Searching for Shakespeare (Reading Non fiction, research and note making skills) is a 40 slide Powerpoint unit of work for teaching research and note making skills. This series of lessons teaches pupils the cross curricular skills of how to research a topic efficiently. The resources cover skills such as skimming & scanning, using contents and index pages, searching on the web and how to make independent notes. Designed for KS2 English.

Reading Non-fiction and Media Texts Teaching Resources is a 104 slide PowerPoint presentation with 12 worksheets and ten step by step lessons specifically designed to teach reading non-fiction and media texts at both KS3 and GCSE. This resource has been constructed with the four-part lesson plan in mind (starter activity, introduction, development and plenary) and all lessons can be edited, adapted and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. English teachers can preview the Reading Non-fiction and Media Texts Teaching resource by clicking on the images at the bottom of the page. The Reading Non-fiction and Media Texts lessons contain a range of skills and activities, including: * What are non-fiction and media texts? * How do audience and purpose affect non-fiction and media texts? * How are fact and opinion used in media and non-fiction texts? * Developing awareness of how rhetorical techniques can affect the reader * Bias, rhetoric and exaggeration; Generalisations and counter arguments * Presentational devices * Comparing texts and exploring exam success

‘Using Metaphors to Improve Writing’ teaches pupils how to identify metaphors in their reading and how to use metaphors in their written work. These fully editable PowerPoint resources/lessons can be used as a starter activity, a standalone lesson or incorporated into a scheme of work for improving vocabulary and language skills. The activities include: What is a metaphor? Definition and examples of metaphors Using metaphors and building imagery Using metaphors to create better sentences with accompanying worksheet 1 further worksheet with example answers 'Metaphors’ is fully editable so teachers have the freedom to adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Metaphors Similes

Introducing Alliteration - KS1 ‘Introducing Alliteration - KS1’ is a single lesson teaching resource designed to help teach children all about alliteration. The resource includes: An introduction with examples of alliteration An interactive activity to help consolidate understanding of alliteration and accompanying worksheet One further worksheet The resource uses bold clear fonts, simple language, bright colours and child friendly imagery. ‘Introducing Alliteration - KS1’ can be edited in full giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource if required to suit their individual teaching requirements.

Infer and Deduce 2 English Reading Teaching Resource Infer and Deduce 2 is designed to help pupils develop inference and deduction reading skills. Content includes: An editable PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this objective with an accompanying worksheet Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Infer and Deduce Inference - KS3 Making Inferences - Year 3 & Year 4 Inference Skills

Infer and Deduce This English teaching resource is designed to help pupils learn how to develop deduction skills when reading fiction and non-fiction texts. The PowerPoint uses images and texts to convey how writers use inference in a text to communicate with the reader. This fully editable PowerPoint resource can be used as a starter activity, a standalone lesson or built into a scheme of work on wider reading, inference and deduction skills. The activities include: What is inference and deduction? Use of optical illusions to convey the concept of hidden meanings. Illustrations and photographs designed to sharpen deduction skills. Extract from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to develop deduction skills when dealing with written text with an accompanying worksheet Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Infer and Deduce 2 Inference - KS3 Making Inferences - Year 3 & Year 4 Inference Skills

Identifying Genre ‘Identifying Genre’ is an English teaching resource focusing on identifying the genres of books. Content includes: An animated PowerPoint lesson Activities to support the teaching of this objective with two accompanying worksheets ‘Identifying Genre’ can be edited so teachers are able to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit the requirements of each class they teach.

Exclamation Marks English SPaG Teaching Resource 'Exclamation Marks' is a handy punctuation teaching resource covering the use of exclamation marks in our writing. Content includes: 1. When we use exclamation marks explanation 2. Why we use exclamation marks explanation 3. Activities to support the teaching of this objective with 1 accompanying worksheet 'Exclamation Marks' is fully editable which gives teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements.

'Drafting - How to Improve Writing' is a PowerPoint teaching resource with 3 accompanying worksheets designed to help teach pupils how to redraft effectively to improve writing. The resource can be tweaked, edited and differentiated to suit your teaching needs and is easy to update over time. 'Drafting - How to Improve Writing' is an excellent resource which can be used with pupils from a range of abilities: How to develop vocabulary Using synonyms effectively The key skills of redrafting and why it is important Exemplar materials - redrafted written work Consolidation check list

Eduqas GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A Eduqas GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A is a 73-slide PowerPoint presentation with 10 accompanying worksheets designed to help students prepare for Section A of the Eduqas GCSE English Paper 1 exam. Content includes: - An Introduction to Paper One Section A of the Eduqas GCSE English Language exam. - An example Paper 1, Section A exam text including extract, questions with prompts and marks. - A step-by-step guide to achieving a good grade on all five questions. - Analysis of the key skills required to answer the questions successfully. - Model answers for each of the five Section A questions. - Teaching students how to a) write about language and structure, b) organise a response, and c) use and explain quotations effectively. To preview Eduqas GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A please click on the images.

Boy is a brilliant resource featuring a series of 10 lessons designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the novel Boy by Roald Dahl. Boy includes an 98-slide PowerPoint, 14 worksheets and a unit of work overview and a range of activities and lessons for pupils of all abilities. Contents - A brief biography of Boy author Roald Dahl with a short film about his life narrated by Michael Rosen - Exploring the difference between biographical and autobiographical writing - Create a Roald Dahl family tree - to develop knowledge of the early chapters of Boy - Analysis of key characters including Mrs Pratchett and Captain Hardcastle - How to use synonyms to improve vocabulary - Speaking and Listening drama based lesson using 'The Great Mouse Plot' chapter from Boy - Create a 'Welcome to Norway' holiday brochure - Studying the main features of autobiography - And much more!

Conjunctions - Year 3 and 4 ‘Conjunctions - Year 3 and 4’ has been created for lower KS2 pupils to practise identifying and using conjunctions in their writing as per the curriculum objective of the Year 3 and 4 programme of study - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. Content includes: Definitions of conjunctions with examples Conjunctions activities with an accompanying worksheet Links to further conjunctions video clips and activities Link to a conjunctions game ‘Conjunctions - Year 3 and 4’ is a fully editable resource so you can adapt, personalise and differentiate it to suit your teaching requirements. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Subordinating Conjunctions - Year 2 Co-ordinating Conjunctions - Year 2 Conjunctions Bundle - Year 2 Causal Conjunctions - Year 3/4 Time Conjunctions - Year 3/4 Causal Conjunctions - Year 7 Time Conjunctions - Year 7

Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6 Upper KS2 English Teaching Resource In ‘Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6’ pupils learn how to correctly use colons and semi-colons as per the objectives of the Year 5 and 6 English programme of study. This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes: 1. How to use colons to introduce a list and to separate clauses within a sentence 2. 2 colon activities with accompanying worksheets 3. 1 further colon worksheet with answers 4. How to use semi-colons to replace commas in a complex list and to join two complete sentences together 5. 2 semi-colon activities with accompanying worksheets 6. 1 further semi-colon worksheet with answers As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

FREE English Teaching Resources – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory READING > PROSE Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl - a free taster teaching resource Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (sample) is a 20 slide ‘taster’ PowerPoint presentation (with 2 worksheets) which provides a brief introduction to our full unit for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and our resources in general.

Full Stops and Capital Letters In this English PowerPoint presentation pupils learn how to punctuate sentences using capital letters and full stops as per the year 1 English programme of study (Writing - vocabulary. grammar and punctuation). Content includes: 1. How to use capital letters and full stops when writing a sentence. 2. Animated activities with 2 accompanying worksheets for pupils to use during the lesson. 3. 1 further worksheet with answers. 4. Links to a capital letter game and a full stop game. 'Full Stops and Capital Letters' can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource to suit their individual needs.

Capital Letters for Names Capital Letters for Names is a PowerPoint presentation focusing on punctuation skills. This teaching resource explains how and when to use capital letters when writing proper nouns. The resource can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into a lesson or developed into lesson on wider punctuation rules. The activities include: How to use capital letters when writing the names of people and places Animated activities with accompanying worksheets for pupils to use during the lesson 1 further worksheet with answers ‘Capital Letters for Names’ is fully editable so teachers are able to adapt the resource if needed to suit the requirements of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Full Stops and Capital Letters Capital Letters and Full Stops Capital Letters - Year 3/4

Year 3 / Year 4 Capital Letters is an eight slide PowerPoint teaching resource designed to help Year 3/4 learners consolidate their punctuation skills. This PowerPoint lesson explains how to use capital letters in the correct context and includes a number of engaging activities - see preview slides. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Full Stops and Capital Letters Capital Letters and Full Stops Capital Letters for Names

Alphabetical Order - Year 2 This English teaching resource has been designed to help children learn how to find and organise letters and words using alphabetical order. Content includes: Link to an explanatory video Sorting letters into alphabetical order explanation with activity Sorting words into alphabetical order explanation with activity One accompanying worksheet A link to an alphabetical ordering activity ‘Alphabetical Order - Year 2’ is fully editable so teachers are able to adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach.

Adverbs ‘Adverbs’ explores how the use of adverbs can affect a text and teaches pupils how to use effective adverbs to develop sentence structure. This editable PowerPoint lesson includes: Definition of adverbs and examples with images / illustrations. Activities to support the teaching of this objective with an accompanying worksheet 'Adverbs’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Using Commas After Fronted Adverbials - Year 3/4 Fronted Adverbials - Year 3/4 Fronted Adverbials - KS2 Fronted Adverbials - Year 7 Adding Adverbs - KS2 Adding Adverbs - KS3

Adjectives are Awesome English SPaG Teaching PowerPoint Resource with worksheets Adjectives are Awesome is a very handy animated PowerPoint teaching resource ideal for helping children develop their understanding of adjectives in both reading and writing. Content includes: Adjectives explanation Why use adjectives in our writing Activities to support the teaching of these objectives and 2 accompanying worksheets 2 further worksheets with answers English Teaching Resources: Adjectives are Awesome can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into an existing lesson or included in a scheme of work on wider reading and writing issues. ‘Adjectives are Awesome’ is fully editable so teachers are able to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.