixes and word families: Explains how word families can be built by using affixes. Gives examples of the word family related to the word 'act' and also the word 'light'. Word families: Building words using a matrix of prefixes, root words and suffixes. PDF WORKSHEETS & ACTIVITIES: Cards (x6 – act/give/light/pass/press/sign) containing words belonging to each word family Word derivation sheet – blank Word family – give Word family – pass Word family –press Word family –sign Word list – Latin root words and families (extension work) Plus a Y3 VG&P plan

A powerpoint explaining the terms adverb, preposition, conjunction, word family, prefix, clause, subordinate clause, direct speech, inverted commas, speech marks, vowels and consonants

POWERPOINTS: Fronted Adverbials: Explains what they are and how to use them (including the use of commas from the punctuation objectives) PRINTABLE PDF FILES: Adverbial spotter worksheet: To use with reading books or passages of text Adverbials of time display Adverbials of manner display Adverbials of time display Adverbials of time cards: For composition activities etc Adverbials of manner cards: For composition activities etc Adverbials of time cards: For composition activities etc 5 x Word documents with different passages to use with spotter sheet

Resources to teach the guidelines for spelling homophones and other words that are often confused. POWERPOINTS Each Powerpoint gives definitions/explanations of each homophone, then ends with an activity for the children to work out which homophone is appropriate in different sentences. Homophones - nouns and verbs: advice advise, device devise, licence license and practice practise. Homophones 1: aisle isle, aloud allowed, affect effect, altar alter, ascent assent, bridal, bridle, cereal serial, complement compliment Homophones 2: descent dissent, desert dessert, draft draught, farther father, guessed guest, heard herd, led, lead morning, mourning Homophones 3: past passed, precede proceed, principal principle, profit prophet, stationary stationery, steal steel, wary weary, who's whose PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES: Look Write Cover Check x 7: For spelling practice, containing the words in the above PowerPoints Worksheets x 7: To write definitions of the homophones and think of ways to remember how to spell them. Definition and word cards x 3: Three sets of homophones and corresponding definitions for matching games etc.

A powerpoint teaching about how to indicate degrees of possibility using adverbs or modal verbs might, should, will, must.

A PowerPoint demonstrating how to add adjectives to make expanded noun phrases. Ends with different pictures for the children to add words to describe and specify.