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Truly Effective Persuasive Devices!
This visual and highly engaging set of resources is designed to enable students to use imaginative and original persuasive devices in their own writing. Through following the interesting learning journey, students are given the opportunity to:
- Define each persuasive device;
- Identify these in existing persuasive texts;
- Analyse their effect in a longer persuasive text;
- Create their own persuasive device-filled piece, using a jointly-created success criteria based upon their analysis task;
- Peer assess each other's persuasive writing attempts.
All resources are provided, including:
- Visual PowerPoint presentation;
- Definitions cards (they just need printing and cutting out)
- Analysis worksheet;
- Lesson outline for teachers and learning support to follow.
Note: All pictures licensed for creative use - authors and sources labelled on the final slide of the presentation.
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Holes Pointless Game (and template to create your own games!)
Based on the popular game show 'Pointless', this resource is perfect for use as a whole lesson resource, enrichment option, or revision tool. Editable, so that you can change to any other topic or change questions. (I've also added a blank template so that you can make your own games from scratch). Containing almost 30 slides of sound clips, interesting tasks, and suitably challenging questions, this resource is effective at both promoting engagement and enhancing learning. There are several full rounds of questions to build or revisit knowledge of characters, plot, and themes in 'Holes.'
Round 1. The characters in Holes
Round 2. Quotations from the text
Round 3. Settings and Objects
Round 4. Themes in Holes
The nature of this game ensures that the resource can challenge students of all levels.
A blank template has also been added, so that you can create your own games!
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Delightful Determiners!
This interesting and engaging lesson enables students to understand what determiners are, categorise different types of determiners accurately, and use a wide range of appropriate determiners in their writing. In particular, students become familiar with the importance of determiners in a wide range of writing types, whilst learning through fun and interactive tasks:
Over the course of the lesson, they learn to:
- Define and exemplify determiners;
- Understand and categorise the different types of determiners;
- Analyse the effect of different types of determiners;
- Use a wide-range of accurate determiners in writing about interesting topics;
- Peer and self assess the use of determiners in writing.
The resources include:
-Visually engaging whole-lesson/s PowerPoint (around 26 slides)
-A colourful and helpful 'Delightful Determiners' Writing Mat;
-'The Effect of Determiners' worksheet and teacher's answer sheet;
-Noun cards to assist with the main task
-A model example;
-Step-by-step lesson plan.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final page of the slide.
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Fantastic Mr Fox Pointless Game! (and template to create your own games!)
Based on the popular game show 'Pointless', this resource is perfect for use as a whole lesson resource, enrichment option, or revision tool. Editable, so that you can change to any other topic or change questions. (I've also added a blank template so that you can make your own games from scratch). Containing almost 30 slides of sound clips, interesting tasks, and suitably challenging questions, this resource is effective at both promoting engagement and enhancing learning. There are several full rounds of questions to build or revisit knowledge of characters, plot, and themes in 'Fantastic Mr Fox.'
Round 1. The characters in Fantastic Mr Fox
Round 2. Quotations from the text
Round 3. Settings and Objects
Round 4. Themes in Fantastic Mr Fox
The nature of this game ensures that the resource can challenge students of all levels.
A blank template has also been added, so that you can create your own games!
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Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare's Language Choices
This engaging, in-depth lesson enables students to understand how Shakespeare uses a range of colourful and varied language choices to develop the theme of social grace in ‘Much Ado about Nothing.’ Much Ado About Nothing contains some of Shakespeare's most vibrant and interesting language, as characters such as Benedick and Claudio use words to jostle for respect around the noble Don Pedro and Leonato. This lesson explores the devices that they use in order to gain favour with their social superiors.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which students learn through:
- Defining and exemplifying different language devices, such as similes, metaphors, alliteration, and puns.
- Taking part in a fun team quiz to identity the language devices used by the main characters in Much Ado About Nothing.
- Understanding the idea of social grace, and learning how it relates to the social hierarchy within the text.
- Completing an essay style response in which they consider how Shakespeare uses language to develop the theme of social grace.
- Peer assessing each other's learning attempts.
Included is:
- Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and detailed - just download and teach from it!
- Cards for card-sorting activity;
- Social grace worksheet;
- Analysis template with success criteria for creating well-structured responses;
- Comprehensive lesson plan.
There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. This was originally taught to higher ability year 9 and 10 groups, but can easily be differentiated for groups of different ages and abilities.
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James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl - KS2 Comprehension Activities Booklet!
This resource booklet contains a wide range of age-appropriate, engaging, and meaningful comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach.' Teachers have found them particularly useful in comprehension or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of children towards meeting the KS2 expectations within the new National Curriculum framework. Children love learning from these resources, whilst they are also of great use to teachers, as there is explicit information within each task regarding which comprehension strands the task is designed to demonstrate. They also relate to key extracts, characters, and themes from the story, ensuring that children gain a deep understanding of the text.
Activities within the booklet include:
- 'An Interview with James' - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Understand what is read by drawing on information from more than one paragraph, identifying key details that support the main ideas, and using quotations for illustration;'
- 'Dahl's Description' - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Explain meanings of words that they know and ask the meaning of new words. Link the meaning of new words to words that they already know;'
- 'Sponge and Spiker' - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Understand what is read by drawing on information from more than one paragraph, identifying key details that support the main ideas, and using quotations for illustration;'
- 'Figurative Language' - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, to create an impact on the reader.'
Plus many, many more activities (the booklet is around 20 pages in length!) I've also added it as a PDF in case the formatting differs on your computer.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on a separate document (included).
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The Witches - Roald Dahl - KS2 Comprehension Activities Booklet!
This resource booklet contains a wide range of age-appropriate, engaging, and meaningful comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches.' Teachers have found them particularly useful in comprehension or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of children towards meeting the KS2 expectations within the new National Curriculum framework. Children love learning from these resources, whilst they are also of great use to teachers, as there is explicit information within each task regarding which comprehension strands the task is designed to demonstrate. They also relate to key extracts, characters, and themes from the story, ensuring that children gain a deep understanding of the text.
Activities within the booklet include:
- 'An Interview with The Grand Head Witch' - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Understand what is read by drawing on information from more than one paragraph, identifying key details that support the main ideas, and using quotations for illustration;'
- 'Dahl's Description' - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Explain meanings of words that they know and ask the meaning of new words. Link the meaning of new words to words that they already know;'
- 'Description of the Grand Head Witch' - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Understand what is read by drawing on information from more than one paragraph, identifying key details that support the main ideas, and using quotations for illustration;'
- 'Figurative Language' - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, to create an impact on the reader.'
Plus many, many more activities (the booklet is around 20 pages in length!) I've also added it as a PDF in case the formatting differs on your computer.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on a separate document (included).
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Billionaire Boy - The Ending!
This fun and informative lesson helps students to understand the key events of the ending of David Walliams ‘Billionaire Boy.’ In particular, students explore the concept of narrative structure, and apply the events of Billionaire Boy to each narrative stage. They explore to what extent the ending of the text fits the features of an adequate denouement.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:
-Taking part in a fun group quiz to recap on the key elements of the plot leading up to the ending;
- Reading and understanding extracts from the ending of Billionaire Boy, answering comprehension questions to check their understanding;
- Understanding the features of narrative structure, and applying Billionaire Boy to the individual elements;
- Analysing how the ending of Billionaire Boy fits the features of a denouement;
- Self assessing their own learning attempts.
Included is:
- Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive;
- 'Narrative Structure Template (and PDF version);
- Selected extracts - Billionaire Boy ending;
- The Ending Essay Template;
- Comprehensive lesson plan.
There are also opportunities for group learning, speaking and listening, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. I originally used these resources with a mixed-ability year 7 class, however colleagues have used them for between years 3 and 9 with some adaptations.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.
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Magazines - Writing Reviews!
This interesting and engaging lesson enables students to know what reviews are and why people read them, understand the features that make effective reviews, and write their own interesting and appropriate reviews. In particular, students learn to use a range of appropriate features in writing their own magazine reviews, including facts and opinions, jargon, connectives, and statistics. There are easily enough resources here for 2-3 lessons on this topic.
Over the course of their learning journey, students:
- Define and exemplify what reviews are;
- Understand why people read reviews;
- Understand and categorise the different techniques used by reviewers;
- Identify the features of reviews in model examples;
- Analyse the effect of techniques in reviews upon the reader;
- Use a wide-range of techniques in writing their own reviews;
- Peer and self assess each other's review attempts.
The resources include:
-Visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint;
-A colourful and helpful 'Writing Reviews' Help-Sheet;
-Pointless Jargon Game;
-Techniques cards for defining the key key features of reviews;
-Connectives worksheet;
-Blank book review template and film review template;
-A model example (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone);
-Helpful and comprehensive step-by-step lesson plan.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final page of the slide.
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Pointless - Building Adjectives Edition
Based on the popular game show 'Pointless', this resource is perfect for use as a starter activity, plenary, or revision tool. Editable, so that you can change to any other topic or change the questions/answers. Containing almost 30 slides of sound clips, engaging visuals, and suitably challenging questions, this resource is effective at both promoting engagement and enhancing learning.
There are several full rounds of questions to build students' understanding of adjectives, including:
1. Finding synonyms of dull adjectives
2. Defining adjectives
3. Unscrambling anagrams of adjectives
4. Finding the most complex and interesting adjectives.
The nature of the game ensures that this resource can challenge students of all levels.
NOTE: You can buy this resource alone, or in a bundle of 8 Pointless games, for only £1 more!
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Pointless - Building Varied Verbs Edition
Based on the popular game show 'Pointless', this resource is perfect for use as a starter activity, plenary, or revision tool. Editable, so that you can change to any other topic or change the questions/answers. Containing almost 30 slides of sound clips, engaging visuals, and suitably challenging questions, this resource is effective at both promoting engagement and enhancing learning.
There are several full rounds of questions to build students' understanding of verbs, including:
1. Finding synonyms of dull verbs
2. Defining verbs
3. Unscrambling anagrams of verbs
4. Finding the most complex and interesting verbs
The nature of the game ensures that this resource can challenge students of all levels.
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Macbeth: The Context of Macbeth
This engaging and interesting lesson aims to improve students’ understanding of the context of the of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Some of the primary topics that are addressed are William Shakespeare himself, James I and superstition, witches and witchcraft, religion, mortality rates, and the theatre. This knowledge should enable students to make convincing links between the play and the events of the time. It is a vital lesson in any Macbeth theme that can be taught before, during, or after reading.
The lesson uses a range of tasks, that require students to be visual and interactive learners. It follows this learning journey:
- Understanding who William Shakespeare was, and remembering key details about his life;
- Identifying words and phrases that he coined that are still in use today;
- Taking part in a quiz about the some of the more basic key events and ideas of the time;
- Researching the key events of the time (e.g. witch-hunts and the ascension of James I as King) and understanding which ideas were prominent. (e.g. divine right and religion)
- Utilising speaking and listening skills in order to communicate gathered knowledge, and obtain knowledge from others.
- Evaluating the learning in the lesson.
All images in this resource are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the lesson presentation.
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Roald Dahl KS1 Comprehension Activity Booklets Bundle!
These Roald Dahl resource booklets contain a wide range of age-appropriate, engaging, and meaningful comprehension activities for use in guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of children towards meeting the KS1 comprehension expectations within the National Curriculum framework. Children love learning from these resources, whilst they are also of great use to teachers, as there is explicit information within each task regarding which comprehension strands the task is designed to demonstrate.
Included are activity booklets to accompany the following texts:
- The Twits
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Esio Trot
- George’s Marvellous Medicine
- The Magic Finger
There are a huge range of activities; each booklet is around 20 pages in length!
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Super Sentences Lesson Bundle!
These engaging and detailed resources have been designed to make the learning of a range of sentences (aligned with the 2015 National Curriculum) easily accessible, engaging and interesting for all children. Throughout each lesson, students learn to improve their skill at using appropriate, concise, and precise sentences and practice employing them within their own writing compositions. Each lesson contains a comprehensive whole lesson PowerPoint, all the resources that you will need, and a lesson plan.
The pack also includes a literacy writing mat to help students build their extended writing skills.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the PowerPoint/ the bottom of worksheets.
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Roald Dahl KS2 Comprehension Activity Booklets Bundle
These Roald Dahl resource booklets contain a wide range of age-appropriate, engaging, and meaningful comprehension activities for use in guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of children towards meeting the KS2 comprehension expectations within the National Curriculum framework. Children love learning from these resources, whilst they are also of great use to teachers, as there is explicit information within each task regarding which comprehension strands the task is designed to demonstrate.
Included are activity booklets to accompany the following texts:
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- The BFG
- Danny, Champion of the World
- The Witches
- James and the Giant Peach
There are a huge range of activities; each booklet is around 20 pages in length!
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The Twits - Big Bundle!
This ‘The Twits’ big bundle contains all of the Matilda lessons, plus the detailed knowledge organiser and the 20-page comprehension activities booklet!
The engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons has been devised to provide students with a well-rounded, secure understanding of the text. Each of the lessons include a wide range of activities, questions and resources for each chapter of the story. The activities are divided into 7 double lesson packs, meaning that there are at least 14 lessons included (perhaps more, depending upon the individual class and context).
The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analysis and deeper thinking activities. Additional worksheets and templates are also provided where needed for the creative tasks.
All of the resources and tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are most suitable for children in lower KS2, although with minor adjustments they could be used for slightly younger and older year groups.
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Descriptive Writing Lesson Bundle! (All PowerPoints, Resources, Activities and Lesson Plans!)
This big bundle pack offers a comprehensive range of descriptive writing lessons, (everything that you will need for them - whole lesson PowerPoints, worksheets, lesson plans - everything) help-sheets, writing templates, and activities. Each lesson is stimulating, informative, and offers a range of tasks for students of different needs and abilities.
Individually, these items amount to 20 pounds. Therefore the saving that you can make from purchasing the bundle is 70%!
Included are whole lesson resources (normally 2 pounds each) for:
-Amazing Verbs and Adverbs;
-Adventurous Adjectives;
-Astonishing Alliteration and Astounding Assonance;
-Capturing the Readers' Attention;
-Exceptional Expanded Noun Phrases;
-Perfect Personification and Awesome Oxymorons;
-Structuring and Organising Creative Writing;
-Stupendous Similes and Miraculous Metaphors;
-Wondrous Writing - Seven Wonders of the World.
-Writing about Emotions
All images are licensed for commercial use and are cited on the final slides of the PowerPoints.
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Roald Dahl Comprehension Activities Huge Booklet Bundle!
These Roald Dahl resource booklets contain a wide range of age-appropriate, engaging, and meaningful comprehension activities for use in guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of children towards meeting the KS1 and KS2 comprehension expectations within the National Curriculum framework. Children love learning from these resources, whilst they are also of great use to teachers, as there is explicit information within each task regarding which comprehension strands the task is designed to demonstrate.
Included are 10 activity booklets, which accompany the following texts:
- The Twits
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- George’s Marvellous Medicine
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- The BFG
- Danny, Champion of the World
- Esio Trot
- The Witches
- The Magic Finger
- James and the Giant Peach
There are a huge range of activities; each booklet is around 20 pages in length!
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Much Ado About Nothing: Lesson Bundle! (All Lessons, Resources, Plans, Everything!)
This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’ Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer’s ideas within the text, identifying the traits of key characters, settings, and themes, understanding dramatic and language devices, and relating the text to its social and historical context.
Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps:
- Engaging
- Defining/ Understanding
- Identifying/Remembering
- Analysing/ Creating
- Peer or self evaluating.
All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
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Billionaire Boy Lesson Bundle!
These engaging, varied, and informative lessons have been designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of the plot, characters, language, and key messages in David Walliams’ ‘Billionaire Boy.’
All of the resources that you need to teach are included in the bundle: Whole lesson step-by-step PowerPoint presentations, informative and engaging , worksheets, activities, and lesson plans.
Contained in the bundle are lessons based on:
- 1. Bumfresh Towers!;
- 2. Money vs Happiness;
- 3. The Ending;
Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps:
- Engaging
- Defining/ Understanding
- Identifying/Remembering
- Analysing/ Creating
- Peer or self evaluating.
All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging.