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The whole alphabet neatly laid out over 26 A4 size handwriting practice sheets.
Hours of handwriting practice to have up your sleeve and help rapidly improve your class' handwriting. Could also be used for homework.
Each letter has its own page and the sheets focus on developing the formation of lower case basic letter shapes that are non-cursive.
Suitable for all ages and stages that need help with basic letter formation including nursery, SEN, KS2 or EAL children.
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Nine complete lessons with everything you need to teach, designed to help children write more effective sentences and develop their understanding of grammar.
All lessons match the new curriculum for English statutory requirements from Appendix 2: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation.
Everything needed to teach the lessons is included – just print and teach.
All lessons have starter, teaching input (2 require no PowerPoint), plenary, worksheets, differentiation, answers and teachers’ notes.
Lesson/learning objectives include:
-Introducing inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
-Using a wider range of conjunctions
-Apostrophes to mark plural possession (girls’ names)
-Apostrophes to mark singular possession in nouns (girl’s name)
-Appropriate choice of noun or pronoun
-Prepositions of cause, time and place (3 lessons)
-Demarcating sentences with ? ! and .
Learning pitched at lower KS2 ability (age 7-9) but can be taught to any age or KS for extension or support.
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Fun and engaging complete lesson suitable for SPAG work, designed to meet the new 2014 curriculum. 3 unique differentiated activities/worksheets each with extension. Starter, teaching input and plenary all on included PowerPoint. Suitable for expanding vocabulary and openers for VCOP lessons. Children get to help stop an out of control robot during the lesson input and the learning activities, perfect for helping improve boys' engagement with writing. Adaptable for individual or partner work and suitable for upper KS2 or more able year 3 and year 4.
Complete lesson with starter, teaching input and peer-assessment based plenary all on the included PowerPoint. Children discuss, plan (on a specially designed sheet) and then create writing based upon an inspiring Stone Age story starter writing prompt - ensuring an original, well thought out piece of cross-curricula writing that is full of their own ideas. Suitable for big writing, creative writing, assessment, moderation or just a regular English lesson. There is also a sheet included where children can draw and colour an illustration for the story they created. Variable length: can be done in 1 hr or extended to nearer 2 hrs if required. Children will also practice empathy skills and have the opportunity to demonstrate historical knowledge.
An engaging, fun and challenging complete lesson about demarcating sentences with exclamation marks. Children learn all about exclaiming and exclamation marks and identify where they go in sentences. They then work through 4 activities designed to develop their understanding using different skills. They identify, create and explain, with the more able going on to a challenging extension activity. There is also a fun activity in there too that your class will love. Self/peer-assessment plenary is also included to really help cement the learning in their minds and potentially make marking easier for you too. Suitable for KS1, less able KS2 and SEN or EAL children. Teachers' notes and answers included.
Engaging, fun and challenging complete lesson. Demarcating sentences with full stops and question marks. Children learn about full stops, questions and question marks and identify the correct punctuation to finish sentences. They then work through 4 activities designed to develop their understanding using different skills. They identify, create and explain, with the more able going on to a challenging extension activity. There is also a fun activity in there too that your class will love. Self/peer-assessment plenary is also included to really help cement the learning in their minds and potentially make marking easier for you too. Suitable for KS1, less able KS2 and SEN or EAL children. Teachers' notes and answers included.
A complete, engaging, imaginative, creative writing or Big Writing stimuli lesson that can be applied to many different writing genres.
Children view PowerPoint then discuss ideas and plan by answering the thought provoking questions which enable a wealth of ideas to be generated for the writing. Planning sheet has space for 5 sense descriptions, VCOP elements and purpose, audience and genre notes to help meet the new 2014 curriculum. Starter activity plus 2 widths of line guides/writing sheets included plus optional paragraph planning sheet, custom art sheet and self-assessment plenary activity mean that this lesson's length is flexible and could easily last for 2 hours if you wanted it to and comes with 3 different options in the teachers' notes for delivery over 1,2 or 3 lessons. Lesson is aimed at KS2 but can be used for more able KS1, or KS3 as it is differentiated by outcome.
Children will need some historical knowledge of the era.
Complete lesson with starter, teaching input and peer-assessment based plenary all on the included PowerPoint. Children discuss, plan and then create writing based upon an inspiring, historical story starter writing prompt. The planning sheet asks thought provoking questions ensuring an original, well thought out piece of cross-curricula writing that is full of their own ideas. Other writing genres can also be applied to the plan. Suitable for big writing, creative writing, assessment, moderation or just a regular English lesson. There is also a creative drawing sheet included and lined writing sheet. Variable length: can be done in 1 hr or extended to nearer 2 hrs if required. Children will also practice empathy skills and have the opportunity to demonstrate their historical knowledge.
Complete lesson with starter, teaching input and peer-assessment based plenary all on the included PowerPoint. Children discuss, plan and then create writing based upon an inspiring, historical story starter writing prompt. The planning sheet asks thought provoking questions ensuring an original, well thought out piece of cross-curricula writing that is full of their own ideas. Other writing genres can also be applied to the plan. Suitable for big writing, creative writing, assessment, moderation or just a regular English lesson. There is also a creative drawing sheet included and lined writing sheet. Variable length: can be done in 1 hr or extended to nearer 2 hrs if required. Children will also practice empathy skills and have the opportunity to demonstrate their historical knowledge.
Complete lesson with starter, teaching input and peer-assessment based plenary all on the included PowerPoint. Children discuss, plan and then create writing based upon an inspiring, historical story starter writing prompt. The planning sheet asks thought provoking questions ensuring an original, well thought out piece of cross-curricula writing that is full of their own ideas. Other writing genres can also be applied to the plan. Suitable for big writing, creative writing, assessment, moderation or just a regular English lesson. There is also a creative drawing sheet included and lined writing sheet. Variable length: can be done in 1 hr or extended to nearer 2 hrs if required. Children will also practice empathy skills and have the opportunity to demonstrate their historical knowledge.
Complete lesson pack that lasts up to 2 hours, with starter, teaching input and peer-assessment based plenary all on the included PowerPoint. Children discuss, plan and then create inspiring writing based upon an inspiring, historical story starter writing prompt.
The planning sheet asks thought provoking questions ensuring an original, well thought out piece of cross-curricula writing that is full of their own ideas. Other writing genres can also be applied to the plan.
Suitable for big writing, creative writing, assessment, moderation or just a regular English lesson. There is also a creative drawing sheet included and lined writing sheet. Variable length: can be done in 1 hr or extended to nearer 2 hrs if required. Children will also practice empathy skills and have the opportunity to demonstrate their historical knowledge.
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Complete lesson with starter, teaching input and peer-assessment based plenary all on the included PowerPoint. Children discuss, plan and then create writing based upon an inspiring, historical story starter writing prompt. The planning sheet asks thought provoking questions ensuring an original, well thought out piece of cross-curricula writing that is full of their own ideas. Other writing genres can also be applied to the plan. Suitable for big writing, creative writing, assessment, moderation or just a regular English lesson. There is also a creative drawing sheet included and lined writing sheet. Variable length: can be done in 1 hr or extended to nearer 2 hrs if required. Children will also practice empathy skills and have the opportunity to demonstrate their historical knowledge.
Complete lesson with starter, teaching input and peer-assessment based plenary all on the included PowerPoint. Children discuss, plan and then create writing based upon an inspiring, historical story starter writing prompt. The planning sheet asks thought provoking questions ensuring an original, well thought out piece of cross-curricula writing that is full of their own ideas. Other writing genres can also be applied to the plan. Suitable for big writing, creative writing, assessment, moderation or just a regular English lesson. There is also a creative drawing sheet included and lined writing sheet. Variable length: can be done in 1 hr or extended to nearer 2 hrs if required. Children will also practice empathy skills and have the opportunity to demonstrate their historical knowledge.
This bestselling resource on Indicating Degrees of Possibility Using Modal Verbs has been purchased and downloaded over 300 times! This is a fantastic complete lesson pack with everything you need to simply print and teach.
Designed to meet the new 2014 curriculum, this engaging yet challenging complete lesson comes with: starter activity, fun and thorough lesson input and 2 fun plenary activities to choose from (a game and peer-assessment) all on the included PowerPoint. The enjoyable yet challenging learning activities have 3 levels of differentiation and are simply explained in the full teachers' notes, which also include answers for peer-assessment. This fantastic lesson teaches children what modal verbs are and how to use them in writing and has been created with enjoyment and challenge in equal measures. A brilliant way to easily teach a difficult learning objective.
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Fun yet challenging complete lesson created for Year 5 SPaG work and designed to meet the new 2014 curriculum. Comes with 2 levels of differentiated activities/worksheets plus a further extension activity for the more able students. Starter and engaging teaching input with questioning included on the PowerPoint and peer-assessment/marking plenary simply explained in the concise teachers' notes. Suitable for expanding vocabulary and openers for VCOP lessons too. Adaptable for individual or partner work and suitable for any upper KS2. This fantastic lesson contains loads of learning for all levels of ability and transforms a potentially dry and boring learning objective into a fun and engaging learning experience for all.
This fantastic, fun, challenging, cross-curricula lesson is packed with learning and has elements of: computing, history, writing and speaking and listening, built into a lesson centred around independent learning and research. Children will be using and applying the historical learning they acquire creatively, as they work through the challenges of the lesson. An optional competitive element, combined with the fun of potentially becoming a Time Detective (and earning a Time Detective badge) create added motivation and increased engagement towards the learning. Children research in a holistic way building up a bigger picture of life the time period and then present their creations providing you with an assessment opportunity and a chance to decide the winners. The lesson ideal for either the beginning, middle or end of a history topic or unit. Can be done in an hour but better over two, contains starter and plenary. Made for KS2 but accessible to more able KS1 and less able KS3
Includes: Starter-PowerPoint-Worksheets-Creative Activity Sheet-Plenary-Teachers' Notes
This fantastic, fun, challenging, cross-curricula lesson is packed with learning and has elements of: computing, history, writing and speaking and listening, built into a lesson centred around independent learning and web research.
Children will be using and applying the historical learning they acquire creatively, as they work through the challenges of the lesson.
Children research in a holistic way building up a bigger picture of life the time period and then present their creations providing you with an assessment opportunity.
The lesson ideal for either the beginning, middle or end of a history topic or unit. Can be done in an hour but better over two, contains starter and plenary.
Made for KS2 but accessible to more able KS1 and less able KS3
Complete lesson with starter, teaching input and peer-assessment based plenary all on the included PowerPoint. Children discuss, plan and then create writing based upon an inspiring, historical story starter writing prompt. The planning sheet asks thought provoking questions ensuring an original, well thought out piece of cross-curricula writing that is full of their own ideas. Other writing genres can also be applied to the plan. Suitable for big writing, creative writing, assessment, moderation or just a regular English lesson. There is also a creative drawing sheet included and lined writing sheet. Variable length: can be done in 1 hr or extended to nearer 2 hrs if required. Children will also practice empathy skills and have the opportunity to demonstrate their historical knowledge.
This fantastic, fun, challenging, cross-curricula lesson is packed with learning and has elements of: computing, history, writing and speaking and listening, built into a lesson centred around independent learning and research. Children will be using and applying the historical learning they acquire creatively, as they work through the challenges of the lesson. An optional competitive element, combined with the fun of potentially becoming a Time Detective (and earning a Time Detective badge) create added motivation and increased engagement towards the learning. Children research in a holistic way building up a bigger picture of life the time period and then present their creations providing you with an assessment opportunity and a chance to decide the winners. The lesson ideal for either the beginning, middle or end of a history topic or unit. Can be done in an hour but better over two, contains starter and plenary. Made for KS2 but accessible to more able KS1 and less able KS3
This fantastic, fun, challenging, cross-curricula lesson is packed with learning and has elements of: computing, history, writing and speaking and listening, built into a lesson centred around independent learning and research. Children will be using and applying the historical learning they acquire creatively, as they work through the challenges of the lesson. An optional competitive element, combined with the fun of potentially becoming a Time Detective (and earning a Time Detective badge) create added motivation and increased engagement towards the learning. Children research in a holistic way building up a bigger picture of life the time period and then present their creations providing you with an assessment opportunity and a chance to decide the winners. The lesson ideal for either the beginning, middle or end of a history topic or unit. Can be done in an hour but better over two, contains starter and plenary. Made for KS2 but accessible to more able KS1 and less able KS3