George and Smudge
I have taught for over 10 years and held senior leadership roles as Phase Leader and English Leader. My resources are mostly aimed at Key Stage 2.
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I have taught for over 10 years and held senior leadership roles as Phase Leader and English Leader. My resources are mostly aimed at Key Stage 2.
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Abstract Nouns Lesson Bundle
Abstract Nouns Lesson Bundle
The perfect bundle for teaching your students about abstract nouns! First, use the fun, informative and clear lesson presentation to give pupils an in-depth understanding of abstract nouns. Next, test their knowledge in the interactive quiz!
Includes:
1 x lesson presentation
1 x interactive 20 question quiz
Theme of a Text Poems and Task Cards
Determine the Theme of a Poem
This download is a determine the theme of a poem set of two poems with accompanying task cards. The two poems each have four task cards with accompanying answer cards related to determining the themes.
Included in this resource:
2 poems
8 task cards
6 answer cards (2 activities do not need answer cards)
Figurative and Connotative Vocabulary Reading Comprehension - Poetry
This no-prep vocabulary reading comprehension activity teaches students about:
Figurative language - similes and metaphors / personification / hyperbole
Connotative vocabulary
There are six poems, which are spring and summer themed, and then six task cards, each with their own accompanying answer card.
NO PREPARATION REQUIRED
The texts and task cards require no preparation and could be printed out or completed on PowerPoint). The answer slides give students the opportunity to self-check or aid the teacher in their marking.
ENGAGING ACTIVITIES
The six task cards are completed in a number of different ways. There are questions to answer, tables to complete and ordering activities. Each task card has its own answer card too. Teachers can use these for marking work, or students can use if the task has been set as distance learning.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
6 poems - spring and summer themed
6 task cards
6 answer cards
20 pages total
Poetry Reading Comprehension - Giving Own Opinion
This poetry reading comprehension supports students in distinguishing their own point of view from the author (or in this case, the poet). There are six poems in which the poet expresses their point of view on a particular topic. the accompanying six task cards then ask students to consider how their own point of view compares.
NO PREPARATION REQUIRED
The poems and task cards require no preparation and can be printed or completed digitally (on slides). The tasks are open-ended, meaning there is no right or wrong answer. There is therefore no need for an answer key.
A RANGE OF POEMS
The six poems cover a variety of contentious topics such as:
-Not wanting a pet
-Only having a small number of friends
-Digital books are a bad idea
-We must stop throwing away so much waste
-Being bored indicates a lack of imagination
The poems are written in such a way to encourage students to decide whether they agree or disagree.
ENGAGING ACTIVITIES
The six task cards are completed in a number of different ways. There are questions to answer, tables to complete and longer, open-ended tasks.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
Six poems
Six task cards
Twelve slides total
Figurative and Connotative Vocabulary Reading Comprehension - Nonfiction
This no-prep figurative and connotative language reading comprehension activity teaches students about:
Figurative language - similes and metaphors / personification / hyperbole
Connotative vocabulary
There are six nonfiction texts, which are endangered animal themed, and then six task cards, each with their own accompanying answer card.
NO PREPARATION REQUIRED
The texts and task cards require no preparation and could be printed out or completed on PowerPoint. The answer slides give students the opportunity to self-check or aid the teacher in their marking.
ENGAGING ACTIVITIES
The six task cards are completed in a number of different ways. There are questions to answer, tables to complete and ordering activities. Each task card has its own answer card too. Teachers can use these for marking work, or students can use if the task has been set as distance learning.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
6 nonfiction texts - endangered animals theme
6 task cards
6 answer cards
20 pages total
Exploring a Plotline Reading Comprehension
This no-prep exploring a plotline reading comprehension activity teaches students about:
Themes of texts
Change in a character through a text
How emotions change through a story
There is a two-page story and then six task cards, each with their own - accompanying answer card.
NO PREPARATION REQUIRED
The text and task cards require no preparation and could be printed out or completed on PowerPoint. The answer slides give students the opportunity to self-check or aid the teacher in their marking.
ENGAGING ACTIVITIES
The six task cards are completed in a number of different ways. There are two longer answer cards (pupils must write a paragraph to answer) and shorter activities, which have been designed to suit different students’ learning styles. Each task card has its own answer card too. Teachers can use these for marking work, or students can use if the task has been set as distance learning.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
Story (two pages long)
6 task cards
6 answer cards
8 pages total (some pages contain two task cards)
Non Fiction Reading Comprehension Tasks Diary Entry
Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Tasks - Diary Entry
These reading comprehension diary entry tasks bring a little something different to your reading comprehension lessons. There are three diary entry texts from three members of a class: two classmates and their teacher. Each entry then has a series of comprehension questions (and answers) about the text.
Your students will enjoy reading the three diary entries, all based on the first day back after the summer holidays. Each one gives a slightly different perspective of the day. There are ten questions based on each one, with a mix of multiple choice, shorter answers and longer responses required.
There is also a bonus set of comprehension questions based on comparisons between all three entries, as a whole. This gives students the chance to evaluate all three texts.
What’s included?
Three diary entries
Three sets of comprehension questions
Bonus set of questions based on all three texts
Year 6 Reading SATS Revision Author Purpose PowerPoint
This Year 6 reading SATs author’s purpose PowerPoint takes pupils through the process of answering authorial intent SATs questions. There is then a modelled answer, showing the author’s intention question answered using the steps.
After this, there are four texts (two stories, one poem and one non-fiction text) so that pupils can have a go at author’s purpose questions independently. There are three questions for each of these texts and all answers are provided.
At the end of the PowerPoint, there is a ‘can you remember the steps?’ slide, for children to talk with a partner and see if they can remember what they have learnt. This slide would be great for enlarging and putting up on a working wall as a reminder of the process.
What’s included?
28 slides
5 different texts - fiction/non-fiction/poetry
Steps to success
Author’s intent questions (13 in total)
Answers
Summary slide at the end
Please note that the slides are not editable to protect the clip art and fonts used.
Y6 SATS Reading Practice Order the Events of the Text PowerPoint
If you’re looking for Y6 SATS revision for ordering the events of a text, then look no further. This resource is a PowerPoint, taking your class through the step-by-step process of ordering the events. There is a modelled activity, where all the steps are modelled with a sample text. Then there are two ‘over to you’ questions for pupils to have a go independently. Ordering the events is an important reading comprehension skill for practising summarising, and one that the children are usually required to demonstrate in Year 6 SATS.
At the end, there is a ‘to finish’ task, where pupils need to remember all the steps they have learnt about.
If you would like your class to have even more practice with this skill, there is also an order the events booklet that you can give them. This is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13022061
Answers are included for each question.
What’s included?
Step-by-step guide
Modelled process
2 independent tasks
Answers
22 slides
Figurative Language Posters and Activities
**Are you looking for literary elements posters or figurative language posters for your classroom? Would it be great if you also had some literary elements activities to accompany them? **These figurative language posters and activities will really help your class to understand all the literary devices.
The resource starts with a pack of 9 literary elements posters, focusing on figurative language. There is a teacher guide, at the beginning, to explain how the posters work. The first poster is an overview poster, where all of the figurative language techniques are listed with a helpful mnemonic device ‘Ms. Aposhi’. This spells out:
Metaphors
Similes
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Symbolism
Hyperbole
Irony
There is then an individual poster for each of the figurative language techniques. Each one has three different ways of explaining the literary element:
A poem, showcasing the device (with several examples of that specific device used)
A symbol to remind students what that device means
A definition to help students understand the device
These posters all continue with the Ms. Aposhi theme - the poems all link to her.
After this, in section 2, there are 8 worksheets for pupils to apply their learning about the figurative language features. These worksheets each have a postcard from Ms. Aposhi. She is on her travels and each postcard has examples of the specific figurative device that the worksheet is focusing on. Pupils must write the passage used and the reasons why this device has been used.
Year 6 SATS Reading Author Purpose Worksheets
Are you looking for some SATs reading revision for your Year 6 class? Is authorial intent an area they need more practice with? If so, this is the perfect resource. Author’s purpose questions are given alongside 5 different texts - a mix of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Each question focuses, very specifically on the author’s purpose.
To help you to introduce the worksheets, there is also a steps to success guide included, which takes pupils through the important elements of answering an author’s intent question. This can be enlarged to go on a working wall or given to the children as a revision aid.
The worksheets have a front cover, too. This means it can easily be given as homework or as a supply activity if you need to be away from your class close to SATs.
What’s included?
Front cover
Steps to success guide to author’s purpose questions
5 engaging texts:
-A Garden of Change (poem)
-Should We Have Intelligent Doorbells?(a balanced argument)
-The Thoughful Present (a story)
-The Moment (a poem)
-Textile Club Diaries (a series of diary entries)
4 author’s intent questions for each text (20 total)
Answers
Please note that the resource is not editable due to needing to protect the fonts and clip art.
Year 6 SATS Reading Practice Order the Events of the Text
If you’re looking for Y6 SATS revision for ordering the events of a text, then look no further. There are 5 fun stories included in this order the events booklet. There are then 2 order the events questions for each story (so 10 in total). Ordering the events is an important reading comprehension skill and one that the children are usually required to demonstrate in Year 6 SATS.
Also included is a guide to remind pupils about the steps that they need to take in order to order the events. This could be enlarged and put on a display or working wall to remind pupils how to order the events in a systematic way.
The order the events stories and worksheets are arranged in a booklet, making it perfect for a homework activity or for a supply day as you near SATS. It means that you can just print and go. There are two copies of each story in the pack, so that pupils can use a separate story for each order the events question (meaning they don’t get muddled up).
Answers are included for each question.
What’s included?
Front cover
Order the events step-by step guide
5 stories
10 order the events questions
Answers
There is also a PowerPoint available, which teaches the children the steps for ordering the events: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13024577
Year 6 SATS Reading Impressions Questions Practice
**Are you looking for impression questions practice for your Year 6 class? This set of 5 stories and 10 impressions questions will help them to practise this tricky skill. **The children must find two impressions about each of the given characters in the story. The story has been written to highlight particular characteristics, which will help them to grasp the skill.
Year 6 children can read the 5 stories and then answer the impressions questions. They are required to give evidence to support their impressions, in a 3 mark question style.
Sample answers are then provided. Two impressions are given as answers. Teachers can accept other plausible impressions, as long as the two impressions are different from each other and they have evidence to support them.
What’s included?
5 stories
10 impressions questions (two based on each story)
Answers
The worksheets have been made into a booklet format, with front cover, instructions and contents page. This means it could easily be given for homework, used in a revision workshop or set for a supply lesson. It can be simply printed, copied and handed out to your class.
Please note that the resource is not editable. This is to protect the fonts and clip art used.
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I also create resources under the name of Ellie’s Tales for Learning
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Year 6 SATS Reading Impressions Questions Bundle
This is a Year 6 SATS reading impressions questions bundle, consisting of a PowePoint, teaching pupils how to answer impressions questions and then a question pack, with 5 stories and 10 impressions questions. After using these resources, your class will be feeling much more confident with the best strategy to use to get maximum marks for these types of questions.
The PowerPoint includes:
Steps to success
Examples of modelled answers
Practice questions for Year 6 pupils to have a go with
Answers given throughout
The method focuses around giving two very distinctive impressions. The analogy of a weighing scale is used to show that the two impressions should be different - kind and thoughtful, for example, would be too similar.
Included in the question pack is:
5 stories
10 impressions questions (two based on each story)
Answers
The resource is 15 pages long, including the answer pages. Each story is on its own page, as is each set of accompanying questions
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Year 6 SATS Reading Author Purpose Bundle
This is a SATs reading author’s purpose bundle of a PowerPoint, taking Y6 children through the process of answering author’s purpose questions, and then a pack of worksheets (texts and author’s intention questions).
The PowerPoint resource takes pupils through the process of answering authorial intent SATs questions. There is then a modelled answer, showing the author’s intention question answered using the steps.
After this, there are four texts (two stories, one poem and one non-fiction text) so that pupils can have a go at author’s purpose questions independently. There are three questions for each of these texts and all answers are provided.
At the end of the PowerPoint, there is a ‘can you remember the steps?’ slide, for children to talk with a partner and see if they can remember what they have learnt. This slide would be great for enlarging and putting up on a working wall as a reminder of the process.
What’s included?
28 slides
5 different texts - fiction/non-fiction/poetry
Steps to success
Author’s intent questions (13 in total)
Answers
Summary slide at the end
The worksheet pack includes 5 different texts - a mix of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. There are then 20 author’s purpose questions focusing very specifically on the author’s purpose.
To help you to introduce the worksheets, there is also a steps to success guide included, which takes pupils through the important elements of answering an author’s intent question. This can be enlarged to go on a working wall or given to the children as a revision aid.
The worksheets have a front cover, too. This means it can easily be given as homework or as a supply activity if you need to be away from your class close to SATs.
What’s included?
Front cover
Steps to success guide to author’s purpose questions
5 engaging texts:
-A Garden of Change (poem)
-Should We Have Intelligent Doorbells?(a balanced argument)
-The Thoughful Present (a story)
-The Moment (a poem)
-Textile Club Diaries (a series of diary entries)
4 author’s intent questions for each text (20 total)
Answers
Please note that the resource is not editable due to needing to protect the fonts and clip art.
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Year 6 SATS Reading Order the Events of the Text PowerPoint and Worksheets Bundle
This is a SATS reading order the events bundle of a Powerpoint, taking Y6 children through the steps of ordering the events in the text and then a pack of worksheets (stories and order the events questions).
The PowerPoint resource takes your class through the step-by-step process of ordering the events. There is a modelled activity, where all the steps are modelled with a sample text. Then there are two ‘over to you’ questions for pupils to have a go independently. Ordering the events is an important reading comprehension skill for practising summarising, and one that the children are usually required to demonstrate in Year 6 SATS.
At the end, there is a ‘to finish’ task, where pupils need to remember all the steps they have learnt about.
Answers are included for each question.
What’s included?
Step-by-step guide
Modelled process
2 independent tasks
Answers
22 slides
The worksheet pack includes 5 fun stories included in this order the events booklet. There are then 2 order the events questions for each story (so 10 in total). Ordering the events is an important reading comprehension skill and one that the children are usually required to demonstrate in Year 6 SATS.
Also included is a guide to remind pupils about the steps that they need to take in order to order the events. This could be enlarged and put on a display or working wall to remind pupils how to order the events in a systematic way.
The order the events stories and worksheets are arranged in a booklet, making it perfect for a homework activity or for a supply day as you near SATS. It means that you can just print and go. There are two copies of each story in the pack, so that pupils can use a separate story for each order the events question (meaning they don’t get muddled up).
Answers are included for each question.
What’s included?
Front cover
Order the events step-by step guide
5 stories
10 order the events questions
Answers