The resource is split into two main sections: An animation shows how two words are joined together using an apostrophe to form a contraction, before the children test their knowledge with an interactive activity. An animation explains using an apostrophe correctly to show possession before the children use what they have learned to answer multichoice questions

Long i, o and u vowel sounds. Pupils see 3 different graphemic representations (spellings) of these vowel sounds and are asked to make words using the Wordmaker machine. If the answer is correct the word is spoken and a picture appears. Suitable for older pupils with SEN.

Packaging is a series of Powerpoints that form a Unit of Work that supports the teaching of Design, in particular Packaging. Packaging is aimed at developing the skills needed to understand the process of Packaging and how to design a suitable product that fits the needs of the consumer. The aim is for the pupils to study the process of packaging, use 3D shapes from nets, develop their own ideas and design a cereal packet. There is an optional unit to advertise the finished product.For more materials relating to this resource, please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

These are a series of PPT slides charting a journey across the slave route from Liverpool, via Benin and the Caribbean and ultimately to the United States of America. A lot of the activities use first person accounts and images from the period to stimulate written responses.

PowerPoint to help pupils identify final phonemes.

Diamante poems are fun and easy to write. Their distinctive structure provides an ideal venue for sentence-level work on nouns, verbs and adjectives. The purpose of the poem is to go from one subject at the top of a diamond shape to another totally different, and sometimes opposite, subject at the bottom. The starting point for this activity is a slide show highlighting the key features of diamante poetry. The writing process is modelled and pupils are asked to identify and classify different parts of speech.

This unit revises the English GCSE novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It includes interactive activities revising characterisation, important quotations, themes and key events, in preparation for the GCSE literature exam questions. Pupils will become familiar with American terminology to increase understanding of the novel and analyse the ending and its affect on the reader. The unit also includes teachers’ notes with suggestions on how to use each resource.

This pack consists of several activities that could be used to help pupils to examine sentences, look for key features and identify different sentence types. The activities will: allow the teacher to interactively demonstrate different types of sentences and allow pupils to sort sentences into the relevant groups. This pack contains: seven screens for use on the interactive, whiteboard , and three worksheets.

An animation shows the spelling of words with long a, e, i, o and u vowel sounds. Pupils see how split digraphs are used to spell these vowel sounds. Pupils are asked to make words using the Wordmaker machine. If the answer is correct the word is spoken and a picture appears. Suitable for older pupils with SEN.

A PowerPoint which asks pupils to identify the phonemes ch, sh and th. Can be used as a whole class activity or by children individually or in pairs.

A resource based on identity and belonging and how clothes can be used to establish that identity. These activities are developed primarily as a speaking and listening resource but there are many opportunities for reading and writing also. All of the activities are based on the models outlined in the new Welsh Assembly Document ‘Developing Thinking’ with lots of opportunity for group work and fit with the new skills framework.

This lesson explores the features of written instructions including the use of time words to help indicate an order and the use of action words. Pupils have the chance to follow instructions and develop their own. The lesson could be used during a unit of work on writing, especially one that explores writing for purpose. Use of the whiteboard tools (eg pen, highlighter) would also enable the teacher to address other associated word-level work.

Activities to support all areas of the curriculum from early years to year 6. The activities can be used stand alone or as part of an introduction or plenary session. Each activity has teacher guidance notes attached.

This lesson uses the story of Branwen, daughter of Llyr, one of the four branches of the Mabinogi, as a basis for teaching comprehension, speech marks and adjectives. It begins with a simplified presentation of the story. The main activity presents drawings of Branwen and Bendigeidfran. Pupils assign adjectives to each character by gender. The plenary requires the correct positioning of speech marks into an extract of the story. There are five supporting worksheets at text and sentence level.

This resource provides a guide for several aspects of English teaching, utilising ACTIVStudio software and a web browser. It looks at * Poetry : The Eve of St. Agnes * Literary Fiction : Novel openings * Creative writing * Literary Fiction: Shakespeare's Macbeth * Literary Non fiction: Persuasive writing using Senator Robert Byrd&'s speech to the US Senate in the run up to war with Iraq.

A resource that helps students to look at images and how they can portray moods, information etc. By the end of this lesson students should have: * explored how we read images * explored how text affects the way we read images * manipulated images to test impact * written an analysis of a real world image

Dafydd Drops a Goal is a poem about rugby. It tells of a young boy dropped to the substitutes' bench during an important cup match. He comes on to play during the dying minutes of the game and saves it with a drop goal. The unit was specifically written to provide pupils, particularly boys, with some challenging material that would perhaps change their attitude towards poetry. Ideal for years 5 and 6.

Children can read or listen to the stories and play word recognition games. Photocopiable sheets can be used to make flashcards and matching activities.

A resource providing a web guide to teaching a unit based on religious issues conflicting with school policy. These contain activities which are developed primarily as a speaking and listening resource but there are many opportunities for reading and writing also.

PowerPoint on how to identify initial phonemes.