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This resource contains two worksheets on punctuating direct speech with inverted commas (speech marks).
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Inverted Commas - 75 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable, 75-slide Powerpoint lesson on inverted commas.The PowerPoint demonstrates how to:
use inverted commas to enclose direct speech
punctuate reporting clauses and direct speech
punctuate split speech
set out direct speech in writing
use interesting words to replace ‘said’
Many opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to punctuate direct speech. It also contains a hyperlink to a short video on punctuating direct speech.
Inverted Commas - 26-Page Workbook
This resource contains a 22 page workbook on inverted commas (speech marks/quotation marks/direct speech). It is appropriate for pupils in Years 3, 4 and 5 and older, SEN pupils who have yet to master the basics in punctuation. The workbook contains four information/revision sheets, 17 worksheets and an answer booklet.
Tasks include:
using inverted commas to enclose direct speech
punctuating reporting clauses and direct speech
punctuating split speech
setting out direct speech in dialogue
using alternative words to ‘said’ in reporting clauses
composing writing containing direct speech
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This is a seasonal worksheet that involves pupils making as many words as possible from the longer word ‘reindeer’ to help improve their spelling, writing and reading skills . The resource is appropriate for Years 1-6 as pupils and older SEN students. Different degrees of challenge can be set. For example more able pupils could be limited to 5, 6 letter words, a greater number of words to be found, a timed challenge etc . It could be a team activity too.
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This resource is an awesome Advent Calendar – jam packed full with fun and educational activities. Appropriate for Year 1-6 and older SEN students. All activities can easily be adapted to suit the needs of learners as the PowerPoint is fully editable. There are 14 days to open – all the school days in December before Christmas. The activities can be used as starters, main lessons or plenaries. Also great Christmas armoury for supply teachers, large groups etc. The resource contains a fully editable, colourful and interactive PowerPoint with many literacy based activities including:
- Word making activities
- Anagrams
- Elfabetical – oops sorry – alphabetical order!
- Word searches / Crosswords
- Santa Stop The Sleigh
- Memory Game - word game
- Adjectives
- Parts of Speech – verbs, adverbs, nouns, conjunctions,
- Christmas jokes / riddles
- Compound Words
- Antonyms
- Capital Letters and full stops
- Carols and lyrics quiz
Most activities contain accompanying worksheets, many with extension activities.
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This bundle contains an 80-slide PowerPoint lesson, an 11 page workbook and 6 information/revision sheets on relative clauses.
PowerPoint Lesson
This editable 80 slide PowerPoint lesson explains what relative clauses are, the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses and how relative clauses for objects can have the pronoun omitted .
Opportunities are provided for pupils to identify both defining and non-defining relative clauses and to punctuate them correctly.
Workbook/Worksheets
This resource contains an 11-page workbook and 6 revision/explanation sheets on relative clauses. Tasks include:
Identifying relative clauses
Distinguishing between defining and non-defining relative clauses
Choosing the correct pronoun for a relative clause
Expanding a noun phrase with a relative pronoun
Punctuating non-defining relative clauses
Identifying relative clauses that do not need a relative pronoun or adverb
Combining sentences with a relative pronoun to make a relative clause
Deciding whether the relative pronoun can be omitted in a sentence
Writing using relative clauses
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This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English certification. It contains an age-appropriate, 34-page workbook on the Entry Level 2 writing component - form regular plurals (those ending in 's’ and ‘es’ ).
The workbook contains 12 information pages, 20 worksheets (with answers) and a progress check on making plurals for:
regular nouns - adding ‘s’
nouns ending in -ch , -sh, -x, -ss, -s
nouns ending in -o
nouns ending in -z
Tasks include:
selecting the correct plural form
sorting nouns into those ending in ‘s’ and those ending in ‘es’
rewriting sentences containing the correct plural
composing sentences containing plurals
The workbook is provided in PDF format and an editable PowerPoint version to enable personalisation of the resource. It can be used for classwork, homework, revision or as an independent learning pack.
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Plurals - 110 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This editable, 110-slide PowerPoint lesson clearly explains the rules for forming plurals. Opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to form plurals and there is a timed plural challenge activity. The PowerPoint also contains two links to short videos on making plurals by adding ‘s’ and ‘es’.
The PowerPoint is ideal for introducing the writing components of the Entry Level Functional Skills specification and for revision purposes.
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This resource contains 15 worksheets, some differentiated, on the National Curriculum Year 2 homophones / near homophones and confusing words list – there/ their/ they're, here/ hear, see/ sea, bare/ bear, one/ won, sun / son, two / to / too, be/ bee, blue/ blew, night/ knight. Tasks include choosing the correct homophones and composing sentences using homophones.
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Year 2 Homophones – 40 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
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This resource contains a fully editable, 40 slide PowerPoint lesson on the definite and indefinite articles - the, an and a.
The PowerPoint explains what the article determiners are, gives examples, asks pupils to identify the article determiners in sentences and to place article determiners in sentences. There are also two verses - Humpty Dumpty and a verse from the Ancient Mariner for the pupils to identify the article determiners. The slide contains two worksheets which can be printed off for the pupils to complete these exercises.
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Determiners PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable and interactive 62 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners. The PowerPoint focuses on the following determiners:
The articles - definite and indefinite
Demonstratives
Possessives
Quantifiers
Numbers
Ordinals
Interrogatives
Determiner Revision Mat
This resource is a determiner revision mat containing an explanation of, and examples, for all the different types of determiner.
Definite and Indefinite Article Determiners –Set of 6 Differentiated Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 6 differentiated worksheets (3 different tasks, two versions) on the definite and indefinite article determiners - the, an and a.
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This resource contains two worksheets on alphabetical order.
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Alphabetical Order: 24 Page Workbook
This is a 24 page workbook on alphabetical order that includes three information sheets, nineteen worksheets (with answers) and a progress check. Tasks include:
placing words in alphabetical order - to the first. second, third and fourth letters
locating patient’s names in a filing system
locating CDs in alphabetically labelled boxes
writing lists in alphabetical order
Alphabetical Order - 80 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable, 80-slide PowerPoint lesson that clearly and visually demonstrates and explains alphabetical order to the first, second, third, fourth and fifth letter. It also explains why it is important to understand and use alphabetical order. Opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to practise putting items into alphabetical order.
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This resource contains a set of 18 worksheets on identifying and using alliteration.
Tasks include:
Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from Harry Potter, The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever and The Ancient Mariner.
Writing sentences, short paragraphs and product slogans containing alliteration.
Designing and creating product names and catchy slogans for a shampoo, canned drink and chocolate bar using alliteration.
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Alliteration PowerPoint Lesson
This resource is a 40 slide PowerPoint on the literary / poetic device of alliteration. It contains an explanation of alliteration and many examples from literature - (Harry Potter), from poetry ( The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever, The Ancient Mariner), from the commercial world and in well known speeches.
Alliteration Posters
This resource contains a set of 26 posters on alliteration. They contain examples of alliteration from poetry and literature, - The Listeners (Walter De La Mare), The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), Harry Potter (J K Rowling), Sea Fever (John Masefield), Cargoes (John Masefield) , Kubla Khan (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) and The Raven (Edgar Allen Poe).
Several posters contain examples from famous speeches, films, song lyrics and from product and company brands.
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This resource contains a 17-page spelling practice workbook for students working towards English Functional Skills Entry Level 2 accreditation (AQA, OCR. Pearson Edexcel, City and Guilds, NCFE, NOCN).
The workbook contains all the words that students are expected to both read and spell correctly. The spellings have been compiled from the Entry 2 word lists specified by DfE and provided in Appendix 2 of the Functional Skills Entry Level English (Entry 2) Qualification and Assessment Specification.
Tasks include practising spelling the words using the look, say, cover, write method: inserting the correct word into a sentence and composing simple sentences using words in the list. The resource also contains a checklist for recording students’ ability to read and spell all of the words. The workbook is provided in PDF format and an editable PowerPoint version to enable personalisation of the resource.
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English Functional Skills - Entry Level 1 Bundle
This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 1 Functional Skills English certification. It contains age-appropriate, materials and resources to deliver the reading, writing, spelling and speaking and listening components of English Functional Skills. The bundle contains ten workbooks and five PowerPoint Lessons.
English Functional Skills - Entry Level 2 Bundle
The bundle contains thirteen workbooks and five PowerPoint Lessons.
English Functional Skills - Entry Level 3 - Bundle
This bundle contains nine workbooks and six PowerPoint Lessons.
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This resource contains an editable, 60-slide PowerPoint lesson and a 15-page workbook on the apostrophe for possession / possessive apostrophe. The PowerPoint explains how to use the apostrophe to show possession for singular and plural nouns. The PowerPoint provides lots of examples and opportunities for students to use the apostrophe appropriately. The presentation also includes a hyperlink to a short video on the apostrophe for possession. The workbook contains a variety of tasks on using the possessive apostrophe for singular and plural nouns. It also contains an information sheet on how to use apostrophes for possession and an answer booklet.
These resources will help students to master using apostrophes in the right place in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills.
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This Christmas themed puzzle pack contains:
Four differentiated Christmas word searches
Four differentiated Christmas anagram puzzles
Three differentiated Christmas crosswords
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This resource contains an editable 39 slide PowerPoint lesson on parts of speech (word classes) - nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and conjunctions. It is Christmas themed and presented by elves. Pupils have to sort out the parts of speech, inserted on Christmas baubles, into the correct box. It is appropriate for primary / older SEN pupils.
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This resource contains three differentiated sets of Christmas themed bingo cards which can be laminated and used for many educational and fun activities. There are 32 cards printed with both pictures and words, 32 cards printed with just words and 32 cards printed with just pictures. Every child can participate in the same game due to the differentiation. The resource also includes flashcards of the words - with and without pictures. The cards are available in two fonts - comic sans and sassoon primary.
This resource could be used for other educational activities - sorting, alphabetical order, a stimulus for creative writing, pictures could be cut out and used to make Christmas cards, Christmas calendars, Christmas bookmarks and other Christmas decorations. etc
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This resource contains a fully editable, Christmas themed Power Point lesson on using the comma presented by the punctuation character ‘The Crowd Controller’ - The Comma. The PowerPoint visually demonstrates how to use the comma in lists. The resource is suitable for younger pupils Years 1-6, SEN pupils and older pupils who find sentence demarcation challenging. This resource will help to improve basic punctuation skills.
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This resource contains:
1. A fully editable 55-slide PowerPoint lesson presented by the punctuation character - the 'Full Stop' who explains how and when to use the full stop and why it is important to place it accurately in writing. The PowerPoint clearly demonstrates that a capital letter is needed at the start of a sentence. Ample opportunities are provided throughout the PowerPoint for pupils to decide where the full stops and capital letters should go.
2. A 15-page workbook (15 worksheets) on using full stops to demarcate sentences.
Tasks include:
Placing full stops at the end of simple sentences
Placing full stops in writing containing several sentences
Placing full stops in short paragraphs
Composing own sentences
Correcting sentences in which the full stops have been incorrectly placed
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This resource contains a fully editable, 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on capital letters. The PowerPoint clearly explains and demonstrates why, when and where capital letters are used. The PowerPoint includes:
Using capital letters at the start of sentences
Using capital letters for the pronoun I
Using capital letters for proper nouns - places, names, geographical features, book and film titles, days of the week, months of the year, special days, buildings etc
Using capital letters to address envelopes
Tasks include:
Identifying words that require capital letters
Identifying where capital letters should be used in sentences
These resources are suitable for Key Stage 1 pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of the resource.
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Capital Letters - Set of 27 Worksheets
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This resource contains a 30-page workbook on plurals. The workbook includes one explantion sheet, 26 worksheets with answers and a progress check. Tasks include forming plurals for:
regular nouns - adding 's'
nouns ending in -ch , -sh, -x, -s, -z
nouns ending in -o
nouns ending in -f, -ff and -fe
nouns ending in -y preceded by a consonant
nouns ending in -y preceded by a vowel
nouns that stay the same
irregular plurals
exceptions to the rules
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Plurals - 200 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is an editable, 200- slide PowerPoint lesson on making plurals for nouns. The PowerPoint explains the rules for the forming of all plurals and includes exceptions. Opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to form plurals and there is a timed plural challenge activity.
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This resource contains a set of 15 worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 5 and 6 homophones / near homophones and confusing words list - licence, license, practice, practise, prophecy, prophesy, father, farther, guessed, guest, heard, herd, lead, led, morning, mourning, past, passed, precede, proceed, principal, principle, profit, prophet, stationary, stationery, steal, steel.
Tasks include choosing the correct homophones in sentences, correcting homophones in sentences and composing sentences containing the homophones. There area also five spelling practice worksheets.
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Year 5 and 6 Homophones / Confusing Words PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint explains the meanings of the homophones, gives examples, and provides tips for remembering the difference between them. Opportunities are provided for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
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This resource contains a set of 17 exercises/ tasks to enable students to use full stops and capital letters accurately in sentence demarcation.
Task 1 - Pupils rewrite a short paragraph placing full stops and capital letters in the correct places. The content is designed to be engaging and about characters who the pupils ought to be able to identify with.
Task 2 - Pupils complete a short comprehension on the paragraph answering in full sentences with a capital letter at the beginning and full stop at the end.
Task 3 - Involves pupils writing a short paragraph about a character.
These worksheets are designed to give students practice at using capital letters and full stops in their writing to reinforce and consolidate this skill.
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Full Stops - 50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This fully editable, 50 slide PowerPoint lesson is presented by the punctuation character - the 'Full Stop' who explains how and when to use the full stop and why it is important to place it accurately in writing. The PowerPoint clearly demonstrates that a capital letter is needed at the start of a sentence. Ample opportunities are provided throughout the PowerPoint for pupils to decide where the full stops and capital letters should go.
These resources are appropriate for Year 2- 6 pupils and older SEN / ESL / Entry Level students who may find sentence demarcation challenging and have yet to master the basics of punctuation in writing.
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This resource contains a 20 page workbook that includes two information sheets and eighteen worksheets on adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials. Tasks include:
identifying adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials of time, place and manner in sentences
inserting appropriate adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials in sentences
insertion of comma after fronted adverbial
changing sentences so that the adverbial phrase is at the beginning of a sentence
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Fronted Adverbials -50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable, 50-slide lesson presentation on fronted adverbials. The PowerPoint focuses on:
recap of adverbs
adverbial phrases of time, place, manner, and frequency
fronted adverbials
insertion of comma after fronted adverbial
opportunities for pupils to identify adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials
opportunities for pupils to change a sentence so that the adverbial phrase is at the beginning of a sentence
opportunities for pupils to create fronted adverbial sentences
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