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This resource contains a 25 page spelling practice workbook and 25 spelling tests for students working towards English Functional Skills Entry Level 1 accreditation (AQA, OCR. Pearson Edexcel, City and Guilds, NCFE).
The workbook and tests contain all the words that students are expected to both read and spell correctly. The spellings have been compiled from the Entry 1 word lists specified by DfE and provided in Appendix 2 of the Functional Skills Entry Level English (Entry 1) Qualification and Assessment Specification.
Workbook tasks include practising spelling the words using the look, say, cover, write method: inserting the correct word into a sentence and composing simple sentences using words in the list. The resource also contains a checklist for recording students’ ability to read and spell all of the words. It is an ideal resource for homework.
The spelling tests are delivered in the format used by accreditation boards and accompany the worksheets.
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This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English certification (AQA, OCR. Pearson Edexcel, City and Guilds, NCFE). It contains an age-appropriate, editable, 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on adjectives.
This editable, PowerPoint lesson explains what adjectives are, why they are used and how to use them in writing. There are many opportunities within the PowerPoint for pupils to identify and use adjectives. The PowerPoint also contains links to two short videos on adjectives. It is ideal for introducing this component of the specification and for revision purposes.
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Adjectives - 30 Page Workbook
This 30 page workbook includes 2 information pages, 26 worksheets and a progress check. Tasks include:
choosing appropriate adjectives to describe nouns
identifying adjectives in sentences
inserting adjectives into sentences
composing sentences containing adjectives
composing short paragraphs containing adjectives
letter of complaint regarding cold takeaway and soggy fries
postcard to friend describing holiday
describing best friend
poster for missing dog
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This is an A3-sized 'book quote' poster containing a quote about books by J.K. Rowling. It is ideal for Book Day.
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Set of 15 World Book Quote Posters
These posters can be used for display or discussion purposes and are ideal for Book Day.
Sample quotes:
Between the pages of a book is a lovely place to be. Author Unknown
The more things you read, the more things you will know. Dr. Seuss
You cannot open a book without learning something. Confucius
Be awesome, be a book nut! Dr. Seuss
A room without books is like a body without a soul. Cicero
100 Question PowerPoint Book Quiz
108 Question Paper-Based Quiz
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This resource contains an A3 poster on similes. It can be laminated and used for classroom display.
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This resource contains an A3 poster on personification for primary school pupils.
It can be laminated and used for classroom display.
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This resource contains a poster on personification.
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Set of 36 Personification Posters
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Personification - Set of 16 Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 16 worksheets on identifying and using the literary device of personification.
Tasks include:
Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, The Fog by Carl Sandburg , Jack Frost, The Eight-Story Kiss by Tom Robbins , The Windmill by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, Snow and Snow by Ted Hughes.
Writing sentences and short paragraphs containing personification on themes including foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, the candle flame, the trees, firework display, fast flowing river.
Personification PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 50 slide PowerPoint lesson on personification.
The PowerPoint includes:
An explanation and definition of personification and its use in the production of figurative language.
Why it is used.
Examples of personification from poetry and literature - I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud, The Ancient Mariner, Snow and Snow, The Fog, The Eight-Story Kiss.
Opportunities to identify personification in sentences, texts and poetry.
Images for students to compose their own writing containing personification.
The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short, amusing animation of an explanation and examples of personification.
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This resource contains two worksheets on Year 2 homophones / near homophones.
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Year 2 Homophones - Set of 15 Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 15 differentiated worksheets on Year 2 homophones. Tasks include choosing the correct homophones and using homophones in sentences.
Year 2 Homophones - 45 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is a 45-slide PowerPoint lesson on the National Curriculum Year 2 homophone / near homophone and confusing words list and includes -there/ their/ they’re, here/ hear, see/ sea, bare/ bear, one/ won, sun / son, two / to / too, be/ bee, blue/ blew, night/ knight. The PowerPoint provides an explanation of the meaning of the homophones with examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone. It is appropriate for year 2 pupils and older SEN students.
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These resources are appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN / ESL students who have yet to master the basics in spelling and phonics.
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This resource contains a spelling practice worksheet for the Year 3 and 4 National Curriculum homophones - accept, except, affect, effect, ball, bawl.
Tasks include:
copying out spellings using - look-cover-write-check method
constructing sentences using the homophones
finding the correct homophone for the missing word in sentences.
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This resource contains a worksheet on alliteration.
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Identifying and using Alliteration - Set of 18 Worksheets
Tasks include:
Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from Harry Potter, The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever and The Ancient Mariner.
Writing sentences and short paragraphs containing alliteration. The paragraphs include six scenes to encourage the use of alliteration - poppy field, fireworks, busy street, ice cream, spider’s web and snow covered tree.
Designing and creating product names and catchy slogans for a shampoo, canned drink and chocolate bar using alliteration.
Alliteration PowerPoint Lesson
This resource is a 40 slide PowerPoint lesson on alliteration. It contains an explanation of alliteration and many examples
from literature - (Harry Potter)
poetry ( The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever, The Ancient Mariner)
the commercial world
in speeches
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This is a sample worksheet, for silent ‘k’ and ‘g’ in ‘kn’ and ‘gn’ words, taken from a set of 18 differentiated worksheets that are available to purchase.
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‘kn’ and ‘gn’ Digraphs Set of 18 Worksheets
This resource contains 18 differentiated worksheets and exercises to help pupils learn how to read and spell words containing the digraphs ‘kn’ and ‘gn’. Tasks include:
Identifying words containing the ;kn’ and ‘gn’ digraphs by matching words to pictures
Inserting the correct word into sentence
Composing sentences using words that contain the kn’ and ‘gn’ digraphs
Finding ‘kn’ and ‘gn’ words in word searches
Unscrambling anagrams containing ‘kn’ and ‘gn’ digraphs
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This is an accompanying 50- slide PowerPoint lesson on the silent ‘k’ and ‘g’ . The PowerPoint introduces most of the common words containing these two silent letters. Pupils are asked to read and spell some of the words
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Worksheet on alphabetical order to the first letter.
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This is a sample worksheet for older SEN pupils on using full stops and capital letters accurately in sentence demarcation. The task involves inserting full stops and capital letters in the correct place. Click on the link below for details of a set of 15 worksheets on sentence demarcation using capital letters and fulls tops.
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The resource includes a set of 15 age appropriate writing tasks to enable older SEN students to use full stops and capital letters accurately in sentence demarcation. The content is based on pupils and teachers at Sunnydale Comprehensive School.
Task 1 - Pupils rewrite a short paragraph (about 100 words) placing full stops and capital letters in the correct places. The content is designed to be engaging and about different characters who the pupils ought to be able to identify with.
Task 2 - Pupils complete a short comprehension about the paragraph answering in full sentences with a capital letter at the beginning and full stop at the end.
Task 3 - Involves pupils writing a short paragraph about a character.
These worksheets are ideal to give pupils practice at using capital letters and full stops in their writing to reinforce and consolidate this skill.
Full Stops - 40 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 40-slide PowerPoint lesson presented by the punctuation character - the ‘Full Stop’ explaining how and when to use the full stop and why it is important to place it accurately in writing. It also clearly demonstrates that a capital letter is needed at the start of a sentence. Ample opportunities are provided throughout the PowerPoint for pupils to decide where the full stops and capital letters should go.
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This resource contains two worksheets on the apostrophe for contraction/omission.
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Apostrophe for Contraction 18 Page Workbook
This resource contains a 18 page workbook (18 worksheets) on the apostrophe for contraction / omission. It also includes an information sheet explaining when and how to use the apostrophe for omission / contraction. The worksheets contain a variety of tasks and will help students to master using apostrophes appropriately in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills. Answers are included.
Apostrophe for Contraction 50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable, 50 slide PowerPoint lesson on the apostrophe for contraction / omission. It explains how to use the apostrophe in contracted words. This resource will help students to use apostrophes appropriately in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills. The PowerPoint also contains a hyperlink to a short video explaining how to use the apostrophe for contraction.
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This is an information sheet about using the colon in writing.
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Colons PowerPoint Lesson
This is a fully-editable, 60-slide PowerPoint lesson on using the colon appropriately in writing:
To introduce an explanation or an example.
To introduce lists.
To emphasise a phrase or single word at the end of a sentence.
To introduce quotations.
It contains explanations, examples and opportunities for pupils to practise using colons appropriately.
Semi-Colons PowerPoint Lesson
This is a highly-visual, 40-slide PowerPoint lesson on using the semi-colon appropriately in writing. It contains explanations, examples and opportunities for pupils to practise using colons appropriately.
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This resource contains two information sheets on action verbs. You may also be interested in:
Action Verbs - 15-Page Workbook
This 15-page workbook contains one information sheet and fourteen worksheets on action verbs. Tasks include:
matching verbs to pictures
choosing correct verb to insert into a sentence
identifying verbs within sentences
writing own sentences using verbs
Action Verbs PowerPoint Lesson
This is an editable, 55-slide PowerPoint lesson. It includes:
An explanation of action verbs with examples
Identifying action verbs in sentences
Action pictures as a stimulus for pupils to think of appropriate verbs
Sorting words into adjectives, nouns and verbs
The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on action verbs.
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This is a worksheet on the Year 2 National Curriculum commonly confused homophones - there, their and they’re.
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This resource contains two worksheets on using the question mark in writing.
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Question Mark and Exclamation Mark - 15 Page Workbook
This resource contains two information sheets, twelve worksheets with answers and a progress check on using the punctuation devices - the question mark and the exclamation mark. Tasks include:
Selecting the correct question word for sentences.
Deciding which punctuation device should be used at the end of sentences.
Composing sentences using question marks appropriately.
Composing sentences using exclamation marks appropriately.
Rewriting a short passage inserting the correct punctuation devices - full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.
Question Marks and Exclamation Marks - 60-Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is an editable, 60-slide PowerPoint lesson on the question mark and exclamation mark. The presentation explains when these punctuation marks are used and gives many examples. It also provides opportunities for pupils to decide the correct punctuation at the end of a sentence - exclamation mark, question mark or full stop. The PowerPoint also contains two hyperlinks to short videos about the question mark and the exclamation mark.
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This is a worksheet on how to address envelopes.
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Addressing Envelopes - PowerPoint Lesson and Worksheets
The resource contains:
A fully editable 18-slide PowerPoint presentation that clearly explains and demonstrates how to address an envelope.
A set of exercises to help students set out addresses correctly on envelope templates.
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This resource contains differentiated worksheets on the first set of 100 high-frequency words. They are ideal for spelling practice and homework.
1. The first set is the most challenging and requires pupils have to use the words in a sentence.
2. The second set contains just the words for spelling (no sentences).
3. The third set is for those pupils who experience difficulty in writing. The words can be written over.
This resource is also suitable for SEN pupils who have yet to master the spelling of high-frequency words.
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This resource contains a 20-page grammar revision guide. It is ideal for SATS revision and includes guidance on:
Phrases, Clauses, Sentences
Nouns
Adjectives
Noun Phrases
Verbs
Co-ordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions
Pronouns
Adverbs
Adverbials
Fronted Adverbials
Prepositions
Determiners
Subject and Object
Functions of Sentences
Verb Tenses
Verb Forms
Passive and Active Voice
Prefixes and Suffixes
Synonyms and Antonyms
Standard English
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