A powerpoint lesson and worksheet to explain who apostrophes mark plural possession. POWERPOINT: Possessive apostrophes with plural words: Explains what they are and how they are used. Ends with an activity to rewrite phrases using possessive apostrophes. PDF ACTIVITY: Possessive apostrophes with plural words: Similar activity to the PowerPoint above. DISPLAY Plural possessive apostrophes posters

Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in fer POWERPOINT Adding vowel suffixes to words ending fer: Explains the rule then gives the children opportunity to write the words applying the spelling rule. PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES Complete the fer matrix worksheet Word list

A pack of resources to teach the spelling guidelines for Words ending in able, ably,ible and ibly POWERPOINTS able word endings ible word endings PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES Look Write Cover Check able ably words Look Write Cover Check ible ibly words Word cards - able endings Word cards - ible endings Wordsearch - able and ible words Word endings ible or able worksheet x 2 Word lists

A set of resources ( 1 powerpoint lesson, 6 printable files) to teach about the many different words with the ough spelling.

Resources to teach the guidelines for spelling homophones and other words that are often confused. POWERPOINTS Each Powerpoint gives definitions/explanations of each homophone, then ends with an activity for the children to work out which homophone is appropriate in different sentences. Homophones - nouns and verbs: advice advise, device devise, licence license and practice practise. Homophones 1: aisle isle, aloud allowed, affect effect, altar alter, ascent assent, bridal, bridle, cereal serial, complement compliment Homophones 2: descent dissent, desert dessert, draft draught, farther father, guessed guest, heard herd, led, lead morning, mourning Homophones 3: past passed, precede proceed, principal principle, profit prophet, stationary stationery, steal steel, wary weary, who's whose PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES: Look Write Cover Check x 7: For spelling practice, containing the words in the above PowerPoints Worksheets x 7: To write definitions of the homophones and think of ways to remember how to spell them. Definition and word cards x 3: Three sets of homophones and corresponding definitions for matching games etc.

A set of materials to assess Appendix 2 for Years 1 to 6 in the English curriculum 2014. It contains a booklet for individual assessment and also class recording sheets.

The powerpoint explains how to change writing styles/register according to audience, purpose and text, and what tone to use for each. Shows examples of similar sentence written in a formal and an informal style. Ends with an activity where the children have to turn an informal sentence into a formal one.

POWERPOINT: Explanation of active and passive sentences and how to arrange an active sentence to make it passive. Explains how and when passive sentences can be used PRINTABLE FILES (PDF): Passive sentences worksheet: Change the active sentences into passive sentences

POWERPOINTS: The history of the English language: A history, plus an explanation of why the English language has so many synonyms. Synonyms: Explains what they are and gives 11 words with related synonyms. Antonyms: Explains what they are and gives 12 words with corresponding antonyms, plus 7 words with several antonyms. Antonyms and prefixes beginning with 'i': Formation of antonyms by adding im, in or il to words. Antonyms and prefixes recap: Activity to make words by adding a range of prefixes covered in previous years, to make antonyms. PRINTABLE FILES (PDF): Synonyms worksheet: For finding synonyms Antonyms worksheet: re-write the sentences to make it mean the opposite House for sale - antonyms worksheet: Rewrite the advert using antonyms House for sale - synonyms worksheet: Rewrite the advert using synonyms Antonym cards (2 sets): Matching sets - easy and more difficult

A powerpoint explaining the terminology for pupils in Y6: subject, object, active, passive, synonym, antonym ellipsis, hyphen, colon, semi-colon and bullet points.

This pack contains 7 resources: A PowerPoint lesson for children to write words containing the new grapheme, 4 differentiated worksheets, picture and word cards and a large flashcard. The font used is Sassoon with an additional copy in Elementary font.

2 powerpoint lessons and a worksheet: THE USE OF LY TO TURN ADJECTIVES INTO ADVERBS POWERPOINT Using ly to turn adjectives into adverbs: Explains what adverbs are and how to make them by adding ly to adjectives.Gives a list of words to add ly to. ACTIVITY Making adverbs worksheet: Writing sentences with adverbs USING THE SUFFIXES ER AND EST IN ADJECTIVES POWERPOINT Suffixes er and est as comparatives: Explains how they change the meaning of words. Gives a list of words to add the suffixes to and think of sentences with them in.

A set of resources to teach the spellings of words in the years 5 and 6 word list. INTRODUCTORY POWERPOINTS All about words: Introduces the history of the English spelling system and why some words are difficult to spell. Spelling strategies: Looks at different ways to learn spellings for children to use. 12 SPELLING POWERPOINTS: The words are organised into 12 different categories, according to how they are spelt. Each category contains between 7 and 9 words so that they can also be used for spelling tests. Each category contains a PowerPoint with a page for each word and a range of strategies to help remember the spelling of each. The strategies include: Looking at the history of the word Looking at words in the same word family Looking at spelling rules Looking at root words and affixes Using speak and spell Highlighting unusual spelling Mnemonics Looking at words within the word Looking at words with similar spelling patterns The categories are as follows: Words with doubles c and m Words with doubles g, l and p Words with doubles r, s and t IE words Words containing u Words with affixes 1 Words with affixes 2 Words with unsounded vowels 1 Words with unsounded vowels 2 Words with unsounded vowels 3 Words with unusual Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence 1 Words with unusual Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence 2

A set of Y5 resources to teach about relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that, or an omitted relative pronoun POWERPOINTS: Relative clauses - pronouns who which that Relative clauses with pronoun whose Relative clauses with when and where PRINTABLE FILES (PDF): Relative clauses worksheet who which that Relative clauses worksheet whose Relative clauses worksheet when & where

A powepoint and display file to help children remember a range of cohesive devices in their writing. POWERPOINT: Cohesive devises: Looks at and explains cohesive devices such as synonyms; pronouns; verb tenses; repetition of a phrase; adverbials and ellipses PRINTABLE FILE (PDF): Cohesive devices display: For reference - it contains all the terminology above.

This set includes 2 resources: One powerpoint explaining: the use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to mark the boundary between independent clauses use of the colon to introduce a list and use of semi-colons within lists punctuation of bullet points to list information Plus 5 A4 posters explaining the use of the colon, semi-colon, dashes, bullet points and hypens

This set of 8 resources is to help children learn the rules for adding suffixes. It contains the following files: Adding suffixes to words ending in y: Explains what a root word and a suffix is, and shows the addition of -ed and -ing, pointing out the differences. Quick write - Adding ed to verbs ending in y Quick write - Adding ing to verbs ending in y Quick write - Adding er to words ending in y Quick write - Adding est to words ending in y (Quick write activities show firstly the root word, then how it changes/stays the same when the suffixes are added.) ACTIVITIES Words ending in a consonant then y matrix: to fill in TEACHER RESOURCES Y2 Spelling Appendix: Adding suffixes to words ending in y- An adaptable outline plan Word List - With relevant words ending in y.

This pack contains 7 resources: A PowerPoint lesson for children to write words containing the new grapheme, 4 differentiated worksheets, picture and word cards and a large flashcard. The font is Sassoon infant, with an additional pack in Elementary / Primer print.