Primary grammar and punctuation resources

WHAT DO THEY USUALLY DO? / WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW? PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS. PRESENT SIMPLE VS Past Simple.

Students learn several pairs of nouns, identify those with the same ending and complete the rules. Plural of noun to practice

This attractive writing sheet will spur your class to write a full and interesting report of their school trip. The prompts are designed to cover the whole outing or holiday, inviting comments on the writer’s feelings about the experience, as well as basic facts. The line-starters are open and flexible for different types of trip and input, while also being clear and straightforward. There is plenty of space for writing throughout, with a spare line for extra thoughts. The resource offers writing practice and opportunities for self-expression, as well as a way of marking and celebrating your school’s event. Best suited to Years 3-6. Some younger writers may need support, while able upper juniors could use the sheet as a guide for independent account-writing.

A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that analyses the use of language within Lord Byron’s classic poem When We Two Parted. Throughout the lesson we look at how the narrator uses language and structure to create a sense of loss, anger and regret. A brilliant lesson for KS4 students preparing for AQA English Literature Paper 2 and easily adaptable for younger KS3 or KS4 students.

A PPT to help tell the story of Hansel and Gretel. Year 2. Including the the LO: I understand how to write a list

A fantastic Harry Potter themed writing lesson for KS3 students with support and stretch differentiation. This can easily be adapted for a range of classes. Includes tasks aimed at developing writing with a range of sentences, punctuation and techniques to show not only accuracy but flair. See my other resources for more supportive writing lessons.

This zip file contains 2 lessons and a criteria sheet for the assessment of persuasive skills. It’s suitable for KS3 and KS4. Lesson 1 contains a starter, establishes the criteria to demonstrate key persuasive skills, explains a generic purpose (scenario) of 3 blog topics to choose from, a group thinking task using the 6 thinking hats and planning tools with a teacher model too. Lesson 2 contains a starter, the assessment criteria sheet (to be used in conjunction with writing time in lesson) and a plenary.

A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 1 sentence objective requiring pupils to understand how words combine to make sentences. The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion.

This resource structures persuasive writing for your whole class. In the past I have used this a whole lesson and written each sentence as a class to really create an in depth piece of writing. I would ask the children for their ideas and they would collaboratively come up with ideas and then write down after sharing them with whole class. I have also cut the sentence strips out and allowed my higher attaining pupils to play around with the structure. This resource allows the lowers a structure to follow and the opportunity to write without worrying about content and structure. I hope that you enjoy using this resource and that your children’s writing is wonderful! Many thanks

A poster offering a simple definition of an adjective. Visit www.knightowl.education for more EYFS and KS1 resources.

I created this resource as part of a carousel of homophone activities. The children in my class LOVED this; it encouraged problem solving, group work and thinking logically about homophones. I printed the cards onto coloured paper, laminated them and cut them out. Children used whiteboard pens to fill in the missing word. Great fun and is a great way to make homophones fun!!

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A lesson that focuses on using comparatives and superlatives accurately, as well as looking at how to use ‘of’ and ‘have’ correctly and how to differentiate between ‘maybe’ and ‘may be’. Designed for KS3 students and including differentiated activities, this is a literacy lesson that ensures students of all abilities are engaged throughout.

Starter and early finishers printable tasks BUNDLE for Literacy and Maths, ideal for Upper KS2 (Y5 and Y6), although they will suit many early KS3 too. These low prep activities are great to have on hand for the busy end of term / year for revision and as purposeful fillers. Some of my most popular resource packs are contained in this big value BUNDLE - 20 Creative Writing Story Prompt Cards, 6 Editing / Proofreading SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) puzzles, 40 Complex Sentences Writing Cards, 8 Mental Maths Crossnumber Puzzles, 36 Maths Trail Cards and 200+ Mental Maths Question Cards. For full information and previews please see the detailed descriptions on the 6 individual resource pages. Alternatively, here are some other BUNDLES you might be interested in: [Literacy Starters Year 5 / 6 BUNDLE(https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-starters-year-5-6-11880756) Literacy Year 5 / 6 (End or Start of Term BUNDLE) Mental Maths Year 5 / 6 BUNDLE Maths Hidden Word Puzzles MEGA BUNDLE French Revision KS2 KS3 BUNDLE Thank you for your interest in my resources. I would be grateful for any reviews you are able to give me if you can spare a moment. For engaging, time-saving printables and presentations to help plan Primary Literacy, Maths and French lessons, visit FullShelf Resources

SMART Notebook file. Countdown inspired game including numbers and letters. Includes random number/vowel/consonant generators and on-screen adjustable timer. Fun little starter/warm up activity -My kids LOVE it! Enjoy!

This resource contains a fully editable 30-slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 10 worksheets on using commas to clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity and (National Curriuclum: Years 5 and 6 programme of study: Using commas to clarify meaning and / or to avoid ambiguity in writing). Tasks include rewriting sentences and adding or removing commas to change meaning. Pupils also need to explain how the meaning has changed. 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

different short stories that include missing punctuation, spelling errors and grammatical errors for students to correct. Useful for all years to improve their general SPAG. Please review if used :)

Focussing on the character of Gerald from JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls, we look at how he is portrayed in Act 2 and how he reveals his feelings for Daisy Renton or Eva Smith r. Includes key quotes, differentiated activities and engaging activities that help to bring the play to life for both KS4 and KS3 students, particularly those preparing for AQA English Literature.

A WAGOLL of a non-chronological report about the USA. Made it so my Year 4 class could highlight and label the features before they wrote their own about the UK. Features it includes: Paragraphs Headings/Subheadings Expanded noun phrase Fronted adverbials Sentences are started in different ways Topic sentences Picture with caption ‘Did you know?’ section Parenthesis in brackets Relative clause Uploaded as a word document so that you can edit anything you like.

About the set : Plural Nouns Activity Cards includes 24 cards . The aim of the set to help your students practice spelling plural and singular nouns -Both color and black and white versions are included , as well as answer keys; Plural nouns activity cards are designed for struggling learners, speech therapy, special education, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade and ESL; Instructions: Cut out and laminate irregular verbs activity cards Look at the picture and write the correct plural or singular noun on the line Read and complete the sentences

Focussing on the character of the Nurse from Romeo and Juliet, we look at how she is presented to us as an audience, how she acts as both a plot device and comic relief, and we analyse her use of language as well. In Act 2 Scene 5 Shakespeare takes advantage of dramatic irony to make the audience laugh, and we explore his use of language in this scene as well. An excellent lesson for AQA English Literature students preparing for their exams, but easily adaptable for other exam boards and other year groups as well.

Simplified for students to use in a more suitable format.

Get students identifying different emotions and commenting on people’s emotions. This activity can be made into interactive books or used as task cards. 2 levels of sentence building: LEVEL 1: emotion. LEVEL 2: Person + emotions 8 emotions -Happy -Sad -Angry -Confused -Excited -Scared -Bored -Tired 4 pictures cards for each emotion. 32 pages per level. Title pages supplied for each emotion, as well as general “My Emotions Books” title page. Create different type of books. Create each different emotion book with 4 pages per book. OR Mix the emotions together in a book, to have students identifying different style. Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of: •Spoken sentences •Answering W/H questions •Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives •Story telling skills •Written sentences and language comprehension Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences. These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure.

I wrote this model text for year 3 children learning about the Stone Age. Important year 3 conjunctions, prepositions and adverbs are shown in red. The model has been written so that the children can easily use it to help them structure their own reports on the Bronze Age or the Iron Age. There is one image and it is from PIXABAY.

Feedback sheet designed to be laminated and handed out to students when completing feedback to marking. Guides them through the feedback and then directs steps using WWW/EBI/MRI.

Practice paper made in the style of the AQA 19th / 21st Century Paper 2 English Exam. Ideal for an end of unit or end of year exam. Mark scheme included which can be tailored with blank boxes to insert your own example answers to share with your dept or to use at standardisation meetings etc.

A learning mat designed to be used across KS3 and 4 with key terms, punctuation, acronyms, and useful things to remember. Designed when I found out I would not have my own room next year, and this is info that would useful be on my displays.

World Cup 2018 Quiz and World Cup 2018 Reward Sticker Bank. Contains: World Cup 2018 Quiz. Some students LOVE the World Cup. Some couldn’t care less! Here’s a quiz to suit both. The rounds alternate (50/50) between World Cup Russia 2018 and questions about current affairs, maths, pop music, grammar, history, food, technology, the Kardashians, cricket… basically anything else! The quiz is interactive, multiple choice and has hidden humorous youtube clips throughout the questions for extra clues or a commiseration giggle when the class get an answer wrong. There are two ways of playing - either as a whole class, or, you can put the quiz on slide view, skip the answers and read them out at the end (if your class would rather compete in groups). A score sheet and all answers are included. The quiz is completely editable too. World Cup Rewards Sticker Bank. Pages of reward stickers, each with a different World Cup 2018 slogan on which can be used to congratulate students on their effort, resilience, skill, improvement and hard work during the World Cup season. Just print on sticky paper and you’re ready to go. Also included - template used to design them so you can also make your own if you wish too If you like this, you can check out more of our whole school resources here: WHOLE SCHOOL RESOURCES You can also find us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecteachresources/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ec_publishing and our website: psheresources.com

This lesson is focused on using the past simple tense to report details, with a specific aim at functional skills English letters and emails but can be adapted to a more general focus too. Lesson warm up based on a news article about two pilots being caught using Snap-chat whilst flying a plane with student handout Past simple tense re-cap with examples Gap fill exercise using the past simple tense in a formal letter setting with student handout. Changing language to the past simple tense in an email setting with student handout. Final task - students to write about a bad experience they have had using the past simple tense- task details on PowerPoint.

A full 18 lesson scheme with resources and powerpoints. The text and questions referred to in Lesson 1 can be found on the teach it website. Each lesson is fully differentiated to 3 levels. Designed to compliment reading The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo.

Attractive activities featuring sea and shells: writing sheets with graded variations for Rec - Y2 (in 2 files), and 2 phonics sheets with sea and shell images. Large, colourful print for all.

Pages of reward stickers, each with a different World Cup 2018 slogan on which can be used to congratulate students on their effort, resilience, skill, improvement and hard work during the World Cup season. Just print on sticky paper and you’re ready to go. Also included - template used to design them so you can also make your own if you wish too. Loads more fun whole school resources available here.

Able KS1 children will enjoy stretching their creative writing skills with either the simpler or harder version of this seaside writing frame. The easier one includes a simile (The sea is as sparkly as - ); the harder one lets the child choose their simile (as - as -), inviting another one for a sandcastle, and more description all through. (Children at lower writing levels will enjoy my easier resource, ‘I love the sea’, also provided at 2 levels.) A great addition to seaside studies.

Fantastic Mr Fox bundle! This bundle includes: A great class assembly A slide show with integrated passage and activities LOADS of worksheets and a storyboard to accompany the book. Please write a review!!

A small presentation that includes a passage from Fantastic Mr Fox, some activities and character descriptions.

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This resource contains a fully editable and interactive PowerPoint lesson (28 slides) explaining how to use the apostrophe for omission and contraction with the help of the the ’ Missing Letter Detective.’ This resource will help students to use apostrophes appropriately in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills. 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 More English Resources How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step by Step Guide

This is a sample worksheet on the apostrophe for omission and contraction. Further Apostrophe For Omission Resources Apostrophe for Omission / Contraction: PowerPoint Lesson and Set of 15 Worksheets More Free English Resources For more inspiring educational resources visit Inspire and Educate Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this ‘must have’ step by step guide. How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step by Step Guide To be kept informed of new resources click here and follow!

Printable Reading, Writing and SPaG Activities (low-prep) for end of term / year fun: A giant books crossword, 6 editing / proofreading SPaG puzzles and 40 Improving Sentence Structure Cards. UPLEVELLING SENTENCES TRAILS: 40 A4 sentence improving cards, with differentiation and worked examples, which can also be used as worksheets. These support learners to take boring sentences, changing vocabulary and sentence structure step-by-step to create a much more ambitious version. Ideal end of term activity in pairs to celebrate variety and creativity in sentence writing. Students love competing and supporting each other to create ambitious sentences with this resource. HIDDEN WORD PUZZLES: Editing and Proofreading Puzzles Worksheets for fun SPaG revision. Originally designed for KS2 Year 5 and 6, use for starters, early finishers activities, homework tasks, SATs practice etc. Fun alternative to standard worksheets with minimal preparation required (ideal for busy start of term). Spelling, punctuation and grammar concepts included are: homophones and other common spelling errors, full stops, capital letters, question marks, commas, colons, speech marks, proper nouns, missing words, repeated words, tenses, subordinate clauses and embedded clauses. Full answer keys provided. 2 PDF files are included within the Zip file. One file contains all 6 puzzles and answer keys with a pastel background, which can be printed in colour or in greyscale and could support some learners to view the sentences more clearly. The other file is the same, only with the background removed. These puzzles may be suitable for some KS3 classes for revision too. GIANT BOOKS CROSSWORD QUIZ: Celebrate books and reading with this giant puzzle, ideal for fun group completion at the end of term / year, which features over 100 quiz style clues related to well-known children’s books and authors in the UK (and probably in various other countries). Includes classics as well as books published right up to the last few months; most are novels or picture books. If being completed by a larger group, I suggest printing in A3 if possible but it works well in A4 too. It best suits 8 to 12 year olds (Key Stage 2 / KS2 or early KS3). It’s ideal for World Book Day, any other celebration of reading and authors or for some literary fun at the end or start of term. Alternatively it could be used as an early finisher activity that students / groups could come back to over a few lessons / weeks. It sparks off lots of fun informal book chat as children keenly compete against other groups to complete it. SOLUTION IS INCLUDED. There is also an Answer Sheet with all answers listed alphabetically, which could be given out for support where necessary.<br /> <br /> Here’s another of my popular literacy resources you might be interested in: <strong><a href=“https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/super-sentences-ambitious-sentence-writing-activity-11534472”>Super Sentences Ambitious Sentence Writing Activity</a></strong><br /> <br /> Here’s a TES RECOMMENDED set of 20 dyslexia-friendly creative writing prompt cards: <strong><a href=“https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/imaginative-story-writing-prompts-11648009”>Imaginative Story Writing Prompts</a></strong><br /> <br /> For engaging, time-saving printables and presentations to help plan Primary Literacy, Maths and French lessons, please visit <strong><a href=“https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/FullShelf”>FullShelf Resources</a></strong>

Apostrophes for Contraction: Differentiated 3 ways - Top group has to find words where apostrophes have to be added and re-write sentences using apostrophes in the correct places. Middle Group has to change underlined words to words with apostrophes. Bottom group has to match contradicted form to the two words it is made of and work on a few sentences as challenge. Comprehension. Differentiated 4 ways - Higher order thinking questions. To go with a printout of the story that YOU have e.g. book, twinkle etc. Text not included just questions. Retrieval questions Multiple choice questions Colouring in Cinderella comprehension with challenge question and sentence to unscramble. For the top two, part of the sentence is in bold which they have to use as sentence starter for their answer to encourage them to answer in full sentences. VERY BASIC SLIDE ON NOTEBOOK TO INTRODUCE Speech/Thought bubble activity Children work in mixed ability on these four scenarios again to fill in thought and speech bubbles. Could be acted out in partners too. Not differentiated. Up-leveling Short activity - improving 6 sentences. Differentiated by outcome - children follow the steps to the step they can get to. Correcting mistakes Children proofread sentences where is/are and him/her are not correct and edit them. For children who cannot access this there is a second activity about unscrambling sentences about Cinderella. Sequencing Pictures Activity Not differentiated. Children can cut and stick pictures in the correct order and label/annotate/write sentences.Great for EAL. Grammatically correct sentences. This activity is based on a Pie Corbett game. You start with challenge 1 and make a sentence with just one word. Then move on to challenge 2 and add a second word, so now you have to use both words in a sentence. Then you add a third, non-related word and children have to come up with a grammatically correct sentence and use their imagination to add write a new sentence this time using all three words. Identifying speech and adding speech marks. In a small group or in partners children read following Cinderella text. They work out together which bits are spoken by the characters, then underline what is spoken. Next they re-write in their book and put the spoken sentence which they underlined inside speech marks “_____”.

Plural Pack has games, centers, and worksheets that use the plurals This pack includes: A Visual-Aid Poster - to help learn plural rules. Task cards to play games and use at centers. Task cards can be used to spell plural nouns or review their rules. 3 game boards are included with directions, recording sheets, and answer keys. Worksheets with answer keys.

Pirate activites including labelling a pirate, questions and statements with display and worksheet. PIrate display lettering and wanted poster with other writing prompts.