This lesson is part of my much bigger rainforest bundle based around the beautiful book ‘Journey to the River Sea’:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/journey-to-the-river-sea-rainforests-literacy-and-geography-ks2-unit-12762826
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Lovely lesson with a detailed PowerPoint and example leaflet for the Amazon Rainforest and Amazon River.
-writing task to write a leaflet (non-chronological report)
-Power Point included
White background copies of leaflets included for easier printing.
-x30 leaflets included ready to analyse
-x30 success criteria
-x 30 writing checklists
-x30 research charts
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
Extremely fun and engaging unit of work and printable classroom display based on this fantastic book! Great unit to use when teaching evolution, Darwin and the HMS Beagle expedition.
Resource includes an information text about Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage, a biography of Charles Darwin and a narrative description inspired by the book. Power Point includes an extract analysis for each text type.
A six week unit of work based on chapters 1-6 of the book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ with comprehension tasks, writing tasks, science objectives, cross curricular links and plenty of challenges included throughout.
PowerPoint** for chapters 1-6 with 63 slides.
X30 sets of success criteria for each writing task included.
x30 sets of extract analysis for each genre ready to print.
x 30 Writing checklists for each writing genre included.
Science focus including substantive knowledge and vocabulary for evolution topic.
Extensive Vocabulary and comprehension linked to the domains for all 6 chapters
Comprehension and critical thinking challenges
Comprehension answers included
Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; plenty of SPAG opportunities ; writing activities, editing and publishing
Planning overview.
Suitable for KS2
Narrative Writing Lesson for Upper Key Stage 2, based on the classic novel, The Secret Garden. This lesson is designed to help students develop their creative writing skills and deepen their understanding of narrative techniques.
Included in the lesson are PowerPoint slides that guide students through the writing process, using Chapter 23 of The Secret Garden as a basis for analysis and inspiration. The lesson also includes two narrative extracts ready for analysis, allowing students to practice identifying and deconstructing literary techniques such as personification, metaphors, similes, and expanded noun phrases.
To support students in their writing, I’ve also included writing checklists and narrative writing prompt bookmarks, helping them to stay on track and incorporate literary devices in their own writing.
NOW INCLUDES AI GENERATED ART AS INSPIRATION FOR YOUR STUDENTS!
*Powerpoint Slides
*x2 Narrative extracts
*Narrative prompt bookmarks
*free Narrative classroom poster
Success criteria
Stunning new Carnegie winning book! X 6 week literacy unit.
Perfect autumn unit and locational study of a British woodland!
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X6 week Unit of work based on chapters 1-8 of this stunning Carnegie Medal winning book.
PowerPoint with 64 slides
x30 Success criteria provided ready to print PDF.
x30 extract analysis included ready to print PDF
Writing checklists for each genre covered provided.
Recently added free report writing and narrative writing bookmarks for children to edit their writing.
Extensive comprehension tasks linked with content domains (answers included)
Key vocabulary
Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; opportunities for modelled writing; SPAG; writing activities; editing and publishing ideas.
Planning overview.
Suitable for KS2
Perfect book to accompany a locational study of British woodland.
Writing opportunities
Information text: write an information text about British woodland.
Narrative: write a narrative description of an autumnal woodland.
Poetry: write an acrostic poem about a woodland animal or plant.
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
This lesson is designed to help upper KS2 students write an engaging information report about the Northern Lights. It includes scientific vocabulary flashcards, a model information text to analyse, SPAG activities, success criteria, and a writing checklist. These resources aim to improve students’ scientific vocabulary and writing skills, providing a step-by-step guide to ensure their writing meets the success criteria and includes all the necessary components of an information report.
What you get:
Power POint Presentation
set of PDF vocabulary flashcards
Report writing checklist
success criteria
PDF Northern Lights report exemplar extract
Year 5 and 6 English CHALLENGING 5 a day task to prepare children for end of year SATs assessments - a comprehensive six-week program designed to boost your students’ English skills!
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With a focus on spellings, grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension, these mini tasks are perfect for daily use as an early morning activity, after lunch, or as part of the main English lesson.
Each day, your students will be presented with a series of mini tasks, covering all the year 5 and 6 statutory spellings, along with a range of grammar and vocabulary exercises to improve their language skills.
The comprehension tasks are designed to cover a range of domains, including vocabulary, retrieval, summarising, predicting, and inference. This means that your students will not only improve their language skills, but also their ability to understand and analyse text. Children should be encouraged to work through as many questions as possible and perhaps work in partners to try to work out the trickier comprehension questions. Dictionaries will need to be at hand!
Whether you’re looking to supplement your current English curriculum, or simply want to provide your students with a fun and engaging way to improve their language skills, the Year 5 and 6 English 5 a day tasks are the perfect solution.
This exciting letter writing and mock evacuation activity is part of my larger unit base on the fabulous ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’ book.
This lesson comes with an evacuee letter ready to analyse and x30 billeting forms ready to fill out for your class.
Power Point with slides and SPAG
x30 evacuee letter copies PDF
x30 letter writing checklists PDF
x30 billeting forms for each child in your class-each with information about a different family.
This lesson is from my larger unit: ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/letters-from-the-lighthouse-literacy-reading-writing-and-history-unit-12727046
These three beautiful poetry lessons all have a space theme.
X3 space poems included with extract analysis.
Focus on poetry figurative devices.
3 poems studied:
‘Harvest Moon’ by Ted Hughes,
‘The Light of the Stars’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Haiku by Tracy Drain ( Nasa Engineer)
x15 PDF NASA photographs included of stars, the moon and Jupiter.
x30 PDF success criteria for each poem.
x30 PDF checklists included.
PDF copies of the 3 poems
Set of space vocabulary bookmarks
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
This display goes with a much larger 6 week scheme of work around the stunning book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ and other explorer resources. Links below.
Lovely classroom display for Darwin’s Dragons beautiful KS2 book.
This PDF has lettering and images that can be adapted to create any display of your choice-picture is just one example! A set of evolution and Galapagos vocabulary bookmarks also included which can be used on the display of printed and laminated for the children in your class.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/darwin-s-dragons-darwin-and-hms-beagle-ks2-literacy-unit-with-history-and-science-links-12747660
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/galapagos-and-evolution-vocabulary-bookmarks-12747674
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/explorers-ks2-bundle-shackleton-s-and-darwin-12747688
A huge bundle filled with writing, reading and cross-curricular activities based on the first six chapters of these three beautiful books:
Letters from the Lighthouse (WW2 theme)
Rooftoppers (Narrative and letter writing)
Darwin’s Dragons (Darwin and HMS Beagle expedition theme)
Copies of the books are required.
Each unit is filled with SPAG , vocabulary and inspirational activities.
Power Points included
x30 success criteria included
x30 checklists included
x30 extract analysis included.
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**30 Days of Engaging English Activities for KS2. **These tasks are designed to supercharge children’s attainment and prepare them for KS2 SATs assessments. This resource focuses on key areas such as comprehension, year 5 and 6 statutory spellings, and grammar preparation, ensuring a well-rounded approach to SATs readiness.
With a specific focus on the reading domains, these resources offers a wide range of carefully crafted reading comprehension tasks. These tasks cover essential skills such as vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval, and summarisation. By incorporating these tasks into daily activities, students can sharpen their comprehension abilities and develop the necessary tools to excel in SATs assessments.
**Speaking and listening prompt cards.
**These visually stimulating prompts are accompanied by carefully selected adjectives, adverbs, verbs, and prepositions. By engaging in these activities, students can practice speaking, listening, and SPAG (spelling, punctuation, and grammar) skills, developing their communication abilities for SATs and beyond.
Unit of work based on chapters** 1-6 of ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’**.
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Large PowerPoint and PDF version
Success criteria for each written task
PDF extracts for each writing task
Report writing and narrative poster and checklist bookmarks included.
Comprehension activity worksheets fro chapters 1-6 PDFs
Extensive comprehension tasks linked with content domains with answers
Key vocabulary
Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; opportunities for modelled writing; SPAG; writing activities; editing and publishing ideas.
Challenge activities/ideas provided throughout.
Planning overview.
Suitable for KS2
Writing opportunities:
-Designing an outfit for Edward. Narrative writing about Edward’s outfit with modelled SPAG examples.
-Design a ship like the Queen Mary. Write a persuasive report about the ship using a range of SPAG modelled in the slides.
-Narrative description of Edward’s fall into the ocean. Modelled SPAG activities included.
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
Extremely fun and engaging unit of work and printable EVOLUTION classroom display!
Great unit to use when teaching evolution, Darwin and the HMS Beagle expedition.
Resource includes an information text about Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage, a biography of Charles Darwin and a narrative description inspired by the book. Power Point includes an extract analysis for each text type.
A six week unit of work based on chapters 1-6 of the book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ with comprehension tasks, writing tasks, science objectives, cross curricular links and plenty of challenges included throughout.
PowerPoint** for chapters 1-6 with 63 slides.
X30 sets of success criteria for each writing task included.
x30 sets of extract analysis for each genre ready to print.
x 30 Writing checklists for each writing genre included.
Science focus including substantive knowledge and vocabulary for evolution topic.
Extensive Vocabulary and comprehension linked to the domains for all 6 chapters
Comprehension and critical thinking challenges
Comprehension answers included
Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; plenty of SPAG opportunities ; writing activities, editing and publishing
Planning overview.
Suitable for KS2
x30 Printable persuasive writing checklists and vocabulary prompt cards. Free Persuasive writing classroom poster.
Simply print and trim. These prompt cards can also be laminated and slotted inside children’s books.
Also see my English units of work with high-quality writing ideas. Units are all based around popular KS2 (grades 4 and 5) fiction books and are cross-curricular.
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**Ultimate Reading Comprehension and SPAG Toolkit for Upper Key Stage 2 (Ages 9-12)!
This toolkit is designed to enhance reading comprehension, spelling, and grammar skills. This all-in-one package includes a wide array of resources to support your teaching and provide students with meaningful learning experiences.
What’s Included:
30 Daily Comprehension, Spelling, and Grammar Exercises:
Foster daily practice and consolidation of essential comprehension, spelling, and grammar skills. These exercises are thoughtfully crafted to challenge students while building their confidence in these key areas.
**Skills Prompt Sheets
Whether you’re working with fiction or non-fiction texts, these sheets provide students with a structured framework to analyse, infer, and respond to what they read.
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**Word Logs:
Encourage vocabulary development and word exploration with our Word Logs. Students can record new words they encounter during their reading journey, along with their definitions and usage, fostering a deeper understanding of language.
**Reading Reflection Sheets:
Promote critical thinking and self-reflection with our Reading Reflection Sheets. Students can express their thoughts, feelings, and connections to the text, enhancing their comprehension and fostering a love for reading.
**Reading Organiser.
This tool helps students identify main ideas, supporting details, and key elements of a text, enhancing their comprehension and analytical skills.
**Year 5/6 (ages 8-12) Spelling Flashcards
**SPAG Posters:
Decorate your classroom with our eye-catching SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar) posters. These visually appealing and informative posters serve as helpful reminders of essential grammar rules and writing conventions.
Download by clicking on he sticker on the PDF link. This will take you into a Google Drive with all the PDFs you need.
Enhance Your KS2 Classroom with Mindfulness Marvels!
Discover “Mindfulness Marvels for KS2,” the ultimate teacher resource to cultivate mindfulness, critical thinking, and emotional well-being in your students.
This resource pack includes five breathwork activities, five daily proverbs for thought-provoking discussions, five daily reflection sheets to encourage calmness and helpfulness, and a gratitude exercise. With easy-to-follow instructions and ready-to-use materials, you’ll empower your students to develop vital life skills while creating a nurturing classroom environment. Elevate your teaching today with “Mindfulness Marvels for KS2” and watch your students thrive as they learn to breathe, reflect, and grow.
Huge bundle based on the captivating books ‘The Last Bear’, ‘Darwin’s Dragons’, ‘Shackleton’s Journey’ and ‘Journey to the River Sea’.
Packed with extensive writing extracts, SPAG tasks, writing genre posters, research about Bear island, Antarctica, the Amazon river and forest and much more! Explore rainforests, rivers, the Arctic and Antarctic with your class.
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Free classroom poster with features of an explanation text.
This poster can be purchased with some writing prompts (x30 ready to print and laminate for each child).
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12797604
Please see my English units, all based on beautiful KS2 (grades 4,5) books.
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Narrative writing classroom poster showing features of narrative writing.
This can also be purchased with some narrative writing prompt cards (x30 for each child) ready to print, laminate and slot inside children’s English books.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12797614
Also see my English units of work with high-quality writing ideas. Units are all based around popular KS2 (grades 4 and 5) fiction books and are cross-curricular.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Eclipse-Education
A4 PDF letter writing prompt classroom poster. Simply print, laminate if required and display!
This poster can be purchased with my letter writing prompt bookmarks (x30 for each child) , link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12798055