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.

Three packs containing a selection of worksheets to help familiarise new English learners pupils with over 150 key words. Packs include vocabulary linked to school, home and the environment. Over 100 worksheets included!

This EAL / ESL activity bundle is a great for new arrivals with little or no English. These resources are useful for 1:1 or small group work and could be used for intervention sessions. The bundle contains activity packs linked to ten topics: • At the Farm • Colours • Feelings • Fruit • Greetings • In the Jungle • Pets • Things we do at School • Things we use at School • Vegetables Each pack contains: • A PPT book to introduce the vocabulary and practise simple sentence structures • Flashcards to consolidate learning • Worksheets to practise reading and writing • A vocabulary word mat for reference and revision • Plus a handy guide with guidance on how to use the resources.

This bundle includes five PPT lessons on the following word classes: • Nouns • Verbs • Pronouns • Adjectives • Adverbs Each PPT is based on a different word class and contains explanation, activities and practice exercises for students to complete as well as opportunities for discussion.

Contains two complete lessons based on the civil rights activists Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. Includes PPT presentations and follow up activities. Ideal for Black History Month, studying civil rights, equality, discrimination or important historical figures. The PPT provided for each lesson includes: • Biographical information • Discussion questions • Details of follow-up activities. A selection of printables to support follow-up activities is also included.

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.