The 'Getting it Right' series is appropriate for both KS2 and KS3. Each unit comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Using Commas' unit is supported by a workbook of activities, an assessment activity, and a quiz package that reminds students of the key points of the lessons, before providing a quiz that stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulate and embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentation Workbook Quiz presentation

The 'Getting it Right' series is appropriate for both KS2 and KS3. Each unit comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Paragraphing Fiction' unit is supported by a workbook of activities and a quiz package that reminds students of the key points of the lessons, before providing a quiz that stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulate and embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentation Workbook Quiz presentation

The 'Getting it Right' series is appropriate for both KS2 and KS3. Each unit comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Proper Nouns' unit is supported by a workbook of activities, an assessment activity to check students' understanding, and a quiz package, that reminds students of the key points of the lessons, before providing a quiz that stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulate and embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentation Workbook, including assessment activity Quiz presentation

The 'Getting it Right' series is appropriate for both KS2 and KS3. Each unit comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Punctuating Speech' unit is supported by a workbook of activities, an assessment activity to check students' understanding, and a quiz package, that reminds students of the key points of the lessons, before providing a quiz that stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulateand embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentation Workbook, including assessment activity Quiz presentation

The 'Getting it Right' series is appropriate for both KS2 and KS3. Each unit comprises an interactive presentation that can be loaded onto your school network. The 'Sentences and Connectives' unit is supported by a workbook of activities, an assessment activity to check students' understanding, and a quiz package that remind students of the key points of the lessons and stimulates focused discussion, enabling students to articulate and embed their learning. All images are free for use commercially. Contents: Teacher presentations (2) Workbook (including assessment activity) Quiz presentations (2)

A series of twelve starter activities covering some of the most common errors that we, as teachers, see in our students' writing. Each starter begins with an 'error' slide, where students are asked to spot the error that the slide illustrates. There follows an explanation of the error and how to correct it, the penultimate slide in each starter unit being designed so that it can be laminated for permanent classroom display. Each presentation is supported by activities in the accompanying workbook, for individual, pair or group work. Contents: 12 'Common Error' presentations 12 'Common Error' Activity Sheets Note: All images are free to use commercially.

‘Sentence Power’ is a series of fifteen starter activities designed to give students opportunities in experimenting with a variety of sentence forms in a variety of contexts. For instance, students may be asked to begin sentences with adverbs, participles, imperative verbs or abstract nouns; they may be asked to use rhetorical questions, repetition or rule of three within their sentences; they may be required to write a sentence in 15-20 words, or only five words, or end the sentence with an exclamation. Crucially though, students are asked to experiment with their sentence types in the context of different pieces of writing, such as an extract from a thriller, from a romantic novel, or a horror story; other contexts offered are advertisements, letters of complaint, diaries, reviews, instructions, etc. Contents: 15 PowerPoint Starters 15 page workbook. Note: All images are free for use commercially.

Students delve into the conventions of fairy stories, considering their structure and language. Having established the stylistic techniques, and engaged in short-burst writing activities in the 'traditional style', they then look at different adaptations of the tales before rewriting them from different viewpoints - like the witch's viewpoint in 'Hansel and Gretel', and the wolf's viewpoint in 'The Three Little Pigs'. They then have fun reading 'politically correct' fairy tales, and after oral rehearsal, pair work, group work and drama activities, write their own 'politically correct' stories. Two assessment tasks, a peer assessment activity and a homework VLE unit complete the package. Contents: (6-8 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations VLE Homework presentation 9 page workbook Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free to use commercially.

Students study a variety of speeches: (Braveheart's 'Freedom' speech; St Crispin's Day speech from Henry V; Churchill's 'Their Finest Hour' and 'Fight on the Beaches' speeches; Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, and Sojourner Truth's 'Ain't I A Woman?') Video clips of the speeches are accompanied by full texts. Materials for differentiation ensure that students of different abilities will be able to access the work. The classroom activity is accompanied by an integral VLE homework activity that reminds students of the main learning points of the scheme before setting a homework task. Contents: (Full 5-7 lesson scheme of work, resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 7 page workbook Differentiation materials VLE presentation Homework resource booklet Lesson plans All images free to use commercially.

A resource based on the discovery of a 5,000 year old corpse in the Otzal Alps in 1991. By considering the available scientific and forensic evidence, students investigate how 'The Iceman' lived, when he died and the circumstances of his death. In completing the activities, students learn how to control, shape and organise their writing. Packed with a selection of materials for differentiation, the resource comes complete with optional assessment and peer assessment materials and a linked homework presentation for your school's VLE. Contents: ( 6-8 lesson scheme of work, resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations VLE Homework presentation Sorting activity Sequencing activity Fact finders (classwork and homework) Writing frames (classwork and homework) Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

Students investigate the sinking of the Titanic by studying route charts, casualty figures, the lifeboat launch log, diagrams of the ship and testimonies of passengers, crew and expert witnesses. Opportunities are provided for drama activities and for group and class discussions, while developing skills in inference and deduction. A homework presentation and resource book is included for your school's VLE platform, and the pack also contains optional assessment and peer assessment materials and comprehensive teachers' notes. Contents: (6-8 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 6 page workbook 12 page testimonies booklet Route chart Lifeboat launch log VLE homework presentation Homework resource Placemat Assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially

The first part of this unit uses a passage from 'Sherlock Holmes' to clarify the meaning of the terms 'inference' and 'deduction'. Student activities then focus on the language that students need to use to explain their deductions. The second part of the unit is devoted wholly to a group 'detective' activity, based on the Simon Armitage poem 'About His Person'. Finally, the unit concludes with an assessment opportunity, taking in a second Armitage poem, and a homework activity which uses learned skills to analyse a house advertisement. Contents: (4-6 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 5 page workbook VLE homework presentation Homework resource Inference Placemat Prompts (differentiation) Writing frame Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

A unit of work that contains an abundance of pictures, anecdotes and reports based on the 'Scriven Report', which investigated the working conditions in the factories of 'The Potteries' in the mid 1800s. Students use grids, writing frames and summarising placemats to investigate and report on the working lives of young children, and to develop their ability to organise non-fiction writing. The VLE homework unit develops and embeds students' understanding of 'main idea' and 'supporting details' by using further extracts from the report. Contents: (4-6 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 6 page workbook VLE homework presentation Grid for note-taking Writing frame Summarising placemat Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

This unit provides activities on imagery, word sounds, onomatopoeia and alliteration, extended imagery and personification. After each segment, students write a response in which they use the techniques that have been modelled and developed in the lesson. At the end of the unit, students assemble their poetry anthologies and choose two pieces for display and assessment. Writing frames, sentence starters and students' own 'word bags' offer support to students at all stages. Two homework units further reinforce all aspects of the work covered in the classroom unit. Contents: (6-8 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations Two VLE homework presentations 11 page workbook Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

This unit of work enables students to improve their skills in developing 'setting' in narrative writing. A homework unit for your school's VLE accompanies the classroom presentation, focusing on the use of ' the senses' in creating an effective setting. The unit concludes with an optional assessment activity and provides materials for peer assessment, fulfilling the OFSTED 'Outstanding' requirement that teachers demonstrate 'systematic approaches to marking, target setting and feedback'. Contents: (3-5 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations VLE Homework presentation 6 page workbook Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

In this unit, students work on planning and delivering a report on 'The School Play', while the school magazine's editor drops in various suggestions, leading students to reconsider their plans as the unit progresses. The unit offers two assessment tasks and a peer assessment activity, while a writing frame offers organisational support when required. In the homework unit for your school's VLE, students are confronted by the mysteries of the famous 'Roswell' alien landing incident. Contents: (4-6 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 4 page workbook VLE Homework presentation Writing frame Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

The unit aims to enable students to improve their skills in developing 'character' in narrative writing. Students analyse 'good' and 'bad' models of writing, before moving through short burst writing activities towards sustained, independent writing. Two homework units for your school's VLE accompany the classroom presentation, focusing on using adjectives and 'working verbs'. The unit concludes with an optional assessment activity, and provides materials for peer assessment, fulfilling the OFSTED 'Outstanding' requirement that teachers demonstrate 'systematic approaches to marking, target setting and feedback'. Contents (4-6 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 6 page workbook 2 VLE homework presentations Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

A fun unit of work that takes in 'Harry Potter' and 'The Three Little Pigs' as students work on a series of activities, developing their skills in writing in appropriate registers. Sentence starters are provided for support when appropriate, and the unit culminates in an assessment task accompanied by a peer assessment activity. The homework unit extends the classroom unit, students being presented with activities in which they have to decide the purposes of various texts: to inform, to review, to persuade, to entertain or to instruct. Contents: (5-7 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 7 page workbook VLE homework presentation Letter extract grid Formal / Informal writing grid Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

The first part of the unit analyses how Roald Dahl develops tension through effective sentence structure in 'The Man from the South', while the second half of the unit explores the effect of Tim Bowler's choice of words and phrases in 'Storm Catchers'. Much oral work - discussion, dramatic readings, etc. ensure that students are active throughout the unit, which culminates in an assessed piece of work and dedicated peer assessment opportunity (linked to the VLE homework unit). Contents: (4-6 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations 8 page workbook VLE Homework presentation Homework resources Writing frames Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially.

In this unit, students analyse a series of car advertisements (remember the Skoda cake advert?), and learn how to explain their ideas with clarity and precision. The advertisements are very different in terms of their target audience, their appeal, etc. Students engage in a range of linked activities, which encourage discussion, group work and individual work. The unit culminates in an optional assessment and peer assessment activity. Oh, and it's good fun as well! Contents: (4-6 lesson scheme of work, full resources and lesson plans) Classroom presentations VLE homework presentation 7 page workbook Links to TV car advertisements Peer assessment resource Full lesson plans Note: All images are free for use commercially