UPDATED FOR 2023 A great writing project to allow children to learn GPS while writing a wonderful story. Great for catch up and will last weeks. You don’t need the book as the PPT has it all. 38 slides (to accompany the book Journey). Each slide has a different focus. A step by step approach that introduces all aspects of the writing assessment criteria including: • creating atmosphere, and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action • using a range of cohesive devices, including adverbials, within and across sentences and paragraphs sentences and paragraphs • using passive and modal verbs mostly appropriately • using a wide range of clause structures, sometimes varying their position within the sentence • using adverbs, preposition phrases and expanded noun phrases effectively to add detail, qualification and precision • using mostly correctly: inverted commas commas for clarity punctuation for parenthesis • making some correct use of: semi-colons dashes colons hyphens • semi-colons to mark the boundary between independent clauses • colons to mark the boundary between independent clauses This was a real labour of love. Enjoy.

This is a PowerPoint (that can be converted to a flip chart) that takes pupils through what is required to write a short story at the expected level and is a step by step guide. It is aimed at the criteria and framework and has produced some wonderful writing from my year 6 class. It shows the children where to include the punctuation, grammar and structure throughout a short story. There are 29 slides in total, each with a different focus which enables the children to include all of the skills they have learnt throughout the year. It is based on Eye of the Storm from the Literacy Shed (link included in the PPT). This is the opening of the story, written by a lower ability child (typed out with no corrections): As he stared into the sky, not worrying about his destruction from the mesmerising, raging storm, he gazed at the green lightening. His white, dragon like scarf waved in the sky. The black, silver lined coat shone in the sun’s omega light. The empty shell of a man thought that he could survive the storm. He kept his face hidden because he didn’t want to remember who he was. He turned his head slightly; he knew what he had to do. The ship he was travelling on had a unique energy that was pure electricity. It looked like a war ship, ready for battle. A war to save a dragon, a war to save the world, a war to save everyone. Terrifying memories of murder in his head. He had never found Martha…

These games are designed to making reading comprehension exciting and enjoyable. 2 more board games that make reading comprehension fun! The text is in the middle of the game board and the questions test a range of areas that will appear on the upcoming SATS. My year 6 class had a blast. All you need is a die and some counters! The lost world game is complete, it’s just a glitch on the picture. Year 6 teacher? Please check out my other tried and tested resources.

A fun quiz with quiz sheets linked in the video. https://youtu.be/0i2uSz8_6lE

These games are designed to make reading comprehension exciting and enjoyable. 2 more board games that make reading comprehension fun! The text is in the middle of the game board and the questions test a range of areas that will appear on the upcoming SATS. My year 6 class had a blast. All you need is a die and some counters! This is the second lot of games I have made. click here for the original set: Year 6 teacher? Please check out my other tried and tested resources.

A two week poetry plan and flip charts (plus resources) based on the book Love That Dog. The children will plan, create and complete a range of poems and create images to support their writing. Follow Jack on his journey into poetry and write alongside him as you progress through his story. Includes a range of poetry and lots of ideas to inspire and foster a love of poems old and new. KS2 appropriate.

These games are designed to make reading comprehension exciting and enjoyable. 2 more board games that make reading comprehension fun! The text is in the middle of the game board and the questions test a range of areas that will appear on the upcoming SATS. My year 6 class had a blast. All you need is a die and some counters! Year 6 teacher? Please check out my other tried and tested resources.

An ActivInspire (Promethean) flip chart, plan and resources to create a non-chronological report based on animals and their habitats. Good science cross-curricular links.

This is a booklet aimed at keeping the children academically active over the holidays. Created by a year six teacher (100% maths, 100% reading and 100% SPaG at and above expected pass rate last year), maths coordinator and Deputy Head. I am also a published author under the name Andrew Thomas. I have had my resources featured on TES for their quality and innovative nature; please check out my shop by clicking on my name above. It includes five days worth of activities (and extension activities added in April 2019) that cover: Maths Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Reading Comprehension It is designed with SATs in mind and give the children 30 minutes of learning to do each day. Each day has a range of activities which are linked to the new curriculum. This booklet took many hours to put together and has been proof read.

This is a flipchart aimed at the SPaG tests with a focus on the different types of adjectives. Descriptive Quantitative Demonstrative Possessive Interrogative Distributive Articles Each page gives explanations and examples and then asks the children to do the same in their SPaG books. Please check out my other resources by clicking on my name above and going to my shop.

This is a 2 week unit aimed at KS2. Created by a year six teacher (96% maths, 93% reading and 93% English at and above expected pass rate last year), maths coordinator and Deputy Head. I am also a published author under the name Andrew Thomas. I have had my resources featured on TES for their quality and innovative nature; please check out my shop by clicking on my name above. It links to RE and the aim is to tell the story of Moses. It uses various writing techniques such as sentence imitation, detailed character descriptions and using dialogue to move a story forward.

A sequence of cross-curricular lessons (4 weeks+) based on the BFG. Complete with worksheets, modelled writing, sentence starters, success criteria, cut and stick activities, child writing plans and a home work activity. Write a descriptive dream, D & T lesson (create a dream jar), editing writing, instructional writing, creating timelines, dictionary work, making up your own words, writing a diary, geography (what do humans taste like around the world – link to where does our food come from) and a wanted poster for one of the giants. ACTIVINSPIRE, SMART NOTEBOOK and PDF version of the flip chart – 70 pages Great fun for KS2 children.

Children explore what the BFG can hear from chapter 7 (The Marvelous Ears) and come up with ideas of their own. They turn their ideas into a poem and publish it. Please click on my name above to see other BFG resources.

A great writing activitiy that teaches children to write in the first person as an animal. Originally made to work with the book War Horse, it can be adapted to be a stand alone set of lessons or to work with other books.

Some fun tasks based on the Dr Seuss book Oh the Places You’ll Go. A good time filler for the last week of term. Also included, a PPT for writing your own kids book based on The Day the Crayons Quit.

Loads of lessons and resources based on the the Dr Seuss book The Lorax. Includes: Comparing the environment before and after the Onceler arrives. Looking at made up words and coming up with your own. Writing a diary entry in character Creating an advert for a Thneed Writing a persuasive letter to the Onceler Lots here that will take a few weeks to get through. THIS IS AN ACTIVINSPIRE PROMETHEAN FLIPCHART

This is a PowerPoint aimed at writing an obituary for the character Macbeth. It includes an example, success criteria and some extra information about the character. Includes a comic strip summary of the story and a video link to an age appropriate cartoon version.

This PowerPoint covers all of the areas needed to evidence a piece of writing at and above the expected level. This will take 3 weeks to complete and will show the children (with examples, word banks and sentence starters) how to write a narrative story based on a picture book.

30 full lessons based on the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Includes newspaper writing, Diaries, recounts, narrative stories, script writing, reading comprehension, SPaG, art, poetry and much more. All the lessons are based on a chapter of the book (some chapters have 2 or 3 lessons for that chapter). Used for home learning but easily adapted for the classroom. There are links to the on line videos that accompany the lessons and a link to the full book that is read on YouTube.