**12 excellent resources for teaching persuasive writing: ** Persuasive vocabulary and phrases for display Slogans activity Topics to debate: vegetarianism, skating/rollerblading on the playground, school uniform, pets & boxing 1 persuasive class writing activity: Should children use mobile phones? Homework activity: Ask parents their opinions about various topics

A collection of 16 useful VCOP activities to use in class. Enjoy!

ASSESS YOUR STUDENT’S LISTENING CAPABILITIES WITH THIS FORM. With reference to work samples and observations, highlight language capabilities 'AT OR ABOV’E the ESL Bandscale levels (Levels 1 to 7). Finally, rate the student at the level which contains the most highlighting. On the second page, it suggests the ‘next steps’ depending on the level achieved. 2 pages.

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

5 Adjectives activities. Great to complete at the beginning of the day / warm up / plenary activity. 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).

Writing To Recount: 1 worksheet. Fully editable. Appropriate for 7+ (depending on ability).

Assess ‘writing to explain’ pieces of writing with this easy to use student and teacher assessment sheet / rubric. Success Criteria listed for students in Year 1 to Year 6. 2 pages. Fully editable.

A fully editable reading certificate. Just add the child’s name and print off.

Title: Overboard Stimulus: Kensuke’s Kingdom - inspired by Michael Morpurgo. Plot: In rough seas, you fall overboard with your dog called Stella Artois. Sentence starter: Morning must come soon. I had to hang on till then. I had to. The water wasn’t that cold. I had a chance. 2 pages. Fully editable.

These worksheets can be used to support the Year 3 Nelson scheme of spellings. Unit 13 spellings: vision, television, revision, division, invasion, occasion, diversion, excursion, pension, extension, explosion, erosion. Unit 14 spellings: helpful, wonderful, careful, careless, homeless, hopeless, pavement, enjoyment, improvement, illness, laziness, silliness. Focus: Suffixes Fully editable. 4 pages in total. Age: Year 3 students

A simple writing task for your student’s to complete AFTER their holiday/vacation. 2 versions available: Version 1: A fully editable printable worksheet. Version 2: A worksheet your student’s can type onto then submit online. Please note: This PDF document has a box for your student’s to type in (you can’t see it on the preview screen though). 2 worksheets in total - printable and online versions.

8 slides. Get your class to read through the selection of story openings and decide if they could be from a traditional story or not. Fully editable. Ideal for 7 to 11 years.

Ideal for 5 to 9 years. Task: Cut out the cards (30 in total). Match three cards together to make 10 grammatically correct sentences. Finally, copy out the sentences on the sheet provided. 4 pages. Fully editable.

A fully editable rainbow writing poster. Great for reference and display.

Attached is a 3-page magical Christmas story called, ‘SANTA SLIPS’. 440 words. Ideal as a modelled or shared text. Fully editable. Ideal for 5 - 9 years.

Have you ever wanted to write a Christmas story with a twist? Attached is a short Christmas story called, ‘The Christmas Tree Chainsaw Massacre’. It’s about a selfish Christmas tree who wants to be all alone on a Christmas tree farm. He hatches a plan to do this… but does his evil plan work? 2 pages - 273 words Could be used as a modelled or guided reading text. Fully editable. 10+

A dyslexia-friendly reading and writing manual. Recommended age: 2 - 6 years. This 48-page manual is designed to help ANY child to read and write. Children with dyslexia or dyslexic tendencies make remarkable progress with this manual. The ‘6 Times’ manual must be taught on a 1-to-1 basis (1 adult, 1 child) and takes 36 days to complete. Many of the activities are designed to be repetitious and are graded according to difficulty.

Spelling Homework Book - Version 2 A complete spelling activity book (approx. 50 pages) to print out for every child in your class. Ideal for Y2. Designed to allow for 10 differentiated spellings per week. Activities provided plus plenty of space to practice. Fully editable.

Spelling Homework Book A complete spelling activity book (approx. 45 pages) to print out for every child in your class. Ideal for Y2. Designed to allow for 10 differentiated spellings per week. Activities provided plus plenty of space to practice. Fully editable.