A quick and easy activity to help your students understand how to retrieve key bits of imformation from at text.

A free worksheet based on Personification Activity 1 is highlighting personification Activity 2 is create a sentence with personification in it.

A free general knowledge quiz (with answers) about the human body and its functions. I have used in tutor time and lesson starter.

12 questions based on simple punctuation starter activity

Punctuation crossword

I use this creative writing prompt for a wide range of students from aged 8- 16 years. It is particularly helpful for students that find writing creatively challenging.

This pack contains 7 worksheets with 22 Key spellings on each. 1 sheet on the most common English misspelt words. They can be used as class tests or for individual learning or homework

I always use this every class I teach as it gives me a benchmark to see which spelling I need to work on with my students.

Need to check your students knowledge of ’ Macbeth’ Then look no further!! This resource contain 50 questions on plot, language, structure, themes and context. The questions will allow you to highlight any holes in your students knowledge. Can be used as lesson activity or homework

Are you short of time coming up to Christmas and need an excellent Christmas Activity that gets your students to practice their English Language knowledge Then look no further! This colourful ‘Implied Meanings’ activity is for you!! **What is on the activity sheet? It contains the full extract based on Santa advertising Carphone Shed 5 targeted questions that use retrieve and record and identify key details . This can be used as a stand alone ‘Tutor Time’ or in a lesson before the Christmas break in pairs, small groups or individually. AVAILABLE AS PART OF A BUNDLE

Need help getting your students to understand difficult terms such as Semantics, Allusion, Idioms and Oxymoron? Look not further !! This Dyslexia Friendly Colourful fact sheet with easy to understand examples. AVAILABLE AS PART OF A BUNDLE

Need help getting your students to understand how words can sound similar but mean something completely different? Look not further !! You can use this colourful interactive as starter at the beginning of a lesson or to see where holes in the students learning All activities can be stand alone or in pairs or small groups What is included: 3 Dyslexia Friendly activities to STRENGTHEN and CHECK if they understand the meaning of each word and how they fit into a sentence.

Need help getting your students to use connectives correctly Look not further !! This Dyslexia Friendly colourful activity sheet that allows students to practice using connectives and the teacher to find holes in learning

Need help getting your students to understand Idioms? Look not further !! You can use this as starter at the beginning of a lesson or to see where holes in the students learning All activities can be stand alone What is included: 4 Dyslexia Friendly activities to STRENGTHEN and CHECK if they understand the conventions of IDIOMS, these worksheets will perform a quick check of students knowledge. These can either be used individually as an extension activities o

Need help getting your students to understand Apostrophes? Look not further !! You can use this 12 slide dyslexia friendly power point as lesson or as starter at the beginning of a lesson or to see where holes in the students learning All activities can be stand alone, they can also be used as a homework booklet What is included: 12 Slide Dyslexia Friendly Power Point with link to BBC Bitesize clip 5 Activity sheets, Dyslexia Friendly to STRENGTHEN and CHECK if they understand the conventions of apostrophes, these worksheets will perform a quick check of students knowledge. These can either be used individually as an extension activities or as a homework booklet.

Do you need to encourage your students to expand their sentences before the start Middle School Then look no further!! Here are 4 activities to help students develop sentences It takes them through a step by step process of how a basic sentence can be improved with more detail, better word choice, or clearer structure. Each activity is designed to help students gain confidence by practicing expanding and improving their writing. These activities make sentence writing interactive and encourage more creativity!

Need a resource that will ‘Stretch and Challenge’ your higher level high school students to practice Grammar Skills? Look no further !! You can use this resource as a starter at the beginning of a lesson or to see where holes in the students learning is or can be used as a stretch and challenge What is included: **Worksheets on ** Commas, Inverted Commas and Capital Letters Nouns Relative pronouns Noun phrases and Adverbial Phrases ANSWERS INCLUDED

Are you short of time coming up to Christmas and need an interesting choice of 11 Dyslexia Friendly Christmas Activities Then look no further! **What is included? Comprehension Maths Letter to Santa Wordsearch Creative Story Riddles Sudoku Idioms

Need help getting your students to understand what a persuasive language in an Article is? Look no further !! You can use this Dyslexia Friendly resource as part of a lesson on articles, or stretch activity or homework. It can also be used for student who have are lower ability or attention challenges What is included: A starter activity based on interesting adjectives Key Persuaive Techniques table A example of an article for students to pick out techniques Activity on using the skills they have learnt to create emotive headlines It also helps students to explore the use of persuasive language and how effective it can be when used correctly.

This is a complete interactive lesson with a ‘clip’ on the differences between a** formal** and informal letter. The Power Point goes through the standard key structure of a letter and looks and what language to use. It has 4 Activities that can be individual or in pairs, with the last activity asking the children to write a letter.