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I aim to design inspiring, educational resources to appeal to students and teachers alike.
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This resource contains a teacher record for the assessment of student progress in reading and spelling the second set of 100 high-frequency words. The document is editable so that the school logo can be put on if desired.
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This resource contains a set of 4 spelling practice worksheets on words containing the 'wr' digraph. They are ideal for homework.
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'wr' Digraph - Set of 16 Differentiated Worksheets
This resource contains 16 differentiated worksheets and tasks designed to help pupils learn how to read and spell words containing the digraph 'wr'.
'wr' Digraph - 60 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable 60-slide PowerPoint lesson on the 'wr' digraph. The PowerPoint contains:
the common words containing the 'wr' digrap - write, wreath, wren, wriggle, wrong, wrestle, wrinkle, wrapper, wrinkly, wrap and more
the less common words- wry, awry, wreak, writhe, wrench - and their meaning
a spelling challenge where pupils are given clues to guess the 'wr' words and then spell them.
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This resource contains assessment and record sheets for the third set of 100 hundred high-frequency words to record when pupils are able to read and spell these high-frequency words. The document is editable so that the school logo can be put on if desired.
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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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Hyphens - 40 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 40-slide PowerPoint lesson on hyphens. It clearly explains the functions of hyphens and how to use them correctly in writing. The PowerPoint provides many opportunities for pupils to identify when, where and how they are used.
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This resource contains two worksheets on using hyphens in writing. One work sheet focuses on hyphen to clarify meaning; the other on hyphens and prefixes.
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Hyphens -60 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
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.
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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Hyphens Memo Mat
This is a succinct and handy memo mat and guide on using hyphens in writing. It could be laminated and used time and time again.
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This resource contains a succinct and handy memo mat and guide on using hyphens in writing. It could be laminated and used time and time again.
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Hyphens -60 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
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.
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 an editable, 55-slide PowerPoint lesson on action verbs.
The PowerPoint 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
Writing down as many verbs as possible in one minute - time challenge
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Action Verbs - 15 Page Workbook
This 15 page workbook includes one information sheet and fourteen worksheets on action verbs. Tasks include:
matching verbs to pictures
choosing the correct verb to insert into a sentence
identifying verbs within sentences
writing own sentences using verbs
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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 resource contains two worksheets on Year 5 and 6 homophones and confusing words - led / lead, morning / mourning, past / passed. Pupils select the correct homophone and create sentences using the homophones.
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Year 5 and 6 Homophones - PowerPoint Lesson and Worksheets Booklet
The resource includes:
An editable, 100 slide PowerPoint lesson on the National Curriculum Year 5 and 6 homophones / near homophones and confusing words list - licence, license, practice, practise, prophecy, prophesy, father, farther, guessed, guest, heard, herd, lead, led, morning, mourning, past, passed, precede, proceed, principal, principle, profit, prophet, stationary, stationery, steal, steel. . The PowerPoint explains the meanings of the homophones, gives examples and tips for remembering the difference between them and provides opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
A set of 15 worksheets on the homophones. Pupils are required to choose the correct homophones for sentences, correct homophones in sentences and to compose sentences using the homophones. There are also five spelling worksheets. They are ideal for homework.
These resources are appropriate for year 5 and 6 students and older SEN pupils. Could be used for a series of lessons or as a lesson starter.
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This resource contains two worksheets on fronted adverbials.
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Fronted Adverbials - 20 Page Workbook
Fronted Adverbials PowerPoint Lesson
This is an editable, 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on fronted adverbials. The PowerPoint includes:
a recap of adverbs
adverbial phrases of time, place, manner and frequency
fronted adverbials
insertion of the 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 is a succinct revision memo mat, in three colour variations, containing rules and exceptions for forming plurals. It contains explanations and examples of the following types of plurals:
regular nouns - adding -s
nouns ending in -ch , -sh, -x, -ss, -z and -s
nouns ending in -o
nouns ending in -f, -ff and -fe
nouns ending in -y preceded by a consonant
irregular plurals
exceptions to the rules
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Plurals -200-Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is an ediable, 200-slide PowerPoint lesson on forming the plurals for nouns. It is appropriate for primary aged pupils and older SEN students due to the highly visual nature of the resource. The PowerPoint explains the rules for making plurals with examples. Opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to form plurals and there is a timed plural challenge activity.
Regular and Irregular Plurals - Set of 26 Differentiated Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 26 differentiated worksheets on all plurals listed above.
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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 a set of 16, A3-sized posters showing the rules for, and examples of, the forming of plural nouns.
The rules include:
regular nouns - adding -s
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
irregular pupils
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This resource contains three PowerPoint lessons on similes and metaphors, personification and alliteration.
Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint
This is a 37 slide PowerPoint on similes and metaphors. It gives an explanation and definition of simile and metaphors and why they are used. It contains examples of similes and metaphors from poetry and literature - I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud (William Wordsworth), The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes), My luv is like a red, red rose ( Robert Burns) and the Bible. It also explains the difference between similes and metaphors. The PowerPoint contains images to stimulate students to compose their own similes and metaphors
Personification PowerPoint
This is a 25 slide PowerPoint lesson on personification. It includes an explanation and definition of personification and its use in the production of figurative language. It explains why it is used. The PowerPoint contains 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. It also contains images for pupils to compose their own writing containing personification
Alliteration PowerPoint
This is a 40 slide PowerPoint 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 and in speeches.
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This resource contains a set of 8 spelling practice worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 3 and 4 homophones / near homophones and confusing words list. Answers are included. 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.
The homophones include:
accept, except, affect, effect, ball, bawl, berry, bury, fair, fare, grate, great, grown, groan, heel, heal, he’ll, knot, not, mail, male, main, mane, meat, meet, medal, meddle, missed, mist, peace, piece, plain, plane, rain, rein, reign, scene, seen, weather, whether, whose, who’s
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Charles Dickens was one of the greatest and most influential writers of the Victorian era. This resource is about the life and work of Charles Dickens. It contains a fully editable, 60-slide PowerPoint presentation on Charles Dickens. As well as writing some of the most widely read stories of all time, such as ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, ‘Oliver Twist’, ‘David Copperfield’. ‘The Pickwick Papers’ and ‘Great Expectations’, the presentation explains how Charles Dickens’ writing drew attention to the plight of the working classes in Victorian England. The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short, seven-minute video on his life and works.
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Charles Dickens Simple Text Presentation
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This resource contains a 55 slide PowerPoint lesson and a 15-page workbook on action verbs.
PowerPoint Lesson
This is an editable, 55-slide PowerPoint lesson. The PowerPoint includes:
Explanations of action verbs with examples
Opportunities for pupils to identify 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.
Actio Verbs Workbook
This 15-page workbook contains one information sheet and fourteen worksheets on action verbs. Tasks include:
matching verbs to pictures
choosing the correct verb to insert into a sentence
identifying verbs within sentences
writing own sentences using verbs
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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)
Tasks include:
1. Find the missing words
2. Finding missing letters worksheets
3. Solve the anagrams
4. Spelling worksheets
5. Using -cian words in sentences
5. Word searches
6. Cian root words exercise
7. Definition of -cian words
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Words Ending in the Suffix -cian 60 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is an editable PowerPoint lesson on words ending in -cian. It includes:
Adding 'cian' with examples of words and root word
Spelling challenges
Anagram challenges
Missing letter challenges
Guess my occupation challenge
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This resource contains an amazing set of 50 animal posters that can be used for a variety of purposes.
They would be a useful resource for Earth Day - as part of a display. One of the Earth Day Network's campaigns is 'Endangered Species'. This campaign is to stop poaching and habitat encroachment as many animals are in danger of extinction brought on by human activities around the world.
The photographs lend themselves to captions. Perhaps students could think of captions for the posters.
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This resource contains a PowerPoint presentation and 15 posters on inspirational Chinese proverbs and Chinese quotes.
- Use during Chinese New Year - there are 15 proverbs - the Chinese New Year lasts for 15 days. Have a thought for the day discussing the meaning of the proverb and its application in our lives.
- Use as a starting point for an assembly exemplifying some of the proverbs with students writing / role play about the proverbs.
- Use as a stimulus for creative writing. Students choose a proverb and write a short story in which the proverb features.
- Use as a stimulus for drama and role play.
- Display the posters.
- Use in English as examples of proverbs and idioms
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Chinese New Year Texts and Comprehensions
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