A skill starter that gives children a list of words and a Venn diagram to decide if words are nouns, adjectives or both. This could then be extended by getting children to write sentences where they have said both to show how it can work as both.

Twelve lessons that focus on the rainforests in different ways, sequencing out and ensuring recap of knowledge. Included is the unit plan, a KWL sheet that can be used to check and develop understanding, the lesson presentations which includes pink and green bubbles to support and challenge and activities required for the lessons as well as a fact file.

A reading comprehension based on an extract from the National Geographic website on rainforests. Included is the text which is then surrounded by questions around the outside that link to the text. Answers are also included on a separate document.

The Christmas Truce Poem and three differentiated reading comprehension activities related to this that check children's comprehension skills.

A presentation and tasks within that get children to recreate images based on a description of a character. Included is a brief focus on adjectives before using extracts to describe dementors and Lord Voldemort. Included for both are then examples of different artwork and how they appear in the film to highlight how we all have slightly different images but that it is the adjectives that show us some form of consistency.

An activity based around -ai for children. Included are cards with all the letters of the alphabet and the ai phoneme where children can then practise seeing what words they can create when blending sounds together. Recommended to print two sets of the letter cards.

37 different questions for Chapter Fourteen of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion.

Eight lessons worth of resources for reading comprehension linked to the book Skellig. Included are a range of different skills, including inference, retrieval and vocabulary as well as work on the front cover and back cover to support making predictions about the book. Within the booklet are two different short extracts from the story with the following activities linking to that extract before the new one is introduced. (Any blank pages are for printing it as a booklet that is 2-sided)

Five different worksheets that focus on being able to use coordinating conjunctions in different ways. The different activities include: Fill in the gap - filling in the gap with the most appropriate coordinating conjunction Sentence combining - Combining two sentences together using a coordinating conjunction Complete the sentence - Complete each sentence that has an initial clause and coordinating conjunction following it that then needs completing Sentence expansion - Taking different sentences and adding to them using a coordinating conjunction Examples and non-examples - Different sentences that pupils need to look at and decide whether it is an example of coordinating conjunctions being used correctly or not, and if not to explain why not Each sheet also has an attached answer sheet, though this may vary depending on the open activities that can have a variety of answers.

A set of lesson slides and differentiated worksheets that focus on abstract nouns as well as recapping other nouns. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable for other year groups.

Five different short extracts followed by comprehension questions that act as a quick reading skill task to provide children with. All the extracts were courtesy of the World Book Day website.

Two activities for children that require them to use coordinating conjunctions. Each activity has six sentences with a gap for a coordinating conjunction where children have to decide between and, but or or.

A fact file/ knowledge organiser that can be stuck in children's books when doing a specific genre of writing in either English lessons or in a foundation subject. So far they include: Instructions - Included on the sheet is a list of key vocabulary and a set of examples for time adverbials and for imperative verbs. Information texts - Included on the sheet is a list of key vocabulary, an example of an information text and a diagram that shows the sequenced structure from the example text. Newspapers - Included on the sheet is a list of key vocabulary, a labelled image of a newspaper story and a reminder about the key facts to include in any newspaper article. Persuasion Discussion Diary

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Queen Victoria that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 12 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Queen Victoria at the same time. The full resource can be found at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/queen-victoria-reading-comprehension-11754618

Three different structure strips that can be used for children struggling with their writing. These can be used when writing about animals for an information text and give children a basic structure to their main paragraphs.

A range of activities related to Christmas/ to help keep children focussed nearer the holidays. These include: An acrostic poem activity for the word Christmas Christmas Bingo Christmas Colouring Sheets Christmas Coordinates - Identify where the pictures are on the grid Define Christmas Words Adjective activities - Think of adjectives to describe the Christmas Tree, Santa or a Reindeer The Christmas Truce Poem with three differentiated sets of questions and answers included A definition activity for the poem Santa Dash - Plan the quickest way around the world for Santa Comma Claus - Identify where the commas should go Claus Clauses - Identify and add different clause structures to sentences to improve writing Three sets of storyboards - Can be used for a range of ideas but created with the Nativity story in mind - Find a great example through Lego here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/nativity-story-3009639 Facts for Christmas around the world with three differentiated sets of questions and answers included

A lesson on synonyms and antonyms. Included is the lesson presentation that discusses antonyms and synonyms before finding examples and looking at how to use a thesaurus accurately. Also included are three differentiated worksheets that focus on being able to find antonyms and synonyms.

Activities that work on children being able to identify adjectives in a sentence. These have been created for LA or SEN children to help them build their understanding of adjectives.

All the resources required for children to independently create their own instructions for creating a Halloween potion of some sort. Included are examples of potions from Harry Potter, different lists of potential items and key linking adverbs and imperative verbs. Also included is a cauldron picture where children can draw or list ingredients that will go in. Aimed at 5/6 where they should be confident with instruction writing anyway so can be used as they are for a couple of lessons of independent writing.

An activity that requires children to identify missing commas within an extract. Included is an extract from Harry Potter with the commas removed and the extract with commas included.