The Prefix ‘in-’ - Year 3/4 (16-slide editable PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets) This differentiated teaching resource introduces Year 3/4 learners to prefixes focusing on the prefix ‘in’. It includes a definition and examples of the prefix ‘in’, whole-class activities and three differentiated worksheets to assess pupils’ understanding. Full answer keys are included.

Halloween Wow Words ‘Halloween Wow Words’ is a cute Halloween themed English teaching activity designed to develop pupils vocabulary and language skills. Content includes: An animated PowerPoint wow words word search and worksheet with answers Write a sentence using each wow word activity and worksheets with example answers ‘Halloween Wow Words’ can be edited so that teachers can adapt the resource to suit all abilities.

Dingbat Deductions 3 Dingbats 3 follows on where the original Dingbats and Dingbats 2 resources left off with more fun dingbats for pupils to puzzle over. Dingbats are a fun way of developing deduction skills and language/word focus – key reading skills. Dingbats 3 includes 20 more dingbats with two accompanying worksheets and all slides are editable to suit your requirements.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Lesson 4 (an 18-slide PowerPoint-based differentiated teaching resource with 3 accompanying worksheets) This lesson covers Chapters 19, 23, 29 and 31 of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’. After completing a ‘Do Now’ starter activity, students read the chapters indicated and complete a range of differentiated tasks that test their understanding. The lesson concludes with a brief review that tests students’ recollection of some of the lesson’s key ideas. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Lesson 6 (20-slide differentiated PowerPoint based lesson with 5 worksheets) This lesson covers Chapters 47-59 of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’. After a ‘Do Now’ starter activity that tests their recall of key ideas from previous chapters, pupils read the chapters indicated and complete a range of differentiated tasks to test their understanding. The lesson concludes with a true or false learning review that assesses pupils’ retrieval of information from the chapters they have covered. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks.

Easily Confused Words - Your and You’re This English teaching resource focuses on the homophones ‘your’ and ‘you’re’. It is an ideal teaching aid when covering these easily confused words. Content includes: Definitions and examples of ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ Consolidation of understanding activity Peer assessment task Link to an interactive game An accompanying worksheet ‘Easily Confused Words - Your and You’re’ is fully editable so it can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into a lesson or developed into a lesson on wider spelling rules and homophones. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Easily Confused Words - Of and Off Easily Confused Words - Its and It’s Easily Confused Words - Were, We’re and Where Easily Confused Words - Two, Too and To Easily Confused Words - There, Their and They’re Easily Confused Words - Quite and Quiet

Using Punctuation to Indicate Parenthesis - Years 5 and 6 In this English grammar teaching resource, pupils are introduced to parenthesis and the use of brackets, dashes and commas to punctuate them as per the curriculum objective in the Years 5 and 6 English programme of study - writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. Content includes: An animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this objective with an accompanying worksheet One further worksheet with answers ‘Using Punctuation to Indicate Parenthesis - Years 5 and 6’ can be edited giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to meet the individual needs of each class they teach.

Adding Adverbs - KS3 This KS3 Essential English Skills resource is a great little lesson for helping Year 7/8 pupils consolidate their understanding of the use of adverbs in reading and writing. Content includes: Definitions and explanations of adverbs How adverbs improve our writing Activities to support the teaching of this objective with one accompanying worksheet One further worksheet with answers ‘Adding Adverbs - KS3’ is fully editable so teachers are able 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: Adverbs Adding Adverbs - KS2 Using Commas After Fronted Adverbials - Year 3/4 Fronted Adverbials - Year 3/4 Fronted Adverbials - KS2 Fronted Adverbials - Year 7

Writing Effective Story Openings ‘Writing Effective Story Openings’ is designed to help pupils improve their creative writing skills. Content includes: An editable PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this objective Two accompanying worksheets Although it is designed with KS3 pupils in mind, ‘Writing Effective Story Openings’ can be easily adapted for use with upper KS2 or lower ability KS4 pupils.

Modal Verbs - Year 5 and 6 Years 5 and 6 - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation In this KS2 English grammar teaching resource, pupils are introduced to modal verbs as per the curriculum objective in the years 5 and 6 English programme of study. They learn how to recognise modal verbs and how to use them in their writing. This animated PowerPoint lesson contains: A modal verb explanation with examples of commonly used modal verbs Why we use modal verbs in our writing explanation Activities to support the teaching of these objectives with 1 accompanying worksheet A further worksheet with answers ‘Modal Verbs - Year 5 and 6’ can be edited so that you can adapt the resource, if needed, to suit your requirements. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Subject - Verb Agreement - Year 5 and 6 Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs The Verb ‘to be’ Verbs Action Words Verb Tenses

Easily Confused Words - Of and Off ‘Easily Confused Words - Of and Off’ is an engaging English teaching PowerPoint presentation designed to help pupils use these near homophones in the correct context. Content includes Definitions and examples of ‘of’ and ‘off’ Consolidation of understanding activity Peer assessment task One accompanying worksheet ‘Easily Confused Words - Of and Off’ is fully editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet the differing needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Easily Confused Words - Its and It’s Easily Confused Words - Your and You’re Easily Confused Words - Were, We’re and Where Easily Confused Words - Two, Too and To Easily Confused Words - There, Their and They’re Easily Confused Words - Quite and Quiet

Action Words - Verbs English Teaching Resource 32 slide PowerPoint lesson with 2 accompanying worksheets and 1 further consolidation worksheet with answers. It includes a definition of verbs and explains the importance of using powerful and effective verbs to improve written work. Tasks require pupils to identify verbs within the context of a sentence and to write engaging sentences by using effective verbs. It includes 2 accompanying worksheets for pupils to use during the lesson and 1 further worksheet with answers to consolidate learning. ‘Action Words - Verbs’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource to suit the requirements of each lesson. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Modal Verbs Subject - Verb Agreement Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs The Verb ‘to be’ Verbs Verb Tenses

Using a Dictionary Writing - transcription In 'Using a Dictionary ’ pupils practise their dictionary skills. Content includes: An animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this objective with 2 accompanying worksheets 1 further worksheet ‘Using a Dictionary’ is fully editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class they teach.

Wow Words - KS2 Year 3 and 4 - Writing - transcription Wow Words has been designed to help pupils develop and improve their vocabulary as per the objectives of the English curriculum. Pupils are encouraged to use alternative synonyms for the words - nice, big, small, said, happy, ran, walked, went, sad, looked, scared and laughed. Content includes: interactive synonym activity with 12 accompanying worksheets improving sentences activity with an accompanying worksheet ‘Wow Words - KS2’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource, if they wish, to suit the needs 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.

Suffixes ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ - Year 2 (17-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 3 differentiated worksheets) This Year 2 English teaching resource provides a definition of the ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ suffixes with examples, and explains how and why we use comparatives and superlatives. It also explains the exceptions to the add ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ rules. The resource includes three differentiated activities - Gold, Silver and Bronze - to enable children of all abilities to be challenged, and full answer keys are included for all questions. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Suffixes - Year 1 The Suffix ‘-ous’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ly’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ed’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ing’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ation’ - Year 3/4 The Suffixes ‘-tion’, ‘-sion’, ‘-ssion’ and ‘-cian’ - Year 3/4 Using Suffixes to Make Adjectives - Year 2 Add Suffixes to Spell Longer Words - Year 2 Suffixes - Developing KS2 Reading Skills

Exclamation Marks - KS1 'Exclamation Marks - KS1’ introduces pupils to exclamation marks as per the curriculum objectives of the KS1 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 1 further worksheet with answers. ‘Exclamation Marks - KS1’ can be edited giving you the freedom to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class you teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Exclamation Marks Exclamation Marks - Year 1

Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio (PowerPoint and worksheets) This Romeo and Juliet teaching resource is designed to help students develop their knowledge and understanding of the characters Tybalt and Mercutio. The lesson requires pupils to analyse both characters closely, pulling out quotations (dialogue and stage directions). They need to explain each quotation in detail and compare and contrast Tybalt and Mercutio. The lesson’s main task is to write a paragraph which compares and contrasts Tybalt and Mercutio. To provide differentiation there is a comparative words and phrases word bank and sentence starters for students who need additional help. ‘Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio’ has been designed with GCSE students in mind but it can easily be adapted for KS3 as all the PowerPoint slides are editable. 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 – 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

Adding Adverbs - KS2 This lower KS2 PowerPoint presentation will help pupils learn how to improve writing by adding effective adverbs. Content includes: What are adverbs explanation Identify the adverb activity with accompanying worksheet Why we use adverbs in our writing explanation Adding adverbs to a sentence activity with accompanying worksheet 1 further adverbs worksheet with answers ‘Adding Adverbs - KS2’ is fully editable so teachers can adapt the resource, if needed, to suit the individual needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Adverbs Adding Adverbs - KS3 Using Commas After Fronted Adverbials - Year 3/4 Fronted Adverbials - Year 3/4 Fronted Adverbials - KS2 Fronted Adverbials - Year 7

Easily Confused Words - Its and It's ‘Easily Confused Words - Its and It's’ is a handy English PowerPoint presentation designed to help pupils use these homophones in the correct context. Content includes: 1. What are homophones? 2. Definition and examples of 'its' and 'it's'. 3. Consolidation activity. 4. Accompanying worksheet. 5. Link to an interactive game. ‘Easily Confused Words - Its and It's’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach.