This DIGITAL resource includes a link to access and make a copy into your google drive. It is fully editable and can be shared with your students via Google Classroom. Pdf version included. In this digital resource, the student will learn to write a balanced argument. Then, they should use the points and ideas given, to write their own balanced argument discussing the question (a) Do young people eat too much fast food and (b) Should young people eat more fruit and vegetable? This resource is essential for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations. This series sets out how to write a well-balanced argument. The student will learn how to structure their writing, putting forward a point of view, backing it up with convincing evidence, building up a relevant counter argument and knocking it down, as well as, putting forward their own comments and opinions. These work packs focus on discursive writing, enabling the pupil to examine points for and against in a variety of subjects suitable for older children and teenage readers - healthy eating, fashion, social issues and many more. The student will learn vital essay writing skills, that will assist their studies in other areas of the curriculum. In addition to this, the work packs teach organisational and literary devices in persuasive writing, including, figurative language, emotive words, repetition, connectives and use of good vocabulary. The student will learn how to consider writing for the appropriate audience, how to vary sentence types in order to make writing more interesting, and the importance of using good spelling, punctuation and grammar. Each work pack includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by students and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. They are packed with vital hints and tips to enable the pupil to be successful and gain good grades.

This DIGITAL resource includes a link to access ‘How do I plan a story?’ and share it with your students in Google Drive. Therefore it is fully editable and can be used with Google Classroom. Pdf version included. This digital resource teaches the child how to plan and write their stories effectively. They will learn how to structure and organise their ideas into three paragraphs; and think about character, setting and plot. It also includes some words skill practice, showing the child how to make their writing more interesting by using well chosen adjectives and adverbs. They should complete the exercises and read the word lists to help them create believable characters and settings. This series of resources (available in digital and pdf format) are essential for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations. Each resource will guide students through the story writing process, as if they had a tutor by their side. They are designed to help the child with thinking up ideas, providing starting points for writing, structuring and organizing their writing into paragraphs. It features writing a good introduction with characters, setting and plot, building up suspense and winding up the plot with a suitable resolution. Attention is given to making writing more interesting by varying sentence types, using punctuation and good grammar. The student will investigate different narrative structures for writing stories, exploring various viewpoints so they can decide if they write in first or third person. They will learn to evoke mood and atmosphere by using good vocabulary. Each resource includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by children and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. Vital hints and tips are provided on gaining those top grades. The resource consists of 30 editable slides.

This DIGITAL resource contains a link to access and make a copy into your google drive. It is fully editable and can be shared with your students via Google Classroom. A digital creative writing resource with a spooky Halloween theme. ‘Stroke Of Midnight: Write A Spooky Story’ will certainly get your heart-racing. It is a lively themed resource, that will stimulate a child’s imagination and inspire him or her to write in a more interesting way and to achieve better results. This resource is packed full of fun features and stories to read, follow up activities to complete, harder vocabulary to prepare children for more advanced writing and many helpful tips and techniques to improve writing style. For example, plan, structure and organise a spooky story, called ‘The Creepy House’. Take advantage of impressive vocabulary and describe the desolate, ram shackled house and it’s wild, over grown garden. Then, read a second story ‘At The Stroke Of Midnight’ and complete another spine chilling version of your own. This pack is not for the squeamish, but packed with suggestions for spooky vocabulary. It is excellent for stretching fast workers and able writers or preparing for writing tasks in examinations. The resource consists of 17 editable slides.

This DIGITAL resource contains a link, to access and make a copy of it into your google drive. It is fully editable and can be shared with your students via Google Classroom. This digital task practices writing with different purposes. The child should read the description of the rainforest, noting the good use of words - adjectives, verbs and adverbs. In the first task, the child uses the information to write an information leaflet, with or without subheadings. A series of questions and suggested answers are included to help. The second task is a matching activity on the rainforest. In the third task, the child is asked to write a persuasive leaflet, called ‘Rainforest World’. The prompts will help the child structure the information. Devising a map, gives the child scope to use their imagination and practice using more persuasive words. As a follow up activity, the child can plan and write about an imaginary visit to ‘Rainforest World’ or empathise with an animal, using the prompts. Writing about ‘a day in his life’, write more diary entries about animals in the park. This theme could be developed over several lessons. This series of resources 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 resource 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 examinations. The packs will also benefit children with special needs, or where English is a second language.

This DIGITAL resource contains a link, to access and make a copy into your google drive. It is fully editable and can be shared with your students via Google Classroom. In this digital resource the child/ren are asked to carry out a number of writing activities based around the Rushford Village Fair. For example, they are asked to write a persuasive poster advertising the fair, a detailed program and plan for the day, formal letters asking people to donate items to sell and to make up some competitions. The child is then asked to read the newspaper article written the day after the fair and to find facts and opinions and direct and reported speech. Lastly, they should write their own newspaper report about the fair, for the school magazine. They should write in third person. The child should use all the prompts given to help them write their report. This series provides prompts to encourage children, of 7-11 years, to write. It provides starting points, to encourage even the most reluctant writers. In fact, the writer regularly dips into these packs for her own tutorial classes. With their lively ‘magazine style’ format, they are an ideal study aid to consolidate work on planning and writing stories and non fiction articles, expanding vocabulary and include many examples of children’s work. As well as this, the packs contain some very useful tips on writing techniques (as in writing simple, compound and complex sentences). The work in these packs will inspire children, who are practicing for exams, to write, and provide starting points for even the most reluctant writer, including those children with special educational needs and where English is a second language. The work packs are ideal for home study and will reinforce the work done in school. They may be purchased in any order. There are a number of titles to choose from. By working through the packs, the student will grow in confidence and will learn to enjoy writing. The packs are also a useful resource for teachers and save hours of time when preparing lessons or homework tasks. 21 pages

This DIGITAL resource contains a link to access and make a copy into your google drive. It is fully editable and can be shared with your students via Google Classroom. Pdf version included. In this digital resource the child is asked to read the text and to answer some questions. The last question focuses on the meaning of words used in the text and the child then writes his or her own non fiction piece. The child also works through punctuation exercises - putting in capital letters, full stops and question marks. Let’s Practise Our Reading Comprehension Packs are a valuable resource to help the child practise essential reading comprehension skills. Each pack includes an article for the child to read and then a series of questions. They are ideal for use with 6-9 year olds, who have reached some degree of reading fluency. The articles ask the child to retrieve facts, explain information and develop their own ideas as to what the writer is implying. Each pack contains vocabulary exercises, encouraging the child to search for words or phrases with the same meaning. Each pack takes the form of a mini topic or project. Answers are included. 15 slides

This DIGITAL resource contains a link, to access and make a copy of it into your google drive. It is fully editable and can be shared with your students via Google Classroom. Pdf version included. This resource includes: Let’s Write A Formal Letter: This digital resource teaches the child how to write a formal letter to argue a point. The child should use Dear Sir or Madam and end with Yours faithfully or Dear Mr… or Mrs… and end with Yours sincerely. They should use point, evidence and explanation for each paragraph. They will learn how to introduce their viewpoint in a topic sentence, give some evidence and explain it. They will learn how to introduce the counter argument and then to argue against it. The child should read the example letters and prompts and then write their own. Example Letters Include: Complaints Letters to council Help with hay fever The builders are poor The train is dirty Let’s Write An Informal Letter The child should read the examples of informal letters, written in colloquial English. Then, they should write their own versions. Example letters include: I’m sorry you fell off your horse I found a purse at the supermarket Thank you for organising… Thank you for my present This series of resources provides prompts to encourage children to write. It provides starting points, to encourage even the most reluctant writers. Featuring a lively, ‘magazine style’ format to appeal to children of all abilities, these packs are particularly recommended as preparation for creative writing tasks for exams. The writer herself often dips into the lively collection of imaginative stories and non fiction articles, to teach her students in tutorials. The packs feature detailed prompts on how to plan and write stories and letters, as well as help with non fiction tasks - writing diaries, reports and persuasive leaflets. There is also plenty of practice in writing techniques - variation of sentences, connectives and grammar and punctuation tips. They are ideal for home study and will reinforce the work done in school. They may be purchased in any order. There are a number of titles to choose from. By working through the packs, the student will grow in confidence and will learn to enjoy writing. The packs are also a useful resource for teachers and save hours of time when preparing lessons or homework tasks. 42 pages

This DIGITAL resource includes a link to access and make a copy into your google drive. It is fully editable and can be shared with your students via Google Classroom. Pdf version included. Includes: How To Write A Discursive Argument Hints And Tips For Writing A Discursive Essay Writing skeletons, model answers and points for and against the following essays: Fox Hunting Is Cruel. Discuss In Favour Of Zoos, Or Not. Discuss Should Animals Perform In The Circus? Wild Animals Should Not Be Kept In City Gardens. Discuss What Makes Young People Follow Fashion? Discuss This digital resource sets out how to write a well-balanced argument. The student will learn how to structure their writing, putting forward a point of view, backing it up with convincing evidence, building up a relevant counter argument and knocking it down, as well as, putting forward their own comments and opinions. This resource focuses on discursive writing, enabling the pupil to examine points for and against in a variety of subjects suitable for older children and teenage readers - healthy eating, fashion, social issues and many more. The student will learn vital essay writing skills, that will assist their studies in other areas of the curriculum. In addition to this, this resource teaches organisational and literary devices in persuasive writing, including, figurative language, emotive words, repetition, connectives and use of good vocabulary. The student will learn how to consider writing for the appropriate audience, how to vary sentence types in order to make writing more interesting, and the importance of using good spelling, punctuation and grammar. An exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by students, are included. As well as, practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. This resource is packed with vital hints and tips to enable the pupil to be successful and gain good grades. The resource consists of 28 editable slides.

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

A fun course to improve children’s literacy over the summer (7-11 years) Ideal for helping children catch up, as well as keeping them amused over the holiday. Also available as a digital copy, to be used with Google Classroom and similar platform. Please contact me for the link. This pack is titled ‘Lets Go Somewhere Exciting’ It includes a number of fun writing activities, to inspire children to write. For example: Imagine you are organising a big show in your town this summer… plan the event… make a poster advertising it, make up some competitions, write a letter asking for donations for the fair Answer the reading comprehension questions Recount a visit to the show Write a newspaper article on the show, for your school magazine Write a story about an event that did not go quite to plan at the show e.g. maybe Dolly the sheep escaped… There are lots of writing skeletons, prompts, model answers and hints and tips, to help children who struggle to put their ideas down on paper. There are 4 summer themed work packs available In this series. Out And About In Summer Lets Go Travelling Lets Go On Holiday Lets Go Somewhere Exciting

A fun course to improve children’s literacy over the summer (7-11 years) Ideal for helping children catch up, as well as keeping them amused over the holiday. Also available as a digital copy, to be shared via Google Classroom or similar platform. Please contact me for the link. This pack is titled ‘Out And About In Summer’ It includes a number of fun writing activities, to inspire children to write. For example: Plan and write a story, using the plans and model answers provided, called ‘The BBQ’ Answer the reading comprehension questions. Learn some advanced vocabulary Use the question prompts to describe a day out at the park or common Write about another outing you have enjoyed There are lots of writing skeletons, prompts, model answers and hints and tips, to help children who struggle to put their ideas down on paper. There are 4 summer themed work packs available In this series. Out And About In Summer Lets Go Travelling Lets Go On Holiday Lets Go Somewhere Exciting

A fun Christmas writing and drawing activity pack. To be completed at the level your child is at. Includes a story to read and fun activities, such as puzzles, games and drawing activities. 38 pages

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

Blend Sounds Together To Make Words With Initial Consonant Blends How To Use The Pre Reader Work Packs At Guinea Pig Education we believe children do not need to spend years learning reading skills; this innovative new scheme teaches children to read in just six months to a year. A non reader should start with our pre reading material. The Pre reader work packs use phonics or the sounds in words. The child can learn a series of phonic sounds, which give him or her a ‘tool’ to work out nearly 80% of words in the English language. The other 20% of words will be learnt by looking and saying the words. In these packs, the child (or group of children) will be taught to recognise initial sounds as in ‘b’, ‘d’ and vowel sounds as in ‘a’ - c…a…t. They will practise running sounds together to make words. The sentence maker will help him or her to organise the words into sentences. The packs are easy to use with clear instructions, for the adult to use with a child (or group of children). The structured material encourages the child to practise word building and sentence making using phonic sounds. To make learning a really fun experience, the material contains word games, like snap and bingo. The child (children) can move on when the adult is confident the sounds have been learnt. Learn To Read With Phonics Pre Reader packs are designed to start children reading who have not done any reading before. They are a starting point for learning to read with phonics. Children can start at three or four, if they are ready to concentrate. The Pre Reader packs introduce the 26 sounds of the alphabet, the skills of sounding out words with phonics and blending phonic sounds to make three and four letter words. The child (children) should practise the material each day and move on only when the child is familiar with the material. The course is structured. Each new sound builds on the one that went before. Tell the child (children) to personalise the drawings, adding to them, using their own ideas. Play the games. Repeat the exercises many times until they know the words. They should have fun learning to read. Download this free booklet, to find out more about our phonic scheme. Click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-do-i-start-my-child-learning-to-read-with-phonics-12412206

Learn The Phonic Sounds ar, or, ir, ur and er 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. Download this free booklet, to find out more about our phonic scheme. Click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-do-i-start-my-child-learning-to-read-with-phonics-12412206

Read Fun Rhymes And Play Games To Introduce Triple Consonant Blends Introducing triple consonant blends, such as ‘squ’, ‘scr’, ‘str’ and ‘tch’. How To Use The Pre Reader Work Packs At Guinea Pig Education we believe children do not need to spend years learning reading skills; this innovative new scheme teaches children to read in just six months to a year. A non reader should start with our pre reading material. The Pre reader work packs use phonics or the sounds in words. The child can learn a series of phonic sounds, which give him or her a ‘tool’ to work out nearly 80% of words in the English language. The other 20% of words will be learnt by looking and saying the words. In these packs, the child (or group of children) will be taught to recognise initial sounds as in ‘b’, ‘d’ and vowel sounds as in ‘a’ - c…a…t. They will practise running sounds together to make words. The sentence maker will help him or her to organise the words into sentences. The packs are easy to use with clear instructions, for the adult to use with a child (or group of children). The structured material encourages the child to practise word building and sentence making using phonic sounds. To make learning a really fun experience, the material contains word games, like snap and bingo. The child (children) can move on when the adult is confident the sounds have been learnt. Learn To Read With Phonics Pre Reader packs are designed to start children reading who have not done any reading before. They are a starting point for learning to read with phonics. Children can start at three or four, if they are ready to concentrate. The Pre Reader packs introduce the 26 sounds of the alphabet, the skills of sounding out words with phonics and blending phonic sounds to make three and four letter words. The child (children) should practise the material each day and move on only when the child is familiar with the material. The course is structured. Each new sound builds on the one that went before. Tell the child (children) to personalise the drawings, adding to them, using their own ideas. Play the games. Repeat the exercises many times until they know the words. They should have fun learning to read.

Play Bingo And Snap To Reinforce The Phonic Sound ‘ck’ (3 years +) Play the game over and over again until the child is familiar with the words. How To Use The Pre Reader Work Packs At Guinea Pig Education we believe children do not need to spend years learning reading skills; this innovative new scheme teaches children to read in just six months to a year. A non reader should start with our pre reading material. The Pre reader work packs use phonics or the sounds in words. The child can learn a series of phonic sounds, which give him or her a ‘tool’ to work out nearly 80% of words in the English language. The other 20% of words will be learnt by looking and saying the words. In these packs, the child (or group of children) will be taught to recognise initial sounds as in ‘b’, ‘d’ and vowel sounds as in ‘a’ - c…a…t. They will practise running sounds together to make words. The sentence maker will help him or her to organise the words into sentences. The packs are easy to use with clear instructions, for the adult to use with a child (or group of children). The structured material encourages the child to practise word building and sentence making using phonic sounds. To make learning a really fun experience, the material contains word games, like snap and bingo. The child (children) can move on when the adult is confident the sounds have been learnt. Learn To Read With Phonics Pre Reader packs are designed to start children reading who have not done any reading before. They are a starting point for learning to read with phonics. Children can start at three or four, if they are ready to concentrate. The Pre Reader packs introduce the 26 sounds of the alphabet, the skills of sounding out words with phonics and blending phonic sounds to make three and four letter words. The child (children) should practise the material each day and move on only when the child is familiar with the material. The course is structured. Each new sound builds on the one that went before. Tell the child (children) to personalise the drawings, adding to them, using their own ideas. Play the games. Repeat the exercises many times until they know the words. They should have fun learning to read. Download this free booklet, to find out more about our phonic scheme. Click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-do-i-start-my-child-learning-to-read-with-phonics-12412206

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’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.