This unit introduces children to the conventions of a myth through the story of Dwynwen. They are then challenged to write their own Welsh myth by choosing character and problem cards as stimulus for their writing.

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 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 unit focuses on the opening of a suspense story. The children read the opening then identify the different forms of figurative speech that have been used to add effect. Personification, metaphors and similes are explained and examples shown. Children then go on to write the opening of their own suspense story using a picture of haunted house as stimulus.

This unit revises the English GCSE play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. It includes interactive activities revising characterisation, themes and key events, in preparation for the exam and coursework questions. Pupils will become familiar with dramatic techniques, analyse language and imagery and will collect evidence and form judgements on who is to blame for the death of a main character. The unit also includes teachers’ notes with suggestions on how to use each resource.

This lesson introduces pupils to the techniques used in newspaper reporting. Pupils will get the opportunity to analyse a story and write their own report, using a photo library. They will be asked to insert their reports into a newspaper template.

This pack contains: * Writing resources; * Display resources; * ‘Developing Descriptive Writing’ PowerPoint Authors: Tom Maloney Suzanne House Dawn Robertson

A resource based around the issue of sexuality and what makes a family unit. 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.

Presentation to learn how to use appropriate conjunctions in sentences

To identify common errors made by Year 3 pupils in Welsh medium schools when approaching English for the first time

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.

An interactive resource where pupils read through a story with the teacher, sequence events, describe characters and write a story.

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.

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.

A resource based around different reading resources which explores the conventions of each text type. These activities are developed primarily as reading resources although there are opportunities to develop written work using these text types as model exemplar. The activities are based on Literacy Strategy text types and they contain key questions which encourage pupils to explore language and write more open responses to reading. These resources could be used to meet Key Skills criteria for Communication (Reading)

Develop CVC words through the topic of pets. Includes Smartboard resources

These activities have been made to support all areas of the curriculum from Early Years to Year 6. The activities can stand alone or used as part of an introduction or plenary session. Each activity has teacher guidance notes attached.

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.

A series of PPTS that can be used as introductions to different non-fiction writing activities. The units include activities covering: Letter writing; Adverts; Leaflets; autobiographies.For more materials relating to this resource, please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

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.