These success criteria give success steps, examples and have a space for the learning objective and date.

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

Last minute (just before the test) reminder of the basics and possible pit falls and traps. ActiInspire software flipchart and a PDF file. Written by a maths teacher with a 97% pass rate in 2018. Please check out my other resources by clicking my name above. I also have a last minute reasoning activity.

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.

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.

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.