Children watch the PPT or Smart board presentation showing pictures of a day out at the beach. They talk about what they take with them, their picnic lunch, what they do at the beach and what they buy at the shop. They do this orally, or on whiteboards, using the picture prompts, thinking carefully about where the commas should go. They then write a paragraph describing the day out, using the given sentence openers. There is a check list to help them to remember to use commas correctly. Finally, they could go on to write a descriptive paragraph about another day out using commas in a similar way, such as a day at the zoo, or a visit to a big city. Fully editable. For further resources see - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

A jungle safari word mat to aid creative writing with pictures and useful vocabulary. Aim - to help stimulate children's imaginations so they can write more independently and to increase their vocabulary. The second one is to aid a piece of non-fiction writing. Children write about what objects they would take on a jungle safari, describing each and explaining why they would take it. Challenge them to use vocabulary from each box for each object. This resource is on ppt so it can be displayed to the whole class. It can also be printed out or photo copied for individual use. Fully editable. For further resources see my shop - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

Children are shown a space themed recount which they analyse, looking for key features on their checklists. These are then shown on the presentation (either ppt or Smart notebook). They then plan a recount - Journey to Planet Zog, on recount planning sheet. They have picture prompts to help with ideas. In a further lesson they write another recount - Exploring Planet Zog. Lesson plans are provided. Everything is fully editable. New curriculum - Discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar; identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own. Feedback and suggestions would be appreciated. For more of my resources see my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

A ppt or Smartboard presentation to help children to sequence sentences. First they describe a spooky house with help from the pictures. Then what happens when they go to the spooky house? What do they see first? Who do the eyes belong to? New eyes appear. Who do they belong to? The children first tell the story orally, then they write down their own accounts. There is a sheet to help lower ability children. All fully editable. For further resources see my shop - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

Loads of activities children can work through on their own using the word book. They check the spellings of animal names in the dictionary, learn to spell the days of the week and months of the year, learn body words and story characters etc. I found that they really enjoyed doing these e.g. when they had finished their work, and they were learning all the time! All fully editable. For further resources see my shop - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

2 PPTs with animations. Children supply the correct punctuation mark for statements, questions, exclamations and commands. Can use punctuation mark fans or write answers on white boards. Useful as lesson starters or for practice or for a plenary activity when learning or revising punctuation. Fully editable. For more resources see my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel Comments and suggestions welcomed.

Two power points 1. Adjectives (expanded noun phrases). Children improve the sentences by adding an adjective. 2. Adverbs. Children improve the sentences by adding an an adverb, and later an adjective as well. Useful as lesson starters or just for more practice. Fully editable so you can tailor it to suit the needs of your class. Please take the time to review this resource and to offer any suggestions. More resources can be found in my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

2 separate Pirate Adventure word mats - one suitable for KS1 & the other for KS2. These story mats are designed to spark off ideas in children and to give them more confidence to write independently. They should also help to extend their vocabularies. The mats are in PPT format so they can be displayed on the white board and the picture and vocabulary discussed together. They can also be printed out so that children have their own copies. Children could be challenged to use at least one word from each box in their story. The children can then plan their stories and begin writing. A story planning sheet is provided. Everything is fully editable so you can change it to suit your children. For further resources see - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

Great value - Plans for 4 weeks of lessons. Originally made for lower primary (years 3 and 4), this is a great book to study and lends itself well to non-fiction work. Presentations in PPT or Smart notebook. Loads of ideas for activities - Instructions on How to make a Chinese Dragon, map directions, recipe for a Cursed Curry, ideas from Pie Corbett - How to Trap a Dragon etc. Also analysing an advert, writing an advert for an Island Holiday and a poster for a Pet show. Plus 2 differentiated comprehensions and making trading cards, and more! This will last you at least 4 weeks and has lots of resources included! Everything is differentiated and fully editable for you to change to suit your class. Feedback and suggestions welcomed. For more resources see my shop: www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

Children watch the PPT or Smart notebook presentation showing a hamster and they describe the hamster, what he likes to eat, his activities and his cage orally, or on whiteboards, using the picture prompts, thinking carefully where the commas should go. They then write a paragraph describing the hamster, using the given sentence starters. There is a check list to help them to remember to use commas correctly. Finally, they go on to write a descriptive paragraph about another pet in the same way. Fully editable. For further resources see - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

Two apostrophe practice sheets on PPT pages. The children use the pictures to generate their own sentences, using apostrophes. One page is singular apostrophes, the other plural. These can be shown to the whole class, but can also be printed out and laminated or photocopied. They can be used by children independently in small groups (such as in group reading time) to practise using apostrophes once they have been taught them. They are fully editable. For further resources see - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

Children revise these letters by writing a story. They look at the pictures together on the PPT or Smart notebook and talk about them. What are the children doing? Why? Whose birthday is it? etc. What is this? A red van etc. Children then write their own stories using the given writing frame, choosing what is in the box delivered etc. They cut out pictures and stick them in the appropriate places and write in the missing words. Each of their stories will be different, or you can just do it on the whiteboard or individual boards as a revision lesson. Originally made for a small group children who needed more help. Choice of PPT or Smart notebook. Feedback would be appreciated. See more resources in my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

An introductory ppt presentation explaining what paragraphs are and why they are needed in general. A further ppt presentation explains when paragraphs are needed in non-fiction. The ppt includes 2 activities that can be completed together as a class and an idea for an individual task. There is also another worksheet with a different activity which could be used as an extension, or further lesson. Fully editable. For further resources see - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

Two PPTs and 6 worksheets - for 2 separate lessons. The children watch the PPT and complete tasks orally. They then complete the worksheets. There are 3 for each lesson, so the more able may be able to complete all 3, and the less able, just one. Fully editable. Feedback and suggestions welcomed. For further resources see my shop - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

This includes a presentation - either PPT or Smart notebook, plans for 2 lessons and checklists for the children. It is for children who are beginning to put sentences together. A picture of animals they might find in the garden are displayed first. Children can spell them (robin, rabbit ant, bee etc.). Then they describe them using given sentence openers. In a second lesson, they imagine one of these animals went for a walk in the woods. What might they see? Different animals are revealed one by one and the children describe them. They use given time words to link the sentences together. Everything is fully editable. Feedback and suggestions welcomed. Aim: to help young children to write with more confidence Objectives: Combining words to make sentences; separation of words with spaces; intro to caps, full stops, qn marks, exclam marks; using expanded noun phrases for description; sequencing sentences to form short narratives. For more resources like this see my shop: www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

A presentation in either ppt or smart notebook explaining expanded noun phrases and prepositional phrases. Children are encouraged to make their own expanded noun phrases, using picture prompts, and prepositional phrases using 'with'. They then move on to using a variety of different prepositions. Three differentiated worksheets are included. Fully editable. This is the second of 2 similar resources to give children more practice. For further resources including the other similar lesson see - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel Feedback greatly appreciated!

Four week unit using this lovely mystery book for lower juniors. The children learn how an author builds up a spooky atmosphere and they write a long mystery story of their own over the weeks. They 'discuss writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar'. Grammar exercises on adjectives, plurals, speech punctuation, apostrophes and similes. Other activities include writing a witchy recipe, a book review and designing a book jacket. Everything is differentiated with support for lower ability children and it is all fully editable for you to adapt for your class. If you download this and find it useful, please write a review - or if it needs improving. More of my resources can be found in my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

Lots of practice at using fronted adverbials. Two PPTs and 6 worksheets - for 2 separate lessons. The children watch the PPT and complete tasks orally. They then complete the worksheets. There are 3 for each lesson, so the more able may be able to complete all 3, and the less able, just one. All editable. For further resources see my shop - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel

This is for children learning to write sentences and to sequence them. It meets these criteria: Combining words to make sentences; separation of words with spaces; intro to caps, full stops, qn marks, exclam marks; caps for names & I; sequencing sentences & time words. In the first lesson the children describe the water park orally, then match the adjectives to the different slides. They then use the adjectives to write full sentences. In the next lesson they describe what they did when they went to the water park, using time words. Titles and checklists are also included. Everything is fully editable. Check out my shop for more sentence resources - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Jazel Feedback would be lovely!