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This resource contains an editable, 40-slide PowerPoint lesson on the National Curriculum Year 2 homophone /near homophones their / there / they're. The resource explains the meaning of the homophones - their, there and they're - and explains 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 students.
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This resource contains:
1. A fully editable 55-slide PowerPoint lesson 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.
2. A 15-page workbook (15 worksheets) on using full stops to demarcate sentences.
Tasks include:
Placing full stops at the end of simple sentences
Placing full stops in writing containing several sentences
Placing full stops in short paragraphs
Composing own sentences
Correcting sentences in which the full stops have been incorrectly placed
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This resource contains:
1. A word mat containing all the spellings in the Year 3 and 4 National Curriculum word list. It can be laminated for pupils to have with them as they work or for homework purposes. Pupils can be encouraged to use these words regularly in their writing.
2. A fully editable PowerPoint containing 15 activities/challenges to help pupils to learn and master the spellings of these words.
3. A set of 15 spelling challenge worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint. Tasks include finding words on the using a variety of criteria. For example, all the words containing 'ei', all the words with double letters etc. Other tasks include placing the words in alphabetical order, writing sentences containing the words, practise spellings using the look, cover, write and check method and making their own mnemonics for words they have difficulty in spelling.
The resources can be used as a series of lessons on spelling, as lesson starters or for homework purposes.
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This is a similar resource for year 5 and 6 National Curriculum Spellings. Click on the link for more details.
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This resource contains a PowerPoint lesson and a set of 22 differentiated worksheets on words ending in the suffixes -sion / -ssion. (English Programmes of Study: Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion).
This 80 slide PowerPoint lesson contains a variety of activities that introduce, reinforce and consolidate the spelling of these words. It includes:
Rules for adding the suffix -sion to words ending in -d, -de, -s, -ss, -mit, -el
A timed activity for pupils working in pairs or groups to find as many -sion words as possible
An anagram challenge
The worksheets contain tasks that include finding the missing -sion / -ssion words, constructing sentences, word searches, anagrams, changing verbs to nouns by adding the suffix -sion or -ssion and spelling practice worksheets.
The resource is suitable for primary pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of this resource
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This bundle contains 23 worksheets on the commonly confused homophones (Year 2 National Curriculum):
Where, Wear, We're and Were
There, Their, They're
Two, Too, To
Tasks involve selecting the correct homophones, composing sentences using the homophones and correcting sentences containing homophones.
For more detailed information click on the individual resource links. These resources are appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN / ESL students.
You may also be interested in an accompanying set of PowerPoint lessons for these worksheets:
Three PowerPoint Lessons - There Their They're Where Were Wear Two Too To
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This 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.
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. This resource is also appropriate for SEN / ESL students who may find sentence demarcation challenging. Answers are included.
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This resource contains an editable, 60 slide PowerPoint lesson and a 15-page workbook on the possessive apostrophe.
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.
15 Page Workbook
This is 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.
These resources will help students to master using apostrophes in the right place in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills. Click on the individual links for more details.
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This resource contains an editable, 60-slide PowerPoint lesson and an accompanying 20-page workbook that includes two information sheets and eighteen worksheets on fronted adverbials. The new National Curriculum requires children to be taught to use fronted adverbials and to use commas after fronted adverbials.
20 Page Workbook
This workbook contains 18 worksheets and 2 information sheets on adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials. The worksheet tasks include:
identifying adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials of time, place, manner and frequency in sentences
inserting appropriate adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials in sentences
insertion of comma after fronted adverbial
using fronted adverbials in writing
changing sentences so that the adverbial phrase is at the beginning of a sentence
PowerPoint Lesson
This is an editable, 60-slide PowerPoint lesson 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 60 posters with powerful images of some of William Shakespeare’s quotes – some poignant, some comedic, some tragic and some romantic. Shakespeare’s mastery of words, his skillful use of language and poetic devices are evidenced in these posters. This is an ideal resource to promote discussion, for display purposes or for use in an assembly on World Book Day and William Shakespeare Week.
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Wiliam Shakespeare Simple Text Presentation
This is a fully editable, 56-slide PowerPoint presentation, with simple text, on the life and work of William Shakespeare, ‘’The Bard of Avon’. It is appropriate for primary and older SEN pupils.
The PowerPoint focuses on - his birthplace and parentage; his family; excerpts from well-known plays – Hamlet, Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Globe Theatre, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre; the Puritans' banning of theatres and plays; The Royal Shakespeare Company; Shakespeare's contribution to the English language; his use of literary techniques and poetic devices; his burial place; his former home New Place -his former home; list of his plays in chronological order.
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to engaging short clips (3 minutes) of Macbeth – film and Opera versions.
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This is a slightly longer, more detailed 75-slide presentation; more suitable for older pupils.
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This resource involves pupils creating sentences with the use of writing frames that contain many of the first one hundred high-frequency words. Writing sentences and reading them back helps pupils to embed and consolidate these words which they will then be able to use freely in their writing.
It is an ideal resource for young pupils and older pupils who have difficulty with writing and reading independently. It is particularly appropriate for SEN / ESL 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.
The resource includes Twenty high-frequency word writing frames containing most of the first hundred high-frequency words - containing nouns, verbs and prepositions.
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This resource contains a succinct, colourful and visual memo mat on the commonly used/confused National Curriculum Year 2 Homophone / Near Homophones where / were / we're / wear. The mat is available in two different fonts and on two different coloured backgrounds. The mat could be laminated and used by pupils when covering the topic of commonly used/confused homophones or placed in their files for reference. It could also be enlarged to A3 size and used for classroom display purposes.
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This bundle contains three editable PowerPoint lessons on words ending in the suffixes -tion, -sion, ssion and -cian. For more detailed information click on the individual links.
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tion, sion, ssion and cian - Set of 57 Worksheets
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This bundle contains:
1. A 100 slide PowerPoint lesson on the article 'a' or 'an' before a word by looking at the first letter to determine whether or not it has a vowel sound.
2. A set of 12 worksheets in which pupils have to determine whether 'a' or 'an' goes before a word.
3. A set of 10 a or an sentence writing frames providing scaffolding and support for pupils who find writing independently challenging.
Click on the individual links for further details.
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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 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 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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Roald Dahl Presentation
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This resource consists of 12 posters containing some of Roald Dahl's most well-known quotes: some poignant, some comedic and some 'gobblefunk'. This is an ideal resource to promote discussion, for display purposes in the library or classroom or for use in an assembly on Roald Dahl Day on 13th September or on World Book Day.
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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?
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This resource contains a short quiz on Roald Dahl’s children's books.
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Roald Dahl’s Children’s Books – 100 Question Quiz
This is a fully editable, 100 question PowerPoint quiz on Roald Dahl’s children’s books and includes questions on Matilda, The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Danny Champion of the World, Fantastic Mr Fox, George’s Marvellous Medicine, The Twits, Boy, The Giraffe, Pelly and Me, The Enormous Crocodile, The Magic Finger and The Witches.
It is an ideal resource for an assembly, a lesson or with a tutor group, particularly on World Book Day or on Roald Dahl Day in September.
The quiz contains 100 questions with multiple choice 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 also provided.
Sample questions:
1. In which book is this quote from ‘If you are good, life is good?’
2. Charlie is the last person to find a golden ticket in ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ Who was the third?
3. In ‘James and the Giant Peach’ James is forced to go and live with his aunts after his parents are killed. What were his parents killed by?
4. In ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ who runs the chocolate factory?
5. What are the evil creatures that Charlie Bucket meets in ‘Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator?
Roald Dahl Presentation
This is an informative, 80 slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and work of Roald Dahl. The PowerPoint focuses on:
His birthplace and parentage
His education and schooling
His career as an RAF fighter pilot
His family
His works
His likes, dislikes, interests and hobbies
His imaginative and fun use of language and wordplay
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