Such a fun way to remind kids to always read the instructions. Step 1. Read all the instructions. Steps 2-9. Lots of challenges involving drawing, clapping, jumping, hugging and shouting. Step 10. Don't do steps 2-9. Hand in your paper to receive a prize. If you are in a country which allows it, it would be worth taking a video of your kids doing this challenge as it is hilarious to watch! [Note: This is a one page resource. As an added bonus, it includes my dice roller tool for free - never worry if you don't have dice again!]

This scaffold for Authors is a great tool for writers to plan out their scripts, screenplays, novels or any other stories with ease. Have you ever thought about writing a novel for your students, your own children, or just for fun? Or are you running a writer’s club for older students? This tool will help you or your students plan out every detail of any story so that writing becomes a breeze. By filling in the details as and when the ideas come to you, you’ll have all the notes you need to begin your writing. First, you’ll outline roughly what you want to happen in the story - beginning, middle and end. You’ll decide on a genre and you may decide on a working title. Then, you’ll plan out everything you need on each of the characters who affect the plot - what do they look like? What is their back story? What can they do? and all the other details which are important. After that, you’ll write in the steps of each character’s journey - Beginning with their normal life, following through 12 steps which will bring you to the conclusion. You’ll then jot down any additional steps or flashback scenes you want to include and finally decide on the order you want to tell the story to give the reader the best experience. This really is writing the easy way. Enjoy becoming an author, and helping your students do the same.

A short course designed to get primary students confident in their public speaking, specifically in reading stories they have written in another class. Pack includes a simple PPT identifying voice, body language, language, content and eye contact as the important features of public speaking. Students use this to fill in the blank rubric (included) in the first class. From then on, students come to the class with a piece to perform and Prepare, perform and do a group reflection based on their notes and rubrics.

PPT containing 4 pair role play scenarios and 3 speaking topics for English learners to build their confidence in speaking in real life scenarios and presenting their ideas. The PPT would work well either in class as activities for speaking practice or as the basis of an English speaking competition. Contains 4 scenarios for two-person role plays and 3 topics for individuals to state their views, along with two selector slides to allow for easy navigation around the PPT.

Six posters breaking down how to use 6 tenses in English - Present simple, Present continuous, Past simple, Past continuous, Future with ‘will’ and Future with ‘Going to’. Colourful displays to print out and stick up on the wall or into student notebooks (A3 or A4 for the wall, A4 or A5 for the notebooks). The structures allow students to check their own sentence structures and to get their sentences right while they are learning.

A ready to go speaking competition for English language learners. Describe one of ten pictures, take part in a role play and give a short speech. Divided into 3 rounds. In the first round, up to ten competitors will describe a picture. Judges will choose up to eight competitors to continue to round 2. In round two, competitors will participate in a role play with a partner, based on a given scenario. Judges will choose up to 3 competitors for the final round. In the final round, each competitor will give a talk on the chosen topic. Judges will choose a winner. Use this as a whole school competition (10 competitors) or simply as a class activity.

A fantastic 40-question money game in which students compete to correct errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Teams choose a question and answer it, and are either rewarded with coins or they get the opportunity to take coins from other teams, switch coins with other teams, or they lose their coins completely. The game will easily last at least one class period. There are five types of question in this version of the game; 1)Correct the tense error, 2)Replace the incorrect homophone, 3)Correct the punctuation, 4)Insert the parenthesis , 5)Insert the correct conjunction This is a fully editable game PPT which will drive your students wild, so once you’ve been through all the questions, just replace the questions with 40 more of your own and you can use this game again and again.

This is a spelling and vocabulary review game generator. it works with any words, so use it to review your weekly spelling lists in game form. A very straight forward tool. Simply type 20 words which you want students to review into a list, choose whether you want a snakes 'n ladders format or a more generic board game and print onto A4 or A3 paper. Words are placed randomly over the board. If you want to re-order the words, press F9 for a refresh and the games will regenerate. The games work as follows. Students roll a die, move a counter and spell or define the word they land on (variations would be simple, too - give a synonym/antonym etc). Playing small review games often is a much more effective system to get students to remember vocabulary than simply giving them a list of words. The game itself will work in any language. Try English, French, German, even Chinese. The kids will love it, too!

This is the third in my series of English competitions for English speakers. Public speaking/ English competition to be used in school-wide events or within the class for confidence building. These competition PPTs are elegant looking PPTs guiding the organisers and students through a three round competition. First, ten competitors describe a picture based on the number they choose. 8 competitors go to round two, where they take part in a pair role play based around a real life situation. 3 competitors go to the final round, in which they are given a question to talk about. The format allows students to use a range of speaking skills, pushing them towards fluency and accuracy through practice.

A ready to go speaking competition for English language learners. Describe one of ten pictures, take part in a role play and give a short speech. Divided into 3 rounds. Use this as a whole school competition (10 competitors) or simply as a class activity. In the first round, up to ten competitors will describe a picture. Judges will choose up to eight competitors to continue to round 2. In round two, competitors will participate in a role play with a partner, based on a given scenario. Judges will choose up to 3 competitors for the final round. In the final round, each competitor will give a talk on the chosen topic. Judges will choose a winner.

Lesson objective :Begin a poster containing facts about Australia. This is a class designed to lead students to create a fact sheet about Australia, which will then be adapted to be a non-fiction text later. It begins with True/False questions with fun facts. This then changes to Fact/Fiction. Students then do a pair reading activity to find out some more facts. They then set to work on their posters about Australia. In a 45 minute class, they will just have time to begin the posters, so they could finish it for homework or in the next class.

Design a Superhero – Creative Writing Pack - Character development - Describe a character This 10 page Creative Writing – Design your own Superhero – pack guides students through the creation of their own superhero from start to finish. Pages provide space for students to brainstorm ideas to describe their superhero, name them and think of all the details. They then have space to do a first draft with some editing tips. After that, they’ll think about a plot outline and write a story. Kids with limited ideas can look at the tips pages at the back.

A short PPT introducing the Be verb in the present tense. Students practise using the be verb for different subjects and then shortening the sentences using an apostrophe.

Introducing a meticulously crafted bundle of resources designed to help primary school children learn story characters and build their vocabulary for communication. This bundle includes 16 jobs (plus synonyms) and 4 resources to make learning fun and engaging. The picture dictionary features 6 attractive 3D animation style pictures per page, with synonyms listed for each word and an example sentence for each word. The jigsaw activity is a fun way to connect the word to its synonym, an example sentence, a picture, and a riddle. Two versions of flashcards are also available. Version 1 has all the pictures on one side and the word on the other side. Version 2 has pictures on one side and the word and the synonyms on the other. This product is designed to help children learn in a fun and interactive way. It’s perfect for parents and teachers who want to make learning enjoyable for their students. Try it out today and see the difference it makes!

A carefully created bundle of resources to help primary school children learn verbs and build their vocabulary for communication. 37 verbs (plus synonyms) with 5 resources; Picture dictionary: 6 attractive 3D animation style pictures to a page Synonyms listed for each verb Past and Past participle forms of verbs also listed Example sentence for each word Jigsaw activity: Connect the word, with tense alternative forms to its synonyms, an example sentence, a picture and a description of the verb. Flashcards - Version 1: All the pictures on one side, and the word on the other side. Flashcards - Version 2: Pictures on one side, the word and the synonyms on the other. Flashcards - Version 3: Pictures on one side, the word and the different tense forms on the other.

A carefully created bundle of resources to help primary school children learn jobs and build their vocabulary for communication. 45 jobs (plus synonyms) with 4 resources; Picture dictionary: 6 pictures to a page in 3d animation style Synonyms listed for each word Example sentence for each word Jigsaw activity: Match the job word with a picture, example sentence, synonyms and a riddle. Flashcards - Version 1: All the pictures on one side, and the word on the other side. Flashcards - Version 2: Pictures on one side, the word and the synonyms on the other.