Clarify the meaning of new words with this clarification worksheet. Just write down (no more than 4) unfamiliar/new words on the worksheet then ask your student’s to predict what they mean. Then, ask your student’s to find the actual definition of each word using a dictionary. Finally, ask your student’s to create their own sentence with the word. Fully editable. Suitable for all ages.

Imaginary World - PLACE MATS 3 differentiated PLACE MATS with words, phrases and key points for stories set in an imaginary worlds. Great for students to refer to when planning and writing their stories. Fully editable.

This bundle of 6 resources includes: A PowerPoint showing examples of what it means to explain. An explanation rubric. A ‘What is it?’ activity. A writing to explain 4-page activity booklet. A Cause and Effect PowerPoint. A 36-slide PowerPoint containing the following information: What are explanation texts? Identifying the subject in an explanation text. 6 Explanation texts: 1. Water pollution 2. The production of paper 3. Health and Beauty 4. How do volcanoes erupt? 5. What would happen if humans didn’t have bones? 6. What do muscles do? Layout of an explanation text. Cause and effect – connectives, examples and activities. More explanation activities.

This 53-slide PowerPoint covers the following: What are instructions? Verbal instructions. Time connectives. Written Instructions. Imperative (Bossy) Verbs. Instructional Writing Examples. Instructional Writing Task. Writing Frames. Editing Instructions. Ideal for 6+ and fully editable.

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.

Attached is fully animated 37-slide PowerPoint that teaches children how to plan and write a non-chronological report. Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability). The PowerPoint is divided into 8 parts - Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7 and Day 8. Activity sheets complement each day (10 activity sheets in total). Approximately 8 one-hour English lessons. Fully editable. Save yourself 15 hours of planning time!

Primary National Strategy English overview - Year 2. Fully editable.

3 fully editable antonyms resources. Ideal for 6 - 11 years. Resource 1: Worksheet. Resource 2: Mobile. Resource 3: Display material.

3 lovely (and fully editable) stories to share with your class: The Rainbow Fish’ (adaptation). ‘Jack Frost and the Snow. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Where does snow come from? A lovely poem + activities provided. Suitable for 4 - 8 years.

Hundreds of frequently used words - ideal for spelling lists. 5 - 11 years. Fully editable.

This 53-slide PowerPoint covers the following: What are instructions? Verbal instructions. Time connectives. Written Instructions. Imperative (Bossy) Verbs. Instructional Writing Examples. Instructional Writing Task. Writing Frames. Editing Instructions. Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability). Fully editable.

A detailed English whole school overview. Years 1 to Year 6. Fully editable.

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.

This resource is ideal if you want to set up your own KS1 school library. Attached are 17 sets of “recommended” library books - for children aged 4 to 8 years. Box labels and notes home (reminding students to return their books) included. 25 pages in total. Fully editable.

A complete overview of learning for English. Years 1 to 6. Fully editable.

My university dissertation. Topic: The National Literacy Strategy. A Literacy Task Force in January 1997 (chaired by Michael Barber and set up by the Labour Party shadow education minister David Blunkett) published its interim report - A reading revolution: How we can teach every child to read well. In the report, one of the recommendations was that the National Literacy Project (NLP) should be evaluated. The conservative government had previously established the NLP as a pilot scheme in thirteen Local Education Authorities. The aim of the evaluation was to determine whether the NLP should form the basis for a wider national literacy programme for all schools should Labour win the election. The major features of the NLP were: the introduction of a carefully structured literacy hour; a three strand programme of work at text, sentence and word level; a framework of teaching objectives indicating what should be taught during each term. Grade awarded: 82% - 1st Degree. 9 pages. 3707 words. Fully editable.

This activity book can be used to teach any child to read and write. 48 pages. Must be taught on a 1-to-1 basis. Ideal for dyslexic students. Age range: 3+

Authors and Letters PowerPoint. 45 slides with integrated activities. Ideal for 7+ Focused author: Quentin Blake. Students will learn to… Read and evaluate books. Persuade other people to read books. Write blurbs. Learn how to review and rate books. Write book reviews. Use persuasive language. Write postcards, letters and cards.

8 storyboard template. Ideal for planning stories, summarising sections of text or writing about events in chronological order. Ideal for all ages.