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Bright, colourful and exciting teaching resources that help to engage your students, challenge those that are soaring, and close the attainment gap ✏️
How To Train Your Dragon: Week 6 Unit
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How To Train Your Dragon: Week 6 Unit

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Week 6 of my No-Prep, 6-week How To Train Your Dragon English teaching unit. This week’s focus is on character description, prediction and planning, writing and editing a sequel. How to Train Your Dragon is an incredible book to study, and this Chapter 15-19 unit pack helps to engage children in the text right from the start. With exciting, attractive and innovative worksheets designed to hook children in to the action from the get go, you can expect children to gain skills in using textual evidence to predict future plot lines, describing characters using ‘show not tell’ and writing at length. Included in this download: 1 week of planning included in page 2 of the PowerPoint for ease 41-page teaching PowerPoint that breaks down all worksheets & learning Key vocabulary break down for Chapter 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19 and topical words Video clips suggested to complement planning Integrated QR codes for children’s independence purposes Making Predictions worksheet Describing the Green Death worksheet Evidence from Text worksheet Book Review worksheet Story Mountain Planning worksheet Introduction Drafting & Editing worksheet Sequel Write-Up worksheet Front & Back Cover Design Challenge worksheet 5 x starter/extension activities on the PowerPoint slides to push higher ability How To Train Your Dragon clip art (not for commercial use) 2 fonts to edit your resources with PDF & Word Document versions of every resource Looking for the rest of the unit? X Week 1 X Week 2 X Week 3 X Week 4 X Week 5 **Want to save money on the whole unit? ** X How To Train Your Dragon - Full Unit I hope this resource saves you time and stress Happy teaching! Miss Austin
How To Train Your Dragon: Book Review (Cressida Cowell)
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How To Train Your Dragon: Book Review (Cressida Cowell)

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Book Review worksheet concentrating on summarising, forming opinions and concluding on How To Train Your Dragon (Book 1) by Cressida Cowell. In this book review, children are asked to summarise the main parts of the story, give their opinion on the story as a whole, state the funniest, scariest and favorite parts, rate the story from 1-5, explain if they would recommend the book, and discuss who their favourite and least favourite characters were. This works great as a post-text exercise, and also works as a movie review if you are following the feature film instead. Reviewing books helps children know that it’s okay to like or dislike a book, and also allows them to work out what their favorite genres are. Included in this download: PDF version of the book review .docx Word document version of the book review for editing purposes ‘Lost in Chalk’ font to help you edit the resource and keep the style I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress! Thank you, and happy teaching! Miss Austin
Matilda: Book Review (Roald Dahl)
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Matilda: Book Review (Roald Dahl)

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Book Review worksheet concentrating on summarising, forming opinions and concluding on Matilda by Roald Dahl. UK and US versions included In this book review, children are asked to summarise the main parts of the story, give their opinion on the story as a whole, state the funniest, scariest and favourite parts, rate the story from 1-5, explain if they would recommend the book, and discuss who their favourite and least favorite characters were. This works great as a post-text exercise, and also works as a movie review if you are following the feature film instead. Reviewing books helps children know that it’s okay to like or dislike a book, and also allows them to work out what their favorite genres are. Included in this download: UK and US versions of PDF and Word documents PDF version of the book review .docx Word document version of the book review for editing purposes ‘Lost in Chalk’ font to help you edit the resource and keep the style Looking for more Matilda resources? X 4-Week Matilda English Unit I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress! Thank you, and happy teaching! Miss Austin
The Ickabog Chapters 5 & 6 - Guided Reading Independent Book Study - J K Rowling - Comprehension
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The Ickabog Chapters 5 & 6 - Guided Reading Independent Book Study - J K Rowling - Comprehension

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**Distance Learning project based on JK Rowling’s new book, The Ickabog. Children work through a 5-day project with 14 pages of activities focused on apostrophe use within Chapters 5 & 6. ** This resource can be used in the classroom or electronically! - JK Rowling has published her new children’s book, The Ickabog, online for everybody to enjoy whilst at home. She is also hosting an illustration competition for children to design her characters and setting- the winners will be published with the book in November 2020! This project’s focus is on the use of apostrophes for contraction and possession, and the 5-day booklet breaks down these skills in multiple ways. Children will have to recognize apostrophes for contraction and for both singular and plural possession; additionally, they will use both types in their own sentences, recognize mistakes and explain why apostrophes are used. Included in this download: PDF version of the Chapter 5 & 6 Home Learning project Editable .docx Word document version of the project External links to illustration competition & chapters 2 fonts to edit resources with Looking for the rest of the book? X Chapter 1 Project X Chapter 2 Project X Chapter 3 & 4 Project X Chapters 1-6 Mega Pack
The Ickabog: 4 Week-Long Projects (Chapters 1-6 Bundle)
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The Ickabog: 4 Week-Long Projects (Chapters 1-6 Bundle)

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A pack of 4 chapter-based projects based on JK Rowling’s new book, The Ickabog. 20 activities (each with multiple tasks) that are grammar, punctuation, reading and creative themed. ~ This resource can be used in the classroom or electronically! ~ JK Rowling has published her new children’s book, The Ickabog, online for everybody to enjoy whilst at home. She is also hosting an illustration competition for children to design her characters and setting- the winners will be published with the book in November 2020! Links to this competition and how to enter are included in the ‘introduction’ pages. With each project file, you will receive: PDF version of the Home Learning project Editable .docx Word document version of the project 2 fonts to edit resources with Chapter 1 Project: With 4 jam-packed tasks (each with multiple activities), children will work through the first chapter: drawing the main characters & settings, designing the famous Cornucopia pastries, finding definitions for tricky words and creating a fantasy map for the country. Chapter 2 Project 5 tasks, made to be set daily, see children work through the second chapter of The Ickabog by JK Rowling: recapping what happened in the first chapter (setting, character, plot), making predictions for the future, identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs in context. Chapter 3 & 4 Project Set across 5 tasks, children work through the 3rd and 4th chapters and are introduced to five key reading skills: inference, summary, questioning, comprehension and synthesis. Each task dives deep into each skill allowing children to access the text on a continually higher level. Chapter 5 & 6 Project Set across another 5, jam-packed tasks, children dive deep into understanding, recognizing and using apostrophes for both contraction and possession whilst working through chapters 5 & 6. The activities include conversion tables, spotting apostrophe errors in Chouxville shop signs and placing apostrophes before or after the ‘s’ depending on singular or plural possession.
The Ickabog Starter Pack (Chapter 1 & 2)
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The Ickabog Starter Pack (Chapter 1 & 2)

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A pack of 2 chapter-projects based on JK Rowling’s new book, The Ickabog. 9 activities (each with multiple tasks) that are grammar and creative themed. ~ This resource can be used in the classroom or electronically! ~ JK Rowling has published her new children’s book, The Ickabog, online for everybody to enjoy whilst at home. She is also hosting an illustration competition for children to design her characters and setting- the winners will be published with the book in November 2020! Links to this competition and how to enter are included in the ‘introduction’ pages. Chapter 1 Project: With 4 jam-packed tasks (each with multiple activities), children will work through the first chapter: drawing the main characters & settings, designing the famous Cornucopia pastries, finding definitions for tricky words and creating a fantasy map for the country. Included: PDF version of the Chapter 1 Home Learning project Editable .docx Word document version of the project 2 fonts to edit resources with Chapter 2 Project With 5 jam-packed tasks (each with multiple activities and worksheets provided), children will work through the second chapter: recapping what happened in the first chapter (setting, character, plot), making predictions for the future, identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs in context. Included: PDF version of the Chapter 2 Home Learning project Editable .docx Word document version of the project 2 fonts to edit resources with
The Ickabog Chapter 1- Guided Reading Independent Book Study Project - J K Rowling - Comprehension
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The Ickabog Chapter 1- Guided Reading Independent Book Study Project - J K Rowling - Comprehension

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Independent Learning project based on JK Rowling’s new book, The Ickabog. Children work through 4 grammar & creative tasks based on Chapter 1. - This resource can be used in the classroom or electronically! - JK Rowling has published her children’s book, The Ickabog, online for everybody to enjoy. She is also hosting an illustration competition for children to design her characters and setting- the winners will be published with the book in November 2020! With 4 jam-packed tasks (each with multiple activities), children will work through the first chapter: drawing the main characters & settings, designing the famous Cornucopia pastries, finding definitions for tricky words and creating a fantasy map for the country. Included in this download: PDF version of the Chapter 1 Home Learning project Editable .docx Word document version of the project 2 fonts to edit resources with Here are the links to the rest of the project: Chapter 2 Chapters 3 & 4
Colour Vocabulary Thesaurus - Creative Writing Toolkit Help Sheet Word Mat EAL SEN
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Colour Vocabulary Thesaurus - Creative Writing Toolkit Help Sheet Word Mat EAL SEN

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Help your children to improve their descriptions and narratives by using these colour vocabulary sheets in your literacy lessons or on display. They equip pupils with exciting words for ‘red’, ‘blue’, ‘green’ and everything in between! I have been using these colour thesauruses as part of a Writing Toolkit (coming soon!) that I give to my class at the start of the school year. After modelling how to use them in writing, the children then independently use stronger, more effective colour descriptives when describing settings or characters- I even see them cropping up in their speech! BOTH SPELLINGS OF COLOR/COLOUR INCLUDED! Included in this download: A display poster and pocket-sized version of the color vocabulary grid PDF versions of the resources .docx Word versions of the resources for editing purposes 2 fonts to edit your resources with UK/AU/NZ/CA version using ‘colour’ spelling Looking for the full Writing Toolkit? Due to be completed by September 1st 2020 I hope this product saves you time and stress, Happy Teaching! Miss Austin
KS2 Character Description & Adjectives || INTERVIEW LESSON
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KS2 Character Description & Adjectives || INTERVIEW LESSON

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Hi there! ~_~ *includes* Extensive Lesson plan Deployment sheet for a TA (great for interview!) Lesson presentation Table labels (helpful for interviews) Learning objective and success criteria labels for childrens’ books A4 document of characters to describe (although I used alternative drawings that I made myself) and some pre-written adjectives to describe given characters for LA children. This lesson would take around 35/40 minutes, and would be perfect for a refresher lesson, or perhaps an interview. It’s greatly tweakable for different year groups and the like. I hope it’s useful for you!
KS2: 3 Potential Interview Lessons (BUNDLE)
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KS2: 3 Potential Interview Lessons (BUNDLE)

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Hi! In this bundle, there are three potential interview lessons covering the following LO’s. LO: To understand and use subordinate clauses LO: To understand and implement the processes behind mathematical word problems LO: To use adventurous vocabulary to describe characters In each pack, there’s a TA deployment sheet, an extensive plan, a lesson prompt, a powerpoint and all the differentiated resources provided.
Year 5: 'ous' and 'ear' spelling & phonics (1 Lesson Pack)
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Year 5: 'ous' and 'ear' spelling & phonics (1 Lesson Pack)

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Hi there! Another lesson for you all, This one is a Year 5 lesson on ‘ious’ ‘eous’ ‘tious’ and ‘cious’ suffixes in spelling and where they’re appropriate. **Learning objective: **I can identify when to use different ‘ous’ suffixes Included in this pack are check list pages, an ‘ear’ revision crossword puzzle for a starter, lesson plan, resource pack, two pages of activities and a presentation displaying the rules for ‘ous’ suffixes. Please feel free to message me with any questions! Happy Teaching Miss Austin xxx
KS2 NOUNS: Proper, Abstract, Collective and Concrete
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KS2 NOUNS: Proper, Abstract, Collective and Concrete

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Hi there! In this pack you’ll find two presentations, one completed and the other skeletal for you to add your own flair to should you so wish! You’ll also find a TA organising sheet, along with a lesson plan. Let me know if you should require anything additional! Miss Austin :)