Mobile Phones Debate, Text, Questions and Writing Task Should children use mobile phones or should they be banned in schools? This 4-page activity booklet raises this important issue. Fully editable.

Focus: Capital letters and full stops. 2 activity booklets. 4 pages in total. Resource 1: A 2-page activity booklet that focuses on capital letters and full stops. Answers provided. Resource 2: A 2-page activity booklet that focuses on capital letters and full stops. Answers not provided. Suitable for younger learners (5 - 9 years). Fully editable.

2 fully-editable non-fiction resources: A poster highlighting some features of a non fiction text. Features of a non-fiction text matching activity - match the correct word with its correct definition. Answers provided Ideal for 7 - 11 years. Fully editable.

Play script writing template A 2-page versatile play script writing template. Fully editable.

Mr Men - character profile worksheets 2 character profile worksheets. Fully editable.

A 9-slide PowerPoint that explaims simple, compound and complex sentences. Slide 1: Title. Slide 2: 3 types of sentences. Slide 3: Simple sentence. Slide 4: Compound sentence. Slide 5: Activity: Add ‘and’, ‘but’, or ‘or’ to make each pair of simple sentences into a compound sentence. Slides 6 - 8: Complex sentences. Slide 9: Activity: Underline the main clause in each of the sentences. Appropriate for 7 - 11 years. Fully editable.

A fully editable 9-page EAL screening form. The aim of this screening form is to establish a student’s basic English language proficiency; to identify a student who requires EAL, EFL, ESL support and to identify topic areas a student may need to develop. Before carrying out the screening form, it is helpful to say to the child, ‘During the task, I will circle some areas that you find a bit tricky. This is to help me know which areas I need to focus on in class so that I can make your English even better!’ By saying this, the student will be reassured from the start. . The following 23 topic areas are assessed: Colours Numbers (0 - 9) Numbers (10 – 20) Body parts Head / Face Clothes Household objects School Shapes Action words Domestic Animals Weather words Food - Basics Food - Fruit Food - Vegetables Fast food Wild Animals Gardening Positional Words Days of the week Times of the day Months of the year Professions / Jobs

3 letter writing templates: Formal writing templates (x2) Informal writing template Fully editable.

PowerPoint Presentation - Simple features of a newspaper report: Headline. Opening Sentence. Main body of text. Photo. Caption. Final Sentence.

4 resources in total Plan and create your own rhyming couplet poems using these versatile worksheets. 8 pages in total. Fully editable.

A 59-slide animated PowerPoint AND set of worksheets - the majority of which are related to ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by Lynne Cherry. The PowerPoint focuses on WRITING TO PERSUADE with the last few slides dedicated to advertisements. 10 integrated and exciting activities. Fully editable. Ideal for Year 3 or Year 4. 10 days of activities. Over 20 hours of planning!

Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability). Fully editable. PowerPoint - 6 slides showing examples of speech written in speech bubbles and in sentences. Also attached is a 4-page activity booklet: Activity 1: Students must write down something each character might say in the speech bubble provided. Then they must write out the speech in a full sentence (using speech marks). The first is done for them. Activity 2: Students must give each character a name. Then they must write something the characters are saying to each other in the speech bubbles. Finally, they must write the conversation on the lines. The first one has been done for them. Activity 3: Same as activity 2 but this time the conversation must be BIGGER. Activity 4: A character called ‘Amelia’ must ask Tom a question then respond to his reply. Students must copy out the conversation on the lines provided.

Iron Man Poetry Unit of Work + Resources Attached is a fully editable 1-week Iron Man Unit Plan (this can easily be extended to 2 or 3 weeks). Genre: Poetry. Focus Text: The Iron Man by Brenda Williams. A 36-slide PowerPoint complements the unit of work - just click through each slide. All of the activities/resources are in the slide show - just print off the relevant slides. Optional homework task also included. . Objectives for each lesson: LESSON 1: To describe the Iron Man; To perform verses of the Iron Man; To rewrite verses of the original text. LESSON 2: To compose poetry verses describing the ‘Return of the Iron Man’; To perform poetry using a set criterion. LESSON 3: To create a character profile sheet of the Iron Man using rhyming words; To choose and describe a pretend job The Iron Man might do on his ‘home’ planet; To compose and write a poem based on the Iron Man’s pretend job using rhyming couplets. . Please note: Each lesson is designed to last approximately 1 to 2 hours (this all depends on the age and ability of your class).

This bundle of 6 resources includes: A PowerPoint showing examples of what it means to explain. An explanation rubric. A ‘What is it?’ activity. A writing to explain 4-page activity booklet. A Cause and Effect PowerPoint. A 36-slide PowerPoint containing the following information: What are explanation texts? Identifying the subject in an explanation text. 6 Explanation texts: 1. Water pollution 2. The production of paper 3. Health and Beauty 4. How do volcanoes erupt? 5. What would happen if humans didn’t have bones? 6. What do muscles do? Layout of an explanation text Cause and effect – connectives, examples and activities. More explanation activities

A 28-slide PowerPoint full of past, present and future tense sentence-based activities. Fully editable, fun and interactive.

Comparatives and Superlatives - Slide Show. 7 Slides: Slide 3: What are Comparative adjectives? Slide 4: Comparatives example. Slide 5: What are Superlative adjectives? Slide 6: Superlatives example. Slide 7: Examples of Comparative and Superlative adjectives. Fully editable.

Overview: A 25-slide PowerPoint with 5 integrated activities. 7 animal poems to share in the PowerPoint. Fully editable, animated, clear and fun. Ideal for Year 2 and above. 2 poetry writing frames PLUS an animal poems booklet included. . Contents of PowerPoint: Questions about poetry. A poem that teaches you something. A poem that uses lots of great verbs. Poems that use lots of description. Poems that use similes. A poem that uses rhyming couplets. Performance poetry! Final Challenge!

Attached are a variety of slide shows for teaching CVC words to Early Years. 7 slide shows. Slide Show 1 = 7 slides Slide show 2 = 7 slides Slide show 3 = 28 slides Slide show 4 = 7 slides Slide show 5 = 11 slides Slide show 6 = 7 slides Slide show 7 = 5 slides

2 vocabulary-building activities. Both worksheets are fully editable. Activity 1: Vocabulary Building, Activity 2: Vocabulary 4-Dimensional Study.