A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
A brief sheet with fun examples of how punctuation changes meaning. I've used examples found on the internet of meaning changes caused by punctuation changes.
This is available at 65% discount as part of a bundle.
This could be homework tasks. This is a reading challenge homework for KS1 and Lower KS2. There are 3 bookmarks - one on unfamiliar words, one on other words for said and one on powerful verbs for children to fill in from their independent reading. You could choose to use just one bookmark, or all three over a number of weeks. There is a certificate that can be used as a reward for completing the bookmark.
Children will be excited by designing their dream beach hotel advert, with features like scuba diving and pools. There is a model text of a beach holiday brochure advert for a hotel, written to demonstrate genre features and to highlight the use of persuasive techniques. The comprehensive teaching notes explain the genre features to inform and to persuade. The notes draw attention to features of the model text, like fact and opinion and the use of a variety of sentence starts. The notes make suggestions for guided and independent writing and the scaffold frame offers additional support. The scaffold results in great writing and the pupils get a clear understanding of the features of the text type.
Poetry guided reading mats - comprehension questions on any poem aimed at 3 ability levels. Can be used for group and individual speaking and listening, guided reading or class discussion.
Great writing tasks - (story, newspaper, persuasive task) on Ancient Egypt.
Differentiated writing tasks with, for example, model texts, planners and teaching notes. A fun Egyptian holiday brochure, a Tutankhamun newspaper and story about 'Night in an Egyptian Museum'.
The Tutankhamun newspaper is written to demonstrate newspaper genre features such as, lead line telling the 5Ws, embedded clauses , synonyms, columns and quotations.
There are detailed teaching notes and differentiated support planners to scaffold the writing to get good understanding of the newspaper genre and a good piece of writing.
A Star Wars persuasive writing task, with differentiated planners, teaching notes and model text. Also learning mat offering questions for any persuasive text and a PowerPoint using animation to teach persuasive techniques.
This fun PowerPoint teaches children about persuasive techniques, using images and animations to make the ideas memorable and easy to remember. It aids pupils’ persuasive writing, but also gives pupils a new set of glasses with which they can make them more aware of the techniques used in persuasive media. It covers the use of persuasive techniques like appealing adjectives, catchy slogans, second person, imperative verbs, positive connotations and blinding with science. It is an ideal preparation for writing adverts, or brochures. It teaches that persuasive texts are consciously put together and constructed to achieve a purpose.
Learning outcomes - children learn about global warming and by using the model text, teaching notes and scaffold are able to write their own persuasive and informative texts on global warming.
A model global warming persuasive information text provides lots of information, so children will learn about global warming. Teaching notes provide guidance on the features of the text type. Teaching notes also guide discussion of how the writer manages to persuade and inform. This builds the children’s understanding of the text type in order to help pupils write their own persuasive and informative texts on global warming. There is a scaffold frame that can also be used to support independent writing on global warming.
There are some funny grammar worksheets, a fun summer holiday advert task and a reading challenge with certificate . Fun activities that should suit the end of term.
This is a bundle of punctuating speech resources. It includes a PowerPoint explaining the rules of punctuating speech and a punctuating dialogue investigation using harry potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It also includes two bookmarks. One bookmark requires children to notice how speech tags are used in reading and to compare the ways different writers handle speech. The other bookmark recaps the rules of how to punctuate speech.
This is a free extract from a Premium PowerPoint presentation discovering through questions and examples the rules for punctuating dialogue. This extract focuses on alternative words for said. The full PowerPoint and speech punctuation investigation tasks are available as a premium resource at AWalkerEducation shop.
The full premium presentation shows how to punctuate direct speech, how to move and use speech tags and includes alternative words for the speech verb, ‘said’. The investigations use well known texts for children to investigate and discover the rules for themselves.
There is a word a day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
There are 666 picture words - enough for over three and a half school years!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
There is a choice of using the resource in letter order or a random assortment.
This is a third Word a Day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Day for another school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
This is a Word a Week to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Week for a school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
If you like this Word a Week resource, you can buy the complete Word a Day resource for over three years. Alternately, the Word a Day resources can be bought as 3 separate year resources, providing a Word a Day for each of the three years.
This is a free sample of a Word a Day resource that I have made with over 600 words. The bought resource is a big enough word a day collection for 3 and a half school years.
There is a related picture and synonym to aid comprehension.
I hope it will be a way for whole schools to increase the vocabulary of their pupils, through use in lessons, newsletters or assemblies.
Aimed at KS3, KS4 and KS5 but the word a day may also have some application with able pupils in upper KS2.
This is a free sample of a Word a Day resource that I have made with over 600 words. The bought resource provides a big enough word a day collection for 3 and a half school years.
There is a related picture and synonym to aid comprehension.
I hope it will be a way for whole schools to increase the vocabulary of their pupils, through use in lessons, newsletters or assemblies.
Aimed at KS3, KS4 and KS5 but the word a day may also have some application with able pupils in upper KS2.
