The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 1 is aimed at KS1 plus older pupils with literacy problems, whilst books 2 and 3 are more suitable for KS2 plus KS3 pupils struggling with literacy. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.
The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 2 is aimed at KS2 plus older pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.
The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 3 is aimed at KS2 plus KS3 pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.
This is a six-paragraph WAGOLL / model text of a non-chronological report / information text about volcanoes.
In this text, there are examples of Lower KS2 and Year 3/4 writing objectives such as high-level vocabulary, high-level conjunctions, high-level punctuation and interesting openers. There is also a ‘Did You Know?’ box at the end with bullet point facts.
This WAGOLL can be used with the Extreme Earth / Active Planet topic about natural disasters.
This is a bundle of three comparing texts activities that can be used for Pearson Functional Skills English, particularly for the more challenging questions of the Level 2 Reading Exam, that is, Question 10 (identifying language features) and Question 13 (comparing texts). Although Level 1s can also benefit from these activities if adapted to suit Question 15 of the Level 1 Reading Exam.
If adapted they can be used to support GCSE English Language (AQA) learners for Paper 2, Question 2 (the summary question).
Topics include: dogs, vaping, hobbies and university (new!)
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A fully-resourced, detailed and differentiated 1 hour lesson which introduces students to the Buddhist holy texts, in particular the Tripitaka. This lesson is editable, so easy to adapt for your own planning and is best suited to KS3.
The lesson is well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task, contains a variety of activities, an hour long PowerPoint, a 2 page information pack, detailed worksheets, clips with differentiated questions, clear measurable LOs, new key-term introductions and other activities.
It is fully editable, engaging and very easy to follow.
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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the origins and history of the Olympic Games, from the ancient Olympia to their revival in the late 19th century.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a gap filling exercise and True or False exercises. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
Ideal for transition activities, supply teachers, a gap lesson, an end of year activity or just for a display. This PowerPoint provides step-by-step instructions for children to create their own 3D word art using an inspirational word
‘This lesson has been a life saver! What an enjoyable lesson.’
This outstanding word art lesson is ideal for a transition activity, supply teachers, a gap lesson, an end of year activity or just for a display.
Children will study a range of artists who use words in their artwork, then create some 3D word artwork of their own. You can use this lesson flexibly from 30 minutes to an hour.
You will get:
✸ A PowerPoint with step-by-step instructions
✸ Lesson plan
L.O. To be able to create my own word art.
Success Criteria:
I understand what ‘3D’ and ‘perspective’ means
I can use pattern to make my artwork stand out.
I am inspired by word artists and can share my opinion on a range of artwork.
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This original, imaginative and purposeful range of WAGOLL (what a good one looks like) texts have been created to provide model examples of effective persuasive writing.
There are eight original example texts in total, modelling good practice for a varied range of persuasive activities. They include:
Buy My Pen
Visit the Maldives
Letter Against A New Heathrow Runway
Dragon’s Den Pitch - Lemonade Stand
Roald Dahl - The Best Author Ever
Stay at the Old Swan, Monkton
Make Sure You Recycle
Let’s Stop Bullying Together
Each example contains a range of apt persuasive devices, for example rhetorical questions, lists of three, personal pronouns, compounding connectives and many more.
Each of the texts is provided as PDFs (to protect the original formatting) and as Word files (in the zip folders - so that you can edit if you want to).
This lesson has been designed for anyone studying Functional Skills English Level One and Level Two. The lesson goes through two different texts and helps learners to understand how to use quotations to make comparisons and respond to the higher value questions on the reading exam paper.
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Included are 8 different examples of information texts (non-chronological reports) that can be used with children in English for a wide range of reasons.
Texts include:
The Vikings
Emperor Penguins
Lions
Velociraptors
Crocodiles and Aligators
Dolphins
Giant Panda
Green Anaconda
DT Textiles Fabrics Text and Worksheets
Text included:
• ‘Different Fabrics’ describing differences between various types of fabrics.
• ‘Properties of Woven fabrics’ and ‘Properties of Knitted fabrics’ – to find out advantages and disadvantages between woven and knitted fabrics, including appearance, texture, usage, sewing, longevity, ironing, wash and cost.
Worksheets included:
• Reading descriptions and naming different fabrics (word bank)
• Sticking fabric samples into 2 groups, natural fibres and synthetic fibres
• Sticking different types of fabrics and describing their appearances and textures
• Sticking samples of fabrics to match properties
• Comparing woven and knitted fabrics – tick (advantage) or cross (disadvantage) of each one’s appearance, texture, usage, sewing, longevity, ironing, wash and cost – write a conclusion
• Questionnaire
I have also created a set of flashcards and a set of Vocabulary Posters & Labels that can be used along with the worksheets.
Flashcards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-flashcards-12964802
Posters + Labels https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-vocabulary-posters-and-labels-12964810
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After you’ve looked at non-fiction text features, see if your students can identify examples of the text features independently. Grab an appropriate level non-fiction text and get started!
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The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 1 is aimed at KS1 plus older pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.
This lesson enables students to 'read between the lines' in texts and infer significant meanings. Utilising a range of visual, kinaesthetic, and reading tasks, students not only gain an increased understanding of the importance of inference in English, but also gain an awareness of its importance in other areas of life.
The lesson follows an interesting and engaging step-by-step learning journey, which helps students to:
- Define what inference is;
- Understand the importance of inference;
- Infer what they can see;
- Infer what they hear;
- Infer what they read, using key sentence starters and textual evidence;
- Formulate P.E.E. inference responses, where necessary utilising the included scaffolds and help-sheets;
- Peer/self assess their learning attempts.
Included in this resource pack:
- Full whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation;
- P.E.E scaffold sheet;
-Writing to analyse helpsheet;
- Pictures required for development task;
- Teacher guidance
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide.
A full lesson with all resources to cover purpose and features of text. full PowerPoint and 3 learner activities. Resources are differentiated to cover E3 - L2.
Activity 1 - Differentiated worksheet.
Activity 2 - Interactive scavenger hunt QR activity to encourage student participation. Each QR code links to a video and students are required to identify the purpose of the video.
Activity 3 - Differentiated workbook
Activity 4 - Exam style question
Students do lots of texting in their L1 and are often keen to learn how to text in English too. In this lesson students have a discussion, learn some useful texting abbreviations and read an article about texting and literacy.
These lesson plans will support children in being able to define each of the six major text types, sorting examples of text into each category
and thinking of further examples of text suitable for each category.