This resource will teach pupils how to read and say the different pronunciations of the letter string 'ough'. Most of the time we teach pupils to pronounce words using rules and then tell them about exceptions. In this case most of the pronunciations of 'ough' are exceptions or isolates. There are five whole class activities for the whiteboard. National curriculum links: 1.3, 2.3, 3.2 Teachers can assess pupils by listening to them read a section of the story in activity 1.

This lesson encourages pupils to think of new vocabulary for descriptive writing. The activities will encourage whole class/group discussion, collaboration and participation.

The profile is made up of series of checklists. Together, the responses inform the learner’s oracy profile. The profile is intended to give a better understanding of a learner’s difficulties. It includes a range of strategies and resources to help contact staff to adjust or change their style of teaching accordingly. For more materials relating to this resource, please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

The emphasis of this resource is on working orally, so that pupils can see themselves as owners and understand what the apostrophe, in this context, is communicating. The final activity recaps on the use of the apostrophe to signal a missing letter and provides an entertaining game encouraging pupils to make a distinction between the apostrophes of possession and contraction. Throughout the lesson, the emphasis is on collaborative learning, with pupils comparing their answers and justifying their conclusions.

This resource pack aims to help pupils to: consider in detail the quality and purpose of what they read extend and enrich their vocabulary through activities focusing on words and their meaning explore, develop and examine ideas write a poem in response to stimuli. The activities have cross curricular links to History – Life in the 20th Century

Various flipcharts looking at different spelling rules. Covers: double consonants, hompophones, i before e, pluralisation and vowe suffixes

This lesson can be used as an introduction to verbs or as a revision aid. The activities in this pack will enable pupils to: understand what a verb is and its effect within a sentence, identify verbs in a piece of text and adapt verbs for effect (using synonyms).

This resource pack provides a range of activities to explain and reinforce the meaning of compound words. It should enable pupils to: understand that a compound word is two smaller words joined together, look at individual words to make their own compound words, and identify and create compound words from a list or table of words.

This resource pack is designed to provide examples and guidance for a range of writing styles. It highlights the main features and raises questions for the class to discuss. This pack will address the following learning objectives: to be able to identify a range of writing styles, to understand that there are a vast number of writing styles, and to gain an understanding of the characteristics of newspaper articles and persuasive letters.

The flipcharts may be used in ACTIVstudio2 or ACTIVprimary2. There are 12 flipcharts altogether which follow a similar pattern and highlight the following, ai, ar, au, aw, ay, bb, ce, ch, ck, dd, ea and ee.

A series of powerpoint presentations that allow pupils the opportunity use the theme of horror to look at personification, character description, critical analysis, empathy writing and direct speech. There are two versions of the powerpoints, one for the teacher and the other for the pupils.

Covers the comprehension and sequencing of a traditional Chinese story

A resource with a series of powerpoint presentation lessons and website guide. It encourages pupils to assess and create stimulating descriptive writing pieces. The units focusing on ‘buttons’ also provides useful stimuli to create stories. These units can be used to produce coursework and exam practice and are very useful in terms of AFL practice.