English starter activities to get their minds active.

A to Z handwriting worksheets

Students look at examples of travel brochures before creating their own.

This is an information report scaffold that includes the GENERAL STATEMENT, DESCRIPTION and EVALUATION. KS2, KS3

L.O. To understand metaphors, similes and personification and how an author may use them to provoke reactions. Task - to identify if the sentence contains a simile, metaphor or personification.

This is the marking criteria for an Information Report. Please see my PREMIUM RESOURCES for the one-week plan on information reports and my FREE RESOURCES for the scaffold.

Use this resource when asked to teach a 30 minute English lesson to KS1 for a job interview. It looks at using verbs from the Gruffalo. Differentiated resources to come.

Using the picture to help write the bossy verb in the space. Sentence writing using one of the words.

Use this resource alongside the 30 minute lesson observation for KS1 English. This is aimed at Year 1.

All About Me - A great first day activity with a new class. Get to know all about your new students and their interests.

Use this resource alongside the 30 minute lesson observation for KS1 English. This is aimed at Year 2 Higher Ability,

Use this resource alongside the 30 minute lesson observation for KS1 English. This is aimed at Year 2 Lower Ability.

Use these verbs to create sentences in KS1. Year 2s should try using conjunctions and adjectives to make their sentences even better.

A classroom display for Connectives - all made for you!

This resource is a great way to get kids passionate about their persuasive writing. Looking at Water Aid TV adverts in order to determine which ones they find effective and why. It included a checklist for persuasive writing and what needs to be included. Tasks could include: -writing a tv advert -writing a letter to the government -debating

This presentation provides one full week of learning about information reports and leads to students writing their own by Friday. It looks at examples of information reports and gives the class opportunity to write one together. Students will research, draft and produce an information report about a topic of their choice. Please see my PREMIUM RESOURCES for the Marking Criteria and my FREE RESOURCES for the Scaffold.