2 attachments: Iron Man storyboard. Iron Man booklet.

A FANTASTIC WRITING TOPIC TO DO WITH YOUR CLASS! A 57-slide PowerPoint with integrated animations and writing activities. 15 lessons - to be taught over 3 weeks. All activities are fully editable. Learning objectives, story, worksheets, video links and more. Ideal for Year 2 or Year 3. . LEARNING OBJECTIVES COVERED (The children will…) . Describe MR BIG. Describe what makes someone happy and sad. Answer questions about the beginning of MR BIG. Learn more about the word ‘avoid’. Sequence sentences correctly. Correct MR BIG sentences. Describe story settings. Order/sequence settings. Describe mountain gorilla activities. Compare two things. Write comparative sentences using however, but and whereas. Correct comparative sentences. Learn some new words and their meanings. Use a dictionary. Make a story map for one section of a story. Adapt part of a story. Plan a story. Write a story. Read a story aloud.

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

This set of resources is for teaching BROCHURES to a Year 2 or Year 3 class. The attached PowerPoint has 54 slides. There are 18 worksheets (16 task sheets + 2 brochures). There are also 3 differentiated ‘blank’ brochure templates. Brochure themes: Thailand and England. Duration of unit: 4 weeks. The unit ends with an independent writing task/assessment. Every resource is fully editable. Planning time saved: Over 40 hours! . Learning Objectives covered: . To review and write basic facts about Thailand. To review and write basic facts about England. To write sentences using correct grammar and punctuation. To learn what a brochure is. To design the front cover of a brochure. To identify and describe features of a brochure. To design and write 1 section of a brochure. To make a brochure. To construct and group sentences under specific headings. To read and find information in a brochure. To write paragraphs. To write lists using commas and bullet points.

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

Mr. Men PowerPoint - Story Logs and Storyboards Enjoy writing some of your own Mr. Men stories with this 16-slide bright and fun Mr. Men slide show. The slide show displays the Mr. Men characters (on 1 slide) but then focuses on Mr. Tickle, Mr. Brave, Mr. Daydream and Mr. Chatterbox. Each of the characters has their very own Story Log and Storyboard for you (or the children) to complete! Please check out my shop for a Mr. Men Unit of Work and additional resources. Fully editable.

Creative writing task: A boy finds a mysterious magical object on the beach. Sentence starter: One sunny afternoon, Tom was walking along the beach when … 2 pages. Fully editable.

A great game to play! Just divide your class into groups and get them to guess the answers to the questions. The more answers they get, the more points they win! Suitable for 5+ (depending on ability).

4 persuasive writing frames. Great to use when doing persuasive writing. Fully editable.

A very useful PowerPoint to introduce, explain and show examples of contractions. Over 80 slides. Fully editable.

Attached are 42 ‘VCOP’ (fully editable) games and activity suggestions. . Resource 1: A 26-page booklet containing 26 VCOP games & activity-suggestions Page 3: VCOP Games (13 games) Page 7: Connectives ‘Quick Fire’ Activities (4 activities) Page 13: Openers Activity (1 activity) Page 15: Punctuation Activity (1 activity) Page 19: Vocabulary Activities (7 activities) . Resource 2: A 16-page booklet containing 16 VCOP games & activity-suggestions. A ‘mixture’ of VCOP activities . Resource 3: Also attached is a an activity for the children to make their own VCOP pyramid.

Summary of resource: A simple way to introduce your class to non-chronological reports. 24 easy-to-teach slides. Planning templates and examples provided. . Contents of PowerPoint: . What are non-chronological reports? How to start and plan your report Layout and Features Examples to look at …

A useful booklet to practise note taking skills. 4 pages. Fully editable.

A writing template to use when writing to recount. Fully editable.

Attached is a fully editable 9-page oral screening form to assess English proficiency. The aim of this screening form is to establish a student’s basic English language proficiency, to identify a student who requires EAL, EFL, ESL support and to identify topic areas a student may need to develop. Before carrying out the screening form, it is helpful to say to the child, ‘During the task, I will circle some areas that you find a bit tricky. This is to help me know which areas I need to focus on in class so that I can make your English even better!’ By saying this, the child will be reassured (and put at ease) from the start. . The following 23 topic areas are assessed: Colours Numbers (0 – 9) Numbers (10 – 20) Body parts Head / Face Clothes Household objects School Shapes Action words Domestic Animals Weather words Food - Basics Food - Fruit Food - Vegetables Fast food Wild Animals Gardening Positional Words Days of the week Times of the day Months of the year Professions / Jobs

Make your own VCOP Pyramid with this resource. Simply cut out the 4 triangles and paste together. These can then be used as a desk-top reminder/reference point for the children. There are 5 “bands” on each of the 4 pyramids and the lower down the pyramid you go, the more sophisticated the writing becomes. Fully editable.

Do you want to start BIG WRITING in your school? If so, follow this simple 4-page information booklet. The booklet is divided into the following sections: Philosophy, How to begin, Big Writing Environment, Rewards, Big Writing Files, Snappy Starters/Quick Fire/Power VCOP Starters, Talking, Rainbow Writing, Finger Tapping & Colours. Ideal for staff training or simple reference. Fully editable.