3 differentiated brochure writing templates: Easy: Red background - much less writing + large spaces for pictures. Medium: White background - less writing + small spaces for pictures. Hard: Grey background - writing sections only. Also attached are 2 completed brochures (to use as shared texts). The themes of the brochures are ‘Holiday’ themes (England and Thailand). Appropriate and adaptable for all age groups. Fully editable.

PowerPoint Presentation - Simple features of a newspaper report: Headline. Opening Sentence. Main body of text. Photo. Caption. Final Sentence.

A useful booklet to practise note taking skills. 4 pages. Fully editable.

A complete unit of work with all resources. 16 lessons. Age range: 6 to 9 years (depending on ability). Title: Explorers. Genre: Action/Adventure/Exploration. Model Text: The Enchanted Envelope. Stimulus/Hook Text: ‘Whatever Next’ by Jill Murphy. Cold and Hot Task included. . Resource 1: A complete Unit of Work. Ideal for 6 to 9 years. 16 lessons (4 to 5 weeks of lessons). The unit plan is divided into 3 main sections: Imitation, Boxing Up and Innovation. Cold and Hot task ‘suggested activities’ included. Fully editable. . Resource 2: An ‘Explorers’ text called ‘The Enchanted Envelope’. 548 words (2 pages). Genre: Action / Adventure / Exploration. The text is divided into 4 main parts: Introduction, Build-up, Main section and Ending. Difficult vocabulary highlighted. Fully editable. . Resource 3: A picture stimulus and ‘Hook’ text. Picture and Audio Text included. . Resource 4: 3 sets of ‘What does it Mean?’ worksheets. On each worksheet, students have to read the sentence (or phrase) from the text, guess what it means and find the actual meaning. These worksheets are excellent for introducing new vocabulary. Fully editable. . Resource 5: A storyboard for one of the activities. Fully editable . Resource 6: An innovation activity booklet. 6 pages - 5 worksheets. Fully editable.

Updated July 2022. A fully editable 9-page oral screening form to assess English proficiency. The aim of this screening form is to: Establish English language proficiency; to identify a student who requires EAL, EFL, ESL support and to identify topic areas a student may need to develop. Before carrying out the screening form, it is helpful to say to the child, ‘During the task, I will circle some areas that you find a bit tricky. This is to help me know which areas I need to focus on in class so that I can make your English even better!’ By saying this, the child will be reassured (and put at ease) from the start. . The following 23 topic areas are assessed: Colours Numbers (0 – 9) Numbers (10 – 20) Body parts Head / Face Clothes Household objects School Shapes Action words Domestic Animals Weather words Food - Basics Food - Fruit Food - Vegetables Fast food Wild Animals Gardening Positional Words Days of the week Times of the day Months of the year Professions / Jobs

Resource 1: Students must correctly punctuate the sentences. Resource 2: Students must rewrite the sentences by putting in the missing capital letters and full stops. Resource 3: Capital letters practice sheet. Resource 4: A small presentation introducing capital letters (and a small activity to complete). Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability).

Fantastic Mr Fox - DESCRIBING MR FOX! Focus: To describe. Great activity once you’ve read chapter 2 (Mr Fox). Activity description: Write 6 words to describe Mr Fox (e.g. cunning, handsome, clever etc.) then write about him in the space below. Fully editable.

Features of a Play Script - PowerPoint. 6 slides. Example play script given. Each slide highlights a feature of a play script … setting the scene, omission of speech marks, stage directions and use of dialogue. Fully editable.

Activity 1 - Worksheet: 24 mistakes to highlight in a passage: 9 missing capital letters. 7 missing full stops. 3 missing commas. 4 missing speech marks. 1 missing exclamation mark! . Activity 2 - Worksheet: 32 mistakes to correct in the passage: 10 spelling mistakes. 19 punctuation errors. 3 new lines missing (for new speakers). . Activity 3: Self assessment sheet for student’s to refer to when proofreading their work. Answers provided. Fully editable.

The Quest for the Magic Crystal - A story set in an Imaginary World. Enter the enchanted forest, gain help from the Golden Griffin, travel to the Creepy Castle, find the Magic Crystal (in the caves of the Murderous Mountains) and defeat the Ice Dragon! I used this story with my Year 5 class … they loved it! After reading it, they couldn’t wait to write their own quest story set in an imaginary world. 8 pages long. Appropriate for 7+ (depending on ability). Fully editable.

4 resources in total Plan and create your own rhyming couplet poems using these versatile worksheets. 8 pages in total. Fully editable.

Conjunctions Worksheets & Display Material Conjunctions worksheets. Comparative conjunctions slides. Joining sentences activity booklet. Classroom display material. Ideal for 5 - 11 years. Fully editable.

Fantastic Mr Fox - STORYBOARD Summarise each chapter with a picture and some writing. 2 storyboards attached … a 2-page storyboard and a 4-page storyboard (with larger areas for writing). 5 pages in total. Fully editable.

Focus: Report Writing. Text: Iron Man by Ted Hughes. PowerPoint, unit of work and 3 newspaper report writing templates included. Everything you need to teach a great unit of work. Fully editable.

5 activity sheets attached - fully editable. Activity: Students must write a summary (and draw a picture) for each chapter. Chapter 1: The Coming of the Iron Man. Chapter 2: The Return of the Iron Man. Chapter 3: What’s to be Done with the Iron Man? Chapter 4: The Space-Being and the Iron Man. Chapter 5: The Iron Man’s Challenge.

Activity: Write names in alphabetical order. PDF and Word formats attached. Fully editable.

2 fully-editable non-fiction resources: A poster highlighting some features of a non fiction text. Features of a non-fiction text matching activity - match the correct word with its correct definition. Answers provided Ideal for 7 - 11 years. Fully editable.

A detailed English whole school overview. Years 1 to Year 6. Fully editable.

** Mr Men Unit of Work. ** Everything you need to teach a great unit of work. ** Focus: Narrative - Mr Men. ** 2 - 3 weeks (depending on ability). ** Presentation + resources + end of unit writing assessment included. ** Ideal for KS1. ** Fully editable.