It's simple really: English grammar can be a very dry subject, but this need not be the case. For a few years now, I have been developing a games-based approach to teaching important grammar concepts. It is amazing how the introduction of dice takes the learning into a new place - the element of chance making it seem less like work and more like play. Because I test my games extensively in the classroom, I get a feel for what works. Dump your boring worksheets and start dicing with grammar.
It's simple really: English grammar can be a very dry subject, but this need not be the case. For a few years now, I have been developing a games-based approach to teaching important grammar concepts. It is amazing how the introduction of dice takes the learning into a new place - the element of chance making it seem less like work and more like play. Because I test my games extensively in the classroom, I get a feel for what works. Dump your boring worksheets and start dicing with grammar.
Teach modal verbs in the context of the amazing 'Guinness surfer with horses' advert (young teachers: google it).
Assessment focus:
I know some modal verbs, and I can explain why they are useful.
I can use modal verbs statements and questions.
I can use modal verbs creatively to show possibility/likelihood.
In this fully resourced lesson, pupils learn about modal verbs and then use them in sentences about the doubts and worries of the surfer in the advert and the dangers he faces.
There is clear differentiation for high attainer, on track learners and SEN learners.
The powerpoint will guide you through.
Enjoy!
This is a terrific descriptive writing lesson. Children contrast the inside of a tent (at night) to the outside.
Lesson summary:
1. Vocabulary/simile sorting activities for 'meaning breakdown' and then for inside/outside
2. Release high attaining (AMA) writers to do indoor/outdoor writing independently
3. Shared (teacher led) writing of ‘indoor’ for everyone else
4. Rest of class use word bank (developed during part 1) for independent ‘outdoor’ writing
It would work well from Y2 upwards - I used it in Y3, but I can imagine older writers enjoying this activity.
Children use images and word banks to create wonderfully rich descriptive writing.
You are buying:
a detailed lesson plan and presentation, with inside/outside image
word banks
tasks
suggested shared writing
Enjoy!
This is a 14 session biography writing unit for upper KS2. Children explore the life of Anne Frank - supporting history learning about WW2 - and then go on to choose one of four other people who SHOOK THE WORLD while they were young (Boyan Slat, Greta Thunberg, Pele or Marley Dias). After learning new writing skills, children write a biography about their chosen subject.
If you purchase this unit, please open the youthquake biography zip file. Each of the 14 lessons is organised into its own subfolder. All lesson plans, lesson slides and activities are included - it’s ready to go. Everything is created in PowerPoint and Word, so you can edit and adapt as you wish. The png files you can see in the previews are just there to give a taste of the first few lessons.
Your class will enjoy learning about biographies and creating a YOUTHQUAKE!
Throughout this unit, I would recommend reading children selected biographies from YouthQuake: 50 Children and Young People Who Shook the World by Tom Adams & Sarah Walsh.
