This resource contains an informative and fully editable 75-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and work of William Shakespeare, The Bard of Avon. It is an ideal resource for World Book Day, William Shakespeare Week and Shakespeare's birthday. The Powerpoint focuses on: His birthplace and parentage His family References to, and excerpts from, well-known plays – Hamlet, Macbeth The Globe Theatre and Shakespeare Memorial Theatre The Puritans' banning of theatres and plays The Royal Shakespeare Company Shakespeare's contribution to the English language His burial place New Place Shakespeare Week Shakespeare's Annual Birthday Celebration in Stratford The presentation also contains hyperlinks to engaging, short clips (3 minutes) of Macbeth – film and Opera versions. There are also links to Shakespeare's birthday celebration parade in Stratford and an entertaining stage debate about which word to stress in the phrase 'to be or not to be' involving Prince Charles, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant. A simple text version of this resource, more suitable for primary / older SEN pupils, is also available: William Shakespeare Simple Text Presentation You may also be interested in: Shakespeare - Set of 45 Quote Posters William Shakespeare Puzzle Pack William Shakespeare Bundle William Shakespeare Quotes Quiz 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 a handy and succinct, A4 size memo mat on the functions of commas: To clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity To separate items in a list or series To separate direct speech from a reporting clause To separate a subordinate / dependent clause/ fronted adverbial from a main clause Before co-ordinating conjunctions – for, an, nor, but, or, yet, so To mark parenthesis, embedded clauses, relative clauses To indicate direct address, to set off yes and no and tag questions from the rest of the sentence To mark thousands in numbers. 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: Commas in Lists 35 Slide PowerPoint Lesson Commas in Lists 20 Page Workbook Save money and buy both resources in a bundle at a discounted rate: Commas in Lists PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook Commas to Clarify Meaning - 35 Slide PowerPoint Lesson Commas to Clarify Meaning - 10 Page Workbook Commas to Clarify Meaning PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook More Punctuation 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 a fully editable, 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on and a set of 27 worksheets on capital letters. PowerPoint Lesson The PowerPoint clearly explains and demonstrates why, when and where capital letters are used. The PowerPoint focuses on using capital letters for: The start of sentences The pronoun I Proper nouns - places, names, geographical features, book and film titles, days of the week, months of the year, special days, buildings etc Addressing envelopes Tasks include: Identifying words that require capital letters Identifying where capital letters should be used in sentences These resources are suitable for Key Stage 1 pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of the resource. Worksheets This resource contains a set of 27 worksheets on when capital letters are used. Tasks include using capital letters for: The start of sentences The pronoun I Names Places Days of the week Months Geographical features and landmarks Buildings Brand names and companies Movie and book titles The start of direct speech Addressing envelopes 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. 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 resource contains two worksheets on punctuating direct speech with inverted commas (speech marks). You may also be interested in: Inverted Commas - 75 Slide PowerPoint Lesson This resource contains an editable, 75-slide Powerpoint lesson on inverted commas.The PowerPoint demonstrates how to: use inverted commas to enclose direct speech punctuate reporting clauses and direct speech punctuate split speech set out direct speech in writing use interesting words to replace ‘said’ Many opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to punctuate direct speech. It also contains a hyperlink to a short video on punctuating direct speech. Inverted Commas - 26-Page Workbook This resource contains a 22 page workbook on inverted commas (speech marks/quotation marks/direct speech). 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 workbook contains four information/revision sheets, 17 worksheets and an answer booklet. Tasks include: using inverted commas to enclose direct speech punctuating reporting clauses and direct speech punctuating split speech setting out direct speech in dialogue using alternative words to ‘said’ in reporting clauses composing writing containing direct speech Save money and buy both resources in a bundle at a discounted rate: Inverted Commas PowerPoint Lesson and Worknbook More English Resources

This resource contains two differentiated worksheets on onomatopoeia. You may also be interested in: Onomatopoeia – Set of 22 Worksheets This resource contains a set of 22 worksheets on the literary device of onomatopoeia. Tasks include identifying onomatopoeic words in sentences and literature, using onomatopoeia in sentences, using onomatopeaia to describe scenes and to create adverts. Onomatopoeia PowerPoint Lesson This resource contains an engaging 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on onomatopoeia. The PowerPoint includes: A explanation and definition of onomatopoeia. Why it is used. Examples of onomatopoeia from poetry, literature, adverts and comics -including The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes), The Charge of the Light Brigade (Alfred Tennyson), The Lake Isle of Innisfree (W. B. Yeats), The Bells (Edgar Allan Poe), The Tempest (William Shakespeare) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway). Challenges and opportunities within the PowerPoint for pupils to identify and use onomatopoeia. Images to stimulate students to compose their own onomatopoeic words. The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to a short, entertaining video on onomatopoeia; some adverts containing onomatopoeia and a recitation by Roger McGough of his poem ‘The Sound Collector’. Onomatopoeia – Set of 30 Posters This resource contains a set of 30 colourful posters on the literary device of onomatopoeia. Save money and buy all three resources in a bundle at s discounted rate: Onomatopoeia Bundle 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 succinct and handy sheet on determiners for SATS revision. You may also be interested in: Determiners - 60 Slide PowerPoint Lesson Determiners - Set of 14 Worksheets Save money and buy both resources in a bundle at a discounted rate: Determiner PowerPoint Lesson and Worksheets More Free 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 resource contains a fully editable, 50 slide, SATS English grammar revision PowerPoint lesson on pronouns and includes: Personal Pronouns Object Pronouns Subject Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Relative Pronouns When to use who or whom The PowerPoint explains what pronouns are, gives examples and asks pupils to identify the different types of pronouns in sentences in SATS style questions. You may also be interested in: Pronouns - SATS Style Revision Question Worksheets More SATS Grammar Resources Determiners - 70 Slide PowerPoint Lesson This is a fully editable, 70 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners. Determiner Revision Mat A determiner revision mat containing an explanation of, and examples, for all the different types of determiner. Key Stage 2 SPaG SATS Revision PowerPoint Quiz This is a quiz/revision resource on KS2 SATS English - spelling punctuation and grammar. The questions are SATS style and include questions on grammatical terms, word/classes, combining words, phrases and clauses, punctuation and spelling. 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 resource contains a fully editable, 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on capital letters. The PowerPoint clearly explains and demonstrates why, when and where capital letters are used. The PowerPoint includes: Using capital letters at the start of sentences Using capital letters for the pronoun I Using capital letters for proper nouns - places, names, geographical features, book and film titles, days of the week, months of the year, special days, buildings etc Using capital letters to address envelopes Tasks include: Identifying words that require capital letters Identifying where capital letters should be used in sentences These resources are suitable for Key Stage 1 pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of the resource. 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 an accompanying set of 27 worksheets on using capital letters: Capital Letters - Set of 27 Worksheets Save money and buy both resources at a discounted rate: Capital Letters - PowerPoint Lesson and Worksheets 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 resource contains an editable, 45-slide PowerPoint presentation on the punctuation device - the ellipsis. It clearly explains what the ellipsis is, its functions in writing and how to use ellipses correctly in writing. Many examples are provided. Opportunities are also provided for pupils to explain why the ellipsis has been used. Students are also asked to shorten quotations and compose their own sentences containing ellipses about several striking images. The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video about the ellipsis. 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. You may also be interested in: The Ellipsis - Five Page Workbook This resource contains a five page workbook on the punctuation mark - the ellipsis. The workbook includes one information/explanation sheet and four worksheets on the ellipsis. Tasks include: shortening quotations using the ellipsis identifying the purpose of the ellipsis in sentences adding ellipses in the appropriate place in sentences composing sentences using ellipses Save money and buy both resources in a bundle at a discounted rate: The Ellipsis - PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook More English Resources

This resource contains a set of 36 posters on personification. They contain examples of personification including some from poetry and literature and include I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud, The Ancient Mariner, Snow and Snow, The Fog, The Eight-Story Kiss. An accompanying set of 16 worksheets is also available: Personification - Set of 16 Worksheets This resource contains a set of 16 worksheets on identifying and using personification. Tasks include: Identifying personification in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, The Fog by Carl Sandburg , Jack Frost, The Eight-Story Kiss by Tom Robbins , The Windmill by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, Snow and Snow by Ted Hughes. Writing sentences and short paragraphs containing personification on themes including foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, the candle flame, the trees, firework display, fast-flowing river. The resource also contains an explanation and definition sheet about personification. Save money and buy both resources at a discounted rate: Personification - PowerPoint Lesson and Set of 16 Worksheets 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 resource contains a set of 18 worksheets on identifying and using alliteration. Tasks include: Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from Harry Potter, The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever and The Ancient Mariner. Writing sentences, short paragraphs and product slogans containing alliteration. Designing and creating product names and catchy slogans for a shampoo, canned drink and chocolate bar using alliteration. 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 You may also be interested in: Alliteration PowerPoint Lesson This resource is a 40 slide PowerPoint on the literary / poetic device of alliteration. It contains an explanation of alliteration and many examples from literature - (Harry Potter), from poetry ( The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever, The Ancient Mariner), from the commercial world and in well known speeches. Alliteration Posters This resource contains a set of 26 posters on alliteration. They contain examples of alliteration from poetry and literature, - The Listeners (Walter De La Mare), The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), Harry Potter (J K Rowling), Sea Fever (John Masefield), Cargoes (John Masefield) , Kubla Khan (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) and The Raven (Edgar Allen Poe). Several posters contain examples from famous speeches, films, song lyrics and from product and company brands. Save money and buy all three resources in a bundle at a discounted rate: Alliteration Bundle 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 an editable, 60-slide PowerPoint lesson on the possessive apostrophe. It explains how to use the apostrophe to show possession for singular and plural nouns. The PowerPoint provides lots of examples and opportunities for students to use the apostrophe appropriately. The presentation also includes a hyperlink to a short video on the apostrophe for possession. 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: Possessive Apostrophe - 15 Page Workbook Save money and buy both resources together at a discounted rate: Possessive Apostrophe - 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: This resource contains a 15-page workbook (with answers) on using the possessive apostrophe/apostrophe for possession for both singular and plural nouns. It also contains an information sheet on how to use apostrophes for possession. How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide

This resource contains 15 worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 2 homophones / near homophones list and includes - there/ their/ they're, here/ hear, see/ sea, bare/ bear, one/ won, sun / son, two / to / too, be/ bee, blue/ blew, night/ knight. Tasks include choosing the correct homophones for sentences and composing sentences using homophones. You may also be interested in: Year 2 Homophones – 45 Slide PowerPoint Lesson The PowerPoint provides an explanation of the meaning of the homophones with examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone. Save money by buying both resources together at a discounted rate: Year 2 Homophones – PowerPoint Lesson and Worksheets These resources are appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN / ESL students who have yet to master the basics in spelling and phonics. More Homophone 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 includes a fully editable, 150-slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 28 worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 3 and 4 homophones / near homophones and confusing words list - accept, except, affect, effect, ball, bawl, berry, bury, fair, fare, grate, great, grown, groan, heel, heal, he'll, knot, not, mail, male, main, mane, meat, meet, medal, meddle, missed, mist, peace, piece, plain, plane, rain, rein, reign, scene, seen, weather, whether, whose, who's. PowerPoint Lesson The PowerPoint explains the meanings of the homophones with examples and provides examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone. Worksheets This resource contains a set of 28 worksheets on the homophones. Pupils are required to choose the correct homophones, write sentences using the homophones and to correct incorrectly used homophones. This resource is appropriate for year 3 and 4 pupils and older SEN students. More Homophones 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 a 20 page workbook that includes two information sheets and eighteen worksheets on adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials. Tasks include: identifying adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials of time, place and manner in sentences inserting appropriate adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials in sentences insertion of comma after fronted adverbial changing sentences so that the adverbial phrase is at the beginning of a sentence 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: Fronted Adverbials -50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson This resource contains a fully editable, 50-slide lesson presentation on fronted adverbials. The PowerPoint focuses on: recap of adverbs adverbial phrases of time, place, manner, and frequency fronted adverbials insertion of comma after fronted adverbial opportunities for pupils to identify adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials opportunities for pupils to change a sentence so that the adverbial phrase is at the beginning of a sentence opportunities for pupils to create fronted adverbial sentences Save money and buy both resources together at a discounted rate: Fronted Adverbials - PowerPoint Lesson and Worksheets 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 resource contains an editable, 100 slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 15 worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 5 and 6 homophones / near homophones and confusing words list -licence, license, practice, practise, prophecy, prophesy, father, farther, guessed, guest, heard, herd, lead, led, morning, mourning, past, passed, precede, proceed, principal, principle, profit, prophet, stationary, stationery, steal, steel. PowerPoint Lesson The PowerPoint explains the meanings of the homophones, gives examples, and provides tips for remembering the difference between them. Opportunities are provided for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone. Set of 15 Worksheets Tasks include choosing the correct homophones in sentences, correcting homophones in sentences and composing sentences containing the homophones. There are also five spelling practise worksheets. They are ideal for homework. More Homophone 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 an editable, 50-slide PowerPoint lesson and an 18-page workbook on the apostrophe for omission and contraction. The PowerPoint lesson explains how to use the apostrophe in contracted words. This resource will help students to use apostrophes appropriately in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills. The PowerPoint also contains a hyperlink to a short video explaining how to use the apostrophe for contraction. The workbook includes an information sheet explaining when and how to use the apostrophe for omission/contraction. It also contains a variety of tasks that will help students to master using apostrophes appropriately in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills. Answers are included. 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