Read Isabella's Diary And Write A Recount Of A Place I Have Visited The child is asked to read the entries from Isabella's diary and to make their own diary recounting a family or school trip they have been on. Firstly, they should write sentences to show: where they went, when they went, who came, how they got there, what they did and how they felt about the day. This series of packs contain prompts to help children to learn to write a first letter and to write down information using facts and opinions. The packs are aimed at 6-9 year olds, though we advise an adult works alongside children in the younger age bracket. Each pack provides starting points to get even the most reluctant writer writing. The packs save time when preparing lessons.

This resource shows children how to structure and develop a story. First, the child reads the story ‘The Lost Kitten’. Then, they are shown an outline of how the story was planned – the characters, setting and plot. Secondly, they are shown the content of each paragraph: the beginning paragraph (setting the scene), the middle paragraph (recounting a series of events that build up suspense) and the ending (the way the story is resolved). The child should use what they have learnt, to write the same story. A series of unfinished sentences are provided to help them. This series provides prompts to encourage children to write. It provides starting points, to encourage even the most reluctant writers. Written in a lively magazine style format, each pack provides a step by step guide to teach children how to plan and write an animal themed story. The packs also provide starting points to write e-mails, letters, play scripts, diaries, reports and other non fiction texts. The child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. This series is recommended for use with children between the ages of 7-11 and provides writing practice for those children preparing to take 11+ examinations or S.A.T.s. The packs will also benefit children with special needs, or where English is a second language. 9 pages

11 pages Read, plan and write a prince or princess story. How To Use Cut out the pages along the dotted lines and muddle them up. Now, ask the child to sort them back into the right order, so the story has a beginning, a middle and an end. Get the child to read the story. Then, cover it and ask them to re-write their own version, putting in more detail. This series provides starting points to get young children, of 6-9 years, writing their own imaginative stories. Traditional tales like ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ are used as examples to look at the characters, the setting and the plot and to show how to structure a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. Children will learn how to brainstorm their ideas, how to put them in a plan and then set out their story. Each pack provides writing challenges, asking the child to continue writing the story, developing their own ideas and to cut up stories to put in order.

Can you spell the twenty tricky words in Santa’s Christmas themed spelling test? The test consists of two colourful sheets with the twenty words to learn, twenty questions and a spelling transcript. It is based on the spelling tests given to 11 year olds in their SATs. The spellings include words with: prefixes; endings; homophones; silent letters; soft g, as in ge, gi and gy; soft c, as in ce, ci and cy; words with ei, eigh,ey; suffixes as in ous and silent o. 20 pages

13 pages Comparing Non Fiction Passages GCSE English Writing Work Packs save time when preparing lessons at GCSE. The specimen lesson plans and examples contained within each work pack, will give your students ideas to build on and provide practice to develop their writing skills. The examples contained in each pack, show the student the standard of work they need to reach to do well in exams like GCSE. They will learn how to tackle a question to get those higher marks. GCSE English Writing Work Packs include: Practice in writing for different purposes and to reach different audiences Practice in writing from different points of view, including articles, blogs, brochures and leaflets Practice in different ways to set out an argument (PEE or PEA). They will also examine language techniques

6 pages Write To Inform GCSE English Writing Work Packs save time when preparing lessons at GCSE. The specimen lesson plans and examples contained within each work pack, will give your students ideas to build on and provide practice to develop their writing skills. The examples contained in each pack, show the student the standard of work they need to reach to do well in exams like GCSE. They will learn how to tackle a question to get those higher marks. GCSE English Writing Work Packs include: Practice in writing for different purposes and to reach different audiences Practice in writing from different points of view, including articles, blogs, brochures and leaflets Practice in different ways to set out an argument (PEE or PEA). They will also examine language techniques

Practise Using Complex Vocabulary In Your Writing (Zoggy Drives A Car) ‘Improve Your English As A Foreign Language’ Work Packs save hours of time when preparing lessons for students where English is a second language . The packs are suitable for intermediary speakers of English, who want to improve their written English. Each work pack uses our humorous comic character ‘the alien Zoggy’ to guide the student. They provide a fun, light hearted approach to learning English (suitable for young learners of 8 years plus through to adult). The work packs help the student: To learn idioms and colloquial phrases used by fluent English speakers (which often catch the foreign speaker out) To use the right preposition after the verb To set out and write formal letters in English To expand their vocabulary for speaking and writing, by replacing boring words with more interesting words To improve their skills in English grammar Each pack includes tuition pages and follow up exercises to practice the skills learnt. By the time the student has worked through each pack, their command of English will be at a much higher standard.

Use Better Vocabulary In Your Writing (see) ‘Improve Your English As A Foreign Language’ Work Packs save hours of time when preparing lessons for students where English is a second language . The packs are suitable for intermediary speakers of English, who want to improve their written English. Each work pack uses our humorous comic character ‘the alien Zoggy’ to guide the student. They provide a fun, light hearted approach to learning English (suitable for young learner of 8 years plus through to adult). The work packs help the student: To learn idioms and colloquial phrases used by fluent English speakers (which often catch the foreign speaker out) To use the right preposition after the verb To set out and write formal letters in English To expand their vocabulary for speaking and writing, by replacing boring words with more interesting words To improve their skills in English grammar Each pack includes tuition pages and follow up exercises to practice the skills learnt. By the time the student has worked through each pack, their command of English will be at a much higher standard.

Read, plan and write a modern fairy tale. How To Use Cut out the pages along the dotted lines and muddle them up. Now, ask the child to sort them back into the right order, so the story has a beginning, a middle and an end. Get the child to read the story. Then, cover it and ask them to re-write their own version, putting in more detail. This series provides starting points to get young children, of 6-9 years, writing their own imaginative stories. Traditional tales like ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ are used as examples to look at the characters, the setting and the plot and to show how to structure a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. Children will learn how to brainstorm their ideas, how to put them in a plan and then set out their story. Each pack provides writing challenges, asking the child to continue writing the story, developing their own ideas and to cut up stories to put in order. 9 pages

Using Active And Passive Verbs Improve Your English Work Packs teach the child good English. They help improve the child’s punctuation, spelling and grammar skills. There are a wide range of packs to choose from, providing practice in sentence writing, use of connectives and parts of speech. The child will also be introduced to literary techniques - similes, metaphors and other stylistic devices. The format of each pack is so simple. The pages are quick and easy to work through, so the child will learn fast and remember skills taught easily. Each pack includes a lesson plan, with structured exercises, including answer pages. Improve Your English Work Packs save hours of time when preparing lessons or homework tasks. Included in this series, there are eight structured assessment tests, to test vocabulary, capital letters, punctuation, spelling and use of English language with answers.

Make An Informal Booklet On A Place I Have Visited The child is asked to make an informal booklet on something they have done or a place they have visited. They can choose from one of the suggested titles, for example, 'my visit to the museum' or make one up themselves. They can use the questions and writing prompts to help them write about their visit. This series of packs contain prompts to help children to learn to write a first letter and to write down information using facts and opinions. The packs are aimed at 6-9 year olds, though we advise an adult works alongside children in the younger age bracket. Each pack provides starting points to get even the most reluctant writer writing. The packs save time when preparing lessons.

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11 pages Look At ‘Shapes’ With Charlie Cheerleader Charlie Cheerleader looks at the properties of 2D shapes. A series of fun maths work packs, to teach basic numeracy skills for 9-12 year olds. Comical cartoon characters,such as Felicity Factor and Max Multiple are on hand to help children with maths concepts they struggle with. These packs can be used at home to reinforce work down in school and as a support material to use in school alongside other schemes. Each pack includes exercises with answers, to enable the teacher or parent to assess if the child has understood the math’s concept learnt.

Learn Spelling Rules Challenge: Drop the final ‘e’ if a word ends in ‘le’ and add ‘y’. But if a word ends in two or more consonants, add ‘ily’. A challenge to teach that you drop the final ‘e’ sound if a word ends in a vowel and you add ‘y’. For example, possible - possibly. However, if a word ends in a consonant, as in ‘happy’, you drop the ‘y’ and add ‘i’. For example happy - happily. Learn Spelling Rules Challenge: If a word ends in ‘ll’, just add ‘y’. A one page challenge to show words ending in ‘ll’ just add ‘y’. For example, full - fully Learn Spelling Rules Challenge: If a singular word ends in ss, sh, ch, x, or zz add ‘es’, to change it to plural. In this challenge, our friend Zoggy helps the children to change singular words into plural. For example, words ending in ss, sh, ch, x, zz. For example, fox - foxes. Examples are included. Learn Spelling Rules Challenge: For words ending in a consonant and ‘y’, add ‘ies’. For example, pony - ponies (plural). If a word ends in a vowel and ‘y’ add ‘s’ (donkey, donkeys). This challenge provides examples of how to change singular endings into plurals. For words ending in ‘y’, drop the ‘y’ and add ‘ies’. For example, pony - ponies. For words ending in a vowel, just add an ‘s’. For example, donkey - donkeys. With ‘Learn Spelling Rules Packs’ spelling need not be dull. These work packs can be used at school or at home, to reinforce spelling rules in a fun way. Our character, Zoggy, the friendly alien, is a genius when it comes to spelling. He encourages the children to join him in his spelling workout. In other words, they must train and learn the spelling rules. These packs consist of challenges in spelling, focusing on words formed using spelling rules. For example, dropping ‘e’ in words like ‘take’ to make ‘taking’. Each pack focuses on a different rule and the packs may be used in any order. These packs are essential to help correct common errors in spelling. They also help avoid bad habits forming in spelling. Each pack contains lots of practice to help the children remember the rules. 6 pages

‘Sleep By The Stream’ Learn To Spell The Phonic Middle Sounds 'ee ’ (in seed) and ‘ea’ (in heat). Read and re-write the ridiculous rhyme. Sort ‘ee’ and ‘ea’ sounds. Complete the spelling test. A series of work packs to teach and reinforce phonic sounds. If the child knows phonics - the initial blends, ending blends and the 44 middle sounds, he or she will be able to use them as a tool to break down words to spell them. In this series, there are 22 challenges or work packs to collect, each one featuring a different phonic sound. Our cute, quirky character, Zoggy, a spelling genius from Zen, helps present the challenges. The pages are a fun way to learn to spell, including: cute cartoons, ridiculous phonic rhymes and practise phonic spelling tests. The child can work through the packs with a teacher or parent. The packs comply with the National Curriculum.

Learn Spelling Rules: Ge, gi and gy have a soft sound like ‘j’ in gymnastics. Ce, ci and cy have a soft ‘c’ sound like ‘s’ in ice skating. But the ‘c’ in cat is a hard sound. Some words, like accept, have a hard and a soft sound. With ‘Learn Spelling Rules Packs’ spelling need not be dull. These work packs can be used at school or at home, to reinforce spelling rules in a fun way. Our character, Zoggy, the friendly alien, is a genius when it comes to spelling. He encourages the children to join him in his spelling workout. In other words, they must train and learn the spelling rules. These packs consist of challenges in spelling, focusing on words formed using spelling rules. For example, dropping ‘e’ in words like ‘take’ to make ‘taking’. Each pack focuses on a different rule and the packs may be used in any order. These packs are essential to help correct common errors in spelling. They also help avoid bad habits forming in spelling. Each pack contains lots of practice to help the children remember the rules. 7 pages

‘Go To The Store’ Learn To Spell Words With ‘or’ Read and write the ridiculous ‘or’ rhyme. Read the list of ‘or’ words. Complete the spelling test. A series of work packs to teach and reinforce phonic sounds. If the child knows phonics - the initial blends, ending blends and the 44 middle sounds, he or she will be able to use them as a tool to break down words to spell them. In this series, there are 22 challenges or work packs to collect, each one featuring a different phonic sound. Our cute, quirky character, Zoggy, a spelling genius from Zen, helps present the challenges. The pages are a fun way to learn to spell, including: cute cartoons, ridiculous phonic rhymes and practise phonic spelling tests. The child can work through the packs with a teacher or parent. The packs comply with the National Curriculum. 6 pages

Zoggy Goes On Holiday’ Learn To Spell Words With ‘ay’ Read and write the ridiculous rhymes. Read the lists of ‘ai’ and ‘ay’ words. Complete the spelling test. A series of work packs to teach and reinforce phonic sounds. If the child knows phonics - the initial blends, ending blends and the 44 middle sounds, he or she will be able to use them as a tool to break down words to spell them. In this series, there are 22 challenges or work packs to collect, each one featuring a different phonic sound. Our cute, quirky character, Zoggy, a spelling genius from Zen, helps present the challenges. The pages are a fun way to learn to spell, including: cute cartoons, ridiculous phonic rhymes and practise phonic spelling tests. The child can work through the packs with a teacher or parent. The packs comply with the National Curriculum. 6 pages