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This resource contains a 35-slide PowerPoint lesson explaining when to use the soft ‘g’ sound -dʒ - (Year 2 National Curriculum) the /j/ sound spelt g before e, i and y). The PowerPoint provides a variety of opportunities for the pupils to identify words that contain a soft g sound.
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Soft G - 15 Page Workbook
This resource contains a 15 page workbook (15 worksheets) on the soft ‘g’ sound. The worksheets contain a a variety of tasks to help pupils to read and spell words containing the soft g sound.
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This resource contains a 15 page workbook (15 worksheets) on the soft ‘g’ sound (Year 2 National Curriculum) the /j/ sound spelt g before e, i and y). The worksheets contain a variety of tasks to help pupils to read and spell words containing the soft g sound.
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Soft ‘g’ Words - 35-Slide PowerPoint lesson
This is a 35-slide PowerPoint lesson explaining when to use the soft ‘g’ sound. The PowerPoint provides a variety of opportunities for the pupils to identify words that contain a soft g sound.
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This resource contains a succinct, colourful and highly visual punctuation memo mat reminding pupils of how and when to use the punctuation devices - the full stop, comma, possessive apostrophe, apostrophe for omission/contraction, speech marks / inverted commas, the question mark and exclamation mark.
The mat could be laminated and used by pupils for general use in their writing or placed in their files for reference. It could be enlarged to A3 size and used for display purposes.
This resource is appropriate for Year 1 - 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 contains a set of 15 worksheets 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.
Tasks include choosing the correct homophones in sentences, correcting homophones in sentences and composing sentences containing the homophones. There area also five spelling practice worksheets.
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Year 5 and 6 Homophones / Confusing Words PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint explains the meanings of the homophones, gives examples, and provides tips for remembering the difference between them. Opportunities are provided for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
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This resource contains three PowerPoint lessons on the National Curriculum homophones and confusing words lists for Year 2-6.
All three PowerPoints include an explanation of the meaning of the homophones, examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
1. Year 2 homophones - there/ their/ they're, here/ hear, see/ sea, bare/ bear, one/ won, sun / son, two / to / too, be/ bee, blue/ blew, night/ knight.
2. Year 3 and 4 Homophones - accept, except, affect, effect, ball, bawl, berry, bury, brake, break, fair, fare, grate, great, grown, groan, heel, heal, he'll, knot, not, mail, male, main, mane, meet, meat, medal, meddle, missed, mist, peace, piece, plain, plane, rain, rein, reign, scene, seen, weather, whether, whose, who's
3. Year 5 and 6 Homophones - 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, whose, who's
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This resource contains a parts of speech/word classes memo mat explaining the different parts of speech with examples - including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. Useful as a reference for pupils when working on this area of literacy or could be placed in pupils folders for revision. This resource is appropriate for Year 1-6 pupils and older SEN pupils who will benefit from the visual nature of the mat.
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This resource contains a set of 5 succinct, colourful and highly-visual memo mats on punctuation, parts of speech and plurals.
They include:
Nouns - the different types of noun - common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, compound nouns and collective nouns are all featured.
Parts of Speech – detailing the different parts of speech including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections.
Speech Mark / Inverted Comma / Quotation Marks - how to use speech marks and other punctuation devices within the context of direct speech (including the full stop, comma, apostrophe, question and exclamation mark) within the context of direct speech
Plurals - showing the rules for making nouns plural. Rules include those for - regular nouns - adding 's', - nouns ending in 'ch' , 'sh', 'x' and 's', - nouns ending in 'f' and 'fe' - change 'f' to 'v' and add 'es', - nouns ending in 'y' preceded by consonant - change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es', - nouns ending in 'o' adding 's' or 'es', - irregular pupils ie goose - geese, foot - feet, ox - oxen etc
Punctuation – shows how to use the punctuation devices - the full stop, comma, possessive apostrophe, apostrophe for omission/contraction, speech marks / inverted commas, the question mark and exclamation mark.
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This resource is a fully editable and informative 85-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and work of Roald Dahl. It is an ideal resource for Roald Dahl Day in September and on 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
His likes, dislikes, interests, hobbies
His imaginative and fun use of language and wordplay
Dahl’s Children’s Gallery, Roald Dahl Plass, Roald Dahl Festival at Aylesbury, ‘Dahlicious Dress Up Day,’ Dahl’s ‘Marvellous Children’s Charity.’
The PowerPoint contains hyperlinks to Roald Dahl’s writing hut, new BFG movie trailer, audio of Roald Dahl giving writing tips and about his writing, and Roald’s home at Gipsy Cottage, Great Missenden.
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Roald Dahl Presentation
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This resource is a fully editable and informative simple text, 78-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and work of Roald Dahl. It focuses on:
His birthplace, parentage, family
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'
His likes, dislikes, interests, hobbies
His imaginative and fun use of language and wordplay
Dahl���s Children’s Gallery, Roald Dahl Plass, Roald Dahl Festival at Aylesbury, ‘Dahlicious Dress Up Day,’ Dahl’s ‘Marvellous Children's Charity'
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to Roald Dahl’s writing hut, The BFG movie trailer, an audio of Roald Dahl giving writing tips and about his writing, and an interview with Roald Dahl's wife at Roald’s home in Gipsy Cottage, Great Missenden.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 50 question PowerPoint quiz on the life and works of Roald Dahl. It is an ideal resource for World Book Day and Roald Dahl Day.
The quiz contains 50 questions with three possible answers. It can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The 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. An answer sheet is provided to allow individuals/teams to record their answers.
Sample questions:
1. Where was I born?
2. What stories did my mum and Grandma tell me or read to me?
3. When I was a young boy what was my favourite book?
4. In which book did I write about childhood days?
5. Which chocolate makers used to send chocolate to Repton School for testing?
6. In August 1934, after I left school, which country did I go to on a hiking expedition?
7. At the outbreak of World War II which armed services did I join?
8. What happened to me in the RAF in 1940?
9. Which famous author encouraged me to write an article for the ‘Saturday Evening Post?
10. Where did I write ‘Danny Champion of The World?
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This is an ideal resource for Roald Dahl Day in September and for World Book Day. This resource contains:
Roald Dahl Presentation
This is a fully editable, 80-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and works of Roald Dahl. It 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
His likes, dislikes, interests, hobbies
His imaginative and fun use of language and wordplay
The PowerPoint contains hyperlinks to Dahl’s writing hut, an audio of Roald Dahl giving writing tips, and an interview with Roald’s widow at his former home, Gipsy Cottage.
Roald Dahl Quiz
The quiz contains 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 contains an answer sheet for individuals/teams to record answers.
Sample questions:
1. Where was I born?
2. What stories did my mum and Grandma tell me?
3. When I was a young boy what was my favourite book?
4. In which book did I write about childhood days?
5. Which chocolate makers used to send chocolate to Repton School for testing?
Please note that the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself.
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This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English certification. It contains a 70-slide PowerPoint lesson and a 19-page workbook on the Entry Level 2 writing component - write in compound sentences, using common conjunctions (e.g. or, and, but) to
connect clauses.
PowerPoint Lesson
This editable 70-slide PowerPoint lesson clearly explains what conjunctions and compound sentences are. It provides many examples and opportunities for pupils to identify and use conjunctions and compound sentences.The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video explaining conjunctions and compound sentences. It is ideal for introducing this component of the Entry Level 2 specification and for revision purposes.
Workbook
This is an age-appropriate, 19-page workbook with 3 explanation pages, 13 worksheets (with answers), a progress check and a certificate of achievement.
Tasks include:
Identifying conjunctions in sentences
Identifying simple and compound sentences
Joining sentences using conjunctions to make compound sentences
Composing compound sentences
Using compound sentences in functional tasks
The workbook is provided in PDF format and an editable PowerPoint version to enable personalisation of the resource. It can be used for classwork, homework, revision or as an independent learning pack.
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This bundle includes:
1. Chinese New year 80 slide PowerPoint Presentation
2. PowerPoint Quiz on the Chinese New Year
3. A set of 10 information texts and comprehensions on the Chinese New Year
4. A Chinese New Year Puzzle Pack containing crosswords, anagrams word searches and more
5. Chinese New Year Coordinates PowerPoint Team Game
6. Chinese Riddles PowerPoint Quiz
7. Chinese proverbs posters
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The resource contains eight Chinese New Year themed puzzles and includes:
- Two Word Searches
- Chinese Riddles
- Word Making Activity
- Crossword
- Three Anagrams
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This resource contains a variety of Christmas themed activities and resources that can be used by the whole school. There is something for everyone! Click on the individual resource links for further details.
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This bundle contains 7 fun Christmas themed educational resources for reception and young primary children:
Christmas Happy Families Game
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Christmas Countdown Timers With Music
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Elves and Santas - A Christmas Themed Snakes and Ladders Game
Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar
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This resource contains a variety of Christmas themed activities and resources that can be used by the whole school. There is something for everyone! Click on the individual resource links for further details.
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Massively discounted. This resource contains 17 Christmas themed activities and resources that can be used by the whole school. There is something for everyone! Christmas quizzes, advent calendar, Christmas bingo, Christmas Happy Families, Christmas Around the World presentations, Christmas clip art, Christmas English resources, Winter posters and presentation. Click on the individual resource links for further details.
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This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 1 Functional Skills English certification (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds and Open Awards). It contains an age-appropriate, 21- page workbook and a 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on Entry Level 1 writing component - punctuate simple sentences with a capital letter and full stop.
The workbook includes 6 explanation pages, 12 worksheets (with answers), 2 progress checks and a certificate of achievement. The workbook is provided in PDF format and an editable PowerPoint version to enable personalisation of the resource. It can be used for classwork, homework, revision or as an independent learning pack.
Tasks and activities include:
Recognising and writing lower case letters
Recognising and writing capital letters
Starting sentences with a capital letter
Marking the end of sentences with a full stop
Correcting sentences
Punctuating two simple sentences
Writing a simple sentence
The PowerPoint lesson explains how to punctuate a simple sentence with capital letters and full stops. It provides many opportunities for students to practise this skill.
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This bundle includes six PowerPoint lessons on punctuation - parenthesis (commas, dashes, brackets), commas to clarify meaning, colons, semicolons, hyphens and the ellipsis.
All the PowerPoints clearly explain the functions of each punctuation mark and how they are used. Many opportunities are provided within the PowerPoints for pupils to identify when they should be used and to place them correctly in writing.
All the PowerPoints contain links to short videos that also explain and give example of how they are used.
Parenthesis - 55 slides
The Ellipsis - 45 slides
Hyphens - 60 slides
Colons - 60 slides
Semicolons - 45 slides
Commas to Clarify Meaning-50 slides
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