This bundle constitutes a whole lesson on clauses. The presentations talks through different types of clauses, how clauses can be used in a sentence, and begins to introduce conjunctions. The presentation uses examples frequently to develop explanations. The worksheet pack contains three different worksheets designed to help children grow in confidence around using clauses in their writing. The worksheets are structured around different activities including a fill-in-the-blank activity, a colouring activity, and a cut and stick activity.

A collection of 3 quizzes on the topic of synonyms and expanded vocabulary. The 3 quizzes have been produced to aid differentiation and specific tailoring to the needs and abilities of the students. Each quiz follows a similar structure. The quizzes are organised into 5 rounds with approximately 30 questions for the overall quiz to ensure that in an average class of 30, every child can answer at least one question. Each round targets slightly different skills and questioning to help keep children engaged: multi-choice questions, true or false questions, odd-one-out etc. All questions have a multi-choice element to ensure the quiz is accessible to a wider range of abilities. Answers are provided for all questions in all quizzes. For the Primary Age / Medium quizzes, animation is used to reveal the answers. This allows the quizzes to be fully interactive. Students can select the answer they feel is right and animations will remove the incorrect answers to leave just the right answer. For the harder quiz, answers are provided at the end of each round for students to self or peer mark. All quizzes focus on common frequency words to increase the applicability of the quiz to children’s writing and every-day language use. Having all 3 quizzes available will aid differentiation, scaling, and scaffolding so every child can complete a quiz individually tailored to their needs and abilities.

Collection of 3 resources covering the use of adverbs to enhance speech writing and further describe how someone may be speaking. The lesson bundle contains a presentation which can be worked through as the main bulk of the teaching and lesson input, a collection of accompanying worksheets and a quiz. Presentation The bulk of the lesson can be structured and delivered using the presentation. The presentation is interactive and engaging throughout, allowing students to take an active role in their learning. The presentation is moves through 4 parts to allows for scaffolded teaching: Learning intentions, keywords covered, context Worked examples Application to sentences and writing Activities Throughout the lesson there is opportunity for students to work through examples interactively, answer questions, and complete short tasks all of which lead to a final application task at the end and some accompanying games / application activities. The presentation is structured clearly with simple colour and animation used throughout to engage and aid memory. Worksheets 4 worksheets are included in the worksheet pack. Learning intentions are typed onto all worksheets. Each worksheet looks to target real-life skills and application. Worksheet content is as follows: Wordbank activity Application to sentences (scaffolded) activity Application to sentences (independent) activity Cut and stick activity Each worksheet aims to be applicable to further curriculum areas, further writing, and relevant to every-day experiences. All worksheets have clear instructions. Quiz The lesson can be completed with a quiz. The quiz includes 35 questions in total, organised into 4 rounds. The idea of 35 questions is that in a typical class of 30, every child can answer a question. Having 4 rounds means the whole quiz would need not be completed in one sitting. Each round is structured as follows: Multi-choice questions looking at adverbs relevant to speech verbs. Multi-choice questions on adverbs relevant to specific scenarios involving speech. Multi-choice questions on adverbs relevant to feelings and how feelings can impact speech. Multi-choice questions on application to sentences. All questions are multiple-choice to enhance accessibility for all children. Answers are provided at the end of every round to allow pupils to self/peer assess. Tes paid licence

This collection of resources is designed to give you at least one lesson on expanded vocabulary for children at upper primary school / lower high school level (Y4-8) (P5-7 S1-2). The bundle contains five resources; 1) a presentation which can be delivered as a lesson; 2) a collection of worksheets. 3) Three different quizzes. Presentation The presentation is structured as follows: What is expanded vocabulary? Worked examples Applying expanded vocabulary to sentences and writing Activities. Throughout the presentation there are opportunities for class interaction, whiteboard work, questions, short activities to make the lesson as interactive as possible. There are regular links to real-life application and examples. There are three activities that can be completed at the end including: Thesaurus Skills activity, true or false quiz, game of bingo. The teaching of the lesson is broken down into teachable segments to scaffold learning. Worksheet Pack The worksheet pack contains 4 different worksheets each targeting a different skill set. The worksheets are as follows: Wordsearch (great starter activity. Answers given on a separate sheet.) Cut and stick A-Z Quiz (great plenary activity) Application to sentences (complete with LI. 2 activities included to allow for differentiation and scaffolding). Quizzes Three quizzes are included in this bundle. All 3 quizzes cover expanded vocabulary and synonyms. The difference between the 3 is in their difficulty. The quizzes are labelled “easy” “medium” “hard”. By providing you with all 3 quizzes, you can choose which quizzes are appropriate for your students. You could have the whole class working on one appropriate quiz together, or you could set students up working independently on quizzes tailored to their abilities. All 3 quizzes include 30 questions split into numerous rounds. Each round has a different style of question type such as: multi-choice, true or false, odd one out etc. to maintain variety and enhance engagement. Each quiz has a round focused on application to sentences to ensure the quiz is relatable and applicable to learning beyond this lesson. Each quiz includes multi-choice questions to enhance accessibility. Answers are provided at the end of each round in the hard quiz so students can self/peer mark. In the medium and easy quiz, answers are provided after each question so pupils can individually select their answers. This keeps the quizzes as interactive as possible.

This lesson looks at ways of improving writing through expanding our vocabulary. In this lesson the focus is on alternatives ways of saying “very” in our descriptions of nouns and verbs. The lesson encourages students to use singular, more ambitious vocabulary to emphasise extent, rather than repeatedly using “very” coupled with a more mundane descriptive word. The lesson bundle contains both a presentation which can be worked through and a collection of accompanying worksheets. Presentation The bulk of the lesson can be structured and delivered using the presentation. The presentation is interactive and engaging throughout, allowing students to take an active role in their learning. The presentation is moves through 4 parts to allows for scaffolded teaching: Learning intentions, keywords covered, context Worked examples Application to sentences and writing Activities Throughout the lesson there is opportunity for students to work through examples interactively, answer questions, and complete short tasks all of which leads to a final application task at the end. The presentation is structured clearly with simple colour and animation used throughout to engage and aid memory. Worksheets 2 worksheets are included in the worksheet pack. Learning intentions are typed onto both worksheets. Each worksheet looks to target real-life skills and application. First worksheet is a word bank creating activity which can include thesaurus skills if desired. Students are given a table with simple descriptive phrases involving very and are asked to provide alternatives without using “very”. This can serve as a useful word bank that they can refer to when writing in future. Second worksheet is a written sentence application task. Students are given 4 brief descriptions with “very” phrases underlined. They are asked to re-write the descriptives with alternatives for the very phrases. Each description covers a real-life applicable topic. An extension task is provided for students to expand their learning out to writing their own brief description on a recent day out. Quiz The lesson can be completed with a quiz. The quiz includes 30 questions in total, organised into 4 rounds. The idea of 30 questions is that in a typical class of 30, every child can answer a question. Having 4 rounds means the whole would need not be completed in one sitting. Each round covers a slightly different style of questioning to help keep the children engaged. Answers are provided for every question at the end of each round. All questions are multiple-choice to enhance accessibility for all children.

An entire lesson aimed at teaching primary aged children about verbs. Bundle contains a presentation about verbs along with a three worksheet pack. Presentation covers: what is a verb? example of verbs. Different types of verbs. How to use verbs in a sentence. Verbs and tenses. Activity at the end. Worksheet pack contains three different worksheets to consolidate student knowledge of verbs. Activities include a fill in the blank, reading activity, and a writing activity. Resources work best when starting with the presentation to introduce children to the theory and concept of verbs followed by the worksheets to test and consolidate knowledge.

A two resource bundle comprising a whole lesson about nouns. Resources included are a presentation to teach students about nouns, with some class activities at the end, and a worksheets pack. Presentation talks through definitions of a noun, types of noun, examples of nouns, and two class activities at the end. Worksheet pack contains five different worksheets designed to consolidate teaching from the presentation. Worksheets include two reading tasks, a cut and stick task, a matching task, and a written task.