Book reviews and reports - 10 activities in total. 7 worksheets plus 3 additional activities displayed on a PowerPoint. Ideal for upper KS1 or KS2. Fully editable.

5 sets of face masks to use for role play. Set 1: Stepmother - 1 colour version and 1 black and white to colour in. Set 2: Witch - 1 colour version and 1 black and white to colour in. Set 3: Hansel - 1 colour version and 1 black and white to colour in. Set 4: Father - 1 colour version and 1 black and white to colour in. Set 5: Gretel - 1 colour version and 1 black and white to colour in. . 10 sheets in total.

Paired Reading - PEER ASSESSMENT sheet. A useful peer assessment sheet for assessing reading punctuation, fluency, delivery and accuracy. Fully editable.

4 fully editable ‘Reading Rubrics’ for assessing reading: Reading Rubric for making connections. Reading Rubric for creating images/ mind movies. Reading Rubric for questioning. Reading Rubric for making inferences.

A short diary entry about a disastrous day. 153 words. Fully editable. Picture stimulus, WORD document and PowerPoint included. Preview shown (some text is missing - this will be revealed when purchased). . Activity suggestions: Adapt the diary entry (change the series of events and consequences). Write what happens next (using the preview text).

A nice template to use for a 7-day diary. 2 versions available - fully editable. Version 1: Print out, cut each page in half and staple the booklet together. If you use this version, the diary will be A-5 size and contain 16 pages (2 pages for each of the 7 days plus a front and back cover). Version 2: This is my preferred version (as it’s easier to make the booklets). The front cover is on 1 page. Just staple the whole booklet together - 8 pages in total. This version will be A-4 size and contain a front cover and 7 pages - one for each day of the week. Please note: This resource can be be purchased as a ‘bundle’ of diary-writing activities here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/diary-writing-12489458

11 fully editable question cards related to features of a book: Setting questions. Style questions. Points of View questions. Non Fiction questions. Illustrations, Glossary and Index questions. Subject and theme questions. Poetry questions. Character questions. General Non Fiction. Basic questions. Plot - Narrative Structure.

A nice introduction to writing a diary. Contents of 8-slide PowerPoint: Slide 3: Sentence starters Slide 4: Past tense verbs Slide 5: Amazing adjectives Slides 6 & 7: Verbs and Adverbs Slide 8: Diary example

2 fully editable worksheets. A great way to encourage your child (or class) to write a daily or weekly diary. Suggested ways to use: Set as a homework activity - the children can write about the key events that happened on any day of the week. Monday morning activity - the children could write about their Saturday or Sunday activities, or both (they can choose). End of day activity! Parents who request additional writing for their child - ask them to keep a daily diary using both (or one) of these templates.

Activity: Correct the passage. A passage has been written incorrectly. There are: 9 missing capital letters. 7 missing full stops. 3 missing commas. 4 missing speech marks. 1 missing exclamation mark. Students have to rewrite the passage correctly. Age: 7+ (depending on ability). Answers provided. Also attached are some additional proofreading worksheets and self assessment checklist.

There, their and they’re activity booklet. 3 pages. Suitable for 5 - 11 years (depending on ability). Fully editable.

** A 2-week unit of work (PDF and Word) based on 'Kensuke's Kingdom' by Michael Morpurgo ** Ideal for upper KS2 students.

Writing Targets for Reception to Year 6. Great for writing reports and tracking student progress. Fully editable.

A great way of celebrating a child’s birthday in your class! Celebrate a child’s birthday by allowing the class to “interview” the birthday child (hot seating). Then complete the birthday booklets (there are differentiated booklets for boys and girls). There is also a separate booklet for the ‘birthday child’ to complete. Once the booklets have been completed, just staple them together and send them home for the birthday child to keep. You can even make a front cover for all the birthday booklets (I’ve attached 14 to choose from - all editable). The children love this (and parents too). Fully editable.

Follow the 5 basic ‘pre-cursive’ letter stages (displayed in this PowerPoint) and watch your student’s begin their journey to cursive writing. Handwriting practice sheets also included - fully editable! No handwriting scheme necessary. Slide 3: Holding your pencil correctly Slide 4: The 5 pre-cursive stages Slide 5: The 5 pre-cursive stages (to stick in books) Slide 6: Bookmarks showing the pre-cursive letters Slide 8: Stage 1 Slide 9: Stage 2 Slide 10: Stage 3 Slide 11: Stage 4 Slide 12: Stage 5

Conjunctions Bundle - 5 activities. 3 conjunctions worksheets. A selection of ‘and’ and ‘then’ words for display. A small PowerPoint (10 slides) showing 10 comparative conjunctions. Fully editable resources.

34 fully editable slides. The PowerPoint is divided up into the following 4 sections: Calligrams. Descriptive Poems. Onomatopoeia. Similes and Metaphors. Integrated activities and lots of fun!

Attached is a fully editable 4-page onomatopoeia activity booklet. Also attached is a fun onomatopoeia video - the kids love this! Ideal for 6+ Instructions: Introduce onomatopoeia ‘sound words’ by watching the video. Show the children the onomatopoeia words listed on page 1 of the 4-page activity booklet. Give some examples of onomatopoeia words you might hear in certain jobs - there are a number of jobs listed in the booklet (with examples and pictures). Ask the children to have a go at drawing the sound words listed in the activity booklet then ask them to add one more word (and drawing) of their own. Challenge Activity: You might want the class (or a group of children) to perform their own onomatopoeia poem/song in the style of the video. If you do, I’ve also attached a simple rhythm/beat your children to listen and perform their poem/song to (plus a sheet for them to publish their work onto).

Poetry theme: JOBS Poetry focus: Onomatopoeia 1-week unit plan and all resources attached. Fully editable. Ideal for 6+

Comic Strips! Why not ask your student’s to create their very own comic strips/books Attached are 3 comic strip writing templates plus a selection of cartoon strips to refer to. Suggested activities: Cut and paste comic strips in the correct sequence; add speech bubbles to character pictures or create comic strips.