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This resource contains an editable, 45-slide PowerPoint presentation on the punctuation device - the ellipsis. It clearly explains what the ellipsis is, its functions in writing and how to use ellipses correctly in writing. Many examples are provided. Opportunities are also provided for pupils to explain why the ellipsis has been used. Students are also asked to shorten quotations and compose their own sentences containing ellipses about several striking images.
The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video about the ellipsis.
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The Ellipsis - Five Page Workbook
This resource contains a five page workbook on the punctuation mark - the ellipsis. The workbook includes one information/explanation sheet and four worksheets on the ellipsis. Tasks include:
shortening quotations using the ellipsis
identifying the purpose of the ellipsis in sentences
adding ellipses in the appropriate place in sentences
composing sentences using ellipses
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This resource contains an informative and fully editable 75-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and work of William Shakespeare, The Bard of Avon. It is an ideal resource for World Book Day, William Shakespeare Week and Shakespeare's birthday. The Powerpoint focuses on:
His birthplace and parentage
His family
References to, and excerpts from, well-known plays – Hamlet, Macbeth
The Globe Theatre and Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
The Puritans' banning of theatres and plays
The Royal Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare's contribution to the English language
His burial place
New Place
Shakespeare Week
Shakespeare's Annual Birthday Celebration in Stratford
The presentation also contains hyperlinks to engaging, short clips (3 minutes) of Macbeth – film and Opera versions. There are also links to Shakespeare's birthday celebration parade in Stratford and an entertaining stage debate about which word to stress in the phrase 'to be or not to be' involving Prince Charles, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant.
A simple text version of this resource, more suitable for primary / older SEN pupils, is also available:
William Shakespeare Simple Text Presentation
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This informative and highly engaging resource is ideal for a whole school January assembly on the famous ploughman poet from Scotland, Robert Burns (Robbie Burns / Rabbie Burns), who went on to become 'The People's Poet'. Early in January, it could be used to show that Robert was the creator of 'Auld Lang Syne' and, later on in the month, for 'Burns Night' and 'Burns Suppers'.
This fully editable, 47-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life of Robert Burns contains hyperlinks to:
his life story
recitations of some of his most well-known poems - My Love is like a Red, Red, Rose; To A Mouse; To the Haggis; Auld Lang Syne and Tom O' Shanter
'The Immortal Memory' Speech and cutting of the haggis
creating Burns style poetry
quizzes
It also details what happens on Burns Night which is celebrated in Scotland and all over the world on the 25th January and contains interesting facts about the influence of Robert Burns on people such as Steinbeck and JD Salinger.
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This resource contains a Mardi Gras-themed puzzle pack. The pack includes:
- 3 differentiated word searches
- 3 differentiated anagram worksheets
- 1 crossword
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Mardi Gras Presentation
This is a fully editable and informative 55-slide PowerPoint presentation on Mardi Gras which takes place in many countries around the world prior to the start of Lent. The PowerPoint focuses on:
- the meaning of Mardi Gras
- its origins
- the different ways countries celebrate Mardi Gras
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to the Rio Carnival, the New Orleans Carnival, the Nice Carnival, the Belgium Carnival, the Venice Carnival and the Quebec Carnival. The PowerPoint automatically plays Paul Simon's 'Take me to the Mardi Gras' on slide 1 which could be played before the start of an assembly as pupils assemble.
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This resource contains a 12-page workbook ( one information sheet, eleven worksheets) on using commas to clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity and (National Curriuclum: Years 5 and 6 programme of study: Using commas to clarify meaning and / or to avoid ambiguity in writing).
Tasks include rewriting sentences and adding or removing commas to change meaning. Pupils also need to explain how the meaning has changed.
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Using Commas To Clarify Meaning - PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable, 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on commas and how these devices are used to clarify meaning and to avoid ambiguity and confusion It highlights the importance of the comma as a punctuation device in sentences.
Many examples are provided within the PowerPoint and pupils have the opportunity to identify where commas and pairs of commas should go in a sentence to clarify meaning. They are also asked to explain how the meaning changes with the addition/removal of commas. The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on commas to clarify meaning.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 55 slide Powerpoint lesson and a 15-page workbook (15 worksheets) on using full stops and capital letters accurately in sentence demarcation.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint presentation is presented by the punctuation character - the Full Stop. He explains when and how to use the full stop and why it is important to place it accurately in writing. The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on using capital letters and full stops when writing sentences.
This resource is appropriate for Year 2- 6 pupils and older SEN / Entry Level pupils who may find sentence demarcation challenging and have yet to master the basics in punctuation and writing.
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This resource includes a fully editable and highly visual powerpoint lesson explaining when to use -ge / -dge at the end of words. (The /dʒ/ sound spelt as -ge and -dge at the end of words National curriculum , English Programmes of Study Year 2).
The PowerPoint includes rules for adding -dge and -ge and exceptions and opportunities to practise spellings through a challenge and sorting activity. It is appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN students who have yet to master the basics in phonics.
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Set of 15 Differentiated Worksheets- Words Ending in dge/ge
This resource includes a set of 15 differentiated worksheets on words ending in -ge / -dge. Tasks include:
inserting the correct -ge / -dge word into a sentence
anagrams
-ge / -dge words spelling practise worksheets
using ge / dge words in sentences
word searches
sorting words into ge / dge / categories
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This resource contains a fully editable, 50 slide, SATS English grammar revision PowerPoint lesson on pronouns and includes:
Personal Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
When to use who or whom
The PowerPoint explains what pronouns are, gives examples and asks pupils to identify the different types of pronouns in sentences in SATS style questions.
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Determiners - 70 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is a fully editable, 70 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners.
Determiner Revision Mat
A determiner revision mat containing an explanation of, and examples, for all the different types of determiner.
Key Stage 2 SPaG SATS Revision PowerPoint Quiz
This is a quiz/revision resource on KS2 SATS English - spelling punctuation and grammar. The questions are SATS style and include questions on grammatical terms, word/classes, combining words, phrases and clauses, punctuation and spelling.
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This resource contains a 15-page workbook (with answers) on using the possessive apostrophe/apostrophe for possession for both singular and plural nouns. It also contains an information sheet on how to use apostrophes for possession.
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The Possessive Apostrophe - 60 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable, 60-slide PowerPoint lesson on the possessive apostrophe. It explains how to use the apostrophe to show possession for singular and plural nouns. The PowerPoint provides lots of examples and opportunities for students to use the apostrophe appropriately. The presentation also includes a hyperlink to a short video on the apostrophe for possession.
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This resource contains a 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on onomatopoeia. The PowerPoint includes:
1. An explanation and definition of onomatopoeia.
2. Why it is used.
3. Examples of onomatopoeia from poetry, literature, adverts and comics -including The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes), The Charge of the Light Brigade (Alfred Tennyson), The Lake Isle of Innisfree (W. B. Yeats), The Bells (Edgar Allan Poe), The Tempest ( William Shakespeare) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway).
4. Opportunities for pupils to identify and use onomatopoeia.
5. Images to stimulate students to compose their own onomatopoeic words.
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to a short, entertaining video on onomatopoeia; some adverts containing onomatopoeia and a recitation by Roger McGough of his poem 'The Sound Collector'.
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This resource contains an editable, 80-slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 28 differentiated worksheets on adjectives.
Worksheets
Tasks involve:
Matching adjectives to pictures
Using adjectives to describe objects
Identifying adjectives in word searches
Identifying adjectives in sentences
Identifying adjectives and the noun they describe
Identifying adjectives in poems and literature
Choosing adjectives for nouns
Choosing adjectives to describe pictures and images
Inserting adjectives into sentences from a word bank
Writing sentences with adjectives
Sorting words into adjectives, nouns and verbs
PowerPoint Lesson
This editable, 80-slide PowerPoint lesson on adjectives includes:
An explanation of what adjectives are
Examples of adjectives
Identifying adjectives tasks
Using interesting adjectives tasks
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This resource contains a 20 page workbook that includes two information sheets and eighteen worksheets on adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials. Tasks include:
identifying adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials of time, place and manner in sentences
inserting appropriate adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials in sentences
insertion of comma after fronted adverbial
changing sentences so that the adverbial phrase is at the beginning of a sentence
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Fronted Adverbials -50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable, 50-slide lesson presentation on fronted adverbials. The PowerPoint focuses on:
recap of adverbs
adverbial phrases of time, place, manner, and frequency
fronted adverbials
insertion of comma after fronted adverbial
opportunities for pupils to identify adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials
opportunities for pupils to change a sentence so that the adverbial phrase is at the beginning of a sentence
opportunities for pupils to create fronted adverbial sentences
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This resource contains a fully editable, 45-slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 15 worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 2 Homophone / Near Homophone list including the following words – there/ their/ they're, here/ hear, see/ sea, bare/ bear, one/ won, sun / son, two / to / too, be/ bee, blue/ blew, night/ knight.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint provides an explanation of the meaning of the homophones with examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
Worksheets
Tasks involve choosing the correct homophone in sentences and composing sentences using the homophones.
These resources are appropriate for year 2 pupils and older SEN students who have yet to master the basics in spelling.
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This resource contains:
Two fully editable, 50 slide PowerPoint lessons on adding the suffixes -ing and -ed where no change is needed to the root word (as outlined in the New National Curriculum Spelling Appendix).
A set of six worksheets to consolidate the skills.
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This resource includes an editable 55-slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 15 differentiated worksheets on words ending in -ge / -dge (the /dʒ/ sound spelt as -ge and -dge at the end of words National Curriculum , English Programmes of Study Year 2).
The PowerPoint includes rules for adding -dge and -ge and exceptions and opportunities to practise spellings through a challenge and sorting activity. It is appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN students who have yet to master the basics in phonics.
The worksheets contain tasks on:
- inserting the correct -ge / -dge word into a sentence
- anagrams
- -ge / -dge words spelling practise worksheets
- using ge / dge words in sentences
- word searches
- sorting words into ge / dge / categories
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This resource contains a set of 17 exercises/ tasks to enable students to use full stops and capital letters accurately in sentence demarcation.
Task 1 - Pupils rewrite a short paragraph placing full stops and capital letters in the correct places. The content is designed to be engaging and about characters who the pupils ought to be able to identify with.
Task 2 - Pupils complete a short comprehension on 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 designed to give students practice at using capital letters and full stops in their writing to reinforce and consolidate this skill.
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Full Stops - 50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This fully editable, 50 slide PowerPoint lesson is presented by the punctuation character - the 'Full Stop' who explains how and when to use the full stop and why it is important to place it accurately in writing. The PowerPoint 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.
These resources are appropriate for Year 2- 6 pupils and older SEN / ESL / Entry Level students who may find sentence demarcation challenging and have yet to master the basics of punctuation in writing.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on commas and how these devices are used to clarify meaning and to avoid ambiguity and confusion (National Curriculum: Years 5 and 6 Programme of Study: Using commas to clarify meaning and/or to avoid ambiguity in writing). It highlights the importance of the comma as a punctuation device in sentences. The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on commas to clarify meaning.
Many examples are provided within the PowerPoint and pupils have the opportunity to identify where commas and pairs of commas should go in a sentence to clarify meaning. They are also asked to explain how the meaning changes with the addition/removal of commas.
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Commas to Clarify Meaning - 12 Page Workbook
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Commas - 135 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable and highly-visual, 135-slide presentation on how commas are used in writing. It focuses on:
commas to clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity
commas in a list/series
commas and coordinating adjectives
commas in direct speech
commas and subordinate clauses
commas and embedded clauses
commas in direct address
commas and fronted adverbials
commas and coordinating conjunctions
other use of commas
The PowerPoint clearly explains how commas are used and provides many examples and opportunities for pupils to identify where commas should be placed in writing. The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to short videos on - commas to clarify meaning, commas in lists and subordinate clauses.
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This is a handy and succinct punctuation guide mat containing explanations and examples of when and how to use colons and semicolons in writing.
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Colons and Semicolons Information Sheets
Information sheets on the use of the colon and semicolon in writing.
Colons - 50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson<
This is a fully editable, 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on using the colon to:
introduce an explanation or an example
introduce lists within sentences
introduce bulleted or numbered lists within sentences
To emphasise a phrase or single word at the end of a sentence
To introduce quotations
The PowerPoint contains explanations, examples and opportunities for pupils to practise using colons appropriately.
Semicolons - 40 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is a 40 slide PowerPoint lesson on semicolons:
To link two related sentences / independent clauses
In complex lists
In sentences containing conjunctive adverbs
It contains explanations, examples and opportunities for pupils to place semicolons appropriately.
Semicolons - Set of 9 Worksheets
9 worksheets on using colons in writing. Tasks include using semicolons to:
expand or illustrate an independent clause
introduce lists in sentences
introduce bulleted, numbered or lettered lists
introduce quotations
to emphasise a word or phrase at the end of a sentence
Semicolons - Set of 7 Worksheets
This resource contains 7 worksheets on using semicolons. Tasks include using semicolons in:
linking two related sentences / independent clauses
complex lists
sentences containing conjunctive adverbs
correcting sentences containing semicolons
composing complex lists and using semicolons in related clauses/sentences
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This resource includes:
A fully editable, 100-slide PowerPoint lesson on the article determiners - a and an. The PowerPoint explains how to use the article/ determiners 'a' or 'an' before a word by looking at the first letter to determine whether or not it has a vowel sound.
A set of 12 worksheets on a and an.
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Set of 10 Writing Frames - 'a' or 'an'
This resource contains a set of ten writing frames to reinforce the correct use of the article 'a' or 'an' before a word. In addition to helping pupils to choose the correct article 'a' or 'an', it is a particularly useful resource for students who struggle to master the basics of writing. It provides a framework and scaffolding for pupils to achieve some success in creating sentences independently.
Writing sentences and reading them back helps pupils to embed and consolidate high-frequency words which they will then be able to use freely in their writing. It is particularly appropriate for those SEN students. who find reading and writing challenging. The support of the frame makes sentence writing accessible and gives pupils a feeling of confidence - that they can do it! Often the key to success in getting pupils to write is giving them self-confidence. I have used these frames successfully over many years to get older SEN students motivated to read and write independently.
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This resource contains:
1. A 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on the silent letters 'k' and 'g' when followed by 'n' - kn and gn digraphs.
2. An accompanying set of 12 differentiated worksheets to help pupils learn how to read and spell words containing the digraphs 'kn' and 'gn'.
In the PowerPoint pupils are introduced to most of the common words containing these two silent letters. Tasks include reading and spelling some of the words.
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