This is a unit of work based on fact and opinion. This is what it includes: *Newspaper articles written recently around social media giants censoring fake news *Fake news quiz. Children are given images and must decide if they are examples of fake news or real *Template for writing persuasive text *Template for writing newspaper article *Guidelines for using a Project based Learning Approach in the classroom *Links for accessing children’s videos based on fake news *Discussion points for children

Year 5 Literacy grammar and punctuationThis pack consists of 5 tests and answers based on spelling, punctuation and grammar. The tests have 25 questions on each divided into three sections. The topics of homophones, apostrophes, plurals, tenses, parts of speech are all covered in these microsoft word worksheets. The scores can be used to track achievement and are ideally used week to week.

This is a keeping busy activity book for year 2 that will also provide further evidence for achieving elements of the TAF framework. It is an excellent resource which can easily be used to keep children busy when they have finished their work. The children will be able to work independently.

This popular resources is a Who dunnit mystery. There are ten literacy activities to carry out based on tenses, apostrophes, prefixes, plurals, parts of speech and spellings. When you have correctly solved the literacy activity the clue you are given will help you to solve the mystery. Listen to eyewitness accounts of the robbery at Holsford hall to eliminate the suspect database and make your arrest. Then solve the four digit code for the safe. A fun activity to keep Spag activities lively and interesting. Find videos of my resources at Succeed at school with Alison Kelly on facebook.

When children play a game they forget they are learning. This popular game is based on ludo and is a mixed numeracy and literacy fun resource. The resource comes with a game board and over 60 question cards. Before a player can move their counter forward they have to answer a numeracy or literacy question and race to the finish. *Includes game rules *Includes game board *Include over 60 question cards for literacy and numeracy

This worksheet is aimed at key stage two children from 9 to 11. It will help to enrich their vocabulary by investigating words such as genre, plot, protagonist, character and so on. There are three pages to this activity which will make the children think and recap their learning from the book.

This complete unit of work contains 2 poetry texts and five activities with accompanying answers. The pack covers parts of speech, alliteration, tenses, apostrophes, compound words, ie, ei spellings, author intent, genre and finding evidence from the poem. It is suitable for upper primary. It contains activities based on the work of Robert Frost ‘Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening’

There are five activities in this unit of work based on the application of capital letter, full stops, commas and apostrophes. The children are given a passage and a code system to decide where the correct punctuation should be added. There are 11 files in total.