This is a great brain challenge to fill 15 mins. Each slide shows a word or phrase written in reverse (rotated 180 degrees on the X axis). Children are asked to write the words correctly on their whiteboards. Barrie James

This is a collection of miscellaneous literacy worksheets that I have created and use in class and that are suitable for home learning assignments. In alphabetical order: analogies apostrophes for possession and contraction capital letters and full stops commas for lists fronted adverbials homophones jumbled sentences personification plurals and possession relative pronouns sentence structure direct speech spelling - making plurals verbs - modal verbs verbs - perfect tenses Note that these may not be of the same high quality as my other published lessons on TES, but I am providing them free of charge in the hope that they may prove useful to fellow teachers in these uncertain times.

These exercises challenge students to find better alternatives for the often over-used and unimaginative words: "very", "nice" and "said".

This set of varied worksheets provides a comprehensive set of fun exercises to give pupils practice with the alphabet. For children who are already totally familiar with the alphabet, the exercises will provide a great challenge to test their knowledge. For children in need of further consolidation, the exercises will improve their grasp through repetitive exposure to the alphabet in a variety of fun ways. My experience is that children love these exercises in the same way as they love crosswords or Sudoku - they are focused, self-contained and personally challenging.

Two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, for example new and knew. (Dictionary definition) These 8 pages of worksheets provide practice at the common homophones: - were, wear, where, we’re - to, two, too - there, their, they’re Plus 2 pages of misc. exercises covering a mixture of other homophones.

This is a set of 18 Worksheets, each comprising around 10 sentences to complete, and each supported with a Word Search to reinforce the learning. “y” words - “i” sound. “ou” words - “u” sound. “ch” words - “k” sound. “ch” words - “sh” sound. “ei” words - “ay” sound. “tion” words – “shun” sound. “sion” words - “zhun” sound. “cian” words – “shun” sound. “ssion” words – “shun” sound. “gue” words – “g” sound. “que” words – “k” sound. “sc” words - “s” sound. “cial” words - “shul” sound. “tial” words - “shul” sound. “ture” words - “cher” sound. “sure” words - “sher” sound. “tch” words - “ch” sound. “ious” words - “shus” sound. My approach using these resources is: discuss the sound with the students complete the worksheet independently learn the spellings with a partner write your own sentences complete a Word Search (for fun) I pride myself on presentation and hope these worksheets will inspire and engage your students. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions, and a BIG BIG thanks for looking (as a full time practising teacher, I KNOW how time consuming this process can be). ALL my postings are FULLY “classroom-tested” - before I publish, my lessons are tested by both myself and colleagues, rigorously evaluated and discussed, and continually updated to maximise their effectiveness. But there is always the possibility of error and room for improvement, so do please provide constructive feedback.

*** NEWLY UPDATED *** Punctuation covered: Capital letters and proper nouns Capital letters and full stops (periods)* - Punctuation - consolidation exercises Sentence endings: exclamation marks and question marks Commas* - Punctuation - consolidation exercises Apostrophes for contraction and omission* Apostrophes for possession Apostrophes - its and it’s Direct speech - sentences Direct speech - paragraphs Indirect speech - sentences Indirect speech - paragraphs Parentheses - brackets* Parentheses - dashes* - Punctuation - consolidation exercises Hyphens* Semi colons* Colons Comma splices - Punctuation - consolidation exercises *includes entertaining video files Having seen so, so many worksheets on punctuation, I finally decided to create this 25 page pack - based on cherry picking and then adapting the best ideas from countless text books and worksheets. It covers a range of the punctuation used up to Year 6 and provides succinct definitions and plenty of varied practice for each topic. Mastering punctuation is essentially practice, practice, practice… we all have able Year 6 children who simply forget basic capital letters and full stops (periods)! So these worksheets, a real labor of love, are designed to provide this essential practice. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions, and a BIG BIG thanks for looking (as a full time practicing teacher, I KNOW how time consuming this process can be). ALL my postings are FULLY “classroom-tested” - before I publish, my lessons are tested by both myself and colleagues, rigorously evaluated and discussed, and continually updated to maximize their effectiveness. But there is always the possibility of error and room for improvement, so do please provide constructive feedback. Teacher/Author: Barrie James Keywords: punctuation capital letters proper nouns periods exclamation marks question marks commas apostrophes contraction omission possession direct speech indirect speech parentheses brackets dashes hyphens semi-colon colon its it’s

Grammar covered: The 8 Word Classes Nouns Pronouns Crossword - Pronouns Verbs Crossword - Irregular verbs Active and Passive verbs Verbs – “said” Adjectives Adjectives – “nice” Crossword - Adjectives Adverbs Crossword – Adjectives and Adverbs Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs Prepositions Crossword - Prepositions Conjunctions Determiners Phrases Clauses Phrases and Clauses (mixed) Sentences Sentence Challenge Having seen so, so many worksheets on grammar, I finally decided to create this pack - based on cherry picking the best ideas from countless text books and worksheets and adapting. It covers a range of the grammar used up to Year 6 and provides succinct definitions and plenty of varied practice for each topic. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions, and a BIG BIG thanks for looking (as a full time practicing teacher, I KNOW how time consuming this process can be). ALL my postings are FULLY “classroom-tested” - before I publish, my lessons are tested by both myself and colleagues, rigorously evaluated and discussed, and continually updated to maximize their effectiveness. But there is always the possibility of error and room for improvement, so do please provide constructive feedback. Teacher/Author: Barrie James