Reading, writing & grammar resources for Year 6 based on Chapter 1 of the book The Girl Who Stole an Elephant. Includes reading tasks for inference, retrieval, vocabulary, summary and sequencing. Grammar/Writing tasks on ellipsis, parenthesis, similes, metaphors, personification and relative clauses.

These are SPAG starters that I use with Y5. These are a few I’ve used throughout the year. They are tailored to the topics that I used them in, but they are easily adaptable for different lessons.

Mr Men resources. Perfect for a well-being/mental health display in KS1/KS2 classrooms.

Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

A set of differentiated resources aimed at Year 6 that support the writing of a Greek myth and a poem.

A unit of resources to inspire and teach narrative writing in UKS2. Based on the twisted tale of Snow White, there are plenty of opportunities to included expected grammar and ambitious vocabulary!

A set of resources aimed at creating various writing outcomes for UKS2.

A set of differentiated resources aimed at teaching Y6 grammar and punctuation to produce an adventure story, a newspaper report and a balanced argument.

Comprehension and reading tasks based on various extracts from Private Peaceful by Micheal Morpurgo. Ideal for Y6, could also be used for Y5. Some differentaited tasks also provided at the end of the document for pupils working towards or as confidence boosters. Questions created using UKS2 (SATs) question stems. Extracts and questions included.

Resources for 3 writing outcomes for Bad Beginnings (the first book) in A Series of Unfortunate Events. Resources for a description of Sunny being suspended from the tower in a birdcage, a character description of Count Olaf and a newspaper article detailing the actions of Count Olaf. Also included are some ‘crack the code’ activties that link to Y6 SPaG and Arithmetic objectives.

Differentiated resources to support learning and writing about Charles Darwin’s discoveries regarding evolution and adaptation.

These are writing and science resources aimed at learning about how we see, and producing an explanation text about the journey that light takes through our eyes. There are many grammar resources that are differentiated. Includes tasks on prefixes, punctuation editing, conjunctions, clauses, sentence types, word classes, semicolons and bullet points.

Resources adapted for a Year 6 unit on Wonder. Main focus is on grammar & writing. Editable versions and adaptations are available.

Perfect for English Working Walls or classroom displays. They encourage children to edit and up-level their work with synonyms and new language.

Synonyms for children to help with self editing their writing.

Resources for English lessons to teach the book Anglo-Saxon Boy by Tony Bradman. Used in Y4 but can be easily adapted. Editable PowerPoint and PDF. Includes resources and teaching slides for reading, SPaG and writing lessons with 2 writing outcomes - a battle recount and a character description.