A resource for helping pupils recognise and become more familiar with common homophones.

This scheme of work provides lesson for the full novel of Mr Nobody’s Eyes by Michael Morpurgo. It covers a range of reading skills throughout e.g. prediction comprehension main ideas summarising metalinguistics Character visualisation key themes evaluations

Short grammar input on adverbial phrases and the different types of adverbial phrases. Short written activity to be completed at the end.

This resource contains a variety of quizzes or activities that can be used to encourage learners to read more, share about what they read and introduce them to more authors or books. It contains. Become an illustrator Lesson and Worksheet. In this activity, pupils will see the blurb of a book but not the front cover. Based on what they read, they have to decide what front cover they should design to illustrate. It contains four different blurbs and a worksheet with four blank book covers. Who Am I? Book character quiz. Book Speed Dating Worksheet. Learners would each have a book on their table and when told they must move to another table. They then have a short time to skim and scan the book then review on their speed dating worksheet. Who is my author quiz. Pupils must match the front cover to the author of the book. Book activities. This resource contains five different activities that can be completed in class or independently as a home learning activity.

Daily morning Starters to engage learning first thing in the morning. The starters rotate on a weekly basis. They cover a range of topics from: Numeracy Spelling Grammar Writing Problem solving Geography General Knowledge Inferencing Skills

This writing resource works well along the RSPB Bird Watch which takes place this time of year. Whether children are actively bird watching outside or simply learning about birds around them, it is a great way to engage with nature. This lesson models for learners how to research four different birds and take notes in their jotter. It then demonstrates how to turn these short notes into engaging sentences for their reader. Finally it models for learners how they can lay this out neatly in their jotter and include some of the key features of an information text like headings, subheadings, pictures and captions.

This is useful resource to encourage learners to use better synonyms of words. Learners can use these independently to improve their writing.

This resource contains a variety of 15 min writing ideas for learners across a variety of genres.

This resource includes a range of maths and literacy starters that can be used around the Halloween season.

This writing lesson teaches and models how to use figurative and descriptive writing to create a spooky setting. It models an example for learners and contains a planning page for learners to plan their own writing in a setting of their choice.

Short grammar lesson singular and plural nouns. Includes a QR to a game that learners could play and includes some written tasks.

Short lesson on using adverbs. Lesson encourages learners to use adverbs at different parts of the sentence e.g. beginning, middle and end.

This is fun resource to help learners frame an imaginative spooky story. Learners roll a dice to help them choose -who? -where? -when? -what happens?

Word of the week starter PPT. This can be used weekly or daily as a starter to help learners develop their vocabularly.

This resource teaches learners how to use persuasive strategies and use these to create a persuasive letter to Santa. It discusses the effect of different persuasive devices then provides a modeled letter that can be the basis of class discussion for learners to identify the strategies used and the effect they have. It also models the correct layout of a letter.

10 x Christmas literacy starters covering spelling, grammar, writing and talking & listening (KS2 or 2nd Level)

This resource begins with encouraging learners to create questions about Victorian schools which can become their subheadings. It then demonstrates how to take notes and then transfer these into paragraphs. It also then models the text on lined paper so it mirrors their jotter. It demonstrates the structures and features of an information text that they can include in theirs.

This reading comprehension retells the story of the Great Race which created the Zodiac calendar. It contains two tasks: Task 1: Analyses new or tricky vocab Task 2: Comprehension questions

Two level reading comprehension based on the story of the three wise men. It is told through the eyes of one of the wise men Melchior. This is a great modelled text to inspire children to write their own version of the story through a wise men. It includes a range of questions from literal, to inferential to vocab focused. There are also three follow up tasks for learners to complete.