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Designed with a deep understanding of the classroom dynamics and curriculum requirements, my resources inspire engagement, promote critical thinking, and foster academic growth. Join me on this transformative learning adventure and discover a treasure trove of resources that will empower both teachers and students to thrive in their educational journey.
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.
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 - 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 - Autumn - Similes & Alliteration - Lesson 6 - 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). Children will learn what a simile is and how to use them in a poem about autumn. 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 an autumn poem with similes & alliteration. There are 58 slides.
Learning Objective:
To write an autumn poem with similes and alliteration.
Writing - Season Poetry - Winter Festivities Poem - Lesson 6 - 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 winter. Many detailed pictures are attached of snow, snowball, snowman, snow angel, snow fights, snow covered park/mountains, fireplace, hot drinks (hot chocolate), snow in the city and snow in London. Also discussed in detail are the non-religious winter holidays and religious holidays that often occur in the winter months (Hanukkah, Christmas, and Diwali). Children will learn about these religious holidays and a special item often associated with each holiday (Christmas tree, Mince pies, Menorah, Latkes, Sufganiyot, Diya/Diva lamps and the many different foods eaten on Diwali). There 3 poems each associated with a particular religious festival. Also included in this powerpoint is a non-religious poem about the winter holidays. These slides can be edited to include or exclude certain elements to suit different classes. This lesson can be a stand alone lesson however I would recommend teaching the previous lessons (in my shop) to help children understand how to write a poem as the quality of their poetry will depend on the children’s ability.
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to write a poem associated with the winter holidays or winter festival There are 37 slides ( imagery and teaching slides) . Also included in this pack are 5 different writing outlines.
Learning Objective:
To write a poem about the winter holidays.
Guided Reading - Romans on the Rampage - Prediction - Lesson 1 - KS2
This is lesson 1 of a series of Guided reading lessons based on the Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong. The first lesson is based on making predictions about the part covered front cover of the book. Children will first make a predict based the front cover of the book and then make another prediction based on seeing the whole cover and the blurb.
This lesson should last about 20-30 minutes as part of the series of guided reading lessons. Try aiming for at least 3 Guided reading lessons weekly to continue developing important reading skills like comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Guided reading is like a stepping stone to reading on your own, making children better readers step by step. Guided reading lays a strong foundation for learning across various subjects, contributing to the children’s confidence, development in comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary.
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to make a number of predictions of the new class reader (Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong). There 4 powerpoint slides.
Learning Objective:
To make a prediction about a new book
Guided Reading- Romans on the Rampage! - Jeremy Strong - Romans - Chapter 2 - Lesson 4 - KS2
This is lesson 4 is based on Pages 11 - 16 of Chapter 2. I recommend to follow the powerpoint first which has a game of Skim and Scan that encourages children to quickly search for a particular word on a particular page. The second part of the lesson is a match the definition game, children can use their white boards to match the definition.
This lesson should last about 20-30 minutes as part of the series of guided reading lessons. Try aiming for at least 3 Guided reading lessons weekly to continue developing important reading skills like comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Guided reading is like a stepping stone to reading on your own, making children better readers step by step. Guided reading lays a strong foundation for learning across various subjects, contributing to the children’s confidence, development in comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary.
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to answer 5 reading questions based on the Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong, pages 11 - 16 of Chapter 2. Also included is a marking sheet. There are 14 powerpoint slides.
Learning Objective:
To read a text and answer comprehension and inference questions
Guided Reading- Romans on the Rampage! - Jeremy Strong - Romans - Chapter 6 - Lesson 13 - KS2
This is lesson 13 is based on Pages 65 - 72 of Chapter 6. I recommend to follow the powerpoint first which has a game of Skim and Scan that encourages children to quickly search for a particular word on a particular page. The second part of the lesson is a match the definition game, children can use their white boards to match the definition.
This lesson should last about 20-30 minutes as part of the series of guided reading lessons. Try aiming for at least 3 Guided reading lessons weekly to continue developing important reading skills like comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Guided reading is like a stepping stone to reading on your own, making children better readers step by step. Guided reading lays a strong foundation for learning across various subjects, contributing to the children’s confidence, development in comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary.
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to answer 5 reading questions based on the Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong, pages Pages 65- 72 of Chapter 6. Also included is a marking sheet. There are 14 powerpoint slides.
Learning Objective:
To read a text and answer comprehension and inference questions
Guided Reading- Romans on the Rampage! - Chapter 7 - Lesson 14 - KS2
This is lesson 14 is based on Pages 73 - 77 of Chapter 7. I recommend to follow the powerpoint first which has a game of Skim and Scan that encourages children to quickly search for a particular word on a particular page. The second part of the lesson is a match the definition game, children can use their white boards to match the definition.
This lesson should last about 20-30 minutes as part of the series of guided reading lessons. Try aiming for at least 3 Guided reading lessons weekly to continue developing important reading skills like comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Guided reading is like a stepping stone to reading on your own, making children better readers step by step. Guided reading lays a strong foundation for learning across various subjects, contributing to the children’s confidence, development in comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary.
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to answer 5 reading questions based on the Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong, pages Pages 73- 77 of Chapter 7. Also included is a marking sheet. There are 13 powerpoint slides.
Learning Objective:
To read a text and answer comprehension and inference questions
Guided Reading- Romans on the Rampage! - Chapter 8 - Lesson 16 - KS2
This is lesson 16 is based on Pages 83 - 88 of Chapter 8. I recommend to follow the powerpoint first which has a game of Skim and Scan that encourages children to quickly search for a particular word on a particular page. The second part of the lesson is a match the definition game, children can use their white boards to match the definition.
This lesson should last about 20-30 minutes as part of the series of guided reading lessons. Try aiming for at least 3 Guided reading lessons weekly to continue developing important reading skills like comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Guided reading is like a stepping stone to reading on your own, making children better readers step by step. Guided reading lays a strong foundation for learning across various subjects, contributing to the children’s confidence, development in comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary.
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to answer 5 reading questions based on the Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong, pages Pages 83 - 88 of Chapter 8. Also included is a marking sheet. There are 14 powerpoint slides.
Learning Objective:
To read a text and answer comprehension and inference questions
Guided Reading- Romans on the Rampage! - Chapter 8 - Lesson 17 - KS2
This is lesson 17 is based on Pages 89 - 93 of Chapter 8. I recommend to follow the powerpoint first which has a game of Skim and Scan that encourages children to quickly search for a particular word on a particular page. The second part of the lesson is a match the definition game, children can use their white boards to match the definition.
This lesson should last about 20-30 minutes as part of the series of guided reading lessons. Try aiming for at least 3 Guided reading lessons weekly to continue developing important reading skills like comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Guided reading is like a stepping stone to reading on your own, making children better readers step by step. Guided reading lays a strong foundation for learning across various subjects, contributing to the children’s confidence, development in comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary.
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to answer 5 reading questions based on the Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong, pages Pages 89 - 93 of Chapter 8. Also included is a marking sheet. There are 13 powerpoint slides.
Learning Objective:
To read a text and answer comprehension and inference questions
With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a set of high-quality Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) lessons with tasks attached. 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
Each Lesson Pack Contains:
A Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides).
The 4 lessons are broken down into the following:
Passive & Active Voices
Parenthesis
Main & Subordinate Clauses
Inverted Commas
Learning Objectives;
To understand the difference between a passive and an active voice.
To understand the function of parenthesis, dashes and pairs of commas.
To understand the difference between the main and subordinate clause.
To understand when to use inverted commas.
To use inverted commas in writing.
Success Steps - Writing Checklists - Y3- Lower KS2
This resource enables teachers to mark children’s writing with regards to their level (working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth) and expectation for their age group.
There is a self-assessment and teacher assessment checklist.
This resource includes 3 writing checklists: working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth.
The resources are ready to print.
Success Steps - Writing Checklists - Year 1 - KS1
This resource enables teachers to mark children’s writing with regards to their level (working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth) and expectation for their age group.
This resource includes 3 writing checklists: working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth.
The resources are ready to print.
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 - 3:2:1 - KS1/KS2
This reading resource is fully editable and in the word document format. This activity encourages children to complete a worksheet on any chosen text or book in the form of 3:2:1 (3 things I am sure about, 2 things I am not so sure about and 1 question I would like to ask)
This reading activity can be used as partner, group, and individual work. The 3:2:1 template can be printed in A4 and A3 formats.
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 - 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.