SPAG Powerpoint 2 (of 5) A powerpoint comprising of 65 slides covering aspects of the SPAG curriculum, for example: • Conditional sentences • Homophones • Nouns • Extended noun phrases • Speech punctuation • Brackets • Dashes • Subordinating connectives • Phrases • Clauses • Alliteration • Similes • Metaphors Each topic includes a slide or two of teaching plus an activity slide based on the learning in that session (some, more complicated topics, run over a few days). The slides and tasks have been created for a short 15 minute SPAG session but could also be used as starters or in literacy lessons. At the end of each block of 4 topics is a quiz slide (which, if covered daily, would be a Friday session) which recaps the previous 4 topics covered. This powerpoint has enough slides for 6 weeks of daily teaching (one topic per day). A further 2 Powerpoints will be available soon covering the other areas in the SPAG curriculum, including a final revision set at the end. PLEASE NOTE: Some slides have been duplicated from Powerpoint 1 for revision purposes and the lower price reflects this.

Planning sheet for explanation texts. Suitable for KS2.

A planning sheet for writing a biography or autobiography. Suitable for KS2.

A WAGOLL of a dilemma story, where a child has a dilemma and has to act on it. Highlights show Action/Description/Dialogue sentences. The differentiated planning sheets follow the structure of the story. Suitable for KS2.

'Writing like a writer' is a set of Powerpoint slides, each featuring a new word of the day. The purpose of this resource is to broaden the children's vocabulary and is aimed at KS2/lower KS3. The document displays the word, definition and example as well as a short writing task and there are 30 slides (enough for 6 weeks if used daily). The tasks are designed to be creative writing opportunities and so are very varied in theme! The word of the day does not necessarily 'fit' with the writing task, but as the children build up their vocabulary bank they should be able to use previous words to enhance their short piece of writing. This activity is designed to take about 10 minutes, and so can be used as a starter or daily activity during an allocated slot, e.g. register time. The way I have used this in the past is: - introduce the word, children repeat it aloud a few times - explain the definition and read through the example - children write down the word and the meaning in a vocabulary book - children complete the writing task, trying to use the new word or one of the previous words. PART 2

A peer assessment sheet for instruction texts. Children work in pairs to provide feedback on their partner’s work. Questions provided to assist constructive comments.

A planning format for a persuasive writing article, differentiated 3 ways. Suitable for KS2.

A planning sheet for writing a persuasive piece of writing or speech. Suitable for KS2.

A poster explaining when and where capital letters should be used. Made on A4 but with the intention of being blown up to A3.

SPAG Powerpoint 2 (of 5) A powerpoint comprising of 59 slides covering aspects of the SPAG curriculum, for example: • Root words • Prefixes • Suffixes • Pronouns • Proper nouns • Abstract nouns • Collective nouns • Commas in a list • Commas to separate clauses • Brackets • Dashes • Subordinating connectives • Verb/subject agreement • Simple sentences • Compound sentences • Complex sentences Each topic includes a slide or two of teaching plus an activity slide based on the learning in that session (some, more complicated topics, run over a few days). The slides and tasks have been created for a short 15 minute SPAG session but could also be used as starters or in literacy lessons. At the end of each block of 4 topics is a quiz slide (which, if covered daily, would be a Friday session) which recaps the previous 4 topics covered. This powerpoint has enough slides for 6 weeks of daily teaching (one topic per day). A further 3 Powerpoints will be available soon covering the other areas in the SPAG curriculum, including a final revision set at the end. PLEASE NOTE: Some slides have been duplicated from Powerpoint 1 for revision purposes and the lower price reflects this.

A set of 2 punctuation assessments to assess and track basic punctuation skills. Each test is structured in the same way, assessing: • Capital letters • Full stops • Question marks • Exclamation marks • Speech marks • Apostrophes for omission and possession • Brackets • Dashes • Commas • Colons and semi-colons Also included is a tracking sheet, to track which skills each child is demonstrating correctly.

Planning sheet for instruction texts. Suitable for KS2.

A planning sheet for writing a dilemma story, differentiated 2 ways. Suitable for KS2.

'Writing like a writer' is a set of Powerpoint slides, each featuring a new word of the day. The purpose of this resource is to broaden the children's vocabulary and is aimed at KS2/lower KS3. The document displays the word, definition and example as well as a short writing task and there are 30 slides (enough for 6 weeks if used daily). The tasks are designed to be creative writing opportunities and so are very varied in theme! The word of the day does not necessarily 'fit' with the writing task, but as the children build up their vocabulary bank they should be able to use previous words to enhance their short piece of writing. This activity is designed to take about 10 minutes, and so can be used as a starter or daily activity during an allocated slot, e.g. register time. The way I have used this in the past is: - introduce the word, children repeat it aloud a few times - explain the definition and read through the example - children write down the word and the meaning in a vocabulary book - children complete the writing task, trying to use the new word or one of the previous words. PART 3

A planning sheet for writing a diary entry, covering one day (could be edited for any time period). Suitable for KS2.

SPAG Powerpoint 5 (of 5) A powerpoint comprising of 39 slides covering aspects of the SPAG curriculum, for example: • Verb-subject agreement • Antonyms • Past/present/future tense • Prepositions of time and place • Double negatives • Metaphors • Determiners • Diminutives, comparatives and superlatives • 7 x slides of revision Each topic includes a slide or two of teaching plus an activity slide based on the learning in that session (some, more complicated topics, run over a few days). The slides and tasks have been created for a short 15 minute SPAG session but could also be used as starters or in literacy lessons. At the end of each block of 4 topics is a quiz slide (which, if covered daily, would be a Friday session) which recaps the previous 4 topics covered. This Powerpoint has enough slides for 4-5 weeks of daily teaching (one topic per day). One further Powerpoints will be available soon covering the other areas in the SPAG curriculum, including a final revision set at the end.

Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo A ‘writing from 2 perspectives’ activity, from when Michael and Kensuke first meet. The actions of this section are broken down and the children have to put write how each character feels from their POV. Extract not included.

SPAG Powerpoint 4 (of 5) A powerpoint comprising of 72 slides covering aspects of the SPAG curriculum, for example: • Sentence types • Subordinating connectives • Non-finite clauses • Noun phrases • Expanded noun phrases • Interesting vocabulary • Adverbial phrase and clauses • Colons and semi-colons • Articles • Speech punctuation • Synonyms for said • Formal/informal language • Apostophes for possession • Apostophes for omission • Homophones Each topic includes a slide or two of teaching plus an activity slide based on the learning in that session (some, more complicated topics, run over a few days). The slides and tasks have been created for a short 15 minute SPAG session but could also be used as starters or in literacy lessons. At the end of each block of 4 topics is a quiz slide (which, if covered daily, would be a Friday session) which recaps the previous 4 topics covered. This Powerpoint has enough slides for 6 weeks of daily teaching (one topic per day). One further Powerpoints will be available soon covering the other areas in the SPAG curriculum, including a final revision set at the end. PLEASE NOTE: Some slides have been duplicated from previous Powerpoints for revision purposes and the lower price reflects this.