Can you guess who lives in this house? It’s not the Big Bad Wolf… who could it be? Suitable for Early Years or KS1 students.

Can your students spot and correct the punctuation errors in the passage? Useful ‘proofreading’ worksheets attached plus a self assessment sheet for your students to refer to.

Similes and Metaphors Activity. Task One: Copy out the sentences and state whether the sentence is an example of a metaphor or simile. Task Two: Make up similes by finishing off the sentences. 7 - 11 years. Fully editable.

Prepositions Game How to win: The aim of the game is to get rid of all your cards. Instructions to play the game: 1. Shuffle the cards and deal out 7 cards per player. Maximum: 4 players (per set of cards). 3. Place one card (not a penalty card) face up and put the remainder of the cards (the pack) face down beside it. 3. You can discard a card onto the face up pile if it is the same animal or the same preposition as the current card showing. E.g. if the card showing is, ‘The rabbit is in the toilet’ then you can throw down any ‘Rabbit’ or ‘Toilet’ card. 4. The penalty cards are: ‘Skip’ - the next player skips one turn ‘Reverse’ - the order of play reverses (the previous student throws next) ‘Draw Two’ - the next player takes two from the pack unless they can put any ‘Draw Two’ card down. In the latter case, the next player who can’t throw a ‘Draw Two’ card has to pick up the total number of cards from the pack. 5. The ‘Wild’ card can be played at any time and the thrower has to call out the new animal. The ‘Draw 4’ card is similarly wild, but the next player has to draw 4 from the pack, unless they can play another ‘Draw 4’. 6. When a player throws down their penultimate card, they must shout ‘UNO’ before the next player takes their turn. Failure to do so results in a penalty of two cards from the pack. 7. Children should read the text as they throw down each card.

High Frequency Word Lists: Set 1 (1 - 50). Set 2 (51 - 100). Set 3 (101 - 150). Set 4 (151 - 200). Set 5 (201 - 250). Set 6 (251 - 300). 6 Recording Templates attached too (1 for each set).

Students can use their visualisation skills and 5 senses to describe parts of their reading book. 5 resources in total: 2 PowerPoint presentations (16 slides in total). 3 worksheets (5 pages in total). Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability). Fully editable.

Capital Letters and Full Stops 3 worksheets and a small slide show. Fully editable.

Oral Presentation Assessment Rubric Teacher Assessment Tool. Assess a child’s presentation skills with this useful and easy to use rubric. 8 pages in total. Fully editable.

Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability). Fully editable. PowerPoint - 6 slides showing examples of speech written in speech bubbles and in sentences. Also attached is a 4-page activity booklet: Activity 1: Students must write down something each character might say in the speech bubble provided. Then they must write out the speech in a full sentence (using speech marks). The first is done for them. Activity 2: Students must give each character a name. Then they must write something the characters are saying to each other in the speech bubbles. Finally, they must write the conversation on the lines. The first one has been done for them. Activity 3: Same as activity 2 but this time the conversation must be BIGGER. Activity 4: A character called ‘Amelia’ must ask Tom a question then respond to his reply. Students must copy out the conversation on the lines provided.

Speech bubbles (large and small) to cut out and use in lessons. 5 pages. Fully editable.

3 fully editable attachments: Planning a Playscript writing template. Playscript writing templates (x2).

Title of text: A Noise in the Night A great text to use if you are teaching speech marks. Fully editable.

Pronouns - Activity, Word Mat and Poster. 3 great resources: A Pronouns worksheet (with answers). What is a pronoun? (POSTER) Pronouns Word Mat. Ideal for 5 - 9 years. Fully editable

Features of a Play Script - PowerPoint. 6 slides. Example play script given. Each slide highlights a feature of a play script … setting the scene, omission of speech marks, stage directions and use of dialogue. Fully editable.

Play script writing template A 2-page versatile play script writing template. Fully editable.

Assess role play skills with this useful and easy to use assessment rubric. 4 attainment areas. Fully editable.

Can your student’s figure out the missing medial vowel? 23 slides Great fun for younger learners! Fully editable

Attached is a 1-week unit of work based on writing play scripts about JOBS. Also attached: A play script planning sheet. A play script writing template. A ‘JOBS’ related homework task. 2 small PowerPoint presentations (features of a play script and a ‘JOBS’ related PowerPoint).

Play Script Template. A simple Play Script template. 1 page. Fully editable.

Planning a Play script - template to complete. A useful starting point before writing a play script. 5 sections to complete: Section 1: Which characters will be in your play? Section 2: What entertaining event(s) will happen? Section 3: Where will each scene take place (settings)? Section 4: Describe the opening stage directions. Section 5: How will the play end? Fully editable.