A set of approximately 300 Powerpoint slides for teaching SPAG topics in starters or short teaching sessions. 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.

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 in each Powerpoint there are 30 slides (enough for 18 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.

A KS2 Writing Planning Sheet set, containing 13 planning sheets for both fiction and non-fiction writing: Balanced arguments Biography/autobiography Diary entry Dilemma story Explanation text Instruction text Newspaper Non-chronological report Persuasive article Persuasive writing/speech Spy Thriller story Stories from other cultures Some are differentiated, others can be easily adapted to differentiate up or down.