A play-script on the nativity story. Written in rhyming prose. Suggestions for traditional carols. A simple but effective way to tell the Christmas story. Suitable for KS 1/2 3-page script on Microsoft word. Approximately 10 – 15 minutes’ long. Links to RE, Poetry, English, Drama, Music.

8 various story openers covering the different genres. Tasks linked to the openers for children to complete in guided work or independently. Ideal for KS 2 children. Microsoft Word Document Focus on language and sentence effects.

A PowerPoint presentation on the various word classes - nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions and determiners. Ideal for KS1 and 2. Includes activities and a Quiz on word classes. The slides could be printed as a visual display. Two work sheets on Microsoft word differentiated on word classes. A lesson plan to help teach the activities. A set of large words to organise into a sentence.

Three differentiated worksheets for planning your own fairy tale. A poster with the key features of a fairy tale. A writing template for own fairy tale. All editable resources. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

A modelled informal letter written by the troll to his cousin warning him of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. A modelled character description on The Big Bad Wolf from fairy tales. Editable resources. Ideas for KS1 or lower KS2.

Two paragraphs of different genres and styles that are missing all forms of punctuation. The Activities are on a Microsoft Word document. The resource is suitable for KS 1/2. Focuses on the need for capital letters, full stops and commas.

A worksheet ideal for guided or independent work. A Microsoft word document that can be edited. Tasks: Underline the subjects and verbs within the sentences. Highlight the main clauses. Identify the sentence structure – is it simple, compound or complex? Circle the conjunctions used – are they coordinators or subordinators? Aimed at KS 2 children.

Activity 1 - to convert a present tense paragraph into past tense - linked to topic 'Come fly with me'. Activity 2 - to identify the four forms of past tense verbs - past simple, past progressive, past perfect and past perfect progressive forms in their own converted paragraph. Ideal for KS 2/ 3 Microsoft Word Document that can be edited and changed on the computer or I pad by the children.

Seven differentiated grammar activity worksheets all linked to identifying and converting sentence types - exclamations, questions, commands and statements. SATS style questions alongside super challenges. Ideal for KS2 children. Ready to simply print off and use. Tried and tested.

A worksheet with three differentiated activities on adding missing punctuation. Activity one is to to add capital letters and full stops. Activity two is to add commas in lists, capital letters and full stops and activity three is to add capital letters and the correct punctuation to demarcate the sentence type - exclamation marks, full stops or question marks. All the sentences are linked to a fairy tale theme. Written on a word document that can be edited. Suitable for KS1 or lower KS2.

A comprehension on The Great Fire of London covering the key skills of retrieval, inference and language in a range of question types. Text provided. Editable resource. Suitable for KS1 or lower KS2.

A range of question types on each of the chapters - beginning to the end of 'Street Child' by Berlie Doherty Ideal for KS children - Year 4/5 Suitable for Guided reading sessions or English reading assessment Covers inference, retrieval, prediction, evaluation, justification, language, structure and summarising. Differentiated for two different abilities. 15 separate Microsoft word documents to access.

2 worksheets on verb openers. Inserting a comma after verb openers - 8 sentences to amend and explain the rule. Adding verb openers to main clauses - 6 clauses to extend. 2 Microsoft Word documents Suitable for lower key stage 2 especially, though applicable to both key stages.

Comprehension questions on the text 'There's a Viking in My Bed' By Jeremy Armstrong. Mixture of 14 skill based questions - retrieval, inference, language, structure, prediction and evaluation. Ideal for KS 1/2 Suitable for guided reading or English reading assessment.

A PowerPoint with 10 quiz questions on word classes. Multiple choice with the correct answer revealed at a click. covers verbs, adjectives, prepositions, nouns, similes, coordinators and subordinators etc... Suitable for KS 1 or lower KS 2 children. Ideal for starter activities or plenaries.

Differentiated worksheets on adding speech punctuation to conversations and sentences. 2 Microsoft Word documents that can be edited and amended. 6 sentences to add inverted commas and other speech punctuation to. A conversation between father and daughter to punctuate - could be used to convert into a play-script. Suitable for KS 2 children. Focuses on using speech punctuation correctly including commas, and to identify different speakers amongst the narrative.

This large time saving resource is ideal for lower key stage 2 children. It contains a very comprehensive PowerPoint presentation that takes the teacher through the lesson in place of a guided reading plan. There are twenty five sessions around 40 minutes each with starters, whole class tasks and independent differentiated activities for children to complete. The questions are linked to all the reading skills - inference, retrieval, prediction, comparison, langage in context and summary etc… There are five comprehension tasks throughout the book that reflect test style questions such as multiply choice. All the lessons have been tried and tested and work well. The tasks are ready to print off and use, you just need copies of the text The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy.

A poem about the body and what it can do with a comprehension sheet. Ten questions largely focused on retrieval and language with a range of formats e.g. true or false, circling the correct options or ticking boxes etc… This resource links to the human body in science and ‘All About Me’ topic. Answer sheet provided. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2 children.

A complete guided reading lesson with a PowerPoint presentation focusing on teaching language skills - exploring unfamiliar words and working out the meaning using known root (base) words and vocabulary in context. Shared activities to complete as you work through the PowerPoint. An original poem on pirates with historical accuracy to link to topic work suitable for KS1 or lower KS2. A differentiated comprehension on the poetry text with a range of question types covering many assessment focuses- retrieval , structure, language, inference and opinion. Answer sheets provided.

Ideal for KS 1/2 choose an appropriate time connective to make sense of sentences.