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We are a small group of teachers (including a mum and her daughter!) specialising in English literature and language. Collectively, we’ve got over 90 years’ experience teaching in schools & universities as well as in the private tutoring sector. All our materials are devised by us and have been tested in a range of educational environments. Oh, and we’re all fully-paid-up members of the “Practice makes perfect!” club.
Free Christmas-themed printable English descriptive creative writing story prompt (using OpenDyslexic font throughout) featuring a young girl in a snowy field with a basket. This resource contains
-A hi-res image
-Starter sentences / story openers
-Kick-starter questions
-Suggested linking words / phrases
-4 figures of speech
-15 useful words
-A style checklist
-A proofreading checklist
-Spaces for students to list their own figures of speech, vocabulary and ideas
Suitable for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students in Year 7. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for non-dyslexic learners here.
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Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 03
Free Christmas-themed printable English descriptive creative writing story prompt (using OpenDyslexic font throughout) featuring a waving snowman. This resource contains
-A hi-res image
-Starter sentences / story openers
-Kick-starter questions
-Suggested linking words / phrases
-4 figures of speech
-15 useful words
-A style checklist
-A proofreading checklist
-Spaces for students to list their own figures of speech, vocabulary and ideas
Suitable for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students in Year 7. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for non-dyslexic learners here.
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Free Christmas Punctuation Worksheets Dyslexic Learners Paragraphs KS2
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Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 01
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 02
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 04
Free Christmas-themed printable English descriptive creative writing story prompt (using OpenDyslexic font throughout) featuring 3 elves painting berries. This resource contains
-A hi-res image
-Starter sentences / story openers
-Kick-starter questions
-Suggested linking words / phrases
-4 figures of speech
-15 useful words
-A style checklist
-A proofreading checklist
-Spaces for students to list their own figures of speech, vocabulary and ideas
Suitable for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students in Year 7. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for non-dyslexic learners here.
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Free Christmas Punctuation Worksheets Dyslexic Learners Paragraphs KS2
Free Christmas English Worksheet Synonyms Dyslexic Learners KS2 Vocabulary
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 01
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 03
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 04
Free Christmas-themed printable English descriptive creative writing story prompt (using OpenDyslexic font throughout) featuring a young boy and Father Christmas. This resource contains
-A hi-res image
-Starter sentences / story openers
-Kick-starter questions
-Suggested linking words / phrases
-4 figures of speech
-15 useful words
-A style checklist
-A proofreading checklist
-Spaces for students to list their own figures of speech, vocabulary and ideas
Suitable for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students in Year 7. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for non-dyslexic learners here.
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Free Christmas Punctuation Worksheets Dyslexic Learners Paragraphs KS2
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Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 02
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 03
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 04
Free vocabulary exercise (using OpenDyslexic font throughout) in which students must sort 36 nouns into 3 groups (synonyms for ‘happiness’ – synonyms for ‘charity’ – synonyms for ‘peace’).
Designed primarily for Christmas, this exercise can also be used for boosting writing skills and building vocabulary all year round.
Suggested answer included.
Suitable for children in Year 5 and Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Can also be used with children in Year 7 (Key Stage 3). May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for non-dyslexic learners here.
You may also like:
Free Christmas Punctuation Worksheets Dyslexic Learners Paragraphs KS2
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 01
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 02
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 03
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 04
Free printable English punctuation worksheets for Christmas (using OpenDyslexic font throughout). 6 differentiated exercises focusing on punctuating fiction paragraphs using full stops, capital letters, commas, apostrophes, a colon, a hyphen, and an exclamation mark.
The 6 exercises are divided into 3 sets.
Set A focuses on full stops and capital letters.
Set B focuses on full stops, capital letters, apostrophes, a hyphen, and a colon.
Set C focuses on full stops, capital letters, commas, apostrophes, a hyphen, a colon and an exclamation mark.
In each set, there is one exercise for lower-ability students (which indicates the specific numbers of punctuation marks that are need) and one exercise for higher ability students (which does not).
Complete Answers (i.e. the paragraphs with the missing punctuation in bold, red, underlined type) have been included for ease & speed of marking.
Ideal for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for non-dyslexic learners here.
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Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 02
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 03
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt Dyslexic Learners KS2 04
Free Christmas-themed printable English descriptive creative writing story prompt featuring a young girl in a snowy field with a basket. This resource contains
-A hi-res image
-Starter sentences / story openers
-Kick-starter questions
-Suggested linking words / phrases
-4 figures of speech
-15 useful words
-A style checklist
-A proofreading checklist
-Spaces for students to list their own figures of speech, vocabulary and ideas
Suitable for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students in Year 7. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for dyslexic learners here.
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Free Christmas Punctuation Worksheets Paragraphs KS2
Free Christmas English Worksheet Synonyms KS2 Vocabulary
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 01
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 02
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 03
Free Christmas-themed English descriptive creative writing story prompt featuring a waving snowman. This resource contains
-A hi-res image
-Starter sentences / story openers
-Kick-starter questions
-Suggested linking words / phrases
-4 figures of speech
-15 useful words
-A style checklist
-A proofreading checklist
-Spaces for students to list their own figures of speech, vocabulary and ideas
Suitable for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students in Year 7. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for dyslexic learners here.
You may also like:
Free Christmas Punctuation Worksheets Paragraphs KS2
Free Christmas English Worksheet Synonyms KS2 Vocabulary
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 01
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 02
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 04
Free Christmas-themed printable English descriptive creative writing story prompt featuring 3 elves painting berries. This resource contains
-A hi-res image
-Starter sentences / story openers
-Kick-starter questions
-Suggested linking words / phrases
-4 figures of speech
-15 useful words
-A style checklist
-A proofreading checklist
-Spaces for students to list their own figures of speech, vocabulary and ideas
Suitable for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students in Year 7. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for dyslexic learners here.
You may also like:
Free Christmas Punctuation Worksheets Paragraphs KS2
Free Christmas English Worksheet Synonyms KS2 Vocabulary
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 01
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 03
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 04
Free Christmas-themed English descriptive creative writing story prompt featuring a young boy and Father Christmas. This resource contains
-A hi-res image
-Starter sentences / story openers
-Kick-starter questions
-Suggested linking words / phrases
-4 figures of speech
-15 useful words
-A style checklist
-A proofreading checklist
-Spaces for students to list their own figures of speech, vocabulary and ideas
Suitable for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students in Year 7. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for dyslexic learners here.
You may also like:
Free Christmas Punctuation Worksheets Paragraphs KS2
Free Christmas English Worksheet Synonyms KS2 Vocabulary
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 02
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 03
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 04
Free vocabulary exercise in which students must sort 36 nouns into 3 groups (synonyms for ‘happiness’ – synonyms for ‘charity’ – synonyms for ‘peace’).
Designed primarily for Christmas, this exercise can also be used for boosting writing skills and building vocabulary all year round.
Suggested answer included.
Suitable for children in Year 5 and Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Can also be used with children in Year 7 (Key Stage 3). May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for dyslexic learners here.
You may also like:
Free Christmas Punctuation Worksheets Paragraphs KS2
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 01
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 02
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 03
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 04
Free printable English punctuation worksheets for Christmas. 6 differentiated exercises focusing on punctuating fiction paragraphs using full stops, capital letters, commas, apostrophes, a colon, a hyphen, and an exclamation mark.
The 6 exercises are divided into 3 sets.
Set A focuses on full stops and capital letters.
Set B focuses on full stops, capital letters, apostrophes, a hyphen, and a colon.
Set C focuses on full stops, capital letters, commas, apostrophes, a hyphen, a colon and an exclamation mark.
In each set, there is one exercise for lower-ability students (which indicates the specific numbers of punctuation marks that are need) and one exercise for higher ability students (which does not).
Complete Answers (i.e. the paragraphs with the missing punctuation in bold, red, underlined type) have been included for ease & speed of marking.
Ideal for Key Stage 2 children in Year 5 and Year 6. Also suitable for lower Key Stage 3 students. May also be useful for older SEN, EFL and ESOL students.
Please note
This free resource is also available in its entirety for dyslexic learners here.
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Free Christmas English Worksheet Synonyms KS2 Vocabulary
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 01
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 02
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 03
Free Christmas Descriptive Creative Writing Story Prompt KS2 04
2 free two-way differentiated English vocabulary worksheets (using OpenDyslexic font throughout) for Year 5 and Year 6 students to help consolidate their ability to use the commonly confused words there, their, and they’re.
This resource contains 24 practice questions (with answers) that are divided into two sets: one for higher ability students and one for lower ability students.
Each ability set consists of 12 sentences for students to complete, either by selecting the correct word from the choices given in brackets, or by independently completing the given sentences.
Designed primarily for students in Key Stage 2, this resource may also be useful for some students in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
Please note:
This free resource is also available in its entirety for non-dyslexic learners here.
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FREE Subjunctive Grammar Worksheets for Dyslexic Learners Year 5 and Year 6 KS2
2 free two-way differentiated English vocabulary worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6 students to help consolidate their ability to use the commonly confused words there, their, and they’re.
This resource contains 24 practice questions (with answers) that are divided into two sets: one for higher ability students and one for lower ability students.
Each ability set consists of 12 sentences for students to complete, either by selecting the correct word from the choices given in brackets, or by independently completing the given sentences.
Designed primarily for students in Key Stage 2, this resource may also be useful for some students in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
Please note:
This free resource is also available in its entirety for dyslexic learners here.
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2 free two-way differentiated English grammar worksheets (using OpenDyslexic font) for Year 5 and Year 6 students to help consolidate their ability to identify the subjunctive form.
This resource contains 30 practice questions (with answers) that are divided into two sets: one for higher ability students and one for lower ability students.
Each ability set consists of 15 sentences for students to identify as using the subjunctive or not.
Designed primarily for students in Key Stage 2, this may also be useful for some students in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
Please note:
This free resource is also available in its entirety for non-dyslexic learners here.
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2 free two-way differentiated English grammar worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6 students to help consolidate their ability to identify the subjunctive form.
This resource contains 30 practice questions (with answers) that are divided into two sets: one for higher ability students and one for lower ability students.
Each ability set consists of 15 sentences for students to identify as using the subjunctive or not.
Designed primarily for students in Key Stage 2, this resource may also be useful for some students in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
Please note:
This free resource is also available in its entirety for dyslexic learners here.
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Free vocabulary exercise in which students must identify 15 pairs of adjectives and verbs as antonyms or not.
Designed for Halloween, this exercise can also be used for boosting writing skills and building vocabulary all year round. Suitable for children in Year 5 and Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Can also be used with children in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
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English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 02
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 03
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Free vocabulary exercise in which students must identify 15 pairs of adjectives and verbs as synonyms or not.
Designed for Halloween, this exercise can also be used for boosting writing skills and building vocabulary all year round. Suitable for children in Year 5 and Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Can also be used with children in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
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Free vocabulary exercise in which students must sort 36 adjectives into 1 of 3 groups (words for motion – appearance - sound).
Designed for Halloween, this exercise can also be used for boosting writing skills and building vocabulary all year round. Suitable for children in Year 5 and Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Can also be used with children in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
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Free vocabulary exercise in which students must sort 36 adjectives into 3 groups (synonyms for ‘scary’ – synonyms for ‘strange’ – synonyms for ‘gross’).
Designed for Halloween, this exercise can also be used for boosting writing skills and building vocabulary all year round. Suitable for children in Year 5 and Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Can also be used with children in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
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English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 02
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