A fully resourced two week unit on diary writing, linked to the book The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. Included are two weeks worth of lesson PowerPoints, activities and sheets as well as support sheets where required and model extracts that can be used. Answer sheets are also included for any tasks that require them. The ten lesson sequence follows the order as below: Lesson 1 - Features of a diary Lesson 2 and 3 - Past tense Lesson 4 - Writing a diary extract Lesson 5 - Commas in a list Lesson 6 - Writing a diary extract Lesson 7 - Time adverbials Lesson 8, 9 and 10 - Writing diary extracts Each grammar focus lesson ties in to the lesson that follows where the skill will then be applied as part of the diary extract written that day. A link is also included to a version of the story being read aloud. All components of the resource are uploaded as PowerPoints so that any subtle changes that need to be made for your class can be done. Images are courtesy of Pixabay

A fully-resourced unit of work linked to information texts about plants with ten lessons looking at identifying features and being able to create written information texts. Included in the 10 lesson sequence is a PowerPoint with all the lessons included within as well as any supporting resources needed. This includes: Lesson 1 - Looking at the organisational features of an information text and identifying these within given examples. There are three different example texts included to support this as well as a modelled example. Lesson 2 - Looking at the important role sub-headings play and then being able to create sub-headings where these have been taken out in example information texts. Included is also a support sheet with potential examples for anyone who struggles. Lesson 3 - Paragraphs - This lesson focuses on being able to sort information based on the topic it has. This will include some practice as well as then being able to sort different sentences into which one of the three paragraphs it would fit into. Lesson 4 - Planning and making notes. This lesson focuses on being able to plan and make notes ready to turn into an information text. Included is a planning sheet, example texts that can be used to gather information (alongside books and internet research potentially) and a model planning sheet that shows how to write in notes and bullet point format. This lesson can easily be extended into two lessons if necessary to gather enough information. Lesson 5 - Writing an introduction Lesson 6 - Writing the first main paragraph Lesson 7 - Writing the second main paragraph Lesson 8 - Writing the third main paragraph Lesson 9 - Writing a conclusion Lesson 10 - Editing and publishing The final set of lessons from lesson 5 onwards follow the same pattern of showing an example of that paragraph style from the text, an opportunity to write one together as a class before then giving children time to write their own paragraph and edit. There is an editing sheet with prompts to support some key areas for children to check. This then finishes with children publishing their work, deciding on the layout they wish to use. To support this, some images are included that they can cut out and use within their finished piece should they wish.

A pack of reading comprehensions linked to all the teams taking part in the Premier League for the season 2021-22. Included is a fact file for all 20 teams that are competing with information up to date as of the start of the season (information and images courtesy of Wikipedia). Matching each fact file is a comprehension task of 11 questions that links to the text, as well as an answer sheet that is provided, providing 20 different tasks and 220 different questions to help develop comprehension skills. Tasks can be used in a range of ways including as stand alone reading tasks, as a series of reading lessons, as a reading task to be doing when they come in or even for home learning or homework.