This resource will help students practise writing discursive arguments (9-16 years). Includes two questions for kids to consider: In light of recent media reports, are newspapers and news channels responsible for causing widespread panic about the coronavirus outbreak, Covid-19? (9-16 years) Should we do everything we can to stop the spread of coronavirus or should we let the virus just run its course? We prepared this resource, in order to help young people, deal with the sensitive and frightening issues around coronavirus. By discussing these issues, it will help young people to deal with the crisis. This resource can be used as a starting point for writing your own discursive essay, as well as for class discussions around this topic. A plan and sample essay is provided and a second thorough plan (with many points for and against) is provided, so the young person can write a second essay on the topic. 18 pages Browse our website, to view our full range of educational resources.

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A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at. Free for a short time only. More in this series… Pom Pom On A Walk https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-pom-pom-goes-on-a-walk-a-fun-writing-activity-6-years-12282555

Do you know who is coming to watch Dan’s Christmas school play? It is Zoggy. He is landing his space craft and stepping out into the deep snow. He slides and slithers along the path to Dan’s school. When he arrives it is late - very late and there is not a chair to spare anywhere… Guinea Pig Education presents the Zoggy the Alien series about a cute little alien who lands on Earth. Will he be accepted? What will he feel as he tries to fit in with life on Earth? This series introduces inclusiveness as Zoggy finds out that he is loved and accepted. He is given help with all those things he meets like fear and anxiousness. Yes, these books are bang up-to-date, full of lessons to be learned and will be loved by children of 3 to 7 years.

FREE for a short time only. A new free resource will be added each week - so keep an eye on my shop. I’d be grateful if you could leave me feedback and maybe a follow! Otherwise please feel free to use it and share it with your students as you feel fit. 99 pages of creative writing ideas and writing prompts to inspire children to get writing. A great resource for home learning. Stay safe everyone. Amanda x This book is part of the Get Going With Creative Writing series - a new up to date action packed series of five themed study books that encourage children to write. These books have a lively magazine style format: featuring short stories to read and a variety of non-fiction texts that will impact young readers and provide starting points for writing. Follow up activities will inspire even the most reluctant writers to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets, letters and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques including: simple, compound and complex sentences connectives grammar tips harder vocabulary and punctuation from our guinea pig guide. They are aimed at children between the ages of 7-13 and provide excellent writing practice for those children preparing to take 11+ examinations or S.A.Ts. They will also benefit children with special needs, or where English is a second language. Although the themed books can be used in any order, the subject matter of About Me and We Love Animals may appeal to younger children, who start working through the series. Step-by-step guide to creative and other forms of writing. Fully based on the National Curriculum. Can be used to supplement work done in the classroom by teachers and parents. Packed with helpful hints and tips. Written by an experienced teacher. Titles in the series: All About Me: (9781907733130) We Love Animals: (9781907733161) Likes and Dislikes: (9781907733147) Out and About: (9781907733154) What We Do: (9781907733178)

How to get a good grade in paper 1 of the GCSE English exam (grades 1-9). These pages contain helpful hints on how to answer the questions to gain top grades in the new English exam (which changed in 2017). Many students may fall into the trap of writing good answers for the first three questions and then losing focus or running out of time on the last two questions. If students read these pages, they will see it is very important to know how the paper is organised, to time themselves and to write a well structured answer for questions, such as question 4, that are worth 20 marks. In other words, these pages teach exam technique.

In this resource, the author of ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ (who has over 30 years experience, teaching children to read with phonics) outlines how she uses a programme of traditional phonics to teach children to read fast. You will learn what phonics is and how you can use our phonic scheme to teach your children (even reluctant readers) to read fluently, in as little as 6-9 months. Link to view the first book in the scheme Pre Reader Book 1: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/learn-to-read-rapidly-with-phonics-pre-reader-book-1-11388761 Pre Reader Book 2: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/learn-to-read-rapidly-with-phonics-pre-reader-book-2-11388770 Beginner Reader Book 1: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/learn-to-read-with-phonics-beginner-reader-book-1-11970670 Beginner Reader Book 2: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/learn-to-read-with-phonics-beginner-reader-book-2-11388720 Beginner Reader Book 3: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/learn-to-read-with-phonics-beginner-reader-book-3-11388728 Beginner Reader Book 4: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/learn-to-read-with-phonics-beginner-reader-book-4-11388731 Beginner Reader Book 5: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/learn-to-read-with-phonics-beginner-reader-book-5-11388735 Beginner Reader Book 6: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/learn-to-read-with-phonics-beginner-reader-book-6-11388740

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at.

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at. There are 18 work books in this series. They are all free. A new one is added every week. Others in this series: Meet Pom Pom Pom Pom On A Walk

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at. There are 18 work books in this series. They are all free. A new one is added every week. Others in this series: Meet Pom Pom Pom Pom On A Walk

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at. More in this series: Meet Pom Pom Pom Pom On A Walk Pom Pom In The Countryside Pom Pom At The Beach

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at. More in this series: Meet Pom Pom Pom Pom On A Walk Pom Pom At The Street Party Pom Pom On Holiday

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at.

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at. More in this series: Meet Pom Pom Pom Pom On A Walk guineapigeducationshop.com

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at. More in this series: Meet Pom Pom Pom Pom On A Walk Pom Pom’s Birthday Pom Pom At The Dog Show

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at. There are 17 work books in this series. They are all free. A new one is added every week.

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at.

A fun writing and drawing activity, to keep children busy. To be completed at the level your child is at.

Bad Cat: Reinforces The Phonic Sound ea (as in teacher and heavy) Learn To Read With Phonics Reading Packs are a quick and easy way to teach children to read in just six months. They are ideal for all ages (from 4 years plus), especially reluctant older readers of 7, 8, 9+, children with learning difficulties and children where English is a foreign language. The packs are designed to be used one to one or in small groups with a teacher and child or parent/guardian and child learning together. The packs consist of a structured course that build 44 phonic sounds into the text. As the children read the adventures of a loveable boy called Sam, they can have fun searching for hidden sounds. They will build up 44 sounds in total. This will enable them to read 80% of words in the English language, by breaking them down into sounds or syllables - pl ay ing. Children using phonics in this way progress fast. A series of stories, The Bouncing Castle and The Famous Cousin From The Country reinforce the complex middle sounds being learnt. By the end of the scheme, the child will be ready to progress to ‘solo’ reading books, such as Roald Dahl’s ‘Georges Marvellous Medicine’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. Many of the packs have cut out practice pages for matching words to pictures and phrases to pictures, to fix the sound words in the child’s memory. The simple text and fun colour sketches, appeal to young readers and have helped the authors to teach many, many children to read. The reading packs may be used in any order, just pick the pack for the sound you require. However, when using the packs for a complete non reader we suggest you start with packs teaching initial sounds (word building with three or four letter words). Then move on to learning phonic sounds in this order: ch, sh, wh, th, oo, ee, ar, or, ur, ir, er, magic e, ea, oa, ai, ay, oi, oy, oa, short y (as in happy), long y (as in sky), soft c (as in mice), soft g (as in engine), ou, ow, au and aw. Next, move onto more complex sounds as in, tion, le, el, ough, gue, que, ine, ue, ie, ei, prefixes and suffixes. How To Use Each pack introduces a sound. Learn the sound with the child/children Read the sentences or stories several times, encouraging the child/children to talk about the pictures. At the end of the sentences or story, there is a list of words and phrases, which the child can match to the pictures. Practise each sound several times, until the child is familiar with it. 7 pages

Cut up the story prompts. Muddle them up and get the child to arrange the story in the right order, with a beginning, a middle and an end. Ask the child to rewrite the story, adding their own ideas. This series provides prompts to encourage children to write. It provides starting points, to encourage even the most reluctant writers. Written in a lively magazine style format, each pack provides a step by step guide to teach children how to plan and write an animal themed story. The packs also provide starting points to write e-mails, letters, play scripts, diaries, reports and other non fiction texts. The child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. This series is recommended for use with children between the ages of 7-11 and provides writing practice for those children preparing to take 11+ examinations or S.A.T.s. The packs will also benefit children with special needs, or where English is a second language. 5 pages