This resource contains an editable, 75-slide Powerpoint lesson on inverted commas (speech marks/quotation marks). It is appropriate for pupils in Years 3, 4 and 5 and older, SEN pupils who have yet to master the basics in punctuation. The Powerpoint demonstrates how to: use inverted commas to enclose direct speech punctuate reporting clauses and direct speech punctuate split speech set out dialogue in writing use interesting words to replace 'said' Many opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to punctuate direct speech. The PowerPoint also contains a hyperlink to a short video on how to punctuate direct speech. Please note that the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. 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. Save money and buy both resources in a bundle at a discounted rate: Inverted Commas PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook More 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

This is a Power-Point with over 100 slides on Shakespeare's The Tempest. There are resources and activities included within this. It is aimed at low ability KS3 and was made for special needs groups (Autism, Dyslexia and ADHD, predominantly) but easily differentiated. Whilst a text can be read alongside, this unit focuses on very short extracts to help students understand character and theme - whilst making it as accessible as possible to those who struggle. It is recommended students watch the play initially to help develop their visual understanding and then re-watch clips to support what they read. The activities are included and worksheets can be printed as individual slides. This can easily be adapted to challenge students further - and some suggestions are made in the notes section.

The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 2 is aimed at KS2 plus older pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.

KS2 (Key Stage 2) or early KS3 imaginative / descriptive writing story starters cards, featuring high quality photo prompts, vocabulary banks, prompt questions and more. These 20 full-page story generators can be used across a range of abilities and ages, especially in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 (Y4 / Y5 / Y6 / Y7), to spark ideas for stories. Great for reluctant writers and they have a dyslexia friendly format too. PDF format. In Scotland use for Primary 4, 5, and 6 and S1. You can purchase this as part of this Creative Writing Story Prompts BIG BUNDLE 100 Prompts! Use as warm ups, early finishers activities and as a framework for free writing sessions Each of the 20 A4 cards features a visual element (photo / picture stimulus), a starter sentence or part-sentence to help launch children into their fiction / narrative writing Prompt questions to get ideas going A word bank and suggested openers to add variety to their writing A box at the bottom reminds students to read their work aloud, check for full stops and capital letters and common spellings Range of subjects and genres including sport, mystery, humour, fantasy and historical. Plenty of variety so children can choose ones that appeal to them. UK and US English versions included, with spellings and references to ‘full stops’ and ‘periods’ etc amended as appropriate Designed to offer maximum support for dyslexic learners and those with similar barriers to learning. Verdana font and spacing used are both dyslexia-friendly and the background colours are designed to reduce glare. Both the UK and US cards are also included with the background colours removed and could be used if printing on dyslexia friendly paper or card. Could be used to support the writing of a full story Could also work well as a regular tool to support struggling writers in one-to-one or small group sessions, where students write a few sentences inspired by the prompts, without worrying about completing a story.   SAVE AS PART OF OTHER BUNDLES, SUCH AS… Creative Writing Story Prompts KS2 Writing See below for more options.   YOU MIGHT LIKE… Complex Sentences Cards Full Stops and Capital Letters Cards Improving Sentences Worksheets

The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 3 is aimed at KS2 plus KS3 pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.

The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 1 is aimed at KS1 plus older pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.

Second in a five-book series which is designed for children who need extra support and a small steps approach and which complements any phonics programme. Book 2 covers consonant-vowel-consonant words and helps pupils to learn about blending and segmenting. The clear layout and instructions enable independent working, and there is plenty of practice at each stage, making the sheets useful for literacy intervention. Each book has over 100 worksheets, is suitable for a wide age-range and is ideal for homework. 4 other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn.

Colourful semantics to go with 23 CVC words. I split these into 4 words per week (one week, has 3 words) and we work on spelling these words and using them in sentences, but this can be easily adapted if you wanted to use more words per week. I have included colourful semantics boards, from the basic Who, What doing, What, to more complex Who, What doing, What, Where, Why. I have laminated these for my class and differentiate so some of the students complete only the 3 word sentences and some complete the 4 or 5 word sentences, but using the same pictures. I have included 3 pictures of examples of students using the boards and words (I hav blanked out student names)

First in a five-book series which is designed for children who need extra support and a small steps approach and which complements any phonics programme. Book 1 provides a good start to learning about grapheme-phoneme correspondence: it concentrates on the letters of the alphabet and their sounds. The clear layout and instructions enable independent working, and there is plenty of practice at each stage, making the sheets useful for literacy intervention. Each book has over 100 worksheets, is suitable for a wide age-range and is ideal for homework. 4 other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn.

This big book aims to develop automatic reading and accurate spelling of the most common words used in children’s texts and writing. It deals with the 100 words that many schools teach beginner readers first. The small steps, easy format and wide appeal make the sheets suitable for a wide age range, including older pupils. 157 worksheets. A book called First 32 Words is also available. Previously sold through Easylearn.

Cloze the Gap uses activities involving cloze procedures to develop skills for text comprehension. The sheets contain a variety of text types with cloze-type activities. The low reading levels and high interest levels make it useful for a wide age range. Use this book to promote reading with understanding and increase reading confidence. Previously available through Easylearn.

Upper Key Stage 2 (KS2) creative writing resource to improve your students’ sentence structure. Whether used as a regular SPaG warm up or VCOP starter for writing, early finisher task, or main lesson task, these creative writing worksheets will get your students uplevelling their writing and extending sentences. There are 40 A4 dyslexia-friendly complex sentence construction trails, which includes differentiation and worked examples, to help add detail and interest to descriptive / creative writing. While stretching sentences, students will uplevel their vocabulary and use a variety of ambitious sentence structures. They’ll try more powerful verbs, interesting nouns, similes, start with adverbs or -ing and -ed words, add adjectives, drop further information into sentences using subclauses, use connectives to add information etc.   Ideal for KS2, especially Year 5 and Year 6 (Y5 / Y6), or KS3. In Scotland, ideal for Primary 6 and 7. All files in PDF within Zip file Scaffolds the imaginative writing of reluctant or struggling writers, while also challenging more able writers Each page starts with a simple, boring sentence and, step-by-step, learners extend and improve it, adding elements of VCOP and other sentence improvement techniques to construct a fuller description The worked examples provided could be shared on the board and perhaps printed and laminated to support less confident creative writers Works well as a regular SPaG warm up / starter for writing, an early finisher task, homework or main lesson task All resources included with and without cream background Printing with this background could support dyslexic learners and those with other barriers to learning or print no background versions on pastel paper to reduce glare Fonts used are dyslexia-friendly Use as worksheets or laminate for regular use (using dry-wipe pens) Enlarge to A3 for paired or group use   INCLUDES: 30 sheets for middle and higher ability / older students 10 worked examples for these 10 sheets for lower ability / younger students, featuring built in examples and fewer instructions   SAVE AS PART OF… Improving Sentences BUNDLE Literacy Activities KS2 BUNDLE Writing and Sentences Activities BUNDLE Literacy Activities Year 5 / 6 BUNDLE   YOU MIGHT LIKE… Complex Sentences Activity Cards Creative Writing Prompt Cards

This resource contains a set of 13 worksheets on identifying and using similes and metaphors. They are available in both PDF format and word to enable editing. Tasks include: Identifying similes and metaphors in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, A red, red rose by Robert Burns, several bible verses and Shakespeare quotes. Composing sentences and short paragraphs containing similes and metaphors on themes - foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, candle flame, trees It also contains an explanation sheet with examples of metaphors and similes and the difference between them. 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: Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint Lesson This resource contains a 39-slide PowerPoint lesson on similes and metaphors. The PowerPoint explains what similes and metaphors are and the difference between them. It also explains why they are used. It provides examples of similes and metaphors from poetry and literature - I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud (William Wordsworth) , The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes), My luv is like a red, red rose ( Robert Burns) and the Bible. Opportunities to are provided for pupils to identify similes and metaphors and The PowerPoint also contains images to stimulate pupils to compose their own similes and metaphors. Save money and buy both resources together at a discounted rate: Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint Lesson and Set of 13 Worksheets More Figurative Language 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

This resource contains worksheets on using full stops and capital letters accurately in sentence demarcation. Tasks include inserting full stops and capital letters in correct places, simple comprehension - pupils answer in full sentences, writing about a character. You may also be interested in: Literacy Resource Pack The resource includes a set of 14 exercises/ tasks to enable students to use full stops and capital letters accurately in sentence demarcation. Task 1 - Pupils rewrite a short paragraph (about 100 words) placing full stops and capital letters in the correct places. The content is designed to be engaging and about different characters who the pupils ought to be able to identify with. Task 2 - Pupils complete a short comprehension about the paragraph answering in full sentences with a capital letter at the beginning and full stop at the end. Task 3 - Involves pupils writing a short paragraph about a stimulating featured character. These worksheets are ideal to give pupils practice at using capital letters and full stops in their writing to reinforce and consolidate this skill. This resource is also appropriate for SEND pupils and older pupils who find sentence demarcation challenging. . More Free English Worksheets 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

The handbook includes background information for teachers about common spelling patterns, useful strategies, including mnemonics, and spelling and phonic games. Many of the ideas resources have been posted elsewhere - acknowledged at end.

A small version of the visual timetable for your whiteboard or other display with lots of different options for you to choose from. Includes all usual curriculum stuff but also; book talk, SEAL, maths and literacy activities, joke time, news time - all stuff I'm planning on squeezing in. Lunch and break are in different colours to break up the display. I mounted them on another colour and then laminated. They look really effective and don't take up too much room on the board. Hope someone finds them useful as well.

I designed this work sheet for my lower ability year 8 English class when I discovered that they didn't know their own address, how to address an envelope or how to start writing a letter. I followed it with homework - to learn their own address. Then I got students to address & write each other a postcard during one lesson é post it during one half term. They enjoyed bringing in their post to show everyone the following lesson.