English starter activities to get their minds active.

This is an information report scaffold that includes the GENERAL STATEMENT, DESCRIPTION and EVALUATION. KS2, KS3

L.O. To understand metaphors, similes and personification and how an author may use them to provoke reactions. Task - to identify if the sentence contains a simile, metaphor or personification.

Great resource to hep with Guided Reading. Lots of tasks to choose from and to be adapted to suit your class.

A to Z handwriting worksheets

This resource is a great way to get kids passionate about their persuasive writing. Looking at Water Aid TV adverts in order to determine which ones they find effective and why. It included a checklist for persuasive writing and what needs to be included. Tasks could include: -writing a tv advert -writing a letter to the government -debating

This presentation provides one full week of learning about information reports and leads to students writing their own by Friday. It looks at examples of information reports and gives the class opportunity to write one together. Students will research, draft and produce an information report about a topic of their choice. Please see my PREMIUM RESOURCES for the Marking Criteria and my FREE RESOURCES for the Scaffold.

Superhero Webquest is a great way to get your students thinking and being creative to create their very own superhero! Will they side with MARVEL or DC COMICS?

Great bookmark teaching children how to hold a book the correct way and what to do if they can't read a tricky word.

This is the marking criteria for an Information Report. Please see my PREMIUM RESOURCES for the one-week plan on information reports and my FREE RESOURCES for the scaffold.

This resource is a great introduction lesson to Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It looks at: Listen to the story (video) Who are the main characters? Describe Goldilocks What happened at the beginning, middle and end? How could you change the ending?

A classroom display for Connectives - all made for you!

A whole unit of work on the Solar System using cross-curricular links including Science, English, Maths, Creative Arts, Computing and Physical Education and Health.

Focuses on writing a letter and what goes into a letter. Example letter to Santa, then opportunity for children to write their own.

Use these verbs to create sentences in KS1. Year 2s should try using conjunctions and adjectives to make their sentences even better.

Use this resource alongside the 30 minute lesson observation for KS1 English. This is aimed at Year 1.

Use this resource alongside the 30 minute lesson observation for KS1 English. This is aimed at Year 2 Higher Ability,

Use this resource alongside the 30 minute lesson observation for KS1 English. This is aimed at Year 2 Lower Ability.

Use this resource when asked to teach a 30 minute English lesson to KS1 for a job interview. It looks at using verbs from the Gruffalo. Differentiated resources to come.