Primary Texts provides resources to help support the teaching of reading, writing and speaking and listening at primary level. Resources are flexible, adaptable, easy to use and meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
Primary Texts provides resources to help support the teaching of reading, writing and speaking and listening at primary level. Resources are flexible, adaptable, easy to use and meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 4 text objective requiring pupils to understand ‘Appropriate choice of pronoun or noun within and across sentences to aid cohesion and avoid repetition’. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
A complete lesson based on the poem ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ by W.B.Yeats. Includes a PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Also includes guidance for two follow-up writing activities. Ideal for studying classic poetry or contrasting localities A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2.
The 11 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains questions linked to the author’s opinion and use of language.
Five figurative language which combined create a unit of work. This resource is linked to the following English national curriculum reading comprehension objectives:
• Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (Year 3 and 4)
• Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader (Year 5 and 6)
This resource is also useful for helping pupils to understand how to use figurative language in their own writing.
The bundle contains lessons on the following figurative language techniques:
• Similes and metaphors
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Idioms
Each PPT lesson contains:
• Clear explanation
• Examples of the use of the figurative language technique
• Three activities which require pupils to demonstrate their understanding of and use the figurative language technique
• Reflection questions enabling pupils to recap and consolidate their understanding at the end of the lesson
The PPTs are fully editable giving you the flexibility to adjust aspects of the lesson to suit the needs of your pupils if required.
Contains three lessons focused on the year 6 writing framework objective, ‘in narratives, describe settings, characters and atmosphere’. The format for each lesson is:
Discuss: Talk about the features and purpose of the text type and the set task.
Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text.
Write: Students create a written description of them choosing from a selection of stimuli
Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made.
Includes engaging pictures and suggestions for vocabulary
This PPT based lesson will help students to review the skills needed to write a character description . The lesson format is as below:
Discuss: Talk about the features and purpose of the text type and the set task.
Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text.
Write: Choose a character and create a written description of them.
Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made.
A complete poetry lesson for KS2 based on the poem ‘Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll. Includes PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Ideal for exploring classic and nonsense poetry. Great for vocabulary work and encouraging students to decipher word meanings through context. Also includes guidance for three follow-up activities. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work.
The 16 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up poetry perfomance and writing activities
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated worksheets. Worksheet A contains straightforward literal questions and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains questions linked to the poet’s use of language and a task requiring students to summarise part of the poem.
A PPT based lesson for suitable for KS2 on the use of personification. This resource is linked to the following English national curriculum reading comprehension objectives:
• Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (Year 3 and 4)
• Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader (Year 5 and 6)
This lesson is also useful for helping pupils to understand how to use personification in their own writing.
The PPT contains:
• Clear explanation
• Three examples of classic text extracts which include personification
• Three activities which require pupils to demonstrate their understanding of and use personification
• Reflection questions enabling pupils to recap and consolidate their understanding at the end of the lesson
The PPT is fully editable giving you the flexibility to adjust aspects of the lesson to suit the needs of your pupils if required.
A PPT based lesson for suitable for KS2 on similes and metaphors. This lesson is linked to the following English national curriculum reading comprehension objectives:
• Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (Year 3 and 4)
• Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader (Year 5 and 6)
This lesson is also useful for helping pupils to understand how to use similes and metaphors in their own writing.
The PPT contains:
• Clear explanation
• Three high quality classic text extracts which contain examples of how similes and metaphors are used in writing. Useful for discussion and analysis.
• Three activities which require pupils to demonstrate their understanding of and use similes and metaphors.
• Reflection questions enabling pupils to recap and consolidate their understanding at the end of the lesson.
This PPT is fully editable giving you the flexibility to adjust aspects of the lesson to suit the needs of your pupils if required.
This PPT based lesson will help students to review the skills needed to write a persuasive letter. The lesson format is as below:
Discuss: Talk about the features and purpose of persuasive letters and the set task.
Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text.
Write: Write a letter to try to prevent the closure of a local park
Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 1 punctuation objective requiring pupils to understand how capital letters are used for names and the personal pronoun I . The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion.
This PPT lesson presentation explains what Epiphany is and how it is celebrated in different countries including details about Three Kings Day. The resource includes ideas for two follow up activities: design a Epiphany cake or design a crown. Outlines for the cake and crown are provided for children to draw and colour their designs; alternatively, teachers may wish to develop the activities further. This could be done by providing students with a selection of collage materials or paints, or asking students to not just design but also to make crowns using card. Suitable for KS2. Could also be used for upper KS1.
A complete lesson based on the poem ‘The Eagle’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson with PPT presentation, comprehension worksheets and follow up activities. Ideal for exploring classic poetry or as part of a topic on predators or birds of prey. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2.
The 10 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
Two differentiated worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to exploring the poet’s use of language and expressing viewpoint.
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to clauses and subordinate clauses. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 20 slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to clauses and subordinate clauses is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper often features questions linked to expanded noun phrases. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 10 slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to expanded noun phrases is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test paper frequently features questions linked to inverted commas. This PPT based lesson will help Year 6 students revise this area. The 20 slide PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a mini- assessment containing five SATs style questions linked to inverted commas is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
The Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test features questions linked to year 6 objectives plus topics covered in previous years. This resource contains 30 detailed no-prep PPT lessons providing comprehensive coverage of the content students need to revise to succeed in the Key Stage 2 SPAG tests.
Each lesson includes explanation, exercises and discussion prompts. All lessons are accompanied by assessments which contain five SATs style questions linked to the objective and an answer sheet.
Included are nine PPT lessons linked to the specific National Curriculum objectives for year 6 SPAG. Topics covered are:
The use of the passive
Layout Devices
Cohesive Devices
Hyphens
Formal and Informal Sentence Structure
Formal and Informal Vocabulary
Synonyms and Antonyms
Semi-colons, colons and dashes to mark independent clauses
Semi-colons and Bullet Points in Lists
In addition there are twenty PPT lessons to help students recap areas which have been frequently featured in the KS2 SPAG test in previous years. Topics covered are:
Adverbs and Adverbials
Apostrophes
Clauses and Subordinate Clauses
Commas
Demarcating Sentences
Determiners
Expanded Noun Phrases
Inverted Commas
Modals
Parenthesis
Past and Present Tense including the progressive
Prefixes and Suffixes
Prepositions of time, place and cause
Pronouns and Possessive Pronouns
Relative Clauses
Sentence Types
Simple Past and Present Perfect
Subordination and Coordination
Word Families
Plus one PPT lesson which contains a classic poem about the Parts of Speech with activities to help students quickly revise word classes.
Purchasing these lessons as a bundle offers a saving of more than 60% in contrast to purchasing the lessons individually! These engaging PPT lessons make light work of teaching tricky SPAG concepts to year 6 students!
A complete lesson based on the poem ‘From a Railway Carriage’ by Robert Louis Stevenson with PPT presentation, comprehension worksheets and follow up activities. Ideal for exploring classic poetry or as part of a topic on transport. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2.
The 10 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
Two differentiated worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to exploring the poet’s use of language and finding evidence.
This PPT based lesson will help students to review the skills needed to describe atmosphere. The lesson format is as below:
Discuss: Talk about atmosphere and what is meant by the term.
Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text.
Write: Write about atmosphere choosing from a selection of settings.
Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made to their writing
A complete poetry lesson for KS2 based on the poem ‘My Heart’s in the Highlands’ by Robert Burns. Includes PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Ideal for exploring classic poetry; introducing pupils to the work of Scottish poet Robert Burns and discussing the celebration known as Burns Night. Also includes guidance for two follow-up writing activities. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work.
The 12 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to exploring the poet’s use of language and finding textual evidence.
Provides support for pupils writing persuasive texts, argument (discussion) texts or texts linked to complaints. Discuss with pupils which vocabulary on the card might be useful for the specific text type they are working on.