A presentation with examples of images and sentences from various picture books, mostly fiction. All sentences are from real texts, to reinforce teaching of fronted adverbials starting with prepositions. The presentation can be used alongside my other fronted adverbials with prepositions lessons - one each on ‘examples’, ‘how to write them’ and ‘practice writing them’ - available individually or as a bundle. (Please note, the images and accompanying text in this presentation are not copyright/royalty-free.)

This PowerPoint presentation examines the themes, vocabulary and key images of The Lost Happy Endings. The text is analysed in terms of its effect on the reader by varying the sentence structure, with emphasis on the use of adverbials. Pupils have the opportunity to answer overarching questions about the author’s approach and intentions, as well as analysing sentence structure in detail. It can be edited to suit your purposes or used as is.

A presentation with text and images from various picture books to use as a starting point for teaching fronted adverbials starting with 'with'.

This is an editable story mountain for The Village That Vanished.

This is an editable Word document that provides resources for a debate. It includes sentences stems using different tenses that can be taught and practised before running a debate. It also suggests practical ways of organising a debate with supporting resources.

This 2-page document offers guidance on the teaching of fronted adverbials. Where it is specified, the requirement in the National Curriculum is that children in Years 3 and 4 should be able to use them to express time and cause. However, children can start to use them naturally in Year 1 and should continue to use them to improve the quality of their writing throughout Key Stage 2. In order to do so, it is useful to have a sense of the progression in the use of fronted adverbials. The list in the document is not exhaustive but it does include the most common and the most useful fronted adverbials appropriate to pupils in Key Stage 2. Crucially, it helps you to gauge where pupils are in their use of more complex sentence structures and provides a clear upward pathway towards more advanced forms. Do have a look at my other resources on fronted adverbials.

This PowerPoint presentation, suitable for more than one lesson, provides a humourous report about a type of guinea pig called a trolley pig. It gives examples of the key types of fronted adverbial - those starting using: prepositions, with, verbs ending in -ing, because, although, if, similes starting with ‘Like…’ and ‘As…as’, adjectives and adverbs of time (when, before etc). The text also includes relative clauses starting with who, which, whose and where, and an adverbial starting with otherwise. Font and spacing suitable for dyslexic learners; cognitive load has been kept to a minimum. Use for SPaG lessons or for demonstrating how to improve sentence structure using adverbials. There are some suggested extended writing follow-ups at the end of the document.

Four sheets for this lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: identify UK and Viking-origin countries on maps Sheet 2 answer questions about a simple map showing English & Viking lands Sheet 3 use picture and topic words provided to write about a battle Sheet 4 use pictures of Viking artefacts to decorate a blank shield Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson (part of bundle - see my shop) Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1 write topic words, matching words to picture Sheet 2 use information in labelled pictures to select correct option Sheet 2 write an answer to a question about an artefact Sheet 3 read, circle and then write jumbled words to form a sentence (x2) Sheet 4 spelling of topic words using digraph ea Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1 match words with root ‘mummy’ to meaning Sheet 1 write name of animal/bird underneath picture of mummy Sheet 2 select reasons for mummification of animals Sheet 2 label picture of Anubis performing mummification Sheet 3 match labels to pictures of mummification process x6 Sheet 4 find, circle & sort variants of ‘l’ (-le, -al, -el, -ll) in topic words Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson (also part of bundle - see my shop) Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheets 1 & 2: picture completion, sentence completion using topic words Sheet 3 sentence selection and sentence writing using topic words Sheet 4 focus on vowel digraph oa in topic words Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson (part of bundle - see my shop) Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: select sentences that describe a picture Sheet 2 write a sentence about an artefact Sheet 3 write sentences about a picture using label prompts Sheet 4 write verbs about building pyramids in the past tense Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Five sheets for this lesson Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: short text and labelled map showing the Nile Sheet 2 sentence completion about land type using map to support Sheet 3 labelled pictures about farming Sheet 4 sentence completion about farming using labelled pictures to support Sheets 2 & 4 pictures of artefacts with simple questions / tick box options Sheet 5 topic words with variants of ee - read and circle Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: match animal names to heads of god/goddess Sheet 2 complete sentences about gods & how they were represented Sheet 3 complete topic words using correct vowel digraph Sheet 3 label picture of a goddess Sheet 4 draw own protective goddess including food offerings Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets per lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: reading of simple paragraph and labelled topic words Sheet 2 writing of scaffolded sentences using topic words Sheet 3 vocabulary exercise involving recognising vowel sound variants Sheet 4 use of picture to generate list and independent sentence Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Repetitive format from lesson to lesson builds independence Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: identify UK and Viking-origin countries on maps Sheet 2 answer questions about a simple map showing English & Viking lands Sheet 3 use picture and topic words provided to write about a battle Sheet 4 use pictures of Viking artefacts to decorate a blank shield Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets per lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: reading of simple paragraph and labelled topic words Sheet 2 writing of scaffolded sentences using topic words Sheet 3 vocabulary exercise involving recognising vowel sound variants Sheet 4 use of picture to generate list and independent sentence Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Repetitive format from lesson to lesson builds independence Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: identify shape and orientation of United Kingdom on a satellite image & map; add own location & colour the sea in blue Sheet 2 copy names of kingdoms of the Heptarchy in lower case with capital letter to start Sheet 3 circle place names that have persisted from the time of the Heptarchy to present day on map of English counties Sheet 4 draw the helmet of the king of one of the kingdoms of the Heptarchy Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: introduction to Old English Sheet 2 complete topic words using missing sounds Sheet 3 match Old English to modern English words e.g. bird / brid, eye / ege Sheet 4 write sentences about Anglo-Saxon books Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets per lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: reading of simple paragraph and labelled topic words Sheet 2 writing of scaffolded sentences using topic words Sheet 3 vocabulary exercise involving recognising vowel sound variants Sheet 4 use of picture to generate list and independent sentence Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Repetitive format from lesson to lesson builds independence Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages