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This resource contains a 26-page spelling practice workbook for students working towards English Functional Skills Entry Level 3 accreditation (AQA, OCR. Pearson Edexcel, City and Guilds, NCFE, NOCN).
The workbook contains all the words that students are expected to both read and spell correctly at Entry Level 3. The spellings have been compiled from the Entry 3 word lists specified by DfE and provided in Appendix 2 of the Functional Skills Entry Level English (Entry 3) Qualification and Assessment Specification.
Tasks include practising spelling the words using the look, say, cover, write method: inserting the correct word into a sentence and composing simple sentences using words in the list. The resource also contains a checklist for recording students’ ability to read and spell all of the words.
It is an ideal resource for homework.
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English Functional Skills - Entry Level 3 - Spelling Tests
This resource contains 25 spelling tests in the style of the functional skills spelling tests, a teacher book and spelling checklists.
English Functional Skills - Entry Level 1 - Spelling Workbook
English Functional Skills - Entry Level 2 - Spelling Workbook
English Functional Skills - Entry Level 1 - Spelling Tests
English Functional Skills - Entry Level 2 - Spelling Tests
This resource contains a 12 page workbook that includes three revision sheets and seven worksheets about parenthesis and parentheses - the punctuation devices used to mark parenthesis. It is available in PDF and an editable PowerPoint version to enable editing and personalisation of the resource.
The workbook clearly explains what parenthesis is and the different forms of punctuation - brackets, commas and dashes - used to mark it. The worksheets contain tasks for pupils to:
identify parenthesis in sentences
punctuate sentences containing parenthesis
compose sentences containing parenthesis
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Parenthesis - 55 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 55-slide PowerPoint lesson on parenthesis and parentheses - the punctuation devices used to mark parenthesis.
The PowerPoint clearly and visually explains what parenthesis is, why it is used and the different forms of punctuation used to mark it. Many opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to identify parenthesis and to extend sentences to make them more interesting by adding parenthesis.
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This resource is a highly visual, fully editable, 100-question PowerPoint quiz on books, poems and authors. It is an ideal resource for Book Day.
The quiz contains 100 questions with multiple choice answers, with varying degrees of challenge. It has nine categories.
Classic Books
Harry Potter
Opening and Closing Lines
David Walliams
Authors
Michael Morpurgo
Diaries
Poems
Miscellaneous
The quiz can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the book 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 allow individuals/teams to record their answers.
Sample questions:
Prospero, Miranda, Ariel and Caliban are all characters from which Shakespeare play?
What is the second book of the old testament called?
In Charlotte's Web, what is the name of the pig that Charlotte becomes friends with?
What is the name of the lion in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?
What name is given to the deadly phantoms that guard Azkaban Prison?
In Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful, what is Private Peaceful’s first name?
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108 Question Paper-Based Quiz
World Book Day Reading / Book Quotes Posters
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This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 1 Functional Skills English certification (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds, NOCN and Open Awards). It contains age-appropriate, materials and resources to deliver the reading, writing, spelling and speaking and listening components of English Functional Skills. The bundle contains ten workbooks and seven PowerPoint lessons.
The workbooks include explanation/information pages, worksheets (with answers), progress checks and certificates of achievement. They are provided in PDF format and editable PowerPoint versions to enable personalisation of the resource. They can be used for classwork, homework, revision or as an independent learning pack.
The editable PowerPoint lessons are ideal for introducing the various components of the Entry Level Functional Skills specification at each level and for revision purposes.
Click on the individual links for further details.
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Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English Bundle
This bundle contains 13 workbooks and 10 PowerPoint lessons that cover all the components of Entry Level 2.
Entry Level 3 Functional Skills English Bundle
This bundle contains 9 workbooks and 6 PowerPoint lessons that cover the entire specification for Entry Level 3.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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This resource contains a fully editable, 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on literary devices/figurative language. The PowerPoint provides explanations and examples of the literary devices listed below. It also contains opportunities for students to identify literary devices.
Alliteration
Allusion
Anaphora
Assonance
Consonance
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Idiom
Irony
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Paradox
Personification
Pun
Rhetorical Question
Simile
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Figurative Language - Set of 11 Posters
This resource contains a set of eleven A3 size posters on literary devices/figurative language with examples. They include:
similes
personification
hyperbole
alliteration
idiom
oxymoron
assonance
consonance
onomatopoeia
allusion
metaphors
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This resource includes a set of 15 differentiated worksheets on words ending in 'ge' or 'dge'. (The /dʒ/ sound spelt as -ge and -dge at the end of words National curriculum, English programmes of study Year 2. The resource also contains an explanation sheet and answer sheets.
Tasks include:
inserting the correct -ge / -dge word into a sentence
anagrams
-ge / -dge words spelling practise worksheets
using ge / dge words in sentences
word searches
sorting words into ge / dge / categories
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43 Slide PowerPoint Lesson Words Ending in ge / dge
This is a 43 slide PowerPoint lesson explaining when to use 'ge' or 'dge' at the end of words ending in the phoneme /j/. (The /dʒ/ sound spelt as ge and dge at the end of words National curriculum, English programmes of study Year 2).
The PowerPoint focuses on:
Rules for adding -dge and -ge (long and short vowel sounds)
Opportunities to practise spellings
Individual / paired / group timed activity - finding as many -dge and -ge words as possible in 5 minutes)
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These resources are appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN / ESL students who have yet to master the basics in phonics.
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This resource contains a 39 slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 13 worksheets on similes and metaphors. The worksheets are available in both PDF format and an editable word version.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint focuses on:
An explanation and definition of simile and metaphors.
Why they are used.
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
The difference between similes and metaphors.
Images to stimulate students to compose their own similes and metaphors.
Set of 16 Worksheets
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 including foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, candle flame, trees, hate, love, happiness.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on commas and how these devices are used to clarify meaning and to avoid ambiguity and confusion (National Curriculum: Years 5 and 6 Programme of Study: Using commas to clarify meaning and/or to avoid ambiguity in writing). It highlights the importance of the comma as a punctuation device in sentences. The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on commas to clarify meaning.
Many examples are provided within the PowerPoint and pupils have the opportunity to identify where commas and pairs of commas should go in a sentence to clarify meaning. They are also asked to explain how the meaning changes with the addition/removal of commas.
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Commas to Clarify Meaning - 12 Page Workbook
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Commas - 135 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable and highly-visual, 135-slide presentation on how commas are used in writing. It focuses on:
commas to clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity
commas in a list/series
commas and coordinating adjectives
commas in direct speech
commas and subordinate clauses
commas and embedded clauses
commas in direct address
commas and fronted adverbials
commas and coordinating conjunctions
other use of commas
The PowerPoint clearly explains how commas are used and provides many examples and opportunities for pupils to identify where commas should be placed in writing. The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to short videos on - commas to clarify meaning, commas in lists and subordinate clauses.
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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.
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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
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This resource contains a set of 22 worksheets on the literary device of onomatopoeia. Tasks include identifying onomatopoeic words in sentences and literature and using onomatopoeia in sentences, to describe scenes and to create adverts. They are available in both PDF and word format to enable editing.
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Onomatopoeia PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable and engaging 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on the literary device of onomatopoeia. The PowerPoint includes:
1. An explanation and definition of onomatopoeia.
2. Why it is used.
3. 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).
4. Challenges and opportunities within the PowerPoint for pupils to identify and use onomatopoeia.
5. 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 posters on onomatopoeia.
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This resource contains an editable, 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on relative causes. It explains what relative clauses are, the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses and how relative clauses for objects can have the pronoun omitted.
Opportunities are provided for pupils to identify both defining and non-defining relative clauses.
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Relative Clauses - 11 Page Workbook
This resource contains an 11-page workbook and 6 revision/explanation sheets on relative clauses. Tasks include:
Identifying relative clauses
Distinguishing between defining and non-defining relative clauses
Choosing the correct pronoun for a relative clause
Expanding a noun phrase with a relative pronoun
Punctuating non-defining relative clauses
Identifying relative clauses that do not need a relative pronoun or adverb
Combining sentences with a relative pronoun to make a relative clause
Deciding whether the relative pronoun can be omitted in a sentence
Writing using relative clauses
[Relative Clauses - Revision/Memo Mat]
This is a succinct and handy memo/revision mat on relative clauses. Understanding relative clauses can be a bit tricky.
This mat includes:
a definition of relative clauses
the difference between defining relative clauses and non-defining relative clauses
how to punctuate relative clauses
how to determine when a relative pronoun can be omitted from a relative clause
The mat contains clear examples. It is available in five different fonts.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 55-slide PowerPoint lesson on parenthesis and parentheses - the punctuation devices used to mark parenthesis.
The PowerPoint clearly and visually explains what parenthesis is, why it is used and the different forms of punctuation used to mark it. Many opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to identify parenthesis and to extend sentences to make then more interesting by adding parenthesis - brackets, commas and dashes.
The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on parenthesis.
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Parenthesis - 12 Page Workbook
This resource contains a 12-page workbook on parenthesis and parentheses - the punctuation devices used to mark parenthesis. It is available in PDF and an editable PowerPoint version to enable editing and personalisation of the resource.
The workbook clearly explains what parenthesis is and the different forms of punctuation - brackets, commas and dashes - used to mark it. The worksheets contain tasks for pupils to:
identify parenthesis in sentences
punctuate sentences containing parenthesis
compose sentences containing parenthesis
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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 five information/revision sheets, seventeen 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
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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.
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This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 3 Functional Skills English qualifications (Edexcel, NCFE, City and Guilds and Open Awards). It contains an age-appropriate, 175-slide PowerPoint lesson and a 64-page workbook on the Entry Level 3 reading component.
These resources will help students to achieve these outcomes:
read correctly words designated for Entry Level 3
identify, understand and extract the main points and ideas in and from texts
identify different purposes of straightforward texts
use effective strategies to find the meaning of words (e.g. a dictionary, working out meaning from context; using knowledge of different
word types)
understand organisational features and use them to locate relevant
information (e.g. contents, index, menus, tabs and links)
Workbook
The workbook includes 27 information pages, 19 reading tasks (26 worksheets) and a progress check. It is provided in PDF and an editable PowerPoint version to enable personalisation of the resource. The workbook can be used for classwork, homework or as an independent learning pack.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint lesson explains and provides examples of:
the purpose of texts
main points and ideas
organisational features - contents, indexes, layout
how to find the meaning of unknown words - dictionaries, context clues
sample reading test questions
Many opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to develop the reading skills required at Entry Level 3. It is ideal for introducing the reading component of the Entry Level 3 specificaion and for revision purposes.
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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.
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The Possessive Apostrophe - 60 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
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.
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This resource contains two worksheets on punctuating direct speech with inverted commas (speech marks).
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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
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This resource contains an explanation sheet and worksheet on using the comma to demarcate lists in sentences.
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Commas in Lists in Sentences - 20 Page Workbook
This resource contains a 20-page workbook (18 worksheets and 2 information sheets) with answers on using commas to demarcate items / phrases within sentences and to separate adjectives when there are two or more describing a noun. It is an ideal independent learning pack for home learning, distance learning and remote learning.
Tasks include:
inserting commas in the correct places in sentences
rewriting incorrectly punctuated sentences
composing own sentences containing a list of items
composing own sentences using two or more adjectives
punctuating The Twelve Days of Christmas with commas
composing own lyrics for the Twelve Days of Christmas and punctuating with commas
Commas in Lists in Sentences - PowerPoint Lesson
This is a fully editable, 35-slide PowerPoint lesson on using the punctuation device, the comma, in lists in sentences. The PowerPoint explains how to use the comma in lists in sentences and to separate adjectives when there are two or more describing a noun. There are opportunities for pupils to insert the comma in the correct place and to identify where the comma has been misplaced in sentences.
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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.
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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. .
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