A complete lesson that revises the use of all tenses taught in KS2 (Simple, perfect and progressive) It is perfect for SATS revision or to apply an understanding of how to vary tenses in writing. The lesson runs through the different types of tenses, and gives PPT based tasks which ask the children to apply each of the tense changes. The final activity is a ‘slow write’ type poem that uses the progressive tenses (past, present and future) All images from PIXABAY

A complete lesson, written for KS1 (Year 1 and 2) all about the problems posed by plastic pollution. Children learn about the issues and then make a written pledge to improve plastic pollution in the future. Resource consists of a powerpoint presentation, with printable resources required for the lesson.

A complete lesson, written for UKS2 (Year 5 and 6) all about the problems posed by plastic pollution. Children learn about the issues in and around school and their local area Resource consists of a powerpoint presentation, with printable resources required for the lesson.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ SKELLIG’ by David Almond. (lesson 1 in a series of 10). Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to engage the reader from the start of a story. The resources and PPT are fully editable wherever possible. This is lesson 1 in a series of 10. This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing in my year six class. All images sourced from Pixabay.

Lesson 1 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,

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ PIG HEART BOY’ by Malorie Blackman. THIS COLD TASK PROVIDES A STANDALONE WRITING TASK THAT WILL FEED INTO THE UNIT. It would also work w****ell as a big writing lesson. This is lesson 1 in a series of 14. 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 dilema story This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. All images sourced from Pixabay.

A 2 week plan, based on ancient greek play scripts. All of the resources are also here for you. Some have been adapted from elsewhere so thank you in advance for any inspiration received! I wrote this plan for my year 4 class but it is easily adapted for other year groups. Please comment if you have used it !

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for chapter 2 of the book ' The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd Differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to create a variety of sentence types and how to use the comma correctly. This is lesson 2 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.

The last 2 weeks of resources for the planning previously uploaded.

I wrote this unit, based on animated short films to inspire boys writing in my year 6 class. \n\nThe planning focuses on narrative flashbacks and the building of pace and tension in story writing\n\nTwo of the films mentioned in the planning; 'The girl in the war&' and Germans in the woods are available free on the Literacy shed website.\nReplay is available on you tube.\n\nPlease leave feedback, it is useful and really appreciated - these plans are hard work!\n\nPlease comment and rate if you use it.

Written for my year 6 class, children loved the text and really enjoyed the unit. Links perfectly with a Victorian history topic.

A second week of narrative revision for upper KS2, based on The Immortal Monkey (a short animation available on the literacy shed WEBSITE) Includes all of the resources that I have made/gathered too. Written for year 6 but could easily be adapted Please comment if you use it :)

This is the second upload for this unit. Please see the other upload for further details. A 3 week unit based around the brilliant book, Street Child by Belie Doherty.

A unit of work and most of the resources for Toro Toro by Michael Morpurgo (and several other short films and stories set in spain) Written for year 4 and linked to our Spain topic The films (ferdinand the bull and Toro ( actually called ole on you tube) are available on you tube) Hope that it helps someone!

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book- CHARLIE MERRICK’S MISFITS in Fouls, Friends and Football! . THIS COLD TASK PROVIDES A STANDALONE WRITING TASK THAT WILL FEED INTO THE UNIT. It would also work well as a big writing lesson. This is lesson 1 in a series of 8. Each lesson is available separately. The whole scheme of work is available here: [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charlie-merrick-s-friends-fouls-and-footballs-complete-scheme-of-work-8-days-11913484] Also includes the planning for the whole first week. The whole scheme includes a cold and a hot task, and culminates in the class writing a first person narrative based on the characters in the book All images sourced from Pixabay or authors own.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’ KING KONG’ by Anthony Browne. It is differentiated 3 ways. The lesson focuses on how to create and use effective expanded noun phrases for description. This is lesson 2 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 unit of art, based around the underground railroad/freedom quilt tradition. Perfect for a cross curricular topic on the Caribbean and its history (linked to the slave trade) Children learn about the underground railroad movement, its songs and also its symbolic artwork. They go onto make quilt squares depicting these symbols. Please comment and let me know if this has been useful to you :)

A few more resources that I made to support the unit already uploaded :) the referred to in the planning as Toro - is actually called Ole!

I wrote this medium term plan as part of my spain topic, please let me know if you find it useful :-)