A complete poetry lesson based on the fun scary poem ‘The Hairy Toe’ with PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Great for Halloween! Useful for whole class or guided reading sessions, literacy lessons or topic work. Also includes guidance for two follow-up writing activities. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS1. The 13 slide PPT contains: • The poem with supporting visual images • Background information about the poem • Discussion questions • Details of follow-up activities. The resource also includes: • A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight. • Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains a task to explore pupils’ basic understanding and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to language and inference.

A complete poetry lesson for KS2 based on the poem ‘My Heart’s in the Highlands’ by Robert Burns. Includes PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Ideal for exploring classic poetry; introducing pupils to the work of Scottish poet Robert Burns and discussing the celebration known as Burns Night. Also includes guidance for two follow-up writing activities. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. The 12 slide PPT contains: • The poem with supporting visual images • Background information about the poem • Discussion questions • Details of follow-up activities. The resource also includes: • A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight. • Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to exploring the poet’s use of language and finding textual evidence.

A complete PPT lesson resource to help students learn about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Ideal for Black History Month, studying civil rights, equality, discrimination, significant women or important historical figures. The PPT presentation contains details of Rosa Parks’ life and achievements with a range of questions to encourage discussion and deeper thinking. This resource includes two follow up activities: • Follow Up Activity 1 – An art activity in which pupils need to draw and colour people of different races sitting wherever they like on a bus to highlight why we are grateful to Rosa Parks. This activity is supported by the inclusion of two differentiated bus outlines for teachers to supply to students if needed. • Follow Up Activity 2 – An activity requiring students to write a recount of the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This activity is supported by pictures on the PPT to help students remember the events and activities in order. These pictures are also supplied on a worksheet should teachers wish to enable students to create a storyboard on paper by combining pictures of the events with writing.

The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to adverbs and adverbials. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 20 slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to adverbs and adverbials is included with an accompanying answer sheet.

The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to parenthesis. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 11 slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to parenthesis is included with an accompanying answer sheet.

A PPT based lesson for suitable for KS2 on the use of idioms. This lesson is linked to the following English national curriculum reading comprehension objectives: • Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (Year 3 and 4) • Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader (Year 5 and 6) The PPT contains: • Clear explanation • Examples of idioms • Three activities which require pupils to demonstrate their understanding of and use idioms. • Reflection questions enabling pupils to recap and consolidate their understanding at the end of the lesson. The PPT is fully editable giving you the flexibility to adjust aspects of the lesson to suit the needs of your pupils if required.

A PPT based lesson for suitable for KS2 on the use of personification. This resource is linked to the following English national curriculum reading comprehension objectives: • Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (Year 3 and 4) • Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader (Year 5 and 6) This lesson is also useful for helping pupils to understand how to use personification in their own writing. The PPT contains: • Clear explanation • Three examples of classic text extracts which include personification • Three activities which require pupils to demonstrate their understanding of and use personification • Reflection questions enabling pupils to recap and consolidate their understanding at the end of the lesson The PPT is fully editable giving you the flexibility to adjust aspects of the lesson to suit the needs of your pupils if required.

This PPT based lesson will help students to review the skills needed to write a persuasive letter. The lesson format is as below: Discuss: Talk about the features and purpose of persuasive letters and the set task. Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text. Write: Write a letter to try to prevent the closure of a local park Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made.

This PPT based lesson will help students to review the skills needed to write a setting description. The lesson format is as below: Discuss: Talk about the features and purpose of the text type and the set task. Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text. Write: Choose a character and create a written description of them. Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made.

A complete lesson based on the fantasy poem ‘Overheard on a Saltmarsh’ by Harold Monro. Includes a PPT presentation and comprehension tasks.Also includes guidance for two follow-up activities linked to drama and writing. Ideal for teachers exploring classic poetry. Great for guided or whole class reading sessions and literacy. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2. The 11 slide PPT contains: • The poem with supporting visual images • Background information about the poet and poem • Discussion questions • Details of follow-up activities The resource also includes: • A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight. • Two differentiated worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to the poet’s use of language, prediction and writing in the style of the poet.

A PPT based lesson for suitable for KS2 on the use of onomatopoeia. This resource is linked to the following English national curriculum reading comprehension objectives: • Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (Year 3 and 4) • Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader (Year 5 and 6) This lesson is also useful for helping pupils to understand how to use onomatopoeia in their own writing. The PPT contains: • Clear explanation • Three examples of classic text extracts which include onomatopoeia • Three activities which require pupils to demonstrate their understanding of and use onomatopoeia • Reflection questions enabling pupils to recap and consolidate their understanding at the end of the lesson The PPT is fully editable giving you the flexibility to adjust aspects of the lesson to suit the needs of your pupils if required.

A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 6 word objective requiring pupils to understand how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms. The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.

A biography of Nelson Mandela which includes a PPT, comprehension worksheets and follow up activities. Ideal for studying significant individuals, Black History Month and Mandela Day. Suitable for KS2. This resource includes: • A 14 slide PPT • A paper copy of Nelsons Mandela’s biography • Follow Up Activity 1- Differentiated comprehension questions • Follow Up Activity 2 - Students use pictures to write about key events in Nelson Mandela’s life. • Follow Up Activity 3 - A selection of quotes is provided for students for analysis and discussion. A worksheet for this activity is provided to be used if needed. • Follow – Up Activity 4 – Guidance to help students produce artwork based on the idea of South Africa as a ‘rainbow nation’. Two printables are provided to support this work if needed • A PDF of Nelson Mandela quotes which could be used for display • Planning guidance for the provided activities

A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 4 punctuation objective requiring pupils to understand the ‘use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech.’ The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.

A complete poetry lesson based on cinquain poetry. Includes a PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Also includes activities designed to help students create their own cinquains. These activities are ideal for helping pupils consider word choice, editing, syllables and layout. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. The 15 slide PPT contains: • Examples of cinquains with supporting visual images • Background information about how this type of poetry developed. • Discussion questions • Details of follow-up activities which provide guidance supporting students in writing their own cinquains The resource also includes: • A poem sheet containing two cinquains by Adelaide Crapsey – the poet who invented cinquains. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight. • Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains true/false statements about both poems and an activity that requires students to visualise one of the poems. Worksheet B contains more challenging activities requiring students to explore the language of the poems.

A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 5 punctuation objective requiring pupils to explore the use of ‘brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis’. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.

Three PPT based lessons linked to the statutory Year 2 word objectives requiring pupils to understand: Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives and the use of –ly to turn adjectives into adverbs The PPTs contain explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, short assessment tests containing five SATs style questions linked to each objective are included with accompanying answer sheets.

This resource includes a 12 slide PPT containing the Year 5 and 6 words broken down into 11 spelling lists with activities to aid spelling practice. Also included are three differentiated sets of worksheets for each of the 11 spelling lists. Activities are focused around developing strategies to learn the words and understanding their meaning. The content of the worksheets is shown below: Practise: Look Cover Write Check Spelling Sheets Consolidation: Correct the Spelling Worksheets Challenge: Match the Meaning Worksheets Plus, there is a copy of the year 5 and 6 spelling list. This is a comprehensive, straightforward and easy to use resource which allows for repeated spelling practice in order to ensure the pupil’s recall of the spellings is secure.

A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 1 sentence objective requiring pupils to understand joining words and joining clauses using and. The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion.

A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 5 word objective exploring ‘converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes’. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.