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Primary Texts provides resources to help support the teaching of reading, writing and speaking and listening at primary level. Resources are flexible, adaptable, easy to use and meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
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Primary Texts provides resources to help support the teaching of reading, writing and speaking and listening at primary level. Resources are flexible, adaptable, easy to use and meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
English language arts
The Lake Isle of Innisfree Poem: PPT, Worksheets and Activities
A complete lesson based on the poem ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ by W.B.Yeats. Includes a PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Also includes guidance for two follow-up writing activities. Ideal for studying classic poetry or contrasting localities A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2.
The 11 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains questions linked to the author’s opinion and use of language.
Onomatopoeia KS2 PPT Lesson
A PPT based lesson for suitable for KS2 on the use of onomatopoeia. This resource is linked to the following English national curriculum reading comprehension objectives:
• Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (Year 3 and 4)
• Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader (Year 5 and 6)
This lesson is also useful for helping pupils to understand how to use onomatopoeia in their own writing.
The PPT contains:
• Clear explanation
• Three examples of classic text extracts which include onomatopoeia
• Three activities which require pupils to demonstrate their understanding of and use onomatopoeia
• Reflection questions enabling pupils to recap and consolidate their understanding at the end of the lesson
The PPT is fully editable giving you the flexibility to adjust aspects of the lesson to suit the needs of your pupils if required.
Cinquain Poetry Lesson for KS2
A complete poetry lesson based on cinquain poetry. Includes a PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Also includes activities designed to help students create their own cinquains. These activities are ideal for helping pupils consider word choice, editing, syllables and layout. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work.
The 15 slide PPT contains:
• Examples of cinquains with supporting visual images
• Background information about how this type of poetry developed.
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities which provide guidance supporting students in writing their own cinquains
The resource also includes:
• A poem sheet containing two cinquains by Adelaide Crapsey – the poet who invented cinquains. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains true/false statements about both poems and an activity that requires students to visualise one of the poems. Worksheet B contains more challenging activities requiring students to explore the language of the poems.
Year 3 Clauses and Subordinate Clauses: PPT Lesson and Assessment
A PPT based lesson linked to the Year 3 terminology objective requiring pupils to understand the terms clause and subordinate clause. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Fun Christmas poetry lesson for KS2: The Twelve Days of Christmas
This fun Christmas poetry lesson based on the poem / song ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ includes a PPT presentation of the song and comprehension tasks. It also includes guidance for four follow-up activities with links to literacy, art, music and maths:
Activity 1: Sing the poem
Activity 2: Illustrate the twelve days of Christmas
Activity 3: Create a Christmas gift list
Activity 4: Use maths skills to do sums calculating the number of gifts
This flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2.
The 32 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to exploring the poet’s use of language and expressing opinion.
Year 6 Synonyms and Antonyms: PPT Lesson and Assessment
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 6 word objective requiring pupils to understand how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms. The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Year 4 Determiners: PPT Lesson and Assessment
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 4 terminology objective requiring pupils to recognise and understand determiners. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Year 4 Expanded Noun Phrases: PPT Lesson and Assessment
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 4 sentence objective requiring pupils to understand ‘noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases.’ The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Year 6 PPT Writing Booster Lesson: Describe atmosphere
This PPT based lesson will help students to review the skills needed to describe atmosphere. The lesson format is as below:
Discuss: Talk about atmosphere and what is meant by the term.
Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text.
Write: Write about atmosphere choosing from a selection of settings.
Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made to their writing
Year 6 PPT Writing Booster Lesson: Write a Setting Description
This PPT based lesson will help students to review the skills needed to write a setting description. The lesson format is as below:
Discuss: Talk about the features and purpose of the text type and the set task.
Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text.
Write: Choose a character and create a written description of them.
Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made.
Daffodils by William Wordsworth: PPT, poem and worksheets
A complete lesson for KS2 based on the poem ‘Daffodils’ by Williams Wordsworth. Includes a PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Also includes guidance for a follow-up writing activity. Ideal for teachers studying classic poetry with their pupils or looking for a spring poem. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work.
The 10 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poem
• Discussion questions
• Follow-up writing activity details.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains questions linked to the author’s opinion and use of language.
Overheard on a Saltmarsh Poem: PPT, Activities and Worksheets
A complete lesson based on the fantasy poem ‘Overheard on a Saltmarsh’ by Harold Monro. Includes a PPT presentation and comprehension tasks.Also includes guidance for two follow-up activities linked to drama and writing. Ideal for teachers exploring classic poetry. Great for guided or whole class reading sessions and literacy. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2.
The 11 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to the poet’s use of language, prediction and writing in the style of the poet.
Haiku Poetry Lesson for KS2
A complete poetry lesson based on a classic Japanese haiku: Matsuo Basho’s frog poem. Includes a PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Also includes activities designed to help students create their own haikus. These activities are ideal for helping pupils consider word choice, editing, syllables and layout. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work.
The 12 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities which explore how haikus are written and provide guidance supporting students in writing their own.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem and translations. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains literal questions and an activity that requiring pupils to visualise the poem. Worksheet B contains more challenging activities requiring pupils to compare and contrast vocabulary and express their opinion.
Year 6 SPAG Revision: Inverted Commas
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to inverted commas. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 20 slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to inverted commas is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Year 6 SPAG Revision PPT: Word Families
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to word families. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 10 slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to word families is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Year 6 SPAG Revision PPT: Apostrophes
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to apostrophes. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 18 slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to apostrophes is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Year 6 SPAG Revision PPT: Relative Clauses
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to relative clauses. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 9-slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to relative clauses is included with an accompanying answer .
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KS1 Classic Poetry Bundle
Great for teaching performance poetry! Contains five poetry lessons based on classic poems about animals by Christina Rossetti. This lesson has been designed to meet the following National Curriculum objectives:
• Listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently (Year 1)
• Learning to appreciate rhymes and poems, and to recite some by heart (Year 1)
• Continuing to build up a repertoire of poems learnt by heart, appreciating these and reciting some, with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear (Year 2)
The poems included are:
• ‘Caterpillar’ about the lifecycle of caterpillar
• ‘White Hen Sitting’ about the lifecycle of a chicken
• ‘Hurt No Living Thing’ encouraging kindness to all creatures
• ‘Hopping Frog’ comparing a frog and a toad
• ‘City Mouse and Garden Mouse’ comparing different habitats
The PPT provided for each poem contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Guidance on how to perform the poem
• An optional writing activity
Each resource also includes differentiated comprehension worksheets. The discussion questions and comprehension worksheets enable pupils to gain a good understanding of the poem prior to performance. The optional writing activity enables teachers to extend the lesson should they wish to do so.
Year 1 Adding suffixes ed, ing and er to verbs when no change to the root word is needed: PPT Lesson
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 1 word objective requiring pupils to recognise suffixes that can be added to verbs where no change is needed in the spelling of root words (e.g. helping, helped, helper) The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion.
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Year 6 SPAG Bundle
A pack of nine PowerPoints linked to the specific national curriculum objectives for year 6 vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. Each PowerPoint contains a whole lesson which includes:
an explanation of the terminology
a text containing examples linked to the vocabulary, grammar or punctuation objective.
an exercise for pupils to complete.
opportunities for pupils to discuss and reflect on what they have learnt.
Also includes short assessment tests each containing five SATs style questions linked to year group objectives with accompanying answer sheets.
You may also like the amazing value Year 6 SPAG Revision Bundle which contains 30 PPT lessons including all 9 PPT lessons available in this bundle plus 21 PPT lessons to help revise content from previous years.