A complete lesson and resources for chapter 6 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on the themes, motifs and symbols of the novel. The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century.The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is part of a scheme that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd. (lesson 3 in a series of 14). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to create vivid descriptions using all of the senses and showing not telling. This is lesson 3 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for chapter 1 of the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on precise word choices and the use of the senses etc to create a powerful description. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete English lesson, based around Relative Clauses. Suitable for KS2 (as the lesson is fully differentiated) The lesson is suitable for both teaching and applying of the skill, and also as a revision lesson for Year 6. Children will learn about the skill, practice writing them as a class, before completing independent work containing them. Fully differentiated 3 ways. The lesson includes a plan, a detailed PowerPoint and three activities. Lesson resources are fully editable where possible. The lesson has an animal/fantasy theme All images are sourced from PIXABAY.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd. (lesson 4 in a series of 14). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to write a variety of sentence types, how to punctuate and use them for effect. This is lesson 4 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd. (lesson 5 in a series of 14). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to use a wide variety of punctuation in our sentences. This is lesson 5 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

2 complete lessons with PowerPoints and resources for the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd. (lessons 6 and 7 in a series of 14). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to open a story for greatest impact on the reader These are lessons 6 and 7 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete English lesson, based around Modal Verbs. Suitable for KS2 (as the lesson is fully differentiated) The lesson is suitable for both teaching and applying of the skill, and also as a revision lesson for Year 6. Children will learn about the skill, practice writing them as a class, before completing independent work containing them. Fully differentiated 3 ways. The lesson includes a plan, a detailed PowerPoint and three activities. Lesson resources are fully editable where possible. The lesson has an animal/fantasy theme All images are sourced from PIXABAY.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ KING KONG’ by Anthony Browne. It is differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses onTHE 4 SENTENCE TYPES (STATEMENT, COMMAND, QUESTION AND EXCLAMATION) This is lesson 9 in a series of 12. The whole scheme of work is available here: The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a rampaging beast story (along the lines of KIng Kong in NYC) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay. Fim images from publicdomain.com

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ SKELLIG’ by David Almond. (lesson 9 in a series of 10). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on understanding the character . The resources and PPT are fully editable wherever possible. The whole unit plan (10/11 lessons ) is inlcuded along with the resources for lesson 9. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing in my year six class. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete weeks worth of planning and resources. It is based around the novel 'Fire bed and bone' about the black death and the peasants revolt. Easy to adapt if the novel has not been used though (simply create a ballad about the black death instead) Prezi presentation and all resources also included.

A 4 lesson scheme of work, written to teach the spelling rules for plurals. Each lesson is designed to take about 20 minutes and includes a presentation, class worksheet, wordsearch and homework sheet. Please leave feedback.

A complete lesson and resources for chapter 6 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on points of view, including the different types of the third person. The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century.The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is part of a scheme that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson and resources for chapter 6 of the book ' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L Baum. Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on developing children's understanding of the whole story - using a narrative WHOOSH! The lesson is also available as part of a scheme of work that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century.The original text is in the public domain and available online. The lesson is part of a scheme that is based on the understanding of the text and its themes, as well as narrative, non-fiction and descriptive writing skills. Touches on, and links well to American History at the turn of the 20th century. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Scheme of work available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-wizard-of-oz-full-narrative-scheme-of-work-12-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11679928 All images sourced from Pixabay. Original illustrations are in the public domain.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd. (lesson 8 in a series of 14). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to use, structure and link paragraphs in narrative writing. This is lesson 8 in a series of 14. The whole scheme of work is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-london-eye-mystery-full-scheme-of-work-14-days-of-planning-presentation-and-resources-11696150 This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A complete lesson, which builds on children's understanding of basic sentences. Children learn how to/ to revise how to add subordinate clauses. The lesson also shows them how to move and adapt the clauses for the greatest effect on the reader. Also available as part of a 4 lesson scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sentence-skills-unit-4-complete-lessons-for-ks2-based-on-on-the-alchemist-s-letter-short-film-11716460 The stimulus for the unit is the short film 'The Alchemist's letter' which is available on You Tube and Literacy Shed. All images are from Pixabay

A complete lesson, which builds on children's understanding of simple sentences. Children learn/revise how to combine simple sentences in order to build both compound and complex sentences. Also available as part of a 4 lesson scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sentence-skills-unit-4-complete-lessons-for-ks2-based-on-on-the-alchemist-s-letter-short-film-11716460 The stimulus for the unit is the short film 'The Alchemist's letter' which is available on You Tube and Literacy Shed. All images are from Pixabay

2 complete poetry skills lessons, based around SONNETS by William Shakespeare. These 2 lessons link to my other 3 lesson uploads and provide assessments for before and after the teaching of SONNETS. Planned for year six, and fully differentiated - so could easily be adapted up or down. A detailed PPT and all resources are included. ALL IMAGES SOURCED FROM PIXABAY

Lesson 3 in a set of 4 lessons, covering narrative objectives for upper KS2. Children apply the learning in the final lesson when they write an additional chapter for the story. The lesson can be used as a standalone lesson, or used in conjunction with the other three. A detailed PowerPoint presentation and all resources are included. All original images (from book) are in the public domain, as are the text extracts. All additional images are from PIXABAY,

Lesson 1 in a series of 4 lessons, covering narrative objectives for upper KS2. Children apply the learning in the final lesson when they write an additional chapter for the story. There is a PowerPoint presentation and all resources are included. Narnia Clip art by ninjamomdesigns All additional images are from PIXABAY,