This lesson was done for a school open day and comprised 6 linked activities which were done by groups of pupils in rotation. Everything you need is here: Introduction PPT Pupils Activity Booklet Instructions for 6 activities Resources & extension tasks Video clips (these are from YouTube and are not my original materiel) Climate Change Critical Literacy PPT & worksheet If you don't have access to First News then any newspaper or magazine articles can be used - or you could use articles from the internet.

An interactive WhoCan activity designed to test pupils knowledge of nouns and pronouns at KS2/2nd Level. Great way to get pupils to help each other and for the teacher to check of the understanding of pupils.

Two editable Dictionary Detectives sheets with a range of activities designed to teach children how to use a dictionary effectively.

Set of 6 editable Dictionary Definition Cards designed to expand children’s vocabulary. Use as a starter, of finishing, task where children work independently, or in pairs, to find the definitions of the words in a dictionary.

A set of four editable worksheets with mixed up sentences for children to correct. There are misspelled common words, capital letters missing and in the wrong place and punctuaction missing. The sheets get progressively harder.

Four Describe Me sheets with images for children to describe and space for them to write sentences about the images. Designed to encourage children to think of adjectives and be able to use them in a sentence.