ESOL - Entry 1 - English - All About Me - Lesson 1 - What is your name? English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) refers to learning English as a new resident in an English-speaking country. ESOL classes can include areas such as survival English, functional language, specific speaking and listening skills, and sociocultural information. The purpose is to support learners whose first language is not English, helping them gain the communication skills needed to progress in the workplace, education and beyond. The focus for this lesson is learning how to introduce one’s self. How to ask questions related to personal information and how to respond. What is your name? What is your surname? How old are you? Where do you live? Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and worksheet as shown (two pages). There are 16 slides. Learning Objective: To learn how to self-introduce. To practice asking introduction questions

Writing - Season Poetry - Spring - Descriptive Poem - Lesson 3 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own. The season focus for this lesson is spring. Many detailed pictures are attached of spring as a season, spring weather, spring rain spring bulbs, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses, and snowdrops, wildflowers, gardening, nest building, and baby animals. Click on the link on the first page, and slowly discuss the slides using different descriptive words to add more details that will be essential in their poetry. Try using detailed words for inspiration and encourage discussion of some photos to share descriptive words (rain- wet, moist, clean, fresh). Children will use work produced in lesson 2 (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12888978) to start writing a descriptive poem using their completed Senses Star. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to start writing a descriptive poem. There are 62 slides (mainly imagery). Learning Objective: To write a descriptive spring poem.

Writing - Season Poetry - Autumn - Class Poem - Lesson 1 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own. The season focus for this lesson is autumn. Many detailed pictures are attached of fallen leaves, nature walks/hikes, autumnal spices, bonfires and camps. A class poem is also included in the powerpoint and in word format (ready to print). Also discussed in the lesson, What is Autumn? What reminds you of Autumn? What do people do in Autumn? Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to recite the class poem to perform. The discussions throughout the lesson are also part of the task for lesson 1. There are 20 slides teaching slides and pictures/videos. Learning Objective: To learn an autumn-based poem.

Writing - Season Poetry - Autumn - Descriptive Poem - Lesson 4 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own. The season focus for this lesson is Autumn, with mention of the Halloween and 5th of November. Many detailed pictures and videos are attached (leaves, types of leaves, natural views of the process of autumn, chocolates, candied apples). Click on the link on the first page, and slowly discuss the slides using different descriptive words to add more details that will be essential in their poetry. Try using detailed words for inspiration and encourage discussion of some photos to share descriptive words (cinnamon rolls- sweet/soft/fluffy, leaf- dry/crunchy/crisp). Children will use work produced in lesson 3 (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12870301) to start writing a descriptive poem using their completed Senses Star. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to start writing a descriptive poem. There are 53 slides (mainly imagery). Learning Objective: To write a descriptive autumn poem.

Writing - Season Poetry - Summer - Similes & Alliteration - Lesson 5 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced in the National Curriculum, children should experience of high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems. The season focus for this lesson is summer, with mention of the seaside. Many detailed pictures and videos are attached were taken by me (seaside, fish and chips, waves, ice cream, park, picnic, funfair and the arcade). Click on the link on the first page, and slowly go through the slides. Children will learn what a simile is and how to use them in a poem about summer. Children will also learn about alliteration. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to start writing a summer poem with similes & alliteration. There are 33 slides. Learning Objective: To write a summer poem with similes and alliteration.

Writing - Season Poetry - Autumn - Nature Walk - Lesson 2 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own. The season focus for this lesson is autumn. Many detailed pictures and videos are attached of fallen leaves, nature walks/hikes, autumnal spices, bonfires, deciduous trees, and camps. A few teaching slides with a range of autumnal leaves (aspen, ash, sycamore, oak, apple, white poplar, birch, beech, field maple, crack willow, and hawthorn). With more of a focus on the most common leaves (sycamore, ash, and oak). Also discussed in the lesson; What do people do in Autumn? Have you been on a nature walk? Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to recite the class poem to perform. There are 21 slides teaching slides and pictures/videos. The task for this lesson is to complete a leaf worksheet that includes drawing the leaf and describing how the leaf looks like. Ideally children will go out and explore the outdoors to choose a leaf. Learning Objective: To explore autumn leaves

Writing - Poetry - Rhythm & Rhyme - Lesson 4 - (KS1/KS2) This lesson discusses and explain in detail the use of rhythm and rhyme . Also included are a few examples of poems using rhythm and rhyme. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 10 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that involves starting to form a poem that has rhythm and rhyme. Learning objectives • To learn about rhythm and rhyme in poetry.

Writing - Poetry -Alliteration - Lesson 7 - (KS1/KS2) This lesson discusses and explain in detail the use of alliteration. Also included are a few examples of poems with alliteration. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 7 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that involves starting to form a poem that has alliteration. An additional task is also included, to start writing their own sentences with alliteration. Learning objectives • To learn about and use alliteration in poetry.

Writing - Poetry - Repetition & Patterns - Lesson 3 - (KS1/KS2) This lesson discusses and explain in detail the use of repetition and patterns (visual and aural patterns). Also included are a few examples of poems using repetition. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 11 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that involves starting to form a poem that has repetition. Learning objectives • To learn about repetition and patterns in poetry.

Writing - Poetry - Similes - Lesson 5 - (KS1/KS2) This lesson discusses and explain in detail the use of similes . Also included are a few examples of poems with similes. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 7 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that involves starting to form a poem that has similes. An additional task is also included, to start writing their own similes. Learning objectives • To learn about and use similes in poetry.

Writing - Poetry - Personification - Lesson 6 - (KS1/KS2) This lesson discusses and explain in detail the use of personification. Also included are a few examples of poems with personification. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 7 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that involves starting to form a poem that has personification. An additional task is also included, to start writing their own personification. Learning objectives • To learn about and use personification in poetry.

Writing - Poetry - Poetry Terms & Tools - Lesson 2 - (KS1/KS2) This lesson discusses poetry terms and tools. Poetry terms discussed include poet, speaker, stanza, verse, line and structure. Some of the poetry tools included in this lesson are line breaks, metaphor, imagery, repetition, rhyme, rhythm, simile, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia and hyperbole. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 18 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet based on poetry terms and tools. Learning objectives • To learn about poetry terms and tools

Writing - Season Poetry - Summer - Senses Star - Lesson 2 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced in the National Curriculum, children should experience of high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems. The season focus for this lesson is summer, with mention of the seaside. Many detailed pictures and videos are attached were taken by me (seaside, fish and chips, waves, ice cream, park, picnic, funfair and the arcade). Click on the link on the first page, and slowly go through the slides. Try using detailed words for inspiration (Ice cream - delicious, tasty and yummy). Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to create a senses star. The purpose of the senses star is to encouarge children to use their senses to create a list of relevant words to expand enrich their work. There are 41 slides. Learning Objective: To create a senses star using imagery and audio.

Writing - Season Poetry - Summer - Class Poem - Lesson 1 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own. The season focus for this lesson is summer, with mention of the seaside. Many detailed pictures and videos are attached were taken by me (seaside, fish and chips, waves, ice cream, park, picnic, funfair and the arcade). A class poem is also included in the powerpoint and in word format (ready to print). Also discussed in the lesson, What is Summer? What reminds you of Summer? What do people do in Summer? Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to recite the class poem to perform. The discussions throughout the lesson are also part of the task for lesson 1. There 39 slides (10 teaching slides and 29 pictures/videos) Learning Objective: To learn a summer-based poem.

Writing - Season Poetry - Summer - Descriptive Poem - Lesson 3 - KS1/KS2 With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced in the National Curriculum, children should experience of high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems. The season focus for this lesson is summer, with mention of the seaside. Many detailed pictures and videos are attached were taken by me (seaside, fish and chips, waves, ice cream, park, picnic, funfair and the arcade). Click on the link on the first page, and slowly go through the slides. Try using detailed words for inspiration (Ice cream - delicious, tasty and yummy). Children will use work produced in lesson 2 (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12860974) to start writing a descriptive poem using their completed Senses Star. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to start writing a descriptive poem. There are 42 slides. Learning Objective: To write a summer descriptive poem.

Writing - Poetry - Introduction to Poetry - Lesson 1- (KS1/KS2) This lesson introduces poetry as a writing form. Some of the poetry discussed includes (Acrostic Poetry, Haiku, Narrative Poetry, Free Verse, Couplets Poetry and Adjective Poetry). Key words such as Poet and the types of poetry listed above are defined. This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 12 slides. This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is a research map that encourages children to search one of the four poets that are suggested. Learning objectives • To begin to learn about poetry.

Reading Resource - Role on the Wall - KS1/KS2 This reading resources is fully editable and in the word document format. This activity encourages children to visually map out a character’s emotions and actions - whether this is a character from a book, film or their own creation on an outline of a body. The words that go in the outline are words that describe the character’s personality such as kind or brave. Words that go outside are descriptive words that can be seen such as tall or thin. This resource helps children develop their understanding of a character and show what they believe defines the character. The activity can be extended by asking the pupils to write down their own descriptive words (adjectives) related to the character of study. Children can use a dictionary to explore more vocabulary. This reading activity can be used as partner, group, and individual work. The Role on the Wall template can be printed in A4 and A3 formats.

Reading Resource - Blank - True or False, Prove it! - KS1/KS2 This reading resource is in an editable word document. This is a blank resource which means teachers can create a statement based on the text they provide. These statements can be true or false. The purpose is to get children to ‘prove it’ by using the text to retrieve and record key information and then identifying whether the the statement is true or false. The activity can be extended by asking the pupils to write down two true and one false statement themselves. They then exchange these with other group members and repeat the above process.

Guided Reading - True or False, Prove it! - KS2 - Yoko Ono - Japan - Non- Fiction This reading activity is in an editable word document. A PowerPoint Presentation is also included for structure purposes (An optional hot seat plenary slide is also included at the end). The PPT also includes the parts of the article. The pack Includes three documents, a poster, a short article about Yoko Ono and a True or False, Prove it! activity. These statements are based on the article provided. These statements can be true or false. The purpose is to get children to ‘prove it’ by using the text to retrieve and record key information and then identifying whether the the statement is true or false.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Time conjunctions - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using time conjunctions to improve their writings. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 15 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a time conjunction worksheet Learning Objectives: To identify and use time conjunctions.