This resource includes: 1 lesson plan focusing on how to write instructions for making a potion. 1 sheet of possible ‘Potion Items’ 3 sheets of time connective suggestions for laminating 1 sheet of imperative verb suggestions Link to a BBC Video on Features of Instructional Writing, using a potion focus! This lesson ties in well with Topics such as: Harry Potter A Kind of Spark Witchcraft and Wizardry This lesson is secondary to the introduction of instructional writing and relies on some previous knowledge of layout, features and structure!

These homophone flashcards show examples of words which are spelled differently but sound the same… I have used these cards on display walls but also as starter/finisher activities such as: giving out to children and asking them to use a dictionary and get a definition for each set of words. asking the children to create 2 sentences: one for each homophone.