Hello and Welcome to my shop! I have a mixture of resources based on my experiences. Mostly, you will find resources for the Primary-Curriculum which have been developed in accordance with my experience teaching Primary. Secondly, you will find music-related resources developed in accordance with my musical training (BA Music - Oxford University). Finally, you will find GCSE A-Level appropriate resources that I developed when I was a student. I hope you will find something of use to you. :)
Hello and Welcome to my shop! I have a mixture of resources based on my experiences. Mostly, you will find resources for the Primary-Curriculum which have been developed in accordance with my experience teaching Primary. Secondly, you will find music-related resources developed in accordance with my musical training (BA Music - Oxford University). Finally, you will find GCSE A-Level appropriate resources that I developed when I was a student. I hope you will find something of use to you. :)
A 20-question quiz on synonyms and ambitious vocabulary. Ideal plenary activity / easy assessment activity to finish a unit of work on ambitious vocabulary / descriptive writing. A brief definition of synonyms is provided at the start of the quiz.
The quiz is simply structured with 4 rounds of 5 questions. Each round is slightly different to make the quiz as engaging as possible. The 4 rounds are as follows:
Multiple choice questions
True or false questions
Spot the odd one out
Application to sentences questions (multiple choice)
The multiple-choice element helps the quiz to remain accessible to a wider range of abilities. Finishing with a sentence based round helps ensure the quiz is applicable to wider English / literacy lessons. All questions aim to cover common adjectives and synonyms to ensure the quiz is applicable to further writing and the wider curriculum. Answers are included at the end of each round so students can self assess / peer mark their quizzes.
The quiz finishes with an extension task encouraging students to come up with their own 5 question quiz on synonyms and ambitious vocabulary that they can give to a classmate.
Colour and simple animations are used throughout to keep the quiz aesthetically engaging.
A collection of worksheets designed to consolidate and solidify pupil’s knowledge of conjunctions and expand their confidence to use conjunctions within their own writing. The worksheets are aimed at helping pupil’s understand what a conjunction is, learn examples of conjunctions, and put their knowledge into practical application seeing how conjunctions work in a range of contexts and sentences.
Worksheets involve a mixture of activities including fill-in-the-blank writing activities and reading activities.
Worksheet pack used best alongside the conjunctions presentation, also available.
A 30-question quiz on synonyms and expanding vocabulary designed for children in upper-primary / lower secondary school (KS2/3 for schools in England… P4 - S2 for schools in Scotland). The quiz is structured in four rounds, with each round asking a different type of question to help keep children engaged. The four rounds are as follows:
Multiple-choice
True or False
Odd one out
Sense or non-sense, multiple choice
30 questions allows for every child in a typical class to 30 to answer at least one question each.
The quiz is highly interactive. To answer each question, students can physically select the answer they wish on an interactive whiteboard or computer device and that will reveal the answer. The incorrect answers will disappear to leave only the correct answer. Answers are provided for all questions.
All questions are multiple-choice to make the quiz more accessible to a wider range of learning needs and levels. All questions are short and simple. Bogus options are designed to include common words with simple phonic sounds to allow more children to read all questions and answers independently.
The quiz focuses on common descriptive words organised by theme - round one on feelings, round two on size, round three on landscapes etc. to ensure that the words are more relevant and applicable to every life. This will help the quiz feed into future writing and reading activities.
Colour and simple animations are used throughout to make the quiz more aesthetically engaging.
This quiz is the second of three quizzes on this topic. The first quiz is labelled “easy” and the third quiz is designed with a higher level of difficulty. You may wish to download all 3 quizzes and distribute them according to the needs of your pupils. The three quizzes are available in a bundle on the author’s shop. :)
This resource is a collection of worksheets designed to help students learn about clauses. The worksheets are designed to consolidate and develop knowledge of clauses. There are three worksheets in the pack. They designed in the following ways.
A fill in the blank written activity. Students are given a short paragraph of facts and information about clauses with some words missing. Students are to pick the correct word from the list to complete the sentences. Memory recall. Answers are provided.
A reading activity where students are given 8 sentences, each containing a main and subordinate clause. Students are asked to underline main clauses in red and subordinate clauses in blue. This worksheet is designed to consolidate knowledge of different types of clauses whilst also developing their knowledge of and ability to form complex sentences in their writing.
Cut and stick activity. Students are given a series of main and subordinate clauses. They are asked to cut out each clause and arrange them to create a full complex sentence using one main clause and one subordinate clause.
Worksheets are designed to consolidate knowledge as well as developing different skills with regards to reading and writing. The worksheets would be best used in conjunction with the teaching presentation on clauses, also available.
A collection of 4 worksheets on expanded vocabulary. Each worksheet looks to target different skills and includes a different activity for variation.
The 4 worksheets are as follows:
Wordsearch - ideal starter or plenary activity. Wordsearch involves 16 ambitious vocabulary words. Answers are provided on a separate sheet.
Cut and stick - ideal for younger children. Matching the less ambitious word to a more ambitious alternative. Worksheet completes with a written application task which could be used to push certain learners forward.
A-Z activity - excellent starter or plenary activity. Could be expanded out to include dictionary / thesaurus skills. Could be completed as an individual or in teams. Could be made into a competition / race for added variation.
Application writing worksheet - worksheet comes in two parts to allow for differentiation. First half involves simple sentences with simple adjectives underlined so students have to re-write and swap out the underlined words for more ambitious vocabulary. Second half has simple sentences with no adjectives. Students must add their own.
Worksheets would work best in conjunction with the Expanded Vocabulary lesson also available from the shop, however, they would also work as standalone activities.
The variety of worksheets ensures they are applicable and appropriate for a range of ages, development stages, and purposes.
Easy accessible layout.
A 30-question quiz on synonyms and expanding vocabulary designed for primary-aged children. The quiz is structured in four rounds, with each round asking a different type of question to help keep children engaged. The four rounds are as follows:
Multiple-choice
True or False
Odd one out
Sense or non-sense, multiple choice
30 questions allows for every child in a typical class to 30 to answer at least one question each.
The quiz is highly interactive. To answer each question, students can physically select the answer they wish on an interactive whiteboard or computer device and that will reveal the answer. The incorrect answers will disappear to leave only the correct answer. Answers are provided for all questions.
All questions are multiple-choice to make the quiz more accessible to a wider range of learning needs and levels. All questions are short and simple. Bogus options are designed to include common words with simple phonic sounds to allow younger children more independence to read for themselves.
The quiz focuses on common descriptive words such as big, small, fast, slow, tall, short, happy, sad etc. to ensure that the words are more relevant and applicable to every life. This will help the quiz feed into future writing and reading activities.
Colour and simple animations are used throughout to make the quiz more aesthetically engaging.
A whole lesson on conjunctions aimed at children in upper-primary school / lower high school (Yr4-8 England) (P5-7 /Scotland). The lesson takes the form of a highly interactive presentation which is structured as follows:
What is a conjunction?
Examples of Conjunctions
Application of conjunctions into sentences
Activities
Section one on “What is a conjunction”? encourages the children to find their own answer through discussion. A recap is provided of clauses - main and subordinate clauses and how conjunctions interact with these to form sentences.
Section two on examples of conjunctions aims to help students create a word bank of different conjunctions that they will be able to apply to their writing. This is delivered by showing pupils examples of sentences with conjunctions and guiding them through identifying the conjunction in each case. By including sentences at this point, it helps the students to already start to develop their application and understanding of how conjunctions fit into sentences.
Section three on application of conjunctions into sentences is broken down into small chunks. The section is structured by different purposes a conjunction may have in a sentence for example: comparison, adding information, giving a reason etc. At each point at least three examples of conjunctions are given including an example of how they fit in a sentence. Students are encouraged to take an active part in their learning by the section being structured with various pause points do students to have a go themselves. The section aims to cover many examples of conjunctions but in a way that is relevant to writing. Small chunks help the volume of information to be less overwhelming. Every conjunction mentioned has at least one example sentence included.
Section four includes 3 different activities.
The first activity is a writing activity. To help engage students, the activity includes a highly relatable, relevant and interesting topic. Students are asked to reflect on a recent problem they had and write an “agony aunt” newspaper article describing the problem and solution using conjunctions.
The second activity is a scavenger hunt activity which involves students searching for conjunctions in different books. This activity does not involve any writing and is designed as an active learning task. It could easily be completed as individuals, pairs, or teams.
The final activity is a game of Simon Says that has been adapted to include different types of words including conjunctions. This game helps to add fun to your lessons whilst reinforcing the topic and encouraging leadership and listening skills.
The whole lesson aims to be relevant to student experiences and interests and applicable beyond the lesson throughout. Students are encouraged to take an active part in their learning as the lesson is interspersed with many opportunities for engagement through questions, short tasks, longer tasks, and games.
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A lesson designed to teach children of a primary age about adjectives. The lesson takes the form of a highly interactive presentation to be worked through in class. Throughout the lesson students are encouraged to take an active part in their learning through questions, short and long tasks, and activities. The presentation is broken down into small increments as to not overwhelm children with too much information at once. The structure is as follows:
Defining adjective
Examples of adjectives
How adjectives are used in a sentence
Why adjectives are used
Different ways adjectives can be used
More worked example of using adjectives
Three short application activities at the end.
Examples are used throughout. All examples include relatable content.
Colour used to provide some visual aids.
This resource is a small pack of four worksheets about adjectives. Each worksheet is designed to give children a chance to use adjectives, write adjectives, and come up with their own adjectives. The four worksheets are designed as follows:
A fill-in the blank worksheet where students can write an adjective of their choice at the correct place in the sentence.
A reading exercise where students can read a passage of text and circle every adjective they can find.
A matching exercise where students can draw a line between an image to the most appropriate corresponding adjective.
A creative exercise where students are given a series of images and asked to write 3 adjectives that they could use to describe each image.
These worksheets look to incorporate both reading and writing into helping students to learn and develop their adjectives. The worksheets would be best used in conjunction with a teaching resource on adjectives such as the adjectives presentation, also available.
A collection of six worksheets about nouns. Designed for primary school aged children. Each worksheet covers the following:
Types of nouns ‘fill in the blank’ activity. Involving reading, writing, and memory recall. Answers provided.
Matching activity - match the type of noun to its definition.
Spot the nouns reading activity - short passage of text where children can underline/circle all the nouns they spot.
Organise the nouns cut and stick activity - series of nouns given and a table with each type of noun. Children to organise each noun under the correct heading in the table to show what type of noun it is: concrete, abstract, collective, or proper.
Writing nouns activity - children to write five of their own each type of noun: concrete, abstract, collective, or proper.
Spot the different types of nouns reading activity - short passage of text where children can colour code all the nouns they spot depending on their type.
The worksheet pack would be best used in conjunction with the presentation on nouns, also available.
A collection of four worksheets designed to consolidate student’s knowledge of adverbs. Worksheets included:
A fill-in-the-blank reading and writing activity where students must choose the correct word from a list. Designed to help students understand what adverbs are, how adverbs are used, and how they differ from verbs. Includes examples of adverbs.
Spot-the-adverb: A reading activity where students are presented with a short passage of text and asked to circle all the adverbs they spot.
Spot-the-verbs-and-adverbs: a reading activity that is a step up from the previous activity. Students are asked to circle all the verbs in red and the adverbs in blue.
Writing with adverbs - students are given a series of sentences without any adverbs and asked to re-write the sentences using appropriate adverbs for the verbs.
Worksheets designed to utilise and build on a range of different skills all within the topic of adverbs. Best used in conjunction with the adverbs presentation also available.
A collection of worksheets designed to consolidate and solidify pupil’s knowledge around different classes of words including: adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, nouns, and verbs. The worksheets aim to develop pupil’s knowledge of what each different word class is, examples for each of the word classes, and develop confidence of using each of these word classes within their writing.
The worksheets involve a variety of activities including fill-in-the-blank activities, comparison activities, writing activities, reading activities.
Some worksheets aim on developing understanding of definition, others on providing examples, and others on practical application of using different types of words within writing.
Worksheet pack is an excellent resource to use at the end of a unit of work on different classes of work. Collates knowledge.
This is a collection of 2 worksheets on the topic of expanded vocabulary. These worksheets look at alternative ways of saying “very” in descriptive writing. Both worksheets look to target different skills.
First worksheet is a word-bank / thesaurus skills activity. Students are given a grid with 20 basic descriptive phrases involving the word “very” and are asked to find alternatives. There is the option to use a thesaurus should this be a desired target skill. Worksheet is presented clearly with learning intention included.
Second worksheet focuses on application to sentences and writing. The worksheet includes four short descriptions with “very” phrases underlined. Students are asked to re-write the sentences with an alternative for the “very” phrases. Sentences look to target common adjectives. The content of all descriptions is designed to be applicable to real life scenarios that a student can relate too, and may need to write about in their own life. The worksheet finishes with an extension task inviting students to produce their own descriptive paragraph on a recent day out. Learning intention is typed onto worksheet.
These worksheets would work well in conjunction with the available lesson on “alternative ways of saying very”, however, this is not a necessity.
Resources to cover at least a whole lesson looking at alternative ways of saying “said” in order to expand vocabulary and enhance independent writing. The two resources in this bundle are a presentation to be worked through as the input part of the lesson and a worksheet pack.
Presentation
The presentation is highly interactive involving questions, short and long activities, games, and worked examples so that students take an active part of their learning journey and engage a range of senses and skills. The presentation is structured in 4 parts as follows:
Why should we consider alternative words for said?
Worked Examples
Application to Sentences
Activities.
Worked Examples
The worked examples help students create a word bank of alternatives for said that they can then use in their sentences. To help students think about alternatives for “said” the presentation discusses the impact of feelings on how a person may speak. The presentation then works through common feelings and how someone may speak with each of those feelings. Students take an active part in gathering this knowledge by being involved in class discussions which will lead to the creation of class mind maps. To accompany these class activities, the presentation goes through its own mind maps for each of the chosen feelings so that students should finish this section with a bank of words they can apply to their sentences.
The presentation begins by giving students a short passage of speech where “said” is used repetitively to emphasise the lack of interest and information this creates. This passage of speech is then returned to at this point in the lesson as the presentation works through swapping out all the “said” for an alternative word chosen from the previously created word bank. The presentation takes this section sentence at a time to increase accessibility. Students are encouraged to complete the task in their own books, choosing their own words, along with the presentation. The presentation gives an example at each point to help those who may lack confidence to choose independently.
The presentation concludes with 4 activities. Including:
Word Association game
Sentence building dice game
Charades game
Real-life applicable task involving sentence writing.
Each activity looks to develop different interpersonal skills such as leadership, communication, confidence, alongside academic learning.
Subtle colour, images, and animations are used throughout the presentation to aid memory and ensure the presentation is aesthetically engaging.
Worksheet Pack
Collection of 3 worksheets. The 3 worksheets are scaled to assist with differentiation and developing a range of skills. A summary of the 3 worksheets is as follows:
Word Bank exercise - students are given a grid with 10 different phrases that describe how someone might speak for example: “talking loudly”, “asking a question”," addressing an audience" etc. Students are asked to complete the grid with 3 appropriate “said” words for each phrase that could be used to describe someone talking in that way. This task is to help children develop a bank of alternative words and think about appropriate context for each choice.
Complete the sentence application task - students are provided with 10 sentences containing speech with the “said” word missing. Students should read the sentence and fill in the missing “said” word for each sentence. This task is ideal for students who would struggle to independently think of their own ideas for sentences whilst still allowing them opportunity to apply their alternative “said” words to the context of a sentence.
Independent Sentence Writing Application - the final worksheet should challenge older learners to construct the whole sentence independently, remembering to correctly use an alternative “said” word. In this worksheet, students are provided with 5 scenarios where a conversation is taking place for example: two friends playing Minecraft together, friends organising a party etc. Students are asked to write a brief conversation that the characters might have in each of the given scenarios. This task allows students more independence to apply their knowledge of the given topic to a relevant scenario.
The bundle is designed to include ample resources so that you can choose which resources best suit the needs of your children. All activities and teaching is designed in a way that aids differentiation and in accordance with the National Curriculum (UK).
Quiz
The collection concludes with a 30 question quiz organised into 3 rounds. The idea of 30 questions is that ina typical class of 30, every child can answer at least one question. The rounds are structured as follows:
Multi-choice questions on said words to describe feelings.
Multi-choice questions on said words that describe situations where someone is speaking.
Multi-choice questions applying to varying said words to sentences.
Multi-choice questions help the quiz to be more accessible to a wider range of abilities. Each round aims to include common said words, feelings, and situations to enhance the relevancy and relatability of the activity to the children and their wider learning. Answers are provided at the end of each round so pupils can peer/self assess.
This resource is a whole lesson on the topic of creative writing and writing speech that specifically looks at including adverbs when writing speech to further describe how a character is speaking. The lesson includes an interactive presentation that can be worked through. The presentation is highly interactive through regular questions, short and long activities, games, and worked examples so that students take an active part of their learning journey and engage a range of senses and skills. The presentation is structured in 4 parts as follows:
Why should we consider adding adverbs to our speech writing? Including a reminder of what adverbs are and how we use them.
Worked Examples
Application to Sentences
Activities
Worked Examples
The worked examples help students create a word bank of adverbs that they can then use in their sentences. To help students think about appropriate adverbs and their contexts, the presentation breaks the subject down into different features of speech; taking each feature one at a time. This section is structured as follows: adverbs to describe feelings, adverbs to describe volume, adverbs to describe pace, adverbs to describe tone, adverbs relevant to the situations that someone may be speaking in, adverbs relevant to someone’s motivation for speaking.
Students take an active part in gathering this knowledge by being involved in class discussions which will lead to the creation of class mind maps. To accompany these class activities, the presentation goes through its own mind maps for each of the factors so that students should finish this section with a bank of words they can apply to their sentences.
Application to Sentences
This section begins with a short passage of text involving a conversation between several characters containing no adverbs. The presentation then looks at the conversation a sentence at a time and shows how an appropriate adverb could be added to each sentence. The presentation takes this section sentence at a time to increase accessibility. By looking at multiple sentences, it allows for a range of adverbs to be demonstrated in appropriate contexts. Students are encouraged to complete the task in their own books, choosing their own words, along with the presentation. The presentation gives an example at each point to help those who may lack confidence to choose independently.
Activities
The presentation concludes with 2 activities. Including:
Sentence building dice game
Charades
Each activity looks to develop different interpersonal skills such as leadership, communication, confidence, alongside academic learning.
Subtle colour, images, and animations are used throughout the presentation to aid memory and ensure the presentation is aesthetically engaging.
Designed as a lesson to introduce younger children to conjunctions. The lesson provides a simple explanation of what a conjunction does. The lesson focuses on four different conjunctions: and, because, but, so. It shows children what each of these conjunctions mean and shows examples of how they can be used in sentences.
The lesson takes the form of a highly interactive presentation that is structured in four chunks as follows:
What is a conjunction?
Examples of conjunctions (introduced to the 4 chosen conjunctions)
Using (four-chosen) conjunctions in sentences
Activities
By using just 4 conjunctions, it is hoped that younger children will develop a basic understanding and competency of conjunctions and how to apply them to their writing without becoming overly confused or overwhelmed. This lesson helps to introduce younger children to the principles of conjunctions in sentences, so they can later progress onto to using more advanced conjunctions with minimal difficulties, drawing on the foundational understanding gained in this lesson.
The lesson is highly interactive and students are encouraged to take an active role in their own learning. It is certainly not a lesson to sit and listen too. Students are asked questions throughout and encouraged to problem-solve to come up with their own solutions; the lesson offering its own solutions for reference as it progresses.
Throughout the lesson aims to be applicable to wider literacy skills, writing, and real-life skills. Showing children examples of conjunctions in sentences occurs throughout the lesson, with the third section showing multiple step-by-step processes of how sentences can be constructed with conjunctions. Every time a sample sentence is provided, the topic of the sentence is always something relevant and appropriate for younger children for example sentences about animals, food, the beach, games etc.
The final section of the lesson includes four suggested activities. These take the form of games to add a physical element to the lesson. Games include musical corners and a listening game. There is also a short, simple rhyme included at the end to help children remember what a conjunction is and the examples they’ve looked at.
Colour and subtle animations are used throughout to aid memory and provide aesthetic interest. A worksheet pack is also available from this author’s shop which would accompany this lesson, however this is not compulsory. There is enough content within this resource to be a standalone lesson, therefore, removing the need for any worksheet based activities.
This bundle contains two resources that comprise a whole English lesson on adjectives.
There is a detailed but simple presentation introducing students to adjectives with definitions, frequency examples given, information on how to use adjectives in their writing, and some whole class discussion activities at the end. The presentation is designed to be delivered at the start of the lesson.
Following the presentation, students can solidify and consolidate what they have learnt by accessing the adjectives worksheet pack which contains four different worksheets.
A reading task where students can underline/highlight adjectives within a text
a fill-in the gap task where students can complete the sentences by adding their own adjectives.
a matching task where students can match the image to the most appropriate adjective.
A creative task where students can come up with their own adjectives to describe a given thing.
Together these resources comprise a whole lesson with a range of different activities and skills involved.
**Adjectives, Adverbs, Clauses, Conjunctions, Nouns, and Verbs. **
A collection of lessons comprising of an entire unit of work on different types of words - adjectives, adverbs, clauses, conjunctions, nouns, and verbs. A lesson on each of the different types of words then a final lesson which summarises all the different types to consolidate knowledge and recap.
Each lesson contains a highly interactive presentation and a worksheet pack. All the presentations follow a similar structure to allow for consistency in the teaching method between lessons.
Presentations - Presentations are structured roughly around the following three parts; “what is a (…)”?, examples of (…), “how can we use (…) in our writing”. Spoken, written, acting, and group activities are interspersed throughout the presentations to maintain pupil attention and allow them to have an active role within their learning and teaching of new content. Each presentation is designed as an active learning experience and is in no way just something for students to listen too. Throughout each presentation students are given opportunities to engage through the many activities as exampled above. Each lesson focuses on application to sentences, writing, and wider contents to promote relevancy and further skill development.
Worksheets - each lesson comes with a worksheet pack containing 3-5 worksheets per lesson. Worksheets cover a variety of different activities: reading activties, writing activities, fill-in-the-blank activities, cut-and-stick activities, colouring activities, labelling activities etc. Each worksheet includes clear, step-by-step instructions. Answers are provided on separate sheets where appropriate.
Feedback on other lessons that could be added to this unit of work is greatly appreciated. Feedback on the unit would also be greatly appreciated.
A collection of 4 worksheets that aim to improve understanding of conjunctions and build confidence applying conjunctions into sentences. These worksheets are ideal for younger children of primary-age. The worksheet focus on 4 selected conjunctions: and, so, but, because. The focus of the worksheets is on identifying these conjunctions and using them in sentences.
The first 3 worksheets are a collection of differentiated, scaled application tasks. Each worksheet focuses on applying conjunctions into sentences. The task takes a form of a fill-in-the-blank with the options provided. One worksheet uses the conjunctions and / so. The second worksheet uses the conjunction but / because. The third worksheet includes all four conjunctions: and, so, but, because. By providing three tiered worksheets this will enable the sheets to be distributed according to ability whilst still having all pupils complete the same style of task. This way, every student has a maximised opportunity to succeed. Sentences include common phonetic words appropriate for children aged 5-7 to read mostly independently. Sentences feature content relatable to children of this age.
The fourth worksheet is a colouring activity where students are asked to separate conjunctions from other words through colouring. This worksheet is designed to help children identify conjunctions from other words. Ideal for developing understanding of what sorts of words are conjunctions, before a child starts to apply these words to sentences.
Worksheet pack would work well alongside the lesson on introduction to conjunctions also available from this author’s shop.
A collection of three worksheets designed to help students consolidate their knowledge of verbs. Worksheets include the following:
A fill in the blank written activity where students are given a paragraph about different types of verbs and how to use them in writing but with some words missing. A definition task.
‘Spot the verbs’ reading activity. Passage of text given where students can read the text and highlight/underline/circle all the verbs they can spot.
Written activity where students are given a basic verb like ‘walk’ and they are encouraged to write five more verbs that mean the same thing or use more interesting vocabulary.
Worksheets are best used in conjunction with with the verbs presentation.
