This bundle contains all cursive resources for KS1, LKS2 and UKS2 including yellow bubble scaffold sheets and word banks. Giving you the opportunity to save 33%!!
Bubble writing - cursive handwriting scaffold
Like many primary school teachers I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common problems with handwriting I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the line to support letter formation. This simple scaffold provides a guide to consistently form cursive letters and ensure each letter is uniform in both height and width. Children are able to leave equal spaces between words and see clearly whether or not there is enough space at the end of each line for the next word they intend to write. There has been a huge impact within my class in a very short space of time and I hope you will see similar benefits within your own setting.
Included is a PowerPoint presentation including words from the Year 5/6 spelling list that can be printed as a handwriting pack for children to work through. Blank slides enable you to add words to suit your needs and finally 2 different sized PDF scaffolds that children can use to write on (If photocopied the bubbles will disappear to leave the writing that has been completed.)
Bubble writing - cursive handwriting scaffold
Like many primary school teachers I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common problems with handwriting I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the line to support letter formation. This simple scaffold provides a guide to consistently form cursive letters and ensure each letter is uniform in both height and width. Children are able to leave equal spaces between words and see clearly whether or not there is enough space at the end of each line for the next word they intend to write. There has been a huge impact within my class in a very short space of time and I hope you will see similar benefits within your own setting.
Included is a PowerPoint presentation including words from the Year 3/4 spelling list that can be printed as a handwriting pack for children to work through. Blank slides enable you to add words to suit your needs and finally 2 different sized PDF scaffolds that children can use to write on (If photocopied the bubbles will disappear to leave the writing that has been completed.)
A Christmas Carol - AWARD NOMINATED: EVERY LESSON for Charles Dickens' text. 20x fully differentiated and resourced lessons to prepare KS3 and KS4 students for AQA GCSE English Literature questions on Charles Dickens' classic novella. All created by a Tes Bev Evans Award nominated author 2017.
Includes the following lessons:
1) Introduction to the text
2) Historical context
3) Stave one language analysis
4) Fred and Scrooge character analysis (Stave One)
5) Marley's Ghost - language analysis (Stave One)
6) Marley's message (Stave One)
7) The Ghost of Christmas Past (Stave Two)
8) Fezziwig (Stave Two)
9) Fan and Belle (Stave Two)
10) The Ghost of Christmas Present (Stave Three)
11) The Cratchits (Stave Three)
12) The Next Visits (Stave Three)
13) Stave Four - Part One
14) Tiny Tim and Scrooge - Stave Four
15) Stave Five - The End
16) SCHEME OF WORK - NEW!
17) Exam practice pack (10 questions)
18) Exam question review
19) Key quotes
20) Knowledge organiser for revision
Please note: When downloading a bundle each resource must be downloaded separately. If you have any issues downloading the resources please email me at info@englishgcse.co.uk and I will help you.
Bubble Writing Bundle - NON-CURSIVE
In addition to the Bubble Writing Starter Pack, you will receive two additional PowerPoint presentations containing Days/Months/Seasons and written forms of numbers to a million.
Like many primary school teachers I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common problems with handwriting I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the line to support letter formation. This simple scaffold provides a guide to consistently form printed letters and ensure each letter is uniform in both height and width. Children are able to leave equal spaces between words and see clearly whether or not there is enough space at the end of each line for the next word they intend to write. There has been a huge impact within my class in a very short space of time and I hope you will see similar benefits within your own setting.
Bubble writing - non-cursive handwriting scaffold
Like many primary school teachers I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common problems with handwriting I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the line to support letter formation. This simple scaffold provides a guide to consistently form printed letters and ensure each letter is uniform in both height and width. Children are able to leave equal spaces between words and see clearly whether or not there is enough space at the end of each line for the next word they intend to write. There has been a huge impact within my class in a very short space of time and I hope you will see similar benefits within your own setting.
Included is a PowerPoint presentation including commonly misspelled words that can be printed as a handwriting pack for children to work through. Blank slides enable you to add words to suit your needs and finally 2 different sized PDF scaffolds that children can use to write on (If photocopied the bubbles will disappear to leave the writing that has been completed.)
Full scheme of work covering all aspects of creative writing. Ideal in preparing students for GCSE English Language Paper 1, Section B.
Designed with the very latest developments in the 9-1 specification in mind, this is best suited to the AQA syllabus but would be equally useful for both KS3 prep and other exam boards.
Please see individual resources for more details. The lessons all work well as stand-alone, but if being used in sequence, the scheme runs as follows:
Lesson 1 - Vocabulary
Lesson 2 - Sensory Description
Lesson 3 - Devices and Techniques
Lesson 4 - Narrative and Descriptive Openings
Lesson 5 - Sentence Variation
Lesson 6 - Characterisation
Lesson 7 - Narrative Structure
Each lesson takes the form of a ‘masterclass’; each masterclass is packed with a range of activities that will enable your students to truly embed and master each aspect of creative writing. Each ‘lesson’ is probably going to take in excess of 2 hours to get through - you may wish to ‘pick and choose’ activities, or take your time with each skill area and cover them in depth.
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Like many primary school teachers I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common problems with handwriting I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the line to support letter formation.
This simple scaffold provides a guide to consistently form cursive letters and ensure each letter is uniform in both height and width. Children are able to leave equal spaces between words and see clearly whether or not there is enough space at the end of each line for the next word they intend to write.
These yellow scaffold sheets come in 4 different sizes and make it easier to see work done in pencil.
A double sided sound mat with all Read Write Inc. Set 2 and Set 3 sounds (with images) with the following additional resources on the back:
Number Formation 1-10
Upper and Lower Case Letter Formation
Hundred Square
Sentence Rules
1-30 Number Line
A collection of TWENTY English Language Paper 2 Question 5 lessons (17 x1 hour and 3x 2 hour) that cover writing to argue, writing to advise, writing to persuade, letter writing and essay writing. A great collection of differentiated activities, modelled examples, scaffolded sentences and guided peer and self reflection that enables students to learn from others and improve their non-fiction writing in preparation for AQA English Language Paper 2 Section B or Question 5.
The suggested order of lessons is as follows (although this is by no means obligatory):
AQA Paper 2 Section B Speech Writing
Speech Openers
Churchill Speech Writing
Lincoln Speech Writing
Speech Structure
Newspaper Writing
Magazine Article Writing
Writing to Persuade - Football
Greta Thunberg Speech Writing
Black History Month - Essay Writing
Writing to Advise
Letter Writing - Writing A Formal Letter
Writing to Persuade - Letters of Complaint
AQA English Language Exam Prep/Mock prep lesson
Pack also contains:
Assessment planning for writing to argue - could be used as a separate writing to argue lesson
Assessment planning for letter writing - could be used as a separate letter writing lesson
Paper 2 Question 5 revision pack
Knowledge organiser for revision
June 2018 AQA exam review lesson if you use this paper as a mock/prep
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This is a 4 week unit of work that is based on the books 'Cracking Contraptions' by Wallace & Gromit and 'Until I Met Dudley' by Roger McGough (illustrated by Chris Riddell). The end piece of writing is an explanatory text that is based on an invention that the pupils have to design. This has always been a fantastic unit where pupil's are inspired to create a great explanatory text rich with technical language. There are lots of chances to link it with Science or Design & Technology work for circuits.
The learning objectives for this unit of work are;
Stage 1- Stimulate and generate- Learning outcomes
• To understand the purpose of an explanation text
• To write an explanatory text
• To find evidence of an author’s style
• To explain how to do something in a clear and logical sequence
• To identify main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph
Stage 2 - Capture, Sift and Sort- Learning outcomes
• To find key features of an explanatory text
• To write consistently in the present tense
• To design a Cracking Contraption
• To label a diagram
• To write an opening statement
• To label a diagram
• To use causal conjunctions
• To sequence in logical steps
• To order an explanatory text correctly
• To improve a given explanation text using time connectives
• To write accurate titles for explanatory texts
• To write complex sentences
Stage 3 - Create refine evaluate- Learning outcomes
• To create and label a Cracking Contraption
• To write an explanatory text
• To prepare a public presentation
• To present clearly with good voice projection to an audience
This unit of work uses the 3 stage planning process of:
• Stimulate and generate
• Capture, sift and sort
• Create, refine and evaluate
Stimulate and generate = This usually starts with a hook to interest the class where the class realise who they are going to write for so they have a clear purpose and audience. Activities can include reading excellent model texts, drama or researching more about the author or the content of the book.
Capture, sift and sort = This is the part of the unit where pupils look at key features, practise skills they will need in order to complete the final piece or new learning for objectives they have not learnt yet.
Create, refine, evaluate = This is where you bring all you have learnt together and plan the final piece before you write it and then edit it to improve the piece. This can include self, peer or teacher led reviewing.
Some more Christmas activities for your classes.
-Bingo
-Code breakers
-Mixed up sentences
-Word search
-Mixed up paragraphs
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Bubble writing - cursive word bank
Like many primary school teachers I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common problems with handwriting I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the line to support letter formation. This simple scaffold provides a guide to consistently form cursive letters and ensure each letter is uniform in both height and width. Children are able to leave equal spaces between words and see clearly whether or not there is enough space at the end of each line for the next word they intend to write. There has been a huge impact within my class in a very short space of time and I hope you will see similar benefits within your own setting.
Included is a PowerPoint presentation including all numbers to a million in written form.
It is suggested that this resource is used alongside the full pack for the relevant Key Stage available from my TES store.
This bundle allows pupils to practise their handwriting and spellings concurrently. The spellings have been sourced from the National Curriculum Statutory Spellings List for Years 5&6.
There are 3 documents provided in this bundle.
The 1st document provides children with one of the 5/6 statutory spellings which is written with ‘dots’ which sit on the guidelines. Children are to trace these letters which will help with their letter formation.
The 2nd document removes the guide lines, but still provides the ‘dots’ for the children.
The 3rd document removes the dots and provides the student with a series of guidelines. The upper line contains a Y5/6 spelling in a cursive style as a guide for the student. The lower line is where the student should try to replicate the above example.
The Year 3 and 4 pack can be located here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-and-4-handwriting-and-spelling-booklet-12283690
A better option would be to purchase the KS2 Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-ks2-handwriting-and-spelling-booklet-bundle-12284599
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**KS1 Dinosaur Literacy plan. Letter Writing using Dear Dinosaur - ends in writing a real letter to post. **
Key Stage 1 planning (can be adapted to suit KS2)
YouTube link to the book included.
Teach letter writing, punctuation, spelling, personal pronouns, capitals for proper nouns and sentence construction. Linked to Dear Dinosaur book (with real letters.) Wider world - about museums and dinosaurs.
Includes:
detailed letters
Lesson Plan
Powerpoint also available in PDF
PDFs for whiteboards of various resources
sound files of dinosaur roars
a letter from the dinosaur with a master to adapt
postcard to print and use with children
2 birthday cards to write in, relating the the book
plus other resources for ten lessons on writing letters
Lots of YouTube links are provided to enthuse and motivate further.
Suitable for KS1 particularly Year 1 children, although can be adapted for Y3.
An overview of the lessons:
Lesson 1 - About Dinosaurs and museums - hook and grab for book ( MP4 of moving T Rex and sounds provided)
Lesson 2 - Looking at dinosaurs and asking questions using a question mark.
** (PDF or Powerpoint of high quality T Rex photos and questions provided.)**
Lesson 3 - Using personal pronoun I. Use I’m, I’ll, I, I’ve.
Lesson 4 - Using capitals for personal pronouns.
Compose the first letter and read the book. (Link provided.)
Lesson 5 - Finding the letter from the dinosaur (resource provided plus blank
to adapt your own). Responding with questions.
Lesson 6 - Letter layout and replying to the dinosaur letter.
Lesson 7 - Spelling and handwriting work - write in a birthday card. (Provided.)
Lesson 8 - Use punctuation.?! when writing a** post card. (Provided.)**
Lesson 9 & 10 write a real letter to a museum with purpose and post.
I try to provide my resources so you can simply download, print and teach, as I know how busy all teachers are!
A simplistic lesson that focuses on improving basic spelling, punctuation and grammar in description.The main focus is fixing SPAG in a poorly modeled description and then continuing and improving the same paragraph. Suitable for KS3 and lower ability KS4. Successfully delivered to lower ability Y10.
UPDATED FOR 2023
A great writing project to allow children to learn GPS while writing a wonderful story. Great for catch up and will last weeks. You don’t need the book as the PPT has it all.
38 slides (to accompany the book Journey). Each slide has a different focus.
A step by step approach that introduces all aspects of the writing assessment criteria including:
• creating atmosphere, and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action
• using a range of cohesive devices, including adverbials, within and across sentences and paragraphs sentences and paragraphs
• using passive and modal verbs mostly appropriately
• using a wide range of clause structures, sometimes varying their position within the sentence
• using adverbs, preposition phrases and expanded noun phrases effectively to add detail, qualification and precision
• using mostly correctly:
inverted commas
commas for clarity
punctuation for parenthesis
• making some correct use of:
semi-colons
dashes
colons
hyphens
• semi-colons to mark the boundary between independent clauses
• colons to mark the boundary between independent clauses
This was a real labour of love. Enjoy.
Some simple booklets I put together for a mixed KS3/4 class of SLD/MLD/ASD students to practice cursive writing and printing.
The contents are:
• Small letters
• Tall and dangly letters
• Capital letters
• CVC words
• CCVC words
• sh words
• ch
• th
• ai
• ee
• igh
• oo
• oa
• HF
See my other booklets, including editable versions and non cursive versions
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12883846
I have included three different exam papers for EDUQAS GCSE English Language paper 1 reading. For each one I have provided grade 9 answers for your students' revision. Very clear and informative.
This means you have 15 different grade 9 answers. Really helped the students a lot.
This is a 4 week unit of work that is based around Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Wolves in the Walls’ book. This is a challenging text, as it covers the issue of nightmares but it really engages the boys in my class. Neil Gaiman has a fantastic story telling ability (he also wrote Coraline). The end piece is designed to be a descriptive nightmare where the child experienced it learns what to do in their life after they wake up. This unit of work is targeted best at Year 4 - 6 pupils. I have included all the resources you need to start teaching this tomorrow. Below are all the learning objectives and resources included for the unit:
Stage 1- Stimulate and generate- Learning outcomes
• To write a letter to a character in a book
• To create a fantasy world
• To select and retrieve key information
• To discuss philosophical ideas
• To find the meaning of words
Stage 2 - Capture, Sift and Sort- Learning outcomes
• To find the key features descriptive writing
• To write sentences using conjunctions
• To find near synonyms
• To write produce internally coherent paragraphs
• To write sentences with embedded clauses
• To write about all 5 senses
• To use a fronted adverbial to explain how, when or where something took place
• To write expanded noun phrases
Stage 3 - Create refine evaluate- Learning outcomes
• To plan my writing by discussing and recording ideas
• To plan and organise my ideas to effectively support my writing
• To revise, edit evaluate and improve my writing
• To revise, edit evaluate and improve my writing
• To create illustrations for a piece of writing
• To read my story to another pupil
Resources Include:
• 1 - Postcard from Lucy
• 3 - Animals in Dreams
• 3 - Animals in Dreams Reading Comprehension
• 4 - Philosophical Questions
• 5 – Reading
• 5 – Wolves Word Mat
• 6 - Key Features of Descriptive Writing
• 8 – Shades of meaning
• 10 - Embedded clauses
• 11 - 5 Senses
• 11 - Fantasy Pictures
• 12 - Fronted Adverbials WT
• 13 - Monk & Monkey Photos
• 14 – Storyboard
• 16 - Success Criteria
• WAGOLL
• PowerPoint LOs
This unit of work uses the 3 stage planning process of:
Stimulate and generate = This usually starts with a hook to interest the class where the class realise who they are going to write for so they have a clear purpose and audience. Acticitives can include reading excellent model texts, drama or researching more about the author or the content of the book.
Capture, sift and sort = This is the part of the unit where pupils look at key features, practise skills they will need in order to complete the final piece or new learning for objectives they have not learnt yet.
Create, refine, evaluate = This is where you bring all you have learnt together and plan the final piece before you write it and then edit it to improve the piece. This can include self, peer or teacher led reviewing.