We are a small group of teachers (including a mum and her daughter!) specialising in English literature and language. Collectively, we’ve got over 90 years’ experience teaching in schools & universities as well as in the private tutoring sector. All our materials are devised by us and have been tested in a range of educational environments. Oh, and we’re all fully-paid-up members of the “Practice makes perfect!” club.
We are a small group of teachers (including a mum and her daughter!) specialising in English literature and language. Collectively, we’ve got over 90 years’ experience teaching in schools & universities as well as in the private tutoring sector. All our materials are devised by us and have been tested in a range of educational environments. Oh, and we’re all fully-paid-up members of the “Practice makes perfect!” club.
Free poetry and vocabulary exercise in which students are given 16 ‘as’ phrases that refer to familiar Halloween objects and creatures (e.g. as … as a lizard) which they must complete with creative comparisons of their own.
Designed for Halloween, this exercise can also be used for teaching poetry, boosting writing skills, and building vocabulary all year round. Suitable for children in Year 5 and Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Can also be used with children in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
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English Vocabulary Worksheet Spine-Chilling Synonyms Halloween KS2 01
English Vocabulary Worksheet Spine-Chilling Synonyms Halloween KS2 02
English Vocabulary Worksheet Appalling Antonyms Halloween KS2 01
English Vocabulary Worksheet Wretched ing Words Halloween KS2 01
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 01
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 02
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 03
Free poetry and vocabulary exercise in which students are given 16 ‘as’ phrases that refer to familiar Halloween characters (e.g. as … as a brownie) which they must complete with creative comparisons of their own.
Designed for Halloween, this exercise can also be used for teaching poetry, boosting writing skills, and building vocabulary all year round. Suitable for children in Year 5 and Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Can also be used with children in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
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English Vocabulary Worksheet Spine-Chilling Synonyms Halloween KS2 01
English Vocabulary Worksheet Spine-Chilling Synonyms Halloween KS2 02
English Vocabulary Worksheet Appalling Antonyms Halloween KS2 01
English Vocabulary Worksheet Wretched ing Words Halloween KS2 01
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 01
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 02
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 04
Free poetry and vocabulary exercise in which students are given 16 ‘as’ phrases (e.g. as terrifying as … ) which they must complete with imaginative comparisons of their own.
Designed for Halloween, this exercise can also be used for teaching poetry, boosting writing skills, and building vocabulary all year round. Suitable for children in Year 5 and Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Can also be used with children in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
You may also like:
English Vocabulary Worksheet Spine-Chilling Synonyms Halloween KS2 01
English Vocabulary Worksheet Spine-Chilling Synonyms Halloween KS2 02
English Vocabulary Worksheet Appalling Antonyms Halloween KS2 01
English Vocabulary Worksheet Wretched ing Words Halloween KS2 01
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 01
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 03
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 04
Free poetry and vocabulary exercise in which students are given 16 ‘as’ phrases (e.g. as hairy as … ) which they must complete with creative comparisons of their own.
Designed for Halloween, this exercise can also be used for teaching poetry, boosting writing skills, and building vocabulary all year round. Suitable for children in Year 5 and Year 6 (Key Stage 2). Can also be used with children in Year 7 (Key Stage 3).
You may also like:
English Vocabulary Worksheet Spine-Chilling Synonyms Halloween KS2 01
English Vocabulary Worksheet Spine-Chilling Synonyms Halloween KS2 02
English Vocabulary Worksheet Appalling Antonyms Halloween KS2 01
English Vocabulary Worksheet Wretched ing Words Halloween KS2 01
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 02
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 03
English Poetry Vocabulary Worksheet Spooky Similes Halloween KS2 04
A fun, colourful, printable Moon Landing word search (plus solution!) with 30 themed words to be found.
All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions in a 20x20 grid. Suitable for Key Stage 2 children aged between 9 and 11.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
A fun, colourful, printable word search (plus solution!) perfect for Wimbledon and the tennis season in general with 25 themed words to be found.
All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions in a 15x15 grid. Suitable for Key Stage 2 children aged between 9 and 11.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
A free time-saving resource for Year 6 English teachers: a comprehensive analysis of the new question types and question formats used in the 2019 Paper 1: Questions.
Using all the previous Paper 1 tests since 2016 (as well as the government specimen published in 2015) as its points of comparison, this hyperlinked booklet sets out all the new content that appeared in this year’s exam.
Each entry is accompanied by brief notes summarising the way(s) in which the question is new.
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FREE 2018 KS2 SATs English Paper 1 Practice Test
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This resource is designed to help Year 5 and Year 6 students practise punctuating a fiction paragraph and comprises 3 sets of 2-way differentiated exercises.
Set A focuses on full stops and capital letters.
Set B focuses on full stops, capital letters, and commas.
Set C focuses on full stops, capital letters, commas, and exclamation marks.
In each set, there is one exercise for lower-ability students (which indicates the specific numbers of punctuation marks that are needed) and one exercise for higher ability students (which does not).
Complete Answers (i.e. the paragraphs with the missing punctuation in bold, red, underlined type) have been included for ease & speed of marking.
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A fun, colourful word game for Father’s Day! Challenge your students to make as many words as possible from the letters of the words “Father’s Day”.
A comprehensive list of appropriate possible answers is also provided.
Aimed at children between 9 and 11, but is suitable for younger children.
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Free Father’s Day Word Search Activity Sheet
A fun, colourful, printable word search for Father’s Day (plus solution!) with the names of 18 favourite fictional dads from classics by Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman and more for children to find.
All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions in a 15x15 grid. Suitable for Key Stage 2 children aged between 9 and 11.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
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Free Father’s Day Word Game Activity Sheet
Bring some fun and colour to your students’ KS2 English SPaG 2019 SATs revision with our set of 3 FREE word searches focusing on key terms and phrases used in Paper 1.
In Puzzle #3, 22 more grammar-related words are hidden in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions.
Designed primarily as a fun revision tool for Year 6 students, this is also suitable for children in Year 5.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
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FREE English Teacher Resource What’s New in the 2019 KS2 SATs SPaG Paper 1
FREE SPaG Revision Word Search #1 (Punctuation Terms)
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SATs SPaG Revision Pack Year 6 English (Bundle)
Bring some fun and colour to your students’ KS2 English SPaG 2019 SATs revision with our set of 3 FREE word searches focusing on key terms and phrases used in Paper 1.
In Puzzle #2, 22 grammar-related words are hidden in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions.
Designed primarily as a fun revision tool for Year 6 students, this is also suitable for children in Year 5.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
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FREE English Teacher Resource What’s New in the 2019 KS2 SATs SPaG Paper 1
FREE SPaG Revision Word Search #1 (Punctuation Terms)
FREE SPaG Revision Word Search #3 (Grammar Terms Part 2)
SATs SPaG Revision Pack Year 6 English (Bundle)
Bring some fun and colour to your students’ KS2 English SPaG 2019 SATs revision with our set of 3 FREE word searches focusing on key terms and phrases used in Paper 1.
In Puzzle #1, 20 punctuation-related words are hidden in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions.
Designed primarily as a fun revision tool for Year 6 students, this is also suitable for children in Year 5.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
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FREE English Teacher Resource What’s New in the 2019 KS2 SATs SPaG Paper 1
FREE SPaG Revision Word Search #2 (Grammar Terms Part 1)
FREE SPaG Revision Word Search #3 (Grammar Terms Part 2)
SATs SPaG Revision Pack Year 6 English (Bundle)
Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, Desdemona, Juliet, and many more female Shakespearean characters for children to find in a fun, colourful, printable word search for Shakespeare’s Birthday (plus solution!).
22 female Shakespearean characters in total placed in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions. Suitable for children aged between 9 and 11 (Year 5 & Year 6 / 4th Grade & 5th Grade).
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
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FREE Male Shakespeare Characters Word Search
Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo, and many more male Shakespearean characters for children to find in a fun, colourful, printable word search for Shakespeare’s Birthday (plus solution!).
22 male Shakespearean characters in total placed in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions. Suitable for children aged between 9 and 11 (Year 5 & Year 6 / 4th Grade & 5th Grade).
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
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FREE Female Shakespeare Characters Word Search
A full original 2018 KS2 Paper 1 SPaG practice test in 4 different formats. This revision and study tool comprises:
(1) an editable interactive PowerPoint for teachers (questions and answers)
(2) an editable PowerPoint for students (questions only)
(3) a colourful PDF student handout (questions only)
(4) a SATs-style exam PDF (with complete answers and marking guidelines).
Materials can be used variously as an interactive whole class Year 6 SPaG revision lesson, for group activities, or for independent study in the run-up to the 2019 KS2 SATs exams.
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FREE English Teacher Resource What’s New in the 2019 KS2 SATs SPaG Paper 1
KS2 SATs English SPaG Paper 1 Practice Tests (x 3 papers)
KS2 SATs English SPaG 10-Minute Practice Tests (x 10 papers)
A fun, colourful, printable word search for Mother’s Day (plus solution!) with 21 adjectives for children to find in a 15x15 grid. All words run forwards in horizontal, vertical & diagonal directions. Suitable for Key Stage 2 children aged between 9 and 11.
Solution to puzzle included in the pdf file on a separate page.
SATs revision tool comprising 3 full original exam-style Paper 1 practice test papers made up of 145 realistic, unrepeated questions to help Year 6 children prepare for the 2019 KS2 SATs English Paper 1: Questions.
Each paper is closely modelled on a recent exam in terms of content domains, questions types, and layout. Like the actual exam, each paper should be completed in 45 minutes and consists of 46 to 50 questions.
The resource also contains:
Student Cover Sheets
SATs-style Instructions for Students
Full Answers
Marking Guidelines.
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FREE English Teacher Resource What’s New in the 2019 KS2 SATs SPaG Paper 1
Model 2018 SATs SPaG Paper 1 Practice Test Editable Interactive PowerPoint
KS2 SATs English SPaG 10-Minute Practice Tests (x 10 papers)
100 SATs-style questions divided into ten 10-Minute Tests. These bite-size tests are primarily a SPaG revision tool for Year 6 students preparing for the 2024 KS2 SATs English Paper 1: Questions, but they can also be used all year round as a practice resource or assessment tool.
Closely modelled on actual exam questions, the material in this resource covers all the key areas of grammar, punctuation and spelling that feature in Paper 1: Questions.
This resource also includes ten Self-Assessment Reports for students to review their performance and evaluate their progress as well as the complete answers (+ marking guidelines where appropriate).
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KS2 SATs English SPaG Paper 1 Practice Tests (x 3 papers)
Model 2018 SATs SPaG Paper 1 Practice Test Editable Interactive PowerPoint
