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.
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.
This EAL / ESL new starter ‘Fruit’ activity pack is suitable for EAL / ESL beginners in the early stages of learning English. It contains a PPT book, three worksheets, a set of word and picture flashcards and a vocabulary word mat linked to the topic ‘Fruit’. These easy-to-use resources are great for intervention work either 1:1 or with a small group. Also included is an activity guide containing suggestions and ideas for how to use the resources.
Resources to support fiction writing in KS1. Includes three story maps / planning sheets, a vocabulary card and a self / peer assessment checklist.
The story maps / planning sheets can be used prior to writing a fiction story. They are suitable for both creating a story map based on a model text, or planning a story.
The fiction vocabulary card can be used to support students during writing. It contains a selection of vocabulary lists enabling students to be more ambitious in their word choice when writing. Word lists are linked to areas such as characters, settings, feelings etc.
The self / peer assessment checklist is useful at the editing stage. It can be used to help students easily identify areas where improvement is needed. The fiction vocabulary card can also help to support students in the editing process.
All resources are fully editable allowing teachers to adapt them to meet the needs of their class.
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper often features questions linked to expanded noun phrases. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 10 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 expanded noun phrases is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to determiners. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 16 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 determiners is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to sentence types. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 16 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 sentence types is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test features questions linked to year 6 objectives plus topics covered in previous years. This resource contains 30 detailed no-prep PPT lessons providing comprehensive coverage of the content students need to revise to succeed in the Key Stage 2 SPAG tests.
Each lesson includes explanation, exercises and discussion prompts. All lessons are accompanied by assessments which contain five SATs style questions linked to the objective and an answer sheet.
Included are nine PPT lessons linked to the specific National Curriculum objectives for year 6 SPAG. Topics covered are:
The use of the passive
Layout Devices
Cohesive Devices
Hyphens
Formal and Informal Sentence Structure
Formal and Informal Vocabulary
Synonyms and Antonyms
Semi-colons, colons and dashes to mark independent clauses
Semi-colons and Bullet Points in Lists
In addition there are twenty PPT lessons to help students recap areas which have been frequently featured in the KS2 SPAG test in previous years. Topics covered are:
Adverbs and Adverbials
Apostrophes
Clauses and Subordinate Clauses
Commas
Demarcating Sentences
Determiners
Expanded Noun Phrases
Inverted Commas
Modals
Parenthesis
Past and Present Tense including the progressive
Prefixes and Suffixes
Prepositions of time, place and cause
Pronouns and Possessive Pronouns
Relative Clauses
Sentence Types
Simple Past and Present Perfect
Subordination and Coordination
Word Families
Plus one PPT lesson which contains a classic poem about the Parts of Speech with activities to help students quickly revise word classes.
Purchasing these lessons as a bundle offers a saving of more than 60% in contrast to purchasing the lessons individually! These engaging PPT lessons make light work of teaching tricky SPAG concepts to year 6 students!
Contains three complete poetry lessons based on haikus, cinquains and limericks. Includes PPT presentations and comprehension tasks. Ideal for teachers exploring short poetry forms. Useful for reading sessions or literacy lessons Each lesson also includes guidance for follow-up writing activities enabling students to create their own poems making this a flexible resource with the potential for extension into three short units of work; alternatively, teachers could create a combined unit on short poetry forms.
The PPT provided for each lesson includes:
• Poem(s) with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem (s)
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up poetry writing activities.
Also included for each lesson:
• Copy of the poem (s). Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets.
Two complete poetry lessons for KS1 based on classic poems written by the poet Christina Rossetti. The poems are ‘Caterpillar ’ about the lifecycle of caterpillar and ‘White Hen Sitting’ about the lifecycle of a chicken. Includes PPT presentations, comprehension tasks and guidance for differentiated writing activities . Also includes guidance for performing the poems. Ideal for teachers exploring classic poetry, lifecycles, performance poetry and explanation texts. Useful for reading sessions, English lessons or science work linked to lifecycles. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a longer unit of work.
The PPT provided for each lesson contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Guidance on how to perform the poem
• A differentiated writing task to support students in writing an explanation text
• Video links to help deepen understanding of the topic.
Each lesson is accompanied by three differentiated comprehension worksheets.
These poems and resources are also available as part of a larger collection of poems in the following pack:
Classic Poetry Bundle for KS1
A pack of eight Power Points linked to the specific national curriculum objectives for year 5 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.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 5 text objective requiring pupils to explore the use of ‘devices to build cohesion within a paragraph’. 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.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 5 punctuation objective requiring pupils to explore the use of ‘commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity’. 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.
Contains two complete poetry lessons based on the fun Christmas poems ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ and ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’. Includes PPT presentations and comprehension tasks. Ideal for teachers exploring Christmas traditions with their pupils. Useful for reading sessions, literacy lessons or festive topic work. Each lesson also includes guidance for follow-up activities making this a flexible resource with the potential for extension into two short units of work.
The PPT provided for each lesson includes:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
Also included for each lesson:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 2 punctuation requiring pupils to understand the use of apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling and to mark singular possession in nouns. 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.
A pack of ten Power Points linked to the specific national curriculum objectives for year 2 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.
Also includes
short assessment tests each containing five SATs style questions linked to year group objectives with accompanying answer sheets.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 2 text objectives requiring pupils to understand:
• the correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense throughout writing
• use of the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress
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.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 2 punctuation requiring pupils to understand the use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences. 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.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 1 punctuation objective requiring pupils to understand how capital letters are used for names and the personal pronoun I . The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 1 word objective requiring pupils to recognise regular plural noun suffixes –s or –es. The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 6 punctuation objectives requiring pupils to understand the use of semi-colons, colons and dashes to mark independent clauses. 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.
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.