A poetry workshop for lower KS2. Here is a chance for you to have a real poet in your classroom. In this resource package David Horner, children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, shares with you a typical session he did when he was working in schools across the country and abroad. A comprehensive set of notes set out in detail how David would have organised a typical visit to school. The package also includes all the resources you will need to duplicate the sessions: Three animated videos where David reads out three of his poems using a number of unusual characters to help him! Text of each of these poems for the children to have as they follow the readings. Suggestions, in the Teachers’ Notes, as to how you might follow this first session up. A PowerPoint containing a complete workshop lesson for you to do with the children to get them writing their own poetry. A set of notes to accompany each of the slides that talk you through the lesson. We hope that you and your class enjoy this resource. If you have any comments we would love to hear from you. You can leave a review or contact us through Twitter @goodeyedeers

A poetry workshop for upper KS2. Here is an opportunity for you to have a real poet in your classroom . In this resource package David Horner, children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, shares with you a typical session he did when he was working in schools across the country and abroad. A comprehensive set of notes set out in detail how David would have organised a typical visit to school. The package also includes all the resources you will need to duplicate the sessions: Three animated videos where David reads out three of his poems using a number of unusual characters to help him! Text of each of these poems for the children to have as they follow the readings. Suggestions, in the Teachers’ Notes, as to how you might follow this first session up. A PowerPoint containing a complete workshop lesson for you to do with the children to get them writing their own poetry. A set of notes to accompany each of the slides that talk you through the lesson. We hope that you and your class enjoy this resource. If you have any comments we would love to hear from you. You can leave a review or contact us through Twitter @goodeyedeers

In this PowerPoint the Christmas story is narrated by four cats who were there. They are: Oscar - Mary’s cat who was with her when the Angel Gabriel appeared. Mia - a cat who lived in the stable where Jesus was born. Cat - a wild cat who hangs out in the fields with the shepherds. Simba - a royal cat from the palace of King Herod. The children will enjoy listening to each one give an account of what they saw. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a children’s charity raising money to provide paediatric medical equipment and facilities for hospitals and community health teams.

In this PowerPoint lesson the children discover how to create interesting haiku using the meanings of words from their word list or spelling list. This fun and engaging lesson will have your class using a dictionary to find the meanings of selected words; discover what a haiku is; explore how all the words we use contain syllables and then use this information to create their own haiku. The resource includes: A PowerPoint lesson that takes the children through the entire process. Teachers’ Notes including a worksheet to help the children write their haiku The resulting haiku poems the children create would make an excellent addition to a class word wall. If you find this resource useful please tell your friends and a review would be amazing. Many thanks. Mike and David from Goodeyedeers.

These 24 dictionary challenge cards are great fun and can be used to develop your children’s use of the dictionary. Each card has an open-ended clue to be used by the children to find a word in the dictionary. For each card there is more than one possible answer. There are also 8 bonus cards that each contain a different task for the children to complete using some or all of the words they have found. The cards are in colour and in black and white. There is an answer sheet for the children to fill in as they complete each task card.

This resource contains 32 Suffixes Task Cards. The 24 main task cards require your students to find a word ending with a specific suffix that fits the given clue. The suffixes used are ‘ful’, ‘ous’, ‘ly’, ‘less’, ‘able’, ‘ible’ and ‘ment’. The 8 challenge cards require your students to use their answers on their answer sheet to complete. There are 24 main cards and 8 challenge cards plus an answer sheet and a student answer sheet.

This resource contains 32 Prefixes Task Cards. The 24 main task cards require your students to find a word beginning with a specific prefix that fits the given clue. The prefixes used are ‘un’, ‘mis’, ‘im’, ‘in’, ‘re’ and ‘sup’. The 8 challenge cards require your students to use their answers on their answer sheet to complete. There are 24 main cards and 8 challenge cards plus an answer sheet and a student answer sheet.

In this entertaining and creative game players meet – or possibly re-meet - Hetti, a smart and friendly alien living on the far off planet of SPaG. The game is wholly about teaching, rather than testing the Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar demands for Y2 children as set out in the most recent National Curriculum for English. The PowerPoint presentation leads the children, step by step, through the game. It also includes an embedded video introducing the children to Hetti. The Teachers’ Notes give more instructions for playing the game and suggested follow up activities. The precise elements the game covers are: subordination expanded noun phrases the progressive form of verbs commas to separate items in a list apostrophes to mark letters missing in spelling. The game also revisits much of the punctuation demands and the terminology introduced in Y1. It can be played more than once, either by small groups of 5 or more, or by a whole class. The National Curriculum insists that building grammatical knowledge is best achieved through a focus on grammar within the teaching of reading, writing and speaking. This is exactly how this activity is designed to work. Money raised from the sale of this resource will be going to a children’s charity called MedEquip4Kids.

This resource contains: A PowerPoint lesson explaining the game in detail and including a video clip message from Hetti Teachers’ notes explaining how to play the game and giving links to the National Curriculum A 5x4 grid to photocopy for the children In this enjoyable and creative game players meet – or possibly re-meet - Hetti, a smart and friendly alien living on the far off planet of SPaG. The game is wholly about teaching, rather than testing the Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar demands for Y3 children as set out in the most recent National Curriculum for English. The precise elements the game covers are: forming nouns using prefixes choosing a or an before the next word expressing time using conjunctions. In playing this version of the Great Grammar Game, children will also be revisiting and revising their SPaG knowledge from previous years. Like all other versions of the game it can be played more than once, either in small groups of 5 or more, or by a whole class. The National Curriculum insists that building grammatical knowledge is best achieved through a focus on grammar within the teaching of reading, writing and speaking. This is exactly how this activity is designed to work. Money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a children’s charity called MedEquip4Kids.

In this engrossing and creative game players meet – or possibly re-meet - Hetti, a smart and friendly alien living on the far off planet of SPaG. The game is wholly about teaching, rather than testing the Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar demands for Y5 children as set out in the most recent National Curriculum for English. The PowerPoint lesson leads the children, step by step, through the game. It also includes an embedded video introducing the children to Hetti. The Teachers’ Notes give more instructions for playing the game and suggested follow up activities. The precise elements the game covers are: relative clauses relative pronouns modal verbs adverbs suggesting degrees of possibility. In playing this version of the Great Grammar Game, children will also be revisiting and revising their SPaG knowledge from previous years. Like all other versions of the game it can be played more than once, either in small groups of 5 or more, or by a whole class. The National Curriculum insists that building grammatical knowledge is best achieved through a focus on grammar within the teaching of reading, writing and speaking. This is exactly how this activity is designed to work. The money raised from the sale of this resource is going to a children’s charity called MedEquip4Kids.

In this, stimulating and creative game players meet – or possibly re-meet - Hetti, a smart and friendly alien living on the far-off planet of SPaG. The game is wholly about teaching, rather than testing the Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar demands for Y4 children as set out in the most recent National Curriculum for English. In the PowerPoint lesson the game covers: the grammatical difference between plural and possessive 's ' standard English verb inflections fronted adverbials and punctuation apostrophes to mark singular possession. In playing this version of the Great Grammar Game, children will also be revisiting and revising their SPaG knowledge from previous years. Like all other versions of the game, it can be played more than one, either in small groups of 5 or more or by a whole class. The National Curriculum insists that building grammatical knowledge is best achieved through a focus on grammar within the teaching of reading, writing and speaking. This is exactly how this activity is designed to work. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.

-UPDATED 2020- Aimed at children in Years 5, 6 and 7. This popular PowerPoint lesson takes the children through the first verse of the poem ‘Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll and gives them a strategy for turning this nonsensical poem into one that makes sense - almost! The children have practice in recognising nouns, adjectives and verbs and in using the dictionary to find suitable replacement words. The Teachers’ Notes gives background information to the creation of the poem and in particular, Lewis Carroll’s use of ‘portmanteau words’. They also have a number of suggestions for further activities. There is a document with the text of the poem plus another where Humpty Dumpty explains the first verse of the poem to Alice. According to him, he can - “… explain all the poems that ever were invented - and a good many that haven’t been invented just yet.” If you enjoy this resource then please tell your colleagues and maybe leave us a review. Many thanks. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.

Show your children how to write some fantastic Christmas Haiku poems. Ideal for children in KS2 . The PowerPoint lesson takes you through the process. It starts by explaining what a Haiku poem is and then has the children recognising and counting syllables. They then have a chance to complete some half-finished Haiku. This can be done as a whole class, in pairs or groups or individually. Finally, the children are given some picture prompts to help get them started on writing their own magical Christmas Haiku. The Teachers’ Notes are written in the form of a script explaining what is contained in each slide of the PowerPoint and giving suggestions for you to explore with the children. Also included in this resource pack - a set of Christmas writing frames for the children to use for their completed poems. All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us.

In this PowerPoint lesson your children will find out how to write wonderful Christmas Kennings poems. Ideal for children in KS2 . The PowerPoint lesson takes the children through the whole process. It starts by explaining what kennings are and their Anglo-Saxon background. They then look at a few modern kennings before being shown how to create some Christmas kennings about Santa. These are then transformed into a poem and then a riddle. Finally, the children are given some picture prompts to help get them started on writing their own magical Christmas kennings. The Teachers’ Notes are written in the form of a script explaining what is contained in each slide of the PowerPoint and giving suggestions for you to explore with the children. Also included with this resource are a set of colour and black and white Christmas writing frames for the children to use when they write out their finished poems and riddles. All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us.

Here is a fun and effective way to get your children using alliteration to write some amazing Christmas recipes. The PowerPoint lesson takes the children, step by step, how to use a simple chart to write some wonderfully whacky Christmas recipes. The resource includes: a PowerPoint lesson a set of detailed notes explaining each part of the lesson a set of Christmas writing frames to display the finished Christmas Recipes All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a charity for children called [MedEquip4Kids](https://www.medequip4kids.org.uk/. If you enjoy using this resource please let us know and tell your friends and colleagues about it.

40 great bookmarks for your children to colour and use. Each one contains a reading slogan such as: Lost in a good book. I’m a bookworm. Dive into a good book. Reading opens doors. Time for reading. I love reading. Reading forever. Sssh! I’m reading … and many more. We hope you enjoy this resource and will have a look a our shop for more amazing ideas. All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a children’s charity called MedEquip4Kids.

A clearly explained and carefully structured PowerPoint lesson to encourage writing which is rich in vocabulary - as befits the season! Wordplay is at the centre of it all, so an ideal activity to get pupils – individually or in pairs - digging into their dictionaries. The produced pieces are ideal too for any end of term assembly. The teachers’ notes to go through the PowerPoint lesson slide by slide to give you ideas as to how you might use it. All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us as well.