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Primary Texts provides resources to help support the teaching of reading, writing and speaking and listening at primary level. Resources are flexible, adaptable, easy to use and meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
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Primary Texts provides resources to help support the teaching of reading, writing and speaking and listening at primary level. Resources are flexible, adaptable, easy to use and meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
English language arts
Overheard on a Saltmarsh Poem: PPT, Activities and Worksheets
A complete lesson based on the fantasy poem ‘Overheard on a Saltmarsh’ by Harold Monro. Includes a PPT presentation and comprehension tasks.Also includes guidance for two follow-up activities linked to drama and writing. Ideal for teachers exploring classic poetry. Great for guided or whole class reading sessions and literacy. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2.
The 11 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to the poet’s use of language, prediction and writing in the style of the poet.
Adverbs KS2 PPT Lesson
A PPT based lesson designed to help pupils recognise and understand the use of adverbs of time, manner and place. The 13 slide PPT contains explanation, activities and practice exercises for pupils to complete as well as opportunities for discussion.
Year 6 SPAG Revision PPT: Adverbs and Adverbials
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to adverbs and adverbials. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 20 slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to adverbs and adverbials is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Year 6 SPAG Revision PPT: Relative Clauses
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to relative clauses. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 9-slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to relative clauses is included with an accompanying answer .
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KS1 Classic Poetry Bundle
Great for teaching performance poetry! Contains five poetry lessons based on classic poems about animals by Christina Rossetti. This lesson has been designed to meet the following National Curriculum objectives:
• Listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently (Year 1)
• Learning to appreciate rhymes and poems, and to recite some by heart (Year 1)
• Continuing to build up a repertoire of poems learnt by heart, appreciating these and reciting some, with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear (Year 2)
The poems included are:
• ‘Caterpillar’ about the lifecycle of caterpillar
• ‘White Hen Sitting’ about the lifecycle of a chicken
• ‘Hurt No Living Thing’ encouraging kindness to all creatures
• ‘Hopping Frog’ comparing a frog and a toad
• ‘City Mouse and Garden Mouse’ comparing different habitats
The PPT provided for each poem contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Guidance on how to perform the poem
• An optional writing activity
Each resource also includes differentiated comprehension worksheets. The discussion questions and comprehension worksheets enable pupils to gain a good understanding of the poem prior to performance. The optional writing activity enables teachers to extend the lesson should they wish to do so.
Year 1 Adding suffixes ed, ing and er to verbs when no change to the root word is needed: PPT Lesson
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 1 word objective requiring pupils to recognise suffixes that can be added to verbs where no change is needed in the spelling of root words (e.g. helping, helped, helper) The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion.
Year 6 Formal and Informal Sentence Structure: PPT Lesson and Assessment
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 6 sentence objective requiring pupils to understand the difference between structures typical of informal speech and structures appropriate for formal speech and writing. Includes exploration of the subjunctive and the use of question tags.
The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
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Year 6 SPAG Bundle
A pack of nine PowerPoints linked to the specific national curriculum objectives for year 6 vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. Each PowerPoint contains a whole lesson which includes:
an explanation of the terminology
a text containing examples linked to the vocabulary, grammar or punctuation objective.
an exercise for pupils to complete.
opportunities for pupils to discuss and reflect on what they have learnt.
Also includes short assessment tests each containing five SATs style questions linked to year group objectives with accompanying answer sheets.
You may also like the amazing value Year 6 SPAG Revision Bundle which contains 30 PPT lessons including all 9 PPT lessons available in this bundle plus 21 PPT lessons to help revise content from previous years.
Year 6 Colons, Semi-colons and Bullet Points in Lists: PPT Lesson and Assessment
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 6 punctuation objectives requiring pupils to understand the use of colons, semi-colons and bullet points in lists. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Year 4 Pronouns and Cohesion: PPT Lesson and Assessment
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 4 text objective requiring pupils to understand ‘Appropriate choice of pronoun or noun within and across sentences to aid cohesion and avoid repetition’. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Year 6 PPT Writing Booster Lesson: Dialogue
This PPT based lesson will help students to review the skills needed to write dialogue. The lesson format is as below:
Discuss: Talk about the features and purpose of the dialogue.
Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text.
Write: Write a converstion between two people choosing from a selection of prompts
Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made.
Year 6 Writing Booster PPT Lesson: Write an information text
This PPT based lesson will help students to review the skills needed to write an information text. The lesson format is as below:
Discuss: Talk about the features and purpose of information texts and the set task.
Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text.
Write: Write a short information text about how to look after your health
Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made.
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Year 3 SPAG bundle
A pack of nine Power Points linked to the specific national curriculum objectives for year 3 vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. Each Power Point contains:
* an explanation of the terminology
* a text containing examples linked to the vocabulary, grammar or punctuation objective.
* a short exercise for pupils to complete.
* opportunities for pupils to discuss and reflect on what they have learnt.
In addition, included are short assessment tests containing five SATs style questions linked to each objective with an accompanying answer sheet.
Year 3 Inverted Commas: PPT Lesson and Assessment
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 3 punctuation objective requiring pupils to have an ‘introduction to inverted commas to punctuate direct speech’. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Robert Burns Poem 'My Heart's in the Highlands' with PPT, Worksheets and Activities
A complete poetry lesson for KS2 based on the poem ‘My Heart’s in the Highlands’ by Robert Burns. Includes PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Ideal for exploring classic poetry; introducing pupils to the work of Scottish poet Robert Burns and discussing the celebration known as Burns Night. Also includes guidance for two follow-up writing activities. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work.
The 12 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to exploring the poet’s use of language and finding textual evidence.
The Hairy Toe Poem : PPT, Worksheets and Activities
A complete poetry lesson based on the fun scary poem ‘The Hairy Toe’ with PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Great for Halloween! Useful for whole class or guided reading sessions, literacy lessons or topic work. Also includes guidance for two follow-up writing activities. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS1.
The 13 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains a task to explore pupils’ basic understanding and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to language and inference.
Year 4 Spelling Pack
This pack provides coverage of around half of the spelling objectives for year 3 and 4 as detailed in Appendix 1 of the English National Curriculum: The pack is fully editable and includes:
• A suggested year 4 spelling half-termly teaching sequence
• Word Lists containing sets of the statutory and example spellings. These can be given to pupils or enlarged to create posters
• Look Cover Write Check sheets containing statutory and example spellings
• A PPT containing example words accompanied by rules, guidance and word lists
• Dictation sentences containing a mix of statutory and example spellings
• A PPT containing a range of teacher led spelling tasks to help pupils practise their spellings
• A PPT containing a range of spelling tasks to help pupils learn their set spellings independently
For a resource offering complete coverage of all of the year 3 and 4 spelling objectives please see details of the year 3 and 4 bundle.
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Year 3 and 4 Spelling Bundle
This pack provides full coverage of the spelling objectives for year 3 and 4 as detailed in Appendix 1 of the English National Curriculum: The pack is fully editable and includes:
• Suggested spelling half-termly teaching sequences for years 3 and 4
• Word Lists containing sets of the statutory and example spellings. These can be given to pupils or enlarged to create posters
• Look Cover Write Check sheets containing statutory and example spellings
• PPTs containing example words accompanied by rules, guidance and word lists
• Dictation sentences containing a mix of statutory and example spellings
• A PPT containing a range of teacher led spelling tasks to help pupils practise their spellings
• A PPT containing a range of spelling tasks to help pupils learn their set spellings independently
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Epiphany / Three Kings Day PPT Lesson Bundle
Two PPT Lessons linked to the Christmas story of the Three Wise Men also know as the Magi or Three Kings and Epiphany. Each lesson contains a PPT, worksheets and activities.
One lesson is based around a classic Christmas poem which tells the story of the journey of the Three Kings. This resource includes a PPT containing the poem with visual images, background information and follow-up art and writing activities, plus comprehension tasks.
The other lesson includes a PPT lesson about Epiphany with details of how and why we celebrate it with worksheets to support two fun arts and crafts activities.
The follow - up activities create a flexible resource with the potential for extension into a longer unit of work.
Year 3 SPAG Poster Pack
This pack contains 13 posters which illustrate and explain the vocabulary, grammar and punctuation objectives for year 3 as specified in the English National Curriculum Appendix 2. Great for classroom display and reference throughout the teaching year.