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Specialist English language and EAL teacher. 10 years expert teaching experience. All my resources are children tried and tested. Please leave a review so I can make them even better. Requests welcome!
Everything you need to teach dummy subjects: there is, there are, it is. Excellent and interactive explanations. No planning required, just download and teach.
BONUS section on indefinite pronouns: anybody, anything, nothing, nobody etc.
Practice the prefix “dis-” with this Amazing maze.
Individual or team game.
An excellent way to making the tricky topic of prefixes fun!
You and the kids can make your own versions if you ungroup the images.
Instructions
Split players into two teams. Teams take it in turns to roll the dice and move forward. They can only land on a square with a word that can take the prefix “dis”. If they try to land on a square that cannot take the prefix “dis” (and take their finger off their counter) they must go back to the beginning. Whoever gets to the final green arrow first wins. Ungroup images to Edit.
Everything you need to teach AUXILIARY VERBS. Easy to follow and teach with no planning required. Pupils will learn how to create questions, the present continuous and the present perfect using the auxiliary verbs to do, to be and to have. Great preparation for SATS and Cambridge English exams.
Outcomes/ Objectives
UNIT 1
I can identify the subject of a sentence.
I can identify the main verb of a sentence.
I can recognise the present continuous tense and tell you how to form it.
I know that to BE can be used as an auxiliary verb.
I can tell you when the verb to BE is used as an auxiliary verb and why.
UNIT 2
I know that a question must have an auxiliary verb.
I can create a question using the verb to DO.
I know that if a statement does not have an auxiliary verb I must use the verb to DO in my question.
I know that the verb to DO must match the tense of the original statement.
I know that the structure of a sentence is A S M (auxiliary verb, subject, main verb).
UNIT 3
I can recognise a sentence in the present continuous.
I know that the present continuous is formed using the verb to BE and –ing and can write a sentence in the continous present.
I know that I can use the auxiliary verb in a present continuous sentence to form a question.
I know that the words “am, are, is” come from the verb to BE.
I can change a statement in the present continuous to a question without using the verb to DO.
I know and can show that “Is the dog barking loudly?” uses the correct structure for a question.
UNIT 4
I know that I can use the auxiliary verb in a present continuous sentence to form a question.
I know that the words “am, are, is” come from the verb to BE.
I can change a statement in the present continuous to a question without using the verb to DO.
I know and can show that “Is the dog barking loudly?” uses the correct structure for a question.
I know that to DO, to BE and to HAVE can all be used as auxiliary verbs.
I can recognise and use the present perfect.
I can create questions using the verb to HAVE as an auxiliary.
I can identify the structure of a question which uses to HAVE as the auxiliary.
I know that to DO is used to create questions, to BE to create the present continuous and to HAVE to create the present perfect.
I understand that to Do, to Be and to HAVE can also be used as main verbs
New Curriculum Spelling Activities for Year 1 (KS1). Amazing Resource which includes the complete list of New Curriculum Spellings for Year 1 (KS1). Loads of fun activities and practice. Easy to use with no planning necessary.
Two great poetry poetry analysis units for upper KS2 and KS3.
Easy to teach. No planning required.
Teach personification with help from “City Jungle” by Pie Corbett and Unseen poems with help from “The Poison Tree” by William Blake.
Great value for money. Download today and make teaching poetry easy, fun, and engaging.
BONUS FCE Use of English Key Word Transformation practice and revision.
Excellent resource to teach story writing for KS1 and KS2. No planning needed.
Fits in perfectly with “beach” topic.
Listening, speaking, reading and writing practice.
Child-centred complete CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) phonics word activity pack for KS1 and KS2. Perfect for practising spellings and phonics. No planning required.
Fun and engaging activities with an interactive format. Covers a, e, t, o and u words.
Amazing resource to practice CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words and sentences for KS1 and early KS2. No planning necessary.
Includes 2 FREE dominos games.
Everything you need to create your own ESL (English as a Second Language) Reading paper.
You can use it to create a practice paper for your pupils, or give it to the kids themselves to have a go at writing their own papers. Then they can share with their classmates and mark together.
Excellent way to make the ESL GCSE curriculum more interactive and interesting while at the same time familiarising your pupils with the paper layout and content.
Complete Unit on Symbolism in Animal Farm. All that you need to teach this unit and facilitate excellent outcomes for your pupils.
They can use the skills they learn to build their analysis techniques for GCSE.
Child-centred interactive resource to teach negative prefixes, an important part of the National Curriculum. Children understand and practice a wide range of words which can take a variety of negative prefixes. Now teaching negative prefixes is far from IM-possible! Includes FREE Game.
a–
in-
non–
dis–
un–
il–
anti-
ir–
im–
2 amazing games to practice Suffixes for KS2 and B2 First (Cambirdge FCE).
Suffixes Blockbusters with picture round.
Guess the suffix.
Interactive and child-centred - editable and no planning required. Includes practice for all of these suffixes:
ous
al
age
less
wards
wise
ate
ly
ity
ful
ical
tion
ment
ive
ness
ship
Amazing suffixes unit which includes all you need to teach a wide variety of suffixes for KS2, FCE and B2 First.
Full unit includes:
+ly, +er, +ness, +ive, +ist, +tion, +ure, +dis, +y, +ful, +ity, +acy and MORE.
Noun-adjective-verb word transformation.
Includes 2 FREE games - Suffix Blockbusters and Guess the Suffix.
Excellent workbook to teach the passive and active voice in a child-centred, interactive way.
Includes almost 50 slides to explain and practice reading, writing and speaking skills.
Complete unit, no planning required.
Complete child-centred, interactive workbook to teach relative clauses. Over 50 slides of explanation, exercises and examples.
Perfect for National Curriculum KS2/3.
Includes relative pronouns and adverbs.
that
which
who
when
where
why
whom
Includes bonus section on the homophones who’s (who is), whose and who’s (who has) and fun QUIZ.
Child-centred interactive resource to practice the homophones:
who’s (who is), who’s (who has) and whose (belonging to)
Explanation and exercises. Great to practice relative clauses too!
Fun and challenging codeword reading puzzles for KS3. Topic is Famous People. Three challenges + bonus synonym challenges.
Child-centred and interactive way to build reading speed and skimming and scanning skills. English language and literature/fiction/non-fiction.
No planning required!