Rounding to the Nearest 10 - Year 4 In ‘Rounding to the Nearest 10 - Year 4’ pupils practise rounding numbers to the nearest 10. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Multiples of 10 recap with activity and accompanying worksheet A rounding numbers to 10 explanation Activities to practise rounding numbers to the nearest 10 with 3 accompanying worksheets 3 differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Rounding to the Nearest 10 - Year 4’ 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 for similar rounding numbers resources: Football Rounding - Rounding Numbers to the Nearest 10, 100 and 1000 Rounding to the Nearest 100 - Year 4 Rounding to the Nearest 1,000 - Year 4 Rounding Numbers to the Nearest 10, 100 and 1,000 - Year 5 Rounding to Estimate and Approximate - Year 5 Rounding Whole Numbers - Year 6 Rounding Numbers - Year 6

Sonnets - Year 7 & Year 8 This differentiated Year 7/8 KS3 English teaching resource explores sonnets in a fun and engaging way. First, it provides an example Shakespearian sonnet and explains the ‘rules’ of sonnet poetry. Pupils are then tasked with exploring an example sonnet and discussing its structure and language. The second part of the lesson helps students construct their own sonnet. Learners are given a scaffolded approach and an example sonnet to help them construct a class and an individual poem. The PowerPoint is fully editable, and it’s differentiated using ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ activities to assure that all children are challenged and can achieve. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Sonnets - KS2 Acrostic Poetry - KS3 Cinquain Poetry - KS3 Tanka Poetry - KS3

Sonnets - Year 5 / 6 Poetry This differentiated Year 5/6 teaching resource teaches children about sonnets in a fun and engaging way. First of all, it provides an example Shakespearian sonnet and explains the ‘rules’ of sonnet poetry. Children are then tasked with exploring an example sonnet and discussing its structure and language. The second part of the lesson helps learners construct their own sonnet. Children are given a scaffolded approach and an example sonnet to help them construct a class and an individual poem. The resource is editable and differentiated using ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ activities to assure that all children are challenged and can achieve. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Sonnets - KS3 Acrostic Poetry - KS2 Acrostic Poetry - KS3 Cinquain Poetry - KS2 Cinquain Poetry - KS3 Tanka Poetry - KS2 Tanka Poetry - KS3 Free Verse Poetry - KS2 Haiku Poetry - KS2 Narrative Poetry - KS2

Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman – KS3 Unit of Work Noughts and Crosses is a unit of work containing a 161-slide PowerPoint, 28 PDF worksheets and 15 lessons. This engaging scheme of work explores Malorie Blackman’s novel chapter by chapter, analysing its plot, characters, themes and language through a range of stimulating activities. Resources can be used at KS3 with either Year 8 or Year 9 depending on the ability of the students. Our unit for Noughts and Crosses includes a fully editable PowerPoint teaching resource and 28 accompanying PDF worksheets. The resource can be used to teach a whole class text or as part of a guided reading programme. Activities contained in the lessons include: Exploring the social context of Noughts and Crosses, apartheid, civil rights, the novel’s introduction, and Malorie Blackman’s motives for writing it Engaging chapter by chapter activities to consolidate understanding as learners read through the book Reading comprehension questions to assess students’ knowledge of plot, character, language, and themes - with example answers. Analysis of the characters of Sephy, Callum, Kamal, Jasmine, Meggie, Ryan, Jude, Lynette, Minnie Exploration of the key themes of friendship, racism, growing up, prejudice, privilege, love, power and social segregation Developing the key reading skills of inference and deduction Analysis of language and techniques such as effective description, creating conflict and building tension Role play - hot-seating to aid understating of characters, plot and themes Developing understanding of key characters through empathy writing tasks Plus many more fun starter, plenary and reading and writing activities Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more resources for popular KS3 novels: Boys Don’t Cry Cirque Du Freak Face Holes Skellig Stone Cold The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night The Demon Headmaster The Silver Sword

Non-Unit Fractions of an Amount - Year 3 This KS2 maths teaching resource covers the curriculum objectives in the year 3 maths programme of study (Number - fractions). ‘Non-Unit Fractions of an Amount - Year 3’ is a colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation with 8 accompanying worksheets. It is ideal to use when introducing pupils to non-unit fractions of amounts and is also useful as a review of the subject. There is a mix of activities to suit varying abilites. Content includes: What are fractions and unit and non-unit fractions explanation Finding non-unit fractions of an amount explanation Finding non-unit fractions of an amount activities with 5 accompanying worksheets A link to a fractions of numbers game 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers 'Non-Unit Fractions of an Amount - Year 3’ is fully editable so teachers can adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar Year 3 resources: Tenths - Year 3 Unit Fractions of an Amount - Year 3 Equivalent Fractions - Year 3 Adding and Subtracting Fractions - Year 3 Comparing and Ordering Fractions - Year 3

GCSE Broadsheet Newspaper Article Writing (KS4 unit of work with PowerPoint and worksheets) This differentiated unit of work, which is aimed at middle-to-upper ability GCSE students, explains how to write an effective article for a broadsheet newspaper as required by the GCSE English Language exam. The unit is made up of five individual lessons, each with differentiated tasks that teach the components of a successful broadsheet article: The structural features of a broadsheet article Effective and imaginative article headings How to write an engaging introduction Coherent paragraphs with a topic sentence, evidence and discussion Formative assessment task with WAGOLL and success criteria. Suggested answers are included for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Writing a Review Persuasive Writing Writing to Persuade Writing Effective Story Openings Writing to Entertain Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - KS3 GCSE Speech Writing GCSE English Narrative Writing GCSE English Writing Fiction - Descriptive Writing

Boy by Roald Dahl - Free Resource This free teaching resource for Boy by Roald Dahl contains one fully editable PowerPoint lesson with two accompanying worksheets.

Common Exception Words - Set 9 - Year 1 ‘Common Exception Words - Set 9 - Year 1’ has been designed to help pupils practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘‘you’, ‘your’, ‘school’, ‘love’ and ‘said’. This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes: activities to practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘you’, ‘your’, ‘school’, ‘love’ and ‘said’ 1 worksheet printable flashcards for the common exception words ‘you’, ‘your’, ‘school’, ‘love’ and ‘said’ ‘Common Exception Words - Set 9 - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Limericks - Year 5 / Year 6 This KS2 lesson teaches children about limericks in a fun and engaging way. First, it provides examples of limericks and explains what the ‘rules’ of limericks are. It then provides a task that requires children to explore the examples and discuss the poems regarding layout, structure and language. The second half of the lesson explains how to write a limerick. Pupils are given a scaffolded approach and an example to help them construct a class and then individual limerick. The resource contains a 23-slide PowerPoint and 3 worksheets. It is differentiated using ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ activities to help all children achieve. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Limericks - KS3 Acrostic Poetry - KS2 Cinquain Poetry - KS2 Sonnets - KS2 Tanka Poetry - KS2 Free Verse Poetry - KS2 Haiku Poetry - KS2 Narrative Poetry - KS2

Common Exception Words - Set 8 - Year 1 ‘Common Exception Words - Set 8 - Year 1’ has been designed to help pupils practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘the’, ‘they’, ‘are’, ‘friend’ and ‘house’. This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes: activities to practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘the’, ‘they’, ‘are’, ‘friend’ and ‘house’ 1 worksheet printable flashcards for the common exception words ‘the’, ‘they’, ‘are’, ‘friend’ and ‘house’ ‘Common Exception Words - Set 8 - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Common Exception Words - Set 7 - Year 1 ‘Common Exception Words - Set 7 - Year 1’ has been designed to help pupils practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘one’, ‘once’, ‘here’, ‘where’ and ‘there’. This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes: activities to practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘one’, ‘once’, ‘here’, ‘where’ and ‘there’ 1 worksheet printable flashcards for the common exception words ‘one’, ‘once’, ‘here’, ‘where’ and ‘there’ ‘Common Exception Words - Set 7 - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Common Exception Words - Set 6 - Year 1 ‘Common Exception Words - Set 6 - Year 1’ has been designed to help pupils practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘no’, ‘go’, ‘so’, ‘some’ and ‘come’. This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes: activities to practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘no’, ‘go’, ‘so’, ‘some’ and ‘come’ 1 worksheet printable flashcards for the common exception words ‘no’, ‘go’, ‘so’, ‘some’ and ‘come’ ‘Common Exception Words - Set 6 - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Common Exception Words - Set 5 - Year 1 ‘Common Exception Words - Set 5 - Year 1’ has been designed to help pupils practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘do’, ‘to’, ‘today’, ‘my’ and ‘by’. This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes: activities to practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘do’, ‘to’, ‘today’, ‘my’ and ‘by’ 1 worksheet printable flashcards for the common exception words ‘do’, ‘to’, ‘today’, ‘my’ and ‘by’ ‘Common Exception Words - Set 5 - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Common Exception Words - Set 4 - Year 1 ‘Common Exception Words - Set 4 - Year 1’ has been designed to help pupils practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘has’, ‘is’, ‘his’, ‘was’ and ‘were’. This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes: activities to practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘has’, ‘is’, ‘his’, ‘was’ and ‘were’ 1 worksheet printable flashcards for the common exception words ‘has’, ‘is’, ‘his’, ‘was’ and ‘were’ ‘Common Exception Words - Set 4 - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Common Exception Words - Set 3 - Year 1 ‘Common Exception Words - Set 3 - Year 1’ has been designed to help pupils practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘me’, ‘we’ and ‘be’. This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes: activities to practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘me’, ‘we’ and ‘be’ 1 worksheet printable flashcards for the common exception words ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘me’, ‘we’ and ‘be’ ‘Common Exception Words - Set 3 - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Common Exception Words - Set 2 - Year 1 ‘Common Exception Words - Set 2 - Year 1’ has been designed to help pupils practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘full’, ‘pull’, ‘push’, ‘says’ and ‘our’. This colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation includes: activities to practise reading and spelling the common exception words ‘full’, ‘pull’, ‘push’, ‘says’ and ‘our’ 1 worksheet printable flashcards for the common exception words ‘full’, ‘pull’, ‘push’, ‘says’ and ‘our’ ‘Common Exception Words - Set 2 - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Acrostic Poetry - Year 5 / Year 6 This lesson teaches UKS2 children about acrostic poetry in a fun and engaging way. First, it provides three examples and explains the ‘rules’ of acrostics. It then provides a task that requires children to explore the examples and discuss the poems regarding layout, language and poetic devices. The second half of the lesson explains how to write an acrostic. Learners are given a scaffolded approach and another example to help them construct a class and then individual acrostics. The resource is differentiated using ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ activities to help all children achieve. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Acrostic Poetry - KS3 Limericks - KS2 Limericks - KS3 Cinquain Poetry - KS2 Cinquain Poetry - KS3 Sonnets - KS2 Sonnets - KS3 Tanka Poetry - KS2 Tanka Poetry - KS3 Free Verse Poetry - KS2 Haiku Poetry - KS2 Narrative Poetry - KS2

Acrostic Poetry Year 3 / Year 4 Acrostic Poetry Year 3 / Year 4 is a complete lesson made up of a 24-slide editable PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets. It covers the Lower KS2 topic ‘Recognising Poetry’ from the Year 3/4 Programme of Study in an engaging and enjoyable way. The lesson introduces acrostic poetry using an example that is broken down and analysed as a whole class, with prompts for discussion and feedback. Following this activity, there is a group acrostic-writing exercise and differentiated worksheets to help children write their own acrostic poems with varied success criteria. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Acrostic Poetry - KS3 Limericks - KS2 Cinquain Poetry - KS2 Sonnets - KS2 Tanka Poetry - KS2 Free Verse Poetry - KS2 Haiku Poetry - KS2 Narrative Poetry - KS2

Introducing Pathetic Fallacy - Year 5 and 6 ‘Introducing Pathetic Fallacy - Year 5 and 6’ introduces pupils to the technique of pathetic fallacy. They learn how and why writers use pathetic fallacy in their writing and practise using it in their own writing. This PowerPoint teaching resource can be used as a standalone lesson, incorporated into an existing lesson or built into a wider unit of work. Content includes: What is pathetic fallacy explanation The difference between pathetic fallacy and personification Identifying pathetic fallacy or personification in sentences activity Why writers use pathetic fallacy in their writing Writing sentences using pathetic fallacy activity with an accompanying worksheet Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Pathetic Fallacy - KS3