Hello and Welcome to my shop! I have a mixture of resources based on my experiences. Mostly, you will find resources for the Primary-Curriculum which have been developed in accordance with my experience teaching Primary. Secondly, you will find music-related resources developed in accordance with my musical training (BA Music - Oxford University). Finally, you will find GCSE A-Level appropriate resources that I developed when I was a student. I hope you will find something of use to you. :)
Hello and Welcome to my shop! I have a mixture of resources based on my experiences. Mostly, you will find resources for the Primary-Curriculum which have been developed in accordance with my experience teaching Primary. Secondly, you will find music-related resources developed in accordance with my musical training (BA Music - Oxford University). Finally, you will find GCSE A-Level appropriate resources that I developed when I was a student. I hope you will find something of use to you. :)
This resource is a whole lesson on the topic of creative writing and writing speech that specifically looks at expanding vocabulary use through choosing alternative words for “said”. The lesson includes a presentation that can be worked through. The presentation is highly interactive involving questions, short and long activities, games, and worked examples so that students take an active part of their learning journey and engage a range of senses and skills. The presentation is structured in 4 parts as follows:
Why should we consider alternative words for said?
Worked Examples
Application to Sentences
Activities.
Worked Examples
The worked examples help students create a word bank of alternatives for said that they can then use in their sentences. To help students think about alternatives for “said” the presentation discusses the impact of feelings on how a person may speak. The presentation then works through common feelings and how someone may speak with each of those feelings. Students take an active part in gathering this knowledge by being involved in class discussions which will lead to the creation of class mind maps. To accompany these class activities, the presentation goes through its own mind maps for each of the chosen feelings so that students should finish this section with a bank of words they can apply to their sentences.
Application to Sentences
The presentation begins by giving students a short passage of speech where “said” is used repetitively to emphasise the lack of interest and information this creates. This passage of speech is then returned to at this point in the lesson as the presentation works through swapping out all the “said” for an alternative word chosen from the previously created word bank. The presentation takes this section sentence at a time to increase accessibility. Students are encouraged to complete the task in their own books, choosing their own words, along with the presentation. The presentation gives an example at each point to help those who may lack confidence to choose independently.
Activities
The presentation concludes with 4 activities. Including:
Word Association game
Sentence building dice game
Charades game
Real-life applicable task involving sentence writing.
Each activity looks to develop different interpersonal skills such as leadership, communication, confidence, alongside academic learning.
Subtle colour, images, and animations are used throughout the presentation to aid memory and ensure the presentation is aesthetically engaging.
A collection of four worksheets designed to consolidate student’s knowledge and help them practise using adverbs when writing speech. The four worksheets are each designed to target different skills, with each one aiming to be applicable to practical applications such as sentence writing and further learning. The four worksheets are as follows:
Workbank activity - designed to help students expand their vocabulary and build up their knowledge of ambitious adverbs and the contexts they could be used. The worksheet provides students with 8 different verbs applicable to speech with space to write 3 or more adverbs that could be used in a sentence with each verb. The worksheet concludes by encouraging students to write 3 sentences of their own using the examples they have just created.
Application to sentences - ideal worksheet for students who may struggle to create sentences independently. This worksheet provides students with sentences and asks them to fill in the gaps with appropriate adverbs to complete the sentences. This allows students to practise applying adverbs to real-life contexts without the need to create anything independently.
Application to sentences - independent sentence writing. This worksheet is ideal for students who will benefit from the challenge of creating the whole sentence, with adverbs, independently. To help students create sentence themes, the worksheet provides 4 briefs for students to write short paragraphs of speech on. One example brief is: a conversation between a couple debating where to go on holiday. One partner wishes for a beach resort and the other wishes for a countryside, cultural trip.
Cut and stick activity - more practice of choosing adverbs appropriate for different contexts. This activity is well-suited for not involving any writing. Answers provided on a separate sheet.
All worksheets are structured simply with learning intentions typed at the top, clear instructions underneath, then the activities evenly and fairly spaced.
Worksheet pack would work well in conjunction with the lesson on using adverbs in speech writing also available from this author’s shop, however, this is not necessary. The worksheet pack can also be used as a standalone resource.
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.
A 30-question quiz on alternatives ways of saying “said”. Ideal plenary activity / easy assessment activity.
The quiz is simply structured with 3 rounds of 10 questions. The total of 30 questions is designed so that in an average class of 30 students, every student can answer at least one question. Each round is slightly different to target different ways of thinking and application. Each round is structured as follows:
Multi-choice questions on how someone may speak when feeling a certain way
Multi-choice questions on how someone may speak when performing a certain action
Multi-choice questions applying alternative said words to sentences
The multiple-choice element helps the quiz to remain accessible to a wider range of abilities. Finishing with a sentence based round helps ensure the quiz is applicable to wider English / literacy lessons. All questions aim to cover common scenarios and said words to ensure the quiz is applicable to further writing and the wider curriculum. Answers are included at the end of each round so students can self assess / peer mark their quizzes.
Colour and simple animations are used throughout to keep the quiz aesthetically engaging.
The quiz would work well in conjunction with the lesson on “alternatives for said” and “alternatives for said” worksheet pack, also available by this author. This is not necessary, however. The quiz will work well as a standalone resource.
Lesson One of a series of 6 lessons designed to teach children about musical instruments and instrumental families
Lesson one focuses on an introduction to different musical instruments and instrumental families with lessons 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 going into more detail on each individual instrumental family.
The idea of these lessons is to enable children to learn about musical instruments, instrumental families, and music more generally without the need for any specialist musical knowledge or practical music resources like instruments.
Lesson consists of a presentation and two worksheet packs. One worksheet pack on musical instruments and the other on instrumental families. There are more worksheets and activities as is necessary for one lesson to allows teachers and support staff to choose the most appropriate worksheets/activities for your students, and to allow the activities to cover a range of lessons and circumstances if need be. Some worksheets would make great starter / plenary tasks.
Presentation covers each of the instrumental families in brief detail, covering key features of each, instruments belonging to each family. It also explains how instrumental families are assigned and why. Activities and questions are embedded throughout the presentation to encourage students to have an active part in their learning. Animations and colour are used in a subtle way to engage children’s attention without being over-stimulating.
Worksheets involve a range of activities including: wordsearches, riddles, times tables, cut-and-stick, colour coding, unscrambling, matching, reading, and writing activities. Total of 15 worksheets included with answers where appropriate. Worksheets presented in a friendly manner with musical borders, simple instructions, and some images.
**Lesson six in a series of six lessons on musical instruments and instrumental families. Lesson five covers The Keyboard Family
This lesson forms part of a series designed to teach children about musical instruments and instrumental families without the need for music resources or specialist musical knowledge. The lessons are designed to be accessible to students from all musical backgrounds.
Although the lesson does form part of a series, it can also be used a stand-alone lesson on keyboard instrument and does not need to be used in conjunction with other lessons in the series.
This lesson pack contains a presentation and 4 worksheets.
Presentation
The presentation is best used to teach students about the keyboard family. The lesson presentation is structured as follows:
overview of instrument families
overview of the keyboard family - key instruments, common features etc.
Deeper look at the piano
Deeper look at the electric piano / keyboard
Three activities
The presentation finishes with three different activity suggestions to consolidate knowledge: a written task, and two creative tasks.
The presentation includes questions and short activities throughout to allow students to take an active part in their learning.
The presentation is long enough and detailed enough that it could be separated across two lessons for lower level learners. If this is the case, I would suggest splitting into two lessons, starting the second lesson with the deeper look at the electric piano / keyboard.
Worksheets
The lesson pack comes with 4 different worksheets, each a different activity as follows:
wordsearch
times table sheet
unscramble activity
fact file writing activity
Worksheets come with answers where appropriate. All worksheets except the fact file writing worksheet would make excellent starter or plenary activities to frame the lesson. Where possible, worksheets have a cross-curricular emphasis and are designed to enhance literacy and numeracy skills as well as reinforcing the subject of keyboard instruments.
**Lesson four in a series of six lessons on musical instruments and instrumental families. Lesson four is on The String Family
This lesson forms part of a series designed to teach children about musical instruments and instrumental families without the need for music resources or specialist musical knowledge. The lessons are designed to be accessible to students from all musical backgrounds.
Although the lesson does form part of a series, it can also be used a stand-alone lesson on string instrument and does not need to be used in conjunction with other lessons in the series.
This lesson pack contains a presentation and 6 worksheets.
Presentation
The presentation is best used to teach students about the string family. The lesson presentation is structured as follows:
overview of instrument families
overview of the string family - key instruments, common features etc.
Deeper look at the violin, viola, cello, and double bass
Deeper look at the acoustic and electric guitar
Deeper look at the harp
Comparison of string instruments
Three activities
The presentation finishes with three different activity suggestions to consolidate knowledge.
The presentation includes questions and short activities throughout to allow students to take an active part in their learning.
The presentation is long enough and detailed enough that it could be separated across two lessons for lower ability learners. If this is the case, I would suggest splitting into two lessons, starting the second lesson with the comparisons between instruments.
Worksheets
The lesson pack comes with 6 different worksheets, each a different activity as follows:
cut and stick
wordsearch
times table sheet
unscramble activity
fact file writing activity
true or false quiz
Worksheets come with answers where appropriate. All worksheets except the fact file writing worksheet would make excellent starter or plenary activities to frame the lesson.
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.
A whole lesson on adverbs aimed at primary school aged children, specifically KS2. The bundle contains a taught presentation to cover the content and theory behind adverbs and a worksheet pack containing 4 worksheets to consolidate knowledge.
The presentation covers the following content:
-what are adverbs?
-different types of adverbs
-examples of adverbs
-how we can use adverbs in our writing
The presentation is interwoven with examples to develop application of knowledge to reading and writing. There are also interactive questions and an acting activity at the end.
The worksheets are designed for use after the presentation to consolidate knowledge and allow students chance to apply their knowledge to broader English skills such as reading and writing.
Worksheets include
-fill in the blank activity
-two reading activities
-a written activity.
This is a collection of presentations / flashcards covering changes to British politics, economy, society and foreign relations 1950 - 2000. There is specific factual detail included throughout each presentation.
Unscramble activity involving the names of different percussion instruments. Great activity for learning key words and their spellings. Great starter or plenary activity.
A collection of 7 fact file writing frames for different percussion instruments - drum, cymbal, drum kit, timpani, xylophone, glockenspiel, shakers.
Writing frames include 6 prompter questions with lines underneath to help students structure and focus their fact file. There is space to provide an image.
Prompter questions focus around key features of the instruments and their sound, history of the instruments, description of the instruments, then finish with more reflective questions, encouraging children to think creatively and form opinions.
This resource is a great example of cross-curricular working, allowing students to develop knowledge on a specific topic whilst furthering their literacy skills in a proactive fashion. It combines student’s critical thinking with creative thinking and knowledge-based learning.
True or false quiz about percussion instruments. Questions cover instrument names, key features of percussion instruments and how they make a sound, and percussion instrument history as well as key facts about material and structure. Answers provided on a separate sheet. Great plenary activity to assess student learning. Great cross-curricular activity of developing literacy skills in other subjects.
**Lesson five in a 6-part unit of work on musical instruments and instrumental families. ** This lesson covers the percussion family.
HOWEVER This lesson can work as a stand-alone teaching resource for introducing students to percussion instruments and does not need to be used in conjunction with other lessons in the lesson series
The aim of this unit of work is to enable children to learn about music and musical instruments without the requirement of any specialist music teacher, prior musical knowledge, or practical music resources like instruments.
This lesson covers the percussion family. The following topic areas are covered in the lesson: recap of instrumental families, introduction to percussion family and percussion instruments, walk-through of individual percussion instruments, activities. The drum, cymbal, drum kit, timpani, xylophone, glockenspiel, and shakers are discussed in this lesson.
The lesson is structured as a detailed presentation. Questions are asked throughout to help engage students’ attention and allow them to have an active part in their learning. Activities are also involved in the lesson to help students consolidate their knowledge. Activities include the following:
mind map activity
poster-making/ advertising activity
written fact-file activity
creative design activity
The presentation has 40 slides. .
Colour is used throughout to aid memory. Animations and transitions are used throughout to engage attention but they are used subtly so as to not become overwhelming or overstimulating.
**Lesson four in a 6-part unit of work on musical instruments and instrumental families. ** This lesson covers the string family.
HOWEVER This lesson can work as a stand-alone teaching resource for introducing students to string instruments and does not need to be used in conjunction with other lessons in the lesson series
The aim of this unit of work is to enable children to learn about music and musical instruments without the requirement of any specialist music teacher, prior musical knowledge, or practical music resources like instruments.
This lesson covers the string family. The following topic areas are covered in the lesson: recap of instrumental families, introduction to string family and string instruments, walk-through of individual string instruments, comparing string instruments. The violin, viola, cello, double bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, and harp are discussed in this lesson.
The lesson is structured as a detailed presentation. Questions are asked throughout to help engage students’ attention and allow them to have an active part in their learning. Activities are also involved in the lesson to help students consolidate their knowledge. Activities include the following:
mind map activity
poster-making/ advertising activity
written fact-file activity
creative design activity
The presentation has 36 slides. Depending on the needs of the pupils and length of the lesson, this lesson could be broken-down into 2 or 3 separate lessons. If breaking the lesson into 2, I would recommend commencing lesson 2 from ‘comparing string instruments’. If breaking the lesson down into 3 separate lessons, I would recommend commencing lesson 2 from the walk-through of individual string instruments, and lesson 3 from ‘comparing string instruments’.
Colour is used throughout to aid memory. Animations and transitions are used throughout to engage attention but they are used subtly so as to not become overwhelming or overstimulating.
Worksheet combining music and times tables. Solve the times table problems to crack the code and spell out the names of keyboard instruments. Answers provided on a separate sheet. Great starter or plenary activity - allows for numeracy and literacy development across the curriculum. Worksheet presented in an appealing way with a musical border.
A collection of 2 fact file writing frames for different keyboard instruments - piano and electric piano.
Writing frames include 6 prompter questions with lines underneath to help students structure and focus their fact file. There is space to provide an image.
Prompter questions focus around key features of the instruments and their sound, history of the instruments, description of the instruments, then finish with more reflective questions, encouraging children to think creatively and form opinions.
This resource is a great example of cross-curricular working, allowing students to develop knowledge on a specific topic whilst furthering their literacy skills in a proactive fashion. It combines student’s critical thinking with creative thinking and knowledge-based learning.
A wordsearch on keyboard instruments and key features of keyboard instruments. Wordsearch involves 11 different words. Answers provided on a separate sheet.
Great plenary or starter activity. Great for learning key words and their spellings. Presented in an appealing way with a musical border and some images.