SATS 2020 - 100 SPAG questions organised by topic to revise for the KS2 tests. This is a helpful revision tool for the Y6 SPAG test. The tool can be used all year round to prepare students for the requirements of the 2020 SATS or as a last minute revision activity. Get ready for the 2020 KS2 grammar assessments with this SATS Question Generator! Covering all of the grammar content domains, you can use this SATS revision resource to practise the different types of questions that might come up in the grammar paper. Select one of the following modes: - Choose a particular grammar domain or topic to revise - Random mode, giving you a mixture of all types of questions The SATs revision resource is perfect for teachers to use as morning work, lesson starters or revision sessions or alternatively for pupils to practise independently at school or at home. Each slide contains a new question in the style of the SATS GPS test paper and an answer to reveal. < This is a must-have resource for Y6 pupils working towards their GPS SATS tests! You might also like our similar resource: Y6 SATS Question Generator: Reading #helpwithsats

This is a SPG treasure hunt I have written to help my Year 6 children with their Grammar revision. The treasure hunt contains 50 SATs style questions, which I have written myself, leaning towards some of the more challenging questions on the paper. I laminated each of the question cards, sticking them around the school. The children worked in mixed ability pairs to hunt down the questions and answer them together. They absolutely loved this light-hearted approach to SATs revision and I hope your children find it useful too.

This resource contains a set of eleven worksheets containing 66 SATS style questions on grammatical terms and word classes. The resource includes questions (and answers) on the following: Verbs Adjectives Conjunctions Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Relative Pronouns Adverbs Prepositions Determiners Subject and Object The resource is available in both a PDF and an editable word version to enable teachers to personalise/amend the resource. Please note that the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. The resource can be found in the zip file when you download it. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: Key Stage 2 100 Question SPaG SATS Revision PowerPoint Quiz This resource contains a 100 question quiz/revision resource on KS2 SATS English - spelling punctuation and grammar. The questions are in SATS style and include questions on grammatical terms, word/classes, combining words, punctuation and spelling. More SATS English Resources Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide: How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide

SPAG Master is a game I use with Year 6 in the last few weeks before the SATs. You know how it feels - when you’ve done past paper after past paper and you still need to work on retrieval but you need some ENERGY! This is a quiz which involves partner work, team names and unlimited points and my children LOVE it. Covering all of the Punctuation and Grammar question areas from Paper 1 in a quiz format. Children work in pairs for this quiz. For each section (PPT slide) each child will be given 2 to 3 minutes (your discretion) to answer the questions independently on their own piece of paper. The next 2 minutes will be sharing and discussing answers with their partner. Before sharing, they will need to decide upon a final answer as a team. This is great for peer work, talking through HOW they came to their answer. Points are decided by the teacher: correct answers; superb explanations; good behaviour; staying focused I also deduct points to maintain behaviour management: shouting out, arguing etc. I find that the children learn very quickly that it’s all a bit of fun in the midst of all their revision and behave well beyond the first couple of deductions! Having ultimate power over the points also ensures that you can award points to children with low self esteem who need the boost. There are over 20 colourful question slides, each containing at least 4 SPAG questions. This quiz can easily be broken down into sections, over several sessions . I show this as a PPT presentation and everyone looks at the whiteboard but I have also included a PDF in case you need to print out questions. Another PPT and PDF contains the answers which I use as a class so I can see what everyone is getting out of it, what my areas of need are, giving out points and also to keep up the energy. However, this could also be used for self marking. I really hope you and your class enjoy this resource as much as we do!

Introducing The Unfair Game - the ultimate twist on SPAG revision for Year 6 Grammar SATs paper 1! Say goodbye to boring practice papers and standing at photocopiers and hello to thrilling competition that keeps your class on their toes. With The Unfair Game, your students will dive into grammar revision with excitement, all while honing their skills for the big test. Questions are all inspired by previous SATs tests. Here’s what makes The Unfair Game stand out: • Unpredictable Point Values: Each SPAG question comes with a randomly assigned point value. But here’s the twist - some points are positive, while others are negative. You never know if you’ll gain or lose points with each question! • Strategic Decision-Making: Teams take turns answering questions, but the fun doesn’t stop there. After correctly answering, teams face a dilemma: keep the points for themselves or pass them to another team. But here’s the catch: they must decide before seeing the point value! • Engaging Gameplay: With its competitive format, The Unfair Game transforms SPAG revision into a much-needed bit of fun. Students will be fully engaged as they attempt to strategise, collaborate, and showcase their grammar knowledge. • Revise with Fun: Say goodbye to revision fatigue! The Unfair Game injects excitement into the final weeks of SATs prep, ensuring that students stay motivated and energised as they review grammar concepts. Are you ready to shake up your SATs revision routine? With The Unfair Game, grammar revision has never been more thrilling or unfair! Get ready to outsmart, outplay, and conquer the SATs with style!

Do you want to inspire your year 3 or year 4 pupils to write creatively and imaginatively? Do you want to teach them how to use descriptive language effectively and confidently? Do you want to have fun with your class while covering the explanation text genre? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this lesson is for you! This lesson will engage your pupils in a descriptive writing task that will challenge them to create their own mythical creature and explain how to care for it. From dragons to cyclops, your pupils will use their teamwork skills to build vocabulary as groups before going onto an independent task. They will discuss verbs, adjectives, similes, adverbs and conjunctions, and use them to enhance their writing. This lesson is easily adapted from 20 minutes to an hour or even longer, depending on your needs and objectives. It is suitable for both lower and higher ability pupils, as it includes many differentiated resources such as: ★ Detailed lesson plan with differentiated questions for assessment for learning Interactive PowerPoint that guides you and your pupils through the lesson ★ Vocabulary sheet for lower ability pupils that provides them with useful words and phrases ★ Vocabulary sheet for middle and higher ability pupils that challenges them to find their own words and phrases ★ Sentence starters that help pupils structure their writing ★ WAGOLL (what a good one looks like) that models an explanation text about dragons ★ Activity one sheets that give pupils a choice of five different creatures to describe ★ Activity two sheets that are differentiated four ways with different activities for each (cloze activity, fill in table, success criteria, and extension task) This lesson is rated outstanding by Ofsted inspectors, who praised its creativity, motivation, and differentiation. It is also aligned with the national curriculum objectives for writing in key stage 2. Your pupils will love this lesson and will produce amazing descriptive writing pieces that you can proudly display in your classroom or school. Don’t miss this opportunity to spark your pupils’ imagination and enthusiasm for writing. Download this lesson today and get ready to enter the magical world of mythical creatures! You may also be interested in… ☆ ☆ ☆ Customer Support If you have any questions or feedback about this resource, please contact us at explore_education@outlook.com. We are always happy to hear from you and to help you make the most of our products. Special Offer: We appreciate your feedback on this resource. If you leave a review, you can get another resource of your choice for free! Just send us an email with your purchase receipt and a screenshot of your review to claim your offer. Tags: descriptive writing, explanation text, mythical creatures, year 3, year 4, LKS2, KS2, Ofsted, outstanding, differentiated, vocabulary, verbs, adjectives, similes, adverbs, conjunctions, dragons, cyclops

This resource contains a quiz/revision resource on KS2 SATS English - spelling punctuation and grammar. It can be used as a quiz or as a revision resource. The quiz can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the question image on the bottom right-hand corner of each slide. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end. An answer sheet is included to record answers. The quiz includes SATS style questions on: grammatical terms, word/classes - nouns, verbs, adjectives, coordinating and subjunctive conjunctions, pronouns possessive, relative, adverbs, adverbials, prepositions, determiners, subject and object, verb tenses, modal verbs, present and past progressive,passive and active, clauses - main, fronted adverbials, subordinate, relational, punctuation - full stops, commas in lists, commas to clarify meaning, question marks, exclamation marks, inverted commas, apostrophes, colons, semi-colons, capital letters, hyphens, direct speech, brackets, determiners, articles - definite and indefinite, function of sentences - declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences (statement, question, command, exclamation), vocabulary -synonyms and antonyms, prefixes and suffixes, spelling - homophones and plurals. You may also be interested in: Key Stage 2 SPaG SATS Set of 66 SATS Style Questions This resource contains a set of 66 SATS style questions on grammatical terms and word classes. The resource includes questions on the following: Nouns Verbs Adjectives Conjunctions Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Relative Pronouns Adverbs Prepositions Determiners Subject and Object Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide: How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide

A set of 15 fully prepared, highly detailed PowerPoint based lessons that include: the pages from the actual story, a range of activities per lesson, useful printable resources. The first two lessons are available to download free, to get a sense of the lesson structure (look in my shop). The book, Ocean Meets Sky, is beautiful. I have used these PP lessons with my Year 3 class and had incredible work created by them. Their level of thinking and inferencial work has blown me away, along with their writing. The work actually lasted me an entire term to get through - 6 weeks. There is more than a single lesson’s worth of work within each PowerPoint. I’ve poured my heart and soul into making these PowerPoints beautiful to see, easy to use, resource and understand. The lessons are definitely suitable for Lower KS2, and can work wonderfully with minimal adaptation for Upper KS2 also (my Y6 colleague confirmed this). **You do not need to buy the book in order to use these lessons **- the pages are within. But I would recommend buying ‘Ocean Meets Sky’ - the children LOVED reading this book (by the Fan Brothers) and seeing the illustrations in person. This beautiful and poignant story has stunning illustrations throughout (matched in the PowerPoints) and explores themes of family, memory and loss. The unit begins by introducing the authors to the children and highlighting the power of bookmaking/storytelling. Children find a mysterious box in the classroom labelled Grandpa’s Stuff. Inside they will find clues to who Grandpa was and his relationship with the main character, Finn. Finn misses his Grandfather after he has passed away and longs to travel to the fantastical worlds that his Grandpa would tell him about in his stories. Children are given a variety of meaningful writing opportunities throughout the sequence and gradually build up the skills to write an extended fantasy story of their own. Main outcomes: Setting and character descriptions, labels, diary entry, postcard, captain’s log, instructions, dialogue, extended fantasy narrative. The resources are based on the planning sequences for the same book by the Literary Curriculum. I’d recommend taking a look at their site for the planning document that aligns with this (and see the other brilliant stories they’ve created plans for).

Here is my most successful unit! Every year, children produce fantastic writing. I have used it in Year 5, but it could be easily adapted for use in any Key Stage 2 class. Although Morpurgo’s version of the classic poem is fantastic, this unit is based on a very short, simplified version of Beowulf (written as a story), which can be read quickly and used as a model for children’s writing. There is still plenty of rich vocabulary and figurative language to explore. I have included two versions of the model: a 500 word version and a more detailed 900 word version. This carefully planned unit is three weeks long. Firtsly, children learn the story through a series of drama activities. Later on in the unit, they change the story, and retell it from the monster’s perspective - great fun! Finally, they create a legend of their own, using the pattern of Beowulf - a ‘defeating the monster’ pattern. Of course, there is plenty of grammar, comprehension and vocabulary work included throughout (all in the ZIP folder). Many sessions and writing tasks (including the final outcome) are differentiated, for mixed ability classes. I have also given suggested passages for whole class shared writing - an essential part of teaching writing. This unit is ready to go. Creative teachers (and children!) will enjoy getting stuck-in to this one. Please also check out my new unit ‘Theseus and the Minotaur’. It’s my most comprehensively resourced unit to date, with every lesson creatively planned in detail and many sessions resourced for SEN, EXP and GDS. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theseus-and-the-minotaur-3-weeks-of-detailed-planning-fully-resourced-and-differentiated-11914692

Complete Punctuation and SPaG scheme of work for Key Stage 3 and GCSE. It’s time to win the battle against poor grammar and punctuation once and for all! Complete unit of work which will allow your students to master advanced punctuation as well as engage with a range of exciting creative writing tasks. If you are anything like me, explicit teaching/reminding of how to properly apply punctuation is ESSENTIAL for all ability ranges, especially with the new specification GCSE placing so much emphasis on AO6. These lessons are certainly geared more towards KS3 and KS4 students. Powerpoints are light hearted and fun, with plenty of images/colour and silly jokes to keep your students engaged and entertained. I’ve found these lessons serve as an excellent ‘crash course’ in punctuation either at the beginning of the academic year or in the run up to the GCSE exams. Below is a list of contents: Commas (£2 if purchased on its own) - Commas powerpoint lessons Commas in a list worksheet Commas in a complex sentences worksheet Colons (£2 if purchased on its own) - Colon powerpoint lessons Mastering colons worksheet Semi-Colons (£2 if purchased on its own)- Semi-colon lesson powerpoints Semi-colon worksheets (x2) Semi-colon writing success criteria worksheet Speech- (£2 if purchased on its own) Speech powerpoint lessons Speech worksheet Speech mixed practice worksheet Writing success criteria worksheet Editing and proof reading - (£3 if purchased on its own) Editing and proof reading mini scheme powerpoint (nearly 50 slides) Editing and proof reading worksheets (£2 if purchased separately) A wide range of proof reading worksheets that you can use to consolidate and improve your student’s SPaG and proof reading abilities after you have finished the unit of work. This unit would suit a range of abilities as there is lots of scope for stretch and challenge, with ambitious success criteria and extension tasks built in throughout. Scaffolding and differentiation options are built in where appropriate. Fully resourced and ready to roll, minimal adaptation or tweaking required. This is obviously a SPaG/Punctuation scheme of work, but it is equally focused on creative/descriptive writing too. Much of the content is therefore ideal for teaching general creative writing skills or preparing for the fiction writing task on the new specification (9-1) GCSE English Language exam. Grab a bargain compared to buying these resources separately. If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like! (Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)

2 literacy booklets with a range of tasks focusing on grammar, punctuation, reading skills and vocabulary. These booklets are aimed at KS3and KS4 low ability pupils but I have found it useful to use certain pages as lesson starters to recap with higher ability pupils too. Topics include: nouns verbs adjectives adverbs noun phrases verb phrases subject verb object simple and compound sentences avoiding splicing skimming and scanning coordinating conjunctions commas apostrophes subordinating conjunctions improving vocabulary complex sentences tenses summarising making inferences bias in writing comprehensions speech marks capital letters and full stops dictionary skills clauses subject-verb agreement

A complete 3/4 week unit on persuasive letter writing using the Day The Crayons Quit as inspiration! A creative and engaging Talk For Writing unit that produces fantastic innovated letters as the end point! Includes planning lesson slides (Active Inspire and Powerpoint) model text and picture map, lesson resources and comprehension questions. Children will learn the features of persuasive writing, vocabulary for emotions, rhetorical questions, the effect of short sentences, apostrophes for contraction, connective sentence starters. They will then adapt the model text to write a letter from an alternative classroom object that has an issue with something! Enjoy!

#No additional resources needed. Click here to download lesson 1 for FREE. This unit includes 10 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to teach Year 3 children all about Non-Chronological Reports. They will begin by reading, exploring and identifying the features of this type of text before using their knowledge to plan and write their own non-chronological reports. They will have the option of 4 interesting sports to research (using the internet, nonfiction books or both), and will use this information to create their own reports in a similar style. They will create, share, edit and improve their drafts before creating a polished report ready for display! SPAG/GPS covered: Word Classes, Clauses, Conjunctions, Spellings and Suffix Rules. Lesson 1: To identify features of non-chronological reports Lesson 2: To recognise word classes and clauses Lesson 3: To understand how to create a formal tone Lesson 4: To apply spelling rules when adding suffixes Lesson 5: To plan a non-chronological report Lesson 6: To begin writing a non-chronological report Lesson 7: To extend sentences using conjunctions Lesson 8: To edit and improve my writing Lesson 9: To prepare and deliver a persuasive argument Lesson 10: To create a non-chronological report for display This bundle comes with an End of Unit Child and Teacher Assessment Sheet to allow each pupil to assess and reflect on their own learning. Total Number of Slides: 51 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Activities and Resources Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men.' It contains comprehensive sections on: - Context; - Chapter by Chapter Summary (with quotes); - Main Characters; - Themes; - Literary Features; - The Origins of the Book Title. Key words and ideas are underlined for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

An easy to use reading comprehension pack with three sections of differentiated questions. This activity focuses on urgent environmental issues . It can be used in form time as part of literacy focus, or in an English lesson for KS3/4 GCSE comprehension training. It is interesting, useful, very easy to use and good to raise awareness of envirornmental issues. For everything English GCSE and KS3, free and inexpensive, check out my Tes Award nominated shop: Lead Practioner's English Store

AQA Explorations in Creative Writing - Descriptive writing. Could be used for KS3 or KS4. A stand alone worksheet to help student plan and write a descriptive piece of writing based on an image.

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I'm using this as a reminder to pupils (and I am embarrassed to say which year they are in!) but I thought it could be useful to others. A ppt for recapping how to use some punctuation in a sentence correctly, looking specifically at questions and statements, capital letters, and apostrophes (with omission only, not possession - that will come in another ppt later).