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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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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.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 35 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners. The PowerPoint explains what determiners are, gives examples and asks pupils to identify the determiners in sentences in SATS style questions.
The determiners include:
The articles - definite and indefinite
Demonstratives
Possessives
Quantifiers
Numbers
Ordinals
Interrogatives
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Determiners - Set of 14 Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 14 worksheets (includes answers) on determiners and includes:
The articles - definite and indefinite
Demonstratives
Possessives
Quantifiers
Numbers
Ordinals
Interrogatives
Determiners - 70 Slide PowerPoin Lesson
This resource contains an editable 70 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners. The PowerPoint explains the various types of determiners, gives examples and asks pupils to identify the determiners in sentences.
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Determiner Memo Mat
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This resource contains an editable, 60 slide PowerPoint lesson on words ending in the suffix -cian ( the phoneme /j/ dʒ/ sound spelt as ‘cian’ at the end of words National curriculum , English programmes of study Year 2).
The PowerPoint includes:
Adding -cian with examples of words and root word
Spelling challenge
Missing letters
Anagram challenge
Guess my job
Spelling cian words sentences
This resource is appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN students who have yet to master the basics in phonics.
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Words Ending in -cian - Set of 14 Differentiated Worksheets
This resource includes a set of 14 differentiated worksheets on words ending in -cian. (The /dʒ/ sound spelt as ‘cian’ at the end of words National curriculum , English programmes of study Year 2)
Worksheet tasks include:
finding the missing -cian words
-cian anagrams
spelling worksheets
using -cian words in sentences
word searches
-cian root words exercise
the meanings of cian words
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This resource contains assessment record forms designed to keep records of pupils' progress in their ability to read and spell high-frequency words.
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This resource contains three spelling practice worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 2 homophones - device, devise, advice, advise.
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Year 2 Homophones Differentiated Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 15 worksheets, some differentiated, on Year 2 Homophones / Near Homophones. Tasks include choosing the correct homophones and composing sentences containing homophones.
Year 2 Homophones PowerPoint Lesson
This is a fully editable and highly visual 55 slide PowerPoint lesson on the National Curriculum Year 2 homophones / near homophones 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. The PowerPoint includes an explanation of the meaning of the homophones, examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone. 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 set of 36 eye-catching posters on the literary device of personification. They contain examples of personification and some examples from poetry and literature - I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud, The Ancient Mariner, Snow and Snow, The Fog, The Eight-Story Kiss.
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Personification - Set of 16 Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 16 worksheets on identifying and using personification.
Tasks include:
Identifying personification 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 trees, firework display, a fast-flowing river.
Personification PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 25 slide PowerPoint presentation on personification.
It contains:
1. An explanation and definition of personification
2. Its purpose and use in imagery and figurative language.
3. 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.
4. Opportunities to identify personification in sentences, texts and poetry.
5. Images for students to compose their own writing containing personification.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 50 slide, PowerPoint lesson on personal pronouns - subject pronouns and object pronouns.
The PowerPoint explains what the pronouns are, gives examples and asks pupils to identify and use the different types of pronouns in sentences.
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Pronouns - 12 Page Workbook
This resource contains 6 information sheets and a 12 page workbook / 12 worksheets on personal pronouns - subject pronouns and object pronouns. Tasks include identifying subject pronouns and object pronouns in sentences, using personal pronouns in sentences short pieces of writing and replacing nouns with appropriate pronouns in sentences.
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This resource contains a succinct memo mat on pronouns and includes: personal pronouns, object pronouns, subject pronouns, possessive pronouns, and possessive determiners. Identifying the various pronouns and distinguishing between possessive pronouns and possessive determiners can be confusing for students. This handy memo mat clearly sets out the different types of pronouns and how they are used.
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Pronouns - 50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable, 50 slide, PowerPoint lesson on personal pronouns - subject pronouns and object pronouns.
The PowerPoint explains what the pronouns are, gives examples and asks pupils to identify and use the different types of pronouns in sentences.
Pronouns - 12 Page Workbook
This resource contains 6 information sheets and a 12 page workbook / 12 worksheets on personal pronouns - subject pronouns and object pronouns. Tasks include identifying subject pronouns and object pronouns in sentences, using personal pronouns in sentences short pieces of writing and replacing nouns with appropriate pronouns in sentences.
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This resource contains a 60-slide PowerPoint lesson on hyphens. It clearly explains what hyphens are, their functions and how to use them correctly in writing. The PowerPoint provides many opportunities for pupils to identify when, where and how they are used.
The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on hyphens.
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Hyphens - 18 Page Workbook
This resource contains an eighteen page workbook on hyphens. It includes six information pages, ten worksheets and two progress checks. Answers are included in a separate file. It is an ideal home learning/online teaching resource and independent study pack.
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This resource contains a 45-slide PowerPoint lesson on using semicolons appropriately in writing to link two related sentences / independent clauses, in complex lists and in sentences containing conjunctive adverbs. The PowerPoint contains explanations, examples and opportunities for pupils to practise placing semi-colons appropriately.
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Semicolons - 12 Page Workbook
This resource contains a 12-page workbook and includes two information sheets and nine worksheets on semicolons. Tasks include using semicolons in related sentences, complex lists and in sentences containing a conjunctive adverb.
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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 resource contains a handy and succinct revision memo mat showing the rules for, and examples of, making nouns plural.
The rules include those for:
regular nouns
nouns ending in -ch ,-'sh, -x, -s
nouns ending in -f, -fe, -ff
nouns ending in -y preceded by a consonant
nouns ending in -y preceded by a vowel
nouns ending in -o preceded by a consonant
nouns ending in -o preceded by a vowel
nouns that do not change in the plural form
irregular pupils
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Plurals - 30 Page Workbook
This workbook includes and information page, 26 worksheets (with answers) and a progress check on forming plurals.
Plurals - 200 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is an editable, 200-slide PowerPoint lesson on making plurals for nouns. The PowerPoint explains the rules for the forming of all plurals and includes exceptions. Opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to form plurals and there is a timed plural challenge activity.
Plurals Posters
This resource contains a set of 16, A3-sized posters showing the rules for, and examples of, the forming of plural nouns.
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This resource contains an A3 size poster and an A4 size memo mat detailing the seven co-ordinating conjunctions (with compound sentence examples) using the acronym FANBOYS. The National Curriculum English Programme of Study requires that pupils be taught to use coordinating conjunctions (for, and. nor, but , or, yet and so) to link two words or phrases together as an equal pair.
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Co-ordinating Conjunctions - 60 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This 60-slide PowerPoint lesson on coordinating conjunctions clearly explains what the co-ordinating conjunctions are and provides many examples and opportunities for pupils to identify and use co-ordinating conjunctions. The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on coordinating conjunctions.
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This resource contains a 10-page workbook on coordinating conjunctions for Year 2 pupils. (National Curriculum Year 2 Programme of Study - Writing - Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation - using and, or, but, so).
The workbook includes two information pages, six worksheets (with answers) and a progress check. Tasks include:
identifying the conjunctions - and, or, but and so
choosing the correct conjunction to complete sentences
joining sentences using conjunctions
composing own sentences containing a conjunction
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Conjunctions - Year 2 - 50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on coordinating conjunctions for Year 2 pupils.
The PowerPoint focuses on the conjunctions - ‘and’. ‘or’, ‘so’ and ‘but’. It clearly explains what conjunctions are and provides many examples and opportunities for pupils to identify and use conjunctions. The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on coordinating conjunctions.
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This resource contains a PowerPoint lesson and set of 15 writing addresses tasks and envelope templates. The fully editable 22-slide PowerPoint clearly explains and demonstrates how to address an envelope, as recommended by the Post Office. Several slides ask students to identify what is incorrect about how the address has been set out.
The worksheets contain 15 writing addresses tasks and envelope templates.
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This resource contains an editable, 40-slide PowerPoint lesson on the commonly confused National Curriculum Year 2 homophones / near homophones too / two / to. The resource explains the meaning of the homophones and when they are used with examples. Opportunities are also provided for pupils to choose the correct homophone. This resource is appropriate for year 2 pupils and older SEN / ESL students.
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Year 2 Homophones PowerPoint Lesson
This is a 40-slide PowerPoint lesson 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. The PowerPoint includes an explanation of the meaning of the homophones, examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
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Year 2 Homophones – 12 Differentiated Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 12 differentiated worksheets on Year 2 Homophones. Tasks include choosing the correct homophones, using homophones in sentences.
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This resource contains an 85-slide presentation and a 50 question quiz on Roald Dahl. It is an ideal resource for Roald Dahl Day and World Book Day. The PowerPoint focuses on:
His birthplace, parentage, family
His education and schooling
His career - RAF fighter pilot
His works including The BFG, Matilda, Fantastic Mr Fox, Boy, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Danny Champion of the World, The Gremlins, Going Solo
Likes, dislikes, interests, hobbies
Roald Dahl Festival at Aylesbury
The PowerPoint contains hyperlinks to Dahl’s ‘writing hut’, BFG movie trailer, audio of Roald Dahl giving writing tips and Roald’s home at Gipsy Cottage.
The quiz is a fully editable PowerPoint quiz containing 50 questions with three possible answers. It can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. Answers can be found by clicking on the Roald Dahl image on each slide. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end. The resource also includes an answer sheet for individuals/teams to record answers.
Sample questions:
Where was I born?
What kind of stories did my mum and Grandma tell me?
When I was a young boy what was my favourite book?
In which book did I write about childhood days?
Which chocolate makers used to send chocolate to Repton School for testing?
After I left school, which country did I visit on a hiking expedition?
At the outbreak of World War II which armed services did I join?
What happened to me in the RAF in 1940?
This resource is also suitable for older SEN students due to the visual nature of the resource.
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This resource includes
1. A 55-slide, PowerPoint lesson explaining when to use 'ge' or 'dge' at the end of words ending in the phoneme /j/ (the /dʒ/ sound spelt as ge and dge at the end of words National Curriculum , English Programmes of Study Year 2).
The PowerPoint contains:
Rules for adding 'dge' and 'ge' (long and short vowel sounds)
Opportunities for pupils to choose the appropriate ending
Individual / paired / group timed activity - finding as many -dge and -ge words as possible in 3 minutes
2. An accompanying set of 15 differentiated worksheets on words ending in 'ge' or 'dge'.
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
The resources are appropriate for Year 2 pupils, older SEN students who have yet to master the basics in phonics and ESL students.
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This resource includes a fully editable, 35-slide PowerPoint lesson and an accompanying set of worksheets with answers on using the comma in lists and to separate adjectives when two or more adjectives are used to qualify nouns. It is an ideal resource for remote learning/distance learning and can be used effectively on google classroom and other online teaching platforms.
The PowerPoint explains how to use the comma in lists in sentences. There are opportunities for pupils to insert the comma in the correct place. There are also opportunities for pupils to identify where the comma has been misplaced.
Tasks on the worksheets include:
inserting commas in the correct places in sentences
composing own sentences containing a list or series of items
punctuating The Twelve Days of Christmas with commas
composing own lyrics for the Twelve Days of Christmas and punctuating with commas
The resource is ideal as an independent learning pack for remote learning/distance learning/ home schooling and can also be used on google classroom.
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This bundle contains a 50 slide PowerPoint lesson on personification, an accompanying set of 16 worksheets and a set of 36 posters.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint includes:
An explanation of personification and its effectiveness as a literary device in adding interest and imagery to writing.
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 for pupils 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 animated explanation of 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.
The resource also contains an explanation and definition sheet about personification.
Personification - Set of 36 Posters
This resource contains a set of 36 eye-catching posters on personification. They contain examples of personification including some from poetry and literature.
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