A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
This is a free extract from a Premium PowerPoint presentation discovering through questions and examples the rules for punctuating dialogue. This extract focuses on alternative words for said. The full PowerPoint and speech punctuation investigation tasks are available as a premium resource at AWalkerEducation shop.
The full premium presentation shows how to punctuate direct speech, how to move and use speech tags and includes alternative words for the speech verb, ‘said’. The investigations use well known texts for children to investigate and discover the rules for themselves.
Meet Petobot - a voice activated robot toy. Pupils read an explanatory text of the toy, written to demonstrate the features of an explanatory text.
Children are then asked to draw a design for a robot toy with any features they want. There are detailed teaching notes and both a scaffold frame and a SEN sheet to offer support so that children can write an explanation for how their robot toy works. There is a model text and also an annotated text showing text features.
This is a suspense story about being locked in the Egyptian Gallery of a museum over night. This is a word document, so can be used as an ICT text for pupils. The pupils are instructed to improve and finish the story, using techniques (such as, adding description of the character's feelings, describing sounds and setting).
There is a self assessment worksheet ( that proves far more effective than success criteria) and also detailed teaching notes.
This is a persuasive brochure for Hogwarts Castle Theme Park, written to demonstrate persuasive techniques. There are detailed teaching notes and a scaffold frame for children to write their own theme park brochure: a blank brochure with theme park pictures is also provided, if required. There is also an extension task to develop further ideas for the theme park website, which could be done as an individual, or group, speaking and listening or writing task. There are support planning worksheets, if required, to help pupils requiring more support.
This is part of a PowerPoint presentation discovering through questions and examples the rules for punctuating dialogue. This extract focuses on speech tags. The full PowerPoint and speech punctuation investigation tasks are available as a premium resource at AWalkerEducation shop.
The full premium presentation shows how to punctuate direct speech, how to move and use speech tags and includes alternative words for the speech verb, ‘said’. The investigations use well known texts for children to investigate and discover the rules for themselves.
There are some funny grammar worksheets, a fun summer holiday advert task and a reading challenge with certificate . Fun activities that should suit the end of term.
There is a word a day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
There are 666 picture words - enough for over three and a half school years!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
There is a choice of using the resource in letter order or a random assortment.
This is a third Word a Day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Day for another school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
This is a free sample of a Word a Day resource that I have made with over 600 words. The bought resource provides a big enough word a day collection for 3 and a half school years.
There is a related picture and synonym to aid comprehension.
I hope it will be a way for whole schools to increase the vocabulary of their pupils, through use in lessons, newsletters or assemblies.
Aimed at KS3, KS4 and KS5 but the word a day may also have some application with able pupils in upper KS2.
This is a Word a Week to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Week for a school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
If you like this Word a Week resource, you can buy the complete Word a Day resource for over three years. Alternately, the Word a Day resources can be bought as 3 separate year resources, providing a Word a Day for each of the three years.
This is a Word a Day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Day for an entire school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free Word a Day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
This is a free sample of a Word a Day resource that I have made with over 600 words. The bought resource is a big enough word a day collection for 3 and a half school years.
There is a related picture and synonym to aid comprehension.
I hope it will be a way for whole schools to increase the vocabulary of their pupils, through use in lessons, newsletters or assemblies.
Aimed at KS3, KS4 and KS5 but the word a day may also have some application with able pupils in upper KS2.
This is a second Word a Day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Day for another school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
A Harry Potter persuasive writing task, with differentiated planners, teaching notes and model text. Also learning mat offering questions for any persuasive text and a PowerPoint using animation to teach persuasive techniques.
