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 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.
English lesson on expanded vocabulary for students in upper primary school (Y3-6 / P4-7). Lesson follows the structure of a presentation that can be worked through. Lesson is designed to be interactive. Activities and teaching is scaffolded to support a varied range of learning needs and levels. Structure is as follows:
Overview of Learning Intentions
Definition of expanded vocabulary with examples
Interactive activities - developing new vocabulary
Application of learning to writing and sentences. Scaffolded.
Activities: Thesaurus skills activity, true or false quiz, bingo.
Colour and images are used throughout the lesson to aid memory and add to aesthetic value.
This resource is a whole lesson on expanded vocabulary, specifically looking at alternatives ways of describing something without using the word “very”. The lesson takes the form of a presentation which is structured into four parts:
Learning intentions, key words, context
Worked examples
Application to sentences and writing
Activities
Throughout the lesson there are regular opportunities for student interaction to ensure students have an active part in their learning. Such interaction is aided in the form of questions (to which the answers are given in the presentation), scaffolded examples that the students can complete along with the presentation, and scaffolded opportunities for application.
The powerpoint covers three worked examples where students where can have an active part in working through those examples along with the presentation. The lesson invites students to have a go themselves before offering suggestions and demonstrations of how an answer could be reached.
Similarly, the lesson demonstrates application to sentences in a worked example that the students can try out and follow first, before encouraging more independent work at the end.
Two activities are included which are designed to be real-life applicable independent tasks. Both activities target different skill sets. The first activity is a survey writing activity. The second activity looks at thesaurus skills and the use of a thesaurus to expand vocabulary. Both activities are clearly explained with examples in the lesson.
Colour and images are used throughout to provide aesthetic advantages and aid memory. Slides are simply structured with animations and titles. Slides are not overloaded with information, but teaching is broken down into smaller chunks, included interactive activities throughout to help keep students engaged and enhance understanding.
Lesson would work well in conjunction with the worksheet pack on “alternative ways of saying very”, also available in the shop, however, this is not necessary. The lesson involves enough content to not require additional worksheets / activities.
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 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.
A presentation to teach primary aged children about verbs. The presentation covers the following content:
What is a verb?
Examples of verbs
Different types of verbs
Writing verbs in sentences
How verbs are affected by tense
Class activity
The presentation covers multiple examples to help students apply their knowledge as well as develop their vocabulary. Activity at the end to help engage students interactively whilst consolidating their knowledge in a fun way.
This resource is most effective when used in conjunction with the verbs worksheet pack. Colour is used to provide visual aids.
A presentation on nouns. Designed to be delivered to a class of primary aged children. The presentation roughly follows this structure:
Defining nouns
Examples of nouns
Introducing different types of nouns
Defining different types of nouns with examples
Talking activity
Written activity
Examples are interwoven throughout the presentation. Colour is used to provide a visual element to aid memory. Two tasks at the end of the presentation designed to consolidate knowledge.
This presentation works well in conjunction with another resource ‘noun worksheet pack’.
Without the tasks, the presentation would take approximately 5-10 minutes. Including the tasks, the presentation would take approximately 15 - 20 minutes.
This presentation is designed to teach primary aged children about clauses. The presentation covers the following content:
what is a clause?
The difference between main and subordinate clauses.
Writing complex sentences using main and subordinate clauses.
Examples of main and subordinate clauses.
The presentation breaks down the topic into step-by-step increments with examples interwoven throughout each step of the explanation. There is a focus on applying the facts and theory of clauses to writing. Colour is used throughout to provide a visual aid. Repetition is used to solidfy knowledge.
An interactive lesson on adjectives for Upper Primary School years (Years 3/4/5/6) or (P4/5/6/7). Lesson comes in the form of a presentation but with opportunities for interaction / discussion / whiteboard work throughout. Lesson finishes with an application task.
Content is structured as follows:
Recap on what an adjective is
Ways to expand adjective use - expanded vocabulary, rule of three, alliteration, position.
Application activity.
Application activity is to write a review for a recent holiday / favourite holiday destination using some of the techniques discussed in the lesson. Throughout the presentation there are smaller activities including discussion points / quizzes. The idea is that the lesson is scaffolded to fully prepare students to complete the final application task.
Colour is used throughout to aid memory and learning of key terminology. Simple images are used to make the presentation more aesthetically engaging.
Collection of 3 resources covering the use of adverbs to enhance speech writing and further describe how someone may be speaking.
The lesson bundle contains a presentation which can be worked through as the main bulk of the teaching and lesson input, a collection of accompanying worksheets and a quiz.
Presentation
The bulk of the lesson can be structured and delivered using the presentation. The presentation is interactive and engaging throughout, allowing students to take an active role in their learning. The presentation is moves through 4 parts to allows for scaffolded teaching:
Learning intentions, keywords covered, context
Worked examples
Application to sentences and writing
Activities
Throughout the lesson there is opportunity for students to work through examples interactively, answer questions, and complete short tasks all of which lead to a final application task at the end and some accompanying games / application activities.
The presentation is structured clearly with simple colour and animation used throughout to engage and aid memory.
Worksheets
4 worksheets are included in the worksheet pack. Learning intentions are typed onto all worksheets. Each worksheet looks to target real-life skills and application. Worksheet content is as follows:
Wordbank activity
Application to sentences (scaffolded) activity
Application to sentences (independent) activity
Cut and stick activity
Each worksheet aims to be applicable to further curriculum areas, further writing, and relevant to every-day experiences. All worksheets have clear instructions.
Quiz
The lesson can be completed with a quiz. The quiz includes 35 questions in total, organised into 4 rounds. The idea of 35 questions is that in a typical class of 30, every child can answer a question. Having 4 rounds means the whole quiz would need not be completed in one sitting.
Each round is structured as follows:
Multi-choice questions looking at adverbs relevant to speech verbs.
Multi-choice questions on adverbs relevant to specific scenarios involving speech.
Multi-choice questions on adverbs relevant to feelings and how feelings can impact speech.
Multi-choice questions on application to sentences.
All questions are multiple-choice to enhance accessibility for all children. Answers are provided at the end of every round to allow pupils to self/peer assess.
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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 lesson looks at ways of improving writing through expanding our vocabulary. In this lesson the focus is on alternatives ways of saying “very” in our descriptions of nouns and verbs. The lesson encourages students to use singular, more ambitious vocabulary to emphasise extent, rather than repeatedly using “very” coupled with a more mundane descriptive word.
The lesson bundle contains both a presentation which can be worked through and a collection of accompanying worksheets.
Presentation
The bulk of the lesson can be structured and delivered using the presentation. The presentation is interactive and engaging throughout, allowing students to take an active role in their learning. The presentation is moves through 4 parts to allows for scaffolded teaching:
Learning intentions, keywords covered, context
Worked examples
Application to sentences and writing
Activities
Throughout the lesson there is opportunity for students to work through examples interactively, answer questions, and complete short tasks all of which leads to a final application task at the end.
The presentation is structured clearly with simple colour and animation used throughout to engage and aid memory.
Worksheets
2 worksheets are included in the worksheet pack. Learning intentions are typed onto both worksheets. Each worksheet looks to target real-life skills and application.
First worksheet is a word bank creating activity which can include thesaurus skills if desired. Students are given a table with simple descriptive phrases involving very and are asked to provide alternatives without using “very”. This can serve as a useful word bank that they can refer to when writing in future.
Second worksheet is a written sentence application task. Students are given 4 brief descriptions with “very” phrases underlined. They are asked to re-write the descriptives with alternatives for the very phrases. Each description covers a real-life applicable topic. An extension task is provided for students to expand their learning out to writing their own brief description on a recent day out.
Quiz
The lesson can be completed with a quiz. The quiz includes 30 questions in total, organised into 4 rounds. The idea of 30 questions is that in a typical class of 30, every child can answer a question. Having 4 rounds means the whole would need not be completed in one sitting.
Each round covers a slightly different style of questioning to help keep the children engaged. Answers are provided for every question at the end of each round.
All questions are multiple-choice to enhance accessibility for all children.
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.
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.
This bundle constitutes a whole lesson on clauses. The presentations talks through different types of clauses, how clauses can be used in a sentence, and begins to introduce conjunctions. The presentation uses examples frequently to develop explanations.
The worksheet pack contains three different worksheets designed to help children grow in confidence around using clauses in their writing. The worksheets are structured around different activities including a fill-in-the-blank activity, a colouring activity, and a cut and stick activity.
A presentation designed to teach primary aged children about adverbs. The presentation covers:
What is an adverb?
Adverbs to describe how and adverbs to describe when
Examples of adverbs
How we write adverbs in sentences?
Class activity
The presentation breaks down the topic of adverbs into small increments to help aid understanding. Examples are use extensively throughout the presentation to aid understanding, but also improve vocabulary and writing skills. The presentation is designed to be interactive, inviting discussions and questions throughout. The class activity at the end is an acting together where children can work in pairs to consolidate their knowledge of adverbs and apply what they have learnt through acting. Colour is used to provide a visual aid.
The presentation is used best in conjunction with the adverbs worksheet pack, also available.
An entire lesson aimed at teaching primary aged children about verbs. Bundle contains a presentation about verbs along with a three worksheet pack.
Presentation covers: what is a verb? example of verbs. Different types of verbs. How to use verbs in a sentence. Verbs and tenses. Activity at the end.
Worksheet pack contains three different worksheets to consolidate student knowledge of verbs. Activities include a fill in the blank, reading activity, and a writing activity.
Resources work best when starting with the presentation to introduce children to the theory and concept of verbs followed by the worksheets to test and consolidate knowledge.
A two resource bundle comprising a whole lesson about nouns. Resources included are a presentation to teach students about nouns, with some class activities at the end, and a worksheets pack.
Presentation talks through definitions of a noun, types of noun, examples of nouns, and two class activities at the end.
Worksheet pack contains five different worksheets designed to consolidate teaching from the presentation. Worksheets include two reading tasks, a cut and stick task, a matching task, and a written task.
A whole lesson on adverbs aimed at primary school aged children, specifically KS2. The bundle contains a taught presentation to cover the content and theory behind adverbs and a worksheet pack containing 4 worksheets to consolidate knowledge.
The presentation covers the following content:
-what are adverbs?
-different types of adverbs
-examples of adverbs
-how we can use adverbs in our writing
The presentation is interwoven with examples to develop application of knowledge to reading and writing. There are also interactive questions and an acting activity at the end.
The worksheets are designed for use after the presentation to consolidate knowledge and allow students chance to apply their knowledge to broader English skills such as reading and writing.
Worksheets include
-fill in the blank activity
-two reading activities
-a written activity.
This collection of resources is designed to give you at least one lesson on expanded vocabulary for children at upper primary school / lower high school level (Y4-8) (P5-7 S1-2). The bundle contains five resources; 1) a presentation which can be delivered as a lesson; 2) a collection of worksheets. 3) Three different quizzes.
Presentation
The presentation is structured as follows:
What is expanded vocabulary?
Worked examples
Applying expanded vocabulary to sentences and writing
Activities.
Throughout the presentation there are opportunities for class interaction, whiteboard work, questions, short activities to make the lesson as interactive as possible. There are regular links to real-life application and examples.
There are three activities that can be completed at the end including: Thesaurus Skills activity, true or false quiz, game of bingo.
The teaching of the lesson is broken down into teachable segments to scaffold learning.
Worksheet Pack
The worksheet pack contains 4 different worksheets each targeting a different skill set. The worksheets are as follows:
Wordsearch (great starter activity. Answers given on a separate sheet.)
Cut and stick
A-Z Quiz (great plenary activity)
Application to sentences (complete with LI. 2 activities included to allow for differentiation and scaffolding).
Quizzes
Three quizzes are included in this bundle. All 3 quizzes cover expanded vocabulary and synonyms. The difference between the 3 is in their difficulty. The quizzes are labelled “easy” “medium” “hard”. By providing you with all 3 quizzes, you can choose which quizzes are appropriate for your students. You could have the whole class working on one appropriate quiz together, or you could set students up working independently on quizzes tailored to their abilities.
All 3 quizzes include 30 questions split into numerous rounds. Each round has a different style of question type such as: multi-choice, true or false, odd one out etc. to maintain variety and enhance engagement. Each quiz has a round focused on application to sentences to ensure the quiz is relatable and applicable to learning beyond this lesson. Each quiz includes multi-choice questions to enhance accessibility. Answers are provided at the end of each round in the hard quiz so students can self/peer mark. In the medium and easy quiz, answers are provided after each question so pupils can individually select their answers. This keeps the quizzes as interactive as possible.
