Halloween Words - Using a Dictionary KS2 English Teaching Resource This Halloween themed teaching resource is designed to help KS2 children develop their dictionary skills as per the curriculum objectives of the English programme of study (Writing - transcription). It includes a number of engaging activities which explore alphabetical order and how to use a dictionary to check spelling and meaning. As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Halloween Words - Using a Dictionary’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Halloween Word Search Halloween Word Search 2 Halloween Adjectives Halloween Wow Words

Full Stops - KS3 Essential English Skills (19-slide PowerPoint and 4 worksheets) This Essential English Skills lesson is aimed at KS3 students who need to learn or revise the rules regarding the use of full stops. After an introduction to the concept of the main clause, students undertake a range of differentiated tasks which will help them to consolidate their understanding of where full stops should be used and why. There are three differentiated activities (Bronze, silver and gold) and answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more KS3 Essential English resources: Adjectives - KS3 English Essentials Capital Letters - KS3 Essential English Question Marks - KS3 Essential English Inference Skills - KS3 Essential English Compound Sentences - KS3 English Essentials Simple Sentences - KS3 English Essentials

Compound Sentences - KS3 (21-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 5 worksheets) This lesson is aimed at KS3 pupils who are relatively confident with simple sentences and need to progress onto compound sentences. After a recap of the basics of simple sentences, pupils are introduced to the concept of compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions and the popular acronym FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So). Pupils will then use the ‘Coordinating Conjunctions in Action’ worksheet to help them respond to a range of differentiated tasks aimed at helping them to develop their confidence in the use of compound sentences. The lesson concludes with a brief plenary in which students identify and correct the mistakes in six compound sentences. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more KS3 Essential English resources: Adjectives - KS3 English Essentials Capital Letters - KS3 Essential English Full Stops - KS3 Essential English Skills Question Marks - KS3 Essential English Inference Skills - KS3 Essential English Simple Sentences - KS3 English Essentials

Year 5 and Year 6 Spring Term Spellings (PowerPoint and worksheet) This resource allows teachers to assess spelling in the context of sentences using words taken from the Year5 and Year 6 list of statutory spellings – Spring Term or Term Two. It includes a dictation worksheet with a list of the Year 5/6 Term Two statutory spellings, several dictation sentences - all of which contain the statutory spellings - and an editable PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task and to help teachers assess pupils’ spelling skills. As with all our resources, the PowerPoint is fully editable, so sentences can be changed, differentiated or tweaked to suit your specific needs.

Year 3 and Year 4 Spring Term Spellings (PowerPoint and worksheet) This resource enables teachers to evaluate spelling in the context of sentences using words taken from the Year 3 and Year 4 list of statutory spellings – Term Two. The resource includes a dictation worksheet with a list of the Year 3 and Year 4 Spring Term statutory spellings, several dictation sentences - all of which contain the statutory spellings - and a fully editable PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task and help assess spelling skills.

Using Pronouns to Avoid Repetition - KS3: Essential English Skills Our ‘Year 7 Essential English Skills’ resources are designed to help Year 7 learners master key English skills which were not fully developed at KS2. ‘Using Pronouns to Avoid Repetition - KS3’ explains how to use pronouns effectively in written work. It recaps nouns and pronouns and contains whole group and individual activities designed to help children understand when and how to use pronouns to avoid repetition. The resource is differentiated (lower, middle and higher ability tasks) and fully editable giving you the freedom to use it as it is or adapt it for your needs.

The Subjunctive Form - Year 5 and 6 Upper KS2 English Teaching Resource In ‘The Subjunctive Form - Year 5 and 6’ pupils learn about subjunctive forms and how they are used in formal writing as per the objectives of the Year 5 and 6 programme of study. This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes: Subjunctive forms explanation How subjunctive forms are used in writing 4 subjunctive forms activities with 2 accompanying worksheets Links to a subjunctive forms video and quiz As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘The Subjunctive Form - Year 5 and 6’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

The Subordinate Clause Upper KS2 and Lower KS3 English Teaching Resource In ‘The Subordinate Clause’ pupils learn how to correctly use and identify subordinate clauses in sentences. This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes: Definition of a clause Definition of a main clause Definition of a subordinate clause Definition of a complex sentence Examples of subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns Adding a relevant subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun activity Identifying the subordinate clause activity with accompanying worksheet Adding a subordinate clause to a main clause activity with accompanying worksheet 1 further worksheet with answers As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘The Subordinate Clause’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

Contractions - Year 2 'Contractions - Year 2’ introduces pupils to apostrophes for contracted forms as per the curriculum objectives of the Year 2 English programme of study - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. This engaging PowerPoint lesson includes class activities with an accompanying worksheet for children to use during the lesson. It contains 3 further differentiated worksheets to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. Content includes: What are contractions explanation What are apostrophes explanation Class activities with an accompanying worksheet with answers 3 differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Contractions - Year 2’ can be edited giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Possessive Apostrophes Using the Apostrophe Apostrophes to Mark Plural Possession

Futility (Wilfred Owen) is an English Literature teaching resource made up of a 47 slide PowerPoint presentation and 16 pages of worksheets. Resources cover a range of lessons and activities ideal for studying and teaching the poem at KS4/GCSE. The resources can be used as individual lessons on Owen’s Futility or incorporated into a wider unit of work on war poetry and conflict. Conflict/War Poetry Teaching Resources: Futility (Wilfred Owen) consists of a range of stimulating lessons and activities for students of all abilities including: - A biography of Wilfred Owen - The historical and social context of Futility - World War One, trench warfare - film footage included - An introduction to the poem including an audio reading of ‘Futility’ by Kenneth Branagh - A clean copy of ‘Futility’ for annotation - Consolidation of understanding and comprehension questions - Wilfred Owen’s use of language and imagery in Futility - Structure and poetic techniques in the poem - Modelling the use of P.E.E. when writing an analysis of the poem - The theme and message of Futility - Links to the Wilfred Owen website, more war poetry, audio video reading of Futility, BBC history WWI resources - 47 slide PowerPoint analysis of Owen’s Futility - 16 pages of worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint resource

Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity - Year 5 and 6 Upper KS2 English Teaching Resource In ‘Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity - Year 5 and 6’ pupils learn how to use hyphens to improve their writing by avoiding ambiguity and making their writing clearer and more concise as per the objectives of the Year 5 and 6 programme of study. This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes: A link to a short hyphens explanatory video What is a hyphen explanation How hyphens improve writing Common categories of hyphenated words 4 hyphens activities with accompanying worksheets As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity - Year 5 and 6’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation - Romeo and Juliet (38-slide PowerPoint presentation with 5 worksheets) This two-lesson teaching resource provides a step-by-step guide to the AQA GCSE English Literature exam question on Romeo and Juliet. It goes through the question paper and shows students how to produce an effective response under exam conditions. It offers guidance on approaching the question, planning and managing time effectively and structuring and writing a higher band answer. Learners are then given an exam question and extract and are required to write a response in exam conditions. To preview ‘AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation - Romeo and Juliet’ in detail, please click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more Romeo and Juliet resources: Romeo and Juliet - The Prologue Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Prince’s Speech Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio Romeo and Juliet – Women in Elizabethan England Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Romeo and Juliet - The Balcony Scene Romeo and Juliet - Friar Lawrence Romeo and Juliet - Act 3 Romeo and Juliet – Act 3, Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 4 Romeo and Juliet - Act 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation Romeo and Juliet - KS2 Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - House of Games

A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse (16-slide PowerPoint and 10 worksheets) “And the union workhouses?” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?” In Stave One of ‘A Christmas Carol’, Dickens portrays his protagonist Scrooge as a proponent of the workhouse system. Deliberately designed to be a last resort for the poor and destitute, these austere buildings were described by Richard Oastler as ‘prisons for the poor’. This GCSE resource enables learners to gain an insight into the reality of life for inmates of the workhouses. It includes: A differentiated Do Now / starter activity, in which learners examine an image of a surviving workhouse and reflect on what its function might have been. At higher levels, learners will also consider their own responses to the image and think about why the building might be a tourist attraction today. The main activity is a group task in which learners read a range of sources on the subject of the workhouse and use the information to fill in a findings sheet. The questions on the finding sheet test a range of reading skills including comprehension, inference-making and analysis. After giving feedback, learners will reflect on a controversial statement that encourages them to think about how useful workhouses were as provision for the disadvantaged in Victorian society. This resource not only enriches learners’ understanding of the context of ‘A Christmas Carol’ but also provides an opportunity for learners to practise their reading of 19th Century texts, a requirement of the current English Language GCSE. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE A Christmas Carol - Introducing Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge in Stave 1 A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

Synonyms - KS3 (17-slide PowerPoint with worksheets) This lesson is aimed at KS3 pupils who need to become more confident in the use of synonyms of everyday words. After an introduction to the concept of synonyms, pupils will undertake a range of differentiated tasks which will help them to choose appropriate synonyms and apply them in their own writing. The lesson concludes with a brief review which tests pupils’ understanding of the use of suitable synonyms. This resource includes a list of synonyms of everyday words but you may also wish to provide pupils with a thesaurus for the writing task. Answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Synonyms - Year 3 and 4

Apostrophes to Mark Plural Possession - Year 3 / 4 (26-slide PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets) This lesson revises the use of possessive apostrophes with singular nouns, then explains how to use apostrophes with regular and irregular plurals. It contains whole-group discussion and exercises, and individually differentiated (Gold, Silver and Bronze) worksheet-based activities. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Possessive Apostrophes - Year 2 Using the Apostrophe

Our ‘KS3 English Essentials’ resources are designed to help KS3 learners master key English skills which were not fully developed at KS2. Inference - KS3 is the ideal resource to help students understand the importance of inference in reading. The resource explains what ’infer’ and ‘inference’ mean and enables pupils to practice making inferences from pictures and texts using evidence. Teachers should consider the example texts together and use the discussion prompts to assess understanding before assigning the appropriate level worksheet for individual pupils. There are three differentiated worksheet activities - Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each level has a different text to read and specific inference questions to answer with evidence. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Inference Skills Infer and Deduce Infer and Deduce 2 Making Inferences - Year 3 & Year 4

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Grave (16-slide PowerPoint lesson with worksheets and answer keys) This lesson enables GCSE learners to contrast Dickens’ presentation of the graves of Tiny Tim and Scrooge in Stave Four. It begins with a differentiated information retrieval task which asks learners to correct a number of inaccurate statements in relation to Staves One to Four. Learners will then read from, ‘“Spectre,” said Scrooge…’ down to ‘a worthy place!’ After reading the passage, learners will undertake a series of questions that encourage them to consider the differences between the places in which Scrooge and Tiny Tim are buried. The lesson concludes with a brief review in which learners consider the extent to which they agree with three statements relating to the churchyard in which Scrooge is buried. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 4 and Stave 5 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come A Christmas Carol - The Death of Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Caroline’s Family A Christmas Carol - Old Joe’s A Christmas Carol - The Royal Exchange A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Death A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Repents A Christmas Carol - Scrooge is Redeemed A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Makes Amends

Making Inferences - Year 3/4 Making Inferences is a 19-slide PowerPoint lesson with 3 differentiated worksheet activities that can be used to introduce making inferences for the first time or to consolidate existing knowledge. The resource explains what ’infer’ and ‘inference’ mean and pupils practice making inferences from both pictures and texts using evidence from the sources. Teachers should consider the example texts together and use the discussion prompts to assess understanding before assigning the appropriate level worksheet for each pupil. There are three differentiated worksheet activities - Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each level has a different text to read and specific inference questions to answer with evidence. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Inference Skills Infer and Deduce Infer and Deduce 2 Inference - KS3

How Words Make Sentences - Year 1/2 (21-slide PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets) This KS1 resource explains the structure of a sentence and what it must contain to make sense. It provides some whole-class practice and opportunities for discussion. The differentiated worksheets give every child a chance to construct and punctuate sentences, and full answer keys are included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Simple Sentences - Year 3 Sentences and Phrases - KS2 Complex Sentences - KS2 and KS3 Compound Sentences - KS3 English Essentials Simple Sentences - KS3 English Essentials Understanding Complex Sentences

Present Perfect Form - Year 3 / Year 4 (a 20-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 3 differentiated worksheet-based activities) This lesson explains the difference between two seemingly similar tenses - the past simple and the present perfect. The resource provides whole-class and differentiated individual exercises to put knowledge into practice. Teachers can use this as a standard lesson or for additional support for EAL pupils.