A help mat for writing paragraphs in response to questions, following the PEAK paragraph model with an example and different phrases included that children may want to include in their own writing.

A simple set of letters that can be used as a peer marking code for children to use when assessing others writing. These are basic but are effective for getting children to consider the key elements of the writing and being able to mark it quickly and effectively. They could also be used for staff to mark writing with children then responding to these to improve their own, whilst saving time writing lengthy comments.

A variety of resources for nouns and adjectives. Included are: A presentation and a range of resources on adjectives that can be used to teach children about the use of adjectives in their writing/ check children's understanding of adjectives. A range of lesson presentations, lesson activities and general activities related to nouns that can be used across Key Stage Two.

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Barack Obama that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 11 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Barack Obama at the same time. Included in the sample is the fact file and first set of 11 questions and answers. For the full set, visit https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/barack-obama-reading-comprehension-11747920

A lesson/s that tries to inspire children to create independent writing. All credit due to Pobble with this then being taken and created as a lesson presentation and resources with ideas that children can then take and write about. Also included are some of my own word mats that children can use to support them with ideas. The prompt used for this lesson set is Watery World which can be found on Pobble on the 20th April.

Different word cards that include the ure phoneme on them that children can read through blending together.

A simple worksheet that gets children to work on nouns in various ways.

A simple worksheet that gets children to work on verbs in various ways.

31 different questions for Chapter Sixteen 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.

31 different questions for Chapter Nineteen 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.

Different word cards that include the er phoneme on them that children can read through blending together.

51 different questions for Chapter Ten 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.

A range of extracts from various stories and a sorting grid for children to magpie different examples of vocabulary including nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs that they can then include in their own story writing.

A mini biography/ fact file that introduces Usain Bolt for KS2 children.

Example grids that children can use for each of their main paragraphs when writing an information text, ticking off the key features for each paragraph as they go/ checking they have more than one of some things. These can be used with one per paragraph to check each paragraph meets the criteria.

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Usain Bolt that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 13 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Usain Bolt at the same time. The full resource can be found at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/usain-bolt-reading-comprehension-11755374

17 different questions for Chapter Twenty 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.

An activity based around -ear for children. Included are cards with all the letters of the alphabet and the ear 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.

A lesson that aims to last approximately 30 minutes on being able to convert from active to passive voice. This was originally used as an interview lesson but can quite easily be used as a mini-lesson to recap or introduce active and passive before looking to extend or link to writing outcomes. Included in the resource is: A lesson PowerPoint with recap, key vocabulary, modelling, guided and independent practice. There are also pink and green bubbles to provide support and challenge throughout. Worksheet that includes the elements of the lesson, as well as a support structure down the side of the sheet to refer back to for key vocabulary and examples. An adapted worksheet with sentence stems should it be needed for children.

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.