This is a beautiful reading, writing and geography unit based a beautiful book: ‘Asha and the Spirit Bird’! ** If you are happy with my resource, please write a positive review and email me-I will send you a free resource of your choice for the same value: eclipseeducation9@gmail.com** AI-generated art has been used as a creative stimulus. These beautiful artworks will transport students into the world of the story, sparking their imagination and deepening their connection to the narrative. Discover a wealth of resources that will enrich your teaching. Engage students with detailed comprehension tasks, stimulating writing activities, and geography links that seamlessly integrate with the chapters. This package also includes writing checklists and ample opportunities to improve Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar (SPAG) skills. What’s included: BLACK and WHITE information texts included for easier printing. 30 success criteria for writing tasks in a convenient PDF format, along with ready-to-print extract analysis copies. 30 writing task planning formats and research grids to facilitate student exploration. PDF of all comprehension and critical thinking activities PowerPoint presentation featuring 73 slides. Explore captivating information text extracts on the Himalayas, the Ganges River, and Nepal, allowing students to develop a deeper understanding of these fascinating topics. Geography takes center stage with substantive knowledge and key geographical vocabulary integrated throughout the package. Your students will gain a greater appreciation for the world around them as they delve into the wonders of the Himalayas. Watch your students’ vocabulary and comprehension skills flourish as they engage with the story’s six chapters. Challenge their critical thinking abilities while providing comprehension answers for easy assessment. The writing tasks included in this package offer clear structures and inspire creativity. From generating ideas and analyzing texts to practicing SPAG skills, students will engage in various writing activities, culminating in the exciting stages of editing and publishing. Additionally, our package features geography-focused research projects on the Himalayas, the Ganges River, and a captivating case study of Nepal. This multi-disciplinary approach encourages students to explore these fascinating subjects in depth. Perfectly suited for KS2 If you like my resources, visit my shop and see my KS2 units of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Eclipse-Education These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!

Narrative Writing Lesson for Upper Key Stage 2, based on the classic novel, The Secret Garden. This lesson is designed to help students develop their creative writing skills and deepen their understanding of narrative techniques. Included in the lesson are PowerPoint slides that guide students through the writing process, using Chapter 23 of The Secret Garden as a basis for analysis and inspiration. The lesson also includes two narrative extracts ready for analysis, allowing students to practice identifying and deconstructing literary techniques such as personification, metaphors, similes, and expanded noun phrases. To support students in their writing, I’ve also included writing checklists and narrative writing prompt bookmarks, helping them to stay on track and incorporate literary devices in their own writing. NOW INCLUDES AI GENERATED ART AS INSPIRATION FOR YOUR STUDENTS! *Powerpoint Slides *x2 Narrative extracts *Narrative prompt bookmarks *free Narrative classroom poster Success criteria

An extensive reading and writing unit for KS2 students, designed to enhance their understanding and engagement with the wonderful book: ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’. This comprehensive package includes 3 PowerPoint presentations, a range of engaging comprehension worksheets covering the first five chapters of this book and narrative and report writing tasks linked to these chapters. If you like my unit, please leave a positive review and email me-I will send you a free resource of your choice for the same value: eclipseeducation9@gmail.com The comprehension sheets are thoughtfully designed to help students develop their reading skills, with questions that encourage retrieval, explanation, prediction, vocabulary building, and inference. Writing Tasks: Narrative writing task and extract to analyse with your class Newspaper Report writing task to analyse with your class. FREE NARRATIVE WRITING AND REPORT WRITING CLASSROOM POSTER WITH THIS UNIT!! Take a look at my other English resources, all base don stunning fiction books for KS2: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Eclipse-Education

These three beautiful poetry lessons all have a space theme. X3 space poems included with extract analysis. Focus on poetry figurative devices. 3 poems studied: ‘Harvest Moon’ by Ted Hughes, ‘The Light of the Stars’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Haiku by Tracy Drain ( Nasa Engineer) x15 PDF NASA photographs included of stars, the moon and Jupiter. x30 PDF success criteria for each poem. x30 PDF checklists included. PDF copies of the 3 poems Set of space vocabulary bookmarks If you like my resources, visit my shop and see my KS2 units of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Eclipse-Education These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!

This lesson is designed to help upper KS2 students write an engaging information report about the Northern Lights. It includes scientific vocabulary flashcards, a model information text to analyse, SPAG activities, success criteria, and a writing checklist. These resources aim to improve students’ scientific vocabulary and writing skills, providing a step-by-step guide to ensure their writing meets the success criteria and includes all the necessary components of an information report. What you get: Power POint Presentation set of PDF vocabulary flashcards Report writing checklist success criteria PDF Northern Lights report exemplar extract

This exciting letter writing and mock evacuation activity is part of my larger unit base on the fabulous ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’ book. This lesson comes with an evacuee letter ready to analyse and x30 billeting forms ready to fill out for your class. Power Point with slides and SPAG x30 evacuee letter copies PDF x30 letter writing checklists PDF x30 billeting forms for each child in your class-each with information about a different family. This lesson is from my larger unit: ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/letters-from-the-lighthouse-literacy-reading-writing-and-history-unit-12727046

This display goes with a much larger 6 week scheme of work around the stunning book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ and other explorer resources. Links below. Lovely classroom display for Darwin’s Dragons beautiful KS2 book. This PDF has lettering and images that can be adapted to create any display of your choice-picture is just one example! A set of evolution and Galapagos vocabulary bookmarks also included which can be used on the display of printed and laminated for the children in your class. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/darwin-s-dragons-darwin-and-hms-beagle-ks2-literacy-unit-with-history-and-science-links-12747660 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/galapagos-and-evolution-vocabulary-bookmarks-12747674 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/explorers-ks2-bundle-shackleton-s-and-darwin-12747688

**Fun and challenging history investigation! Source analysis and vocabulary work. ** 54 page Power Point presentation with historical sources, slides, written text analysis, SPAG tasks and challenges. x30 writing success criteria x30 extract analysis for the writing task ready to print. writing checklist provided for report writing KS2 Why was Stonehenge built? Including substantive knowledge, disciplinary knowledge and chronological time line for the Stone Age: all components of an excellent history lesson. Discussion, group activity culminating in a written task. Visual and written source cards; fact cards; question cards; source analysis sheet to fill out with open ended historical investigation questions. Writing opportunity: write an information text reviewing the theories about why Stonehenge could have been built. Includes writing checklist, text analysis of an information text and plenty of SPAG opportunities. If you like my resources, visit my shop and see my KS2 units of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Eclipse-Education These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!

Unit of work based on chapters** 1-6 of ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’**. If you like my resource, leave a positive review and email me - I’ll send you a free resource of your choice worth the same amount: eclipseeducation9@gmail.com Large PowerPoint and PDF version Success criteria for each written task PDF extracts for each writing task Report writing and narrative poster and checklist bookmarks included. Comprehension activity worksheets fro chapters 1-6 PDFs Extensive comprehension tasks linked with content domains with answers Key vocabulary Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; opportunities for modelled writing; SPAG; writing activities; editing and publishing ideas. Challenge activities/ideas provided throughout. Planning overview. Suitable for KS2 Writing opportunities: -Designing an outfit for Edward. Narrative writing about Edward’s outfit with modelled SPAG examples. -Design a ship like the Queen Mary. Write a persuasive report about the ship using a range of SPAG modelled in the slides. -Narrative description of Edward’s fall into the ocean. Modelled SPAG activities included. If you like my resources, visit my shop and see my KS2 units of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Eclipse-Education These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!

“Speak & Listen Prompts for Curious Minds” – an engaging resource designed to boost speaking and listening skills in 8-12-year-olds. With captivating visuals, thought-provoking questions, grammar cards, and word cards, this set offers 6 weeks of interactive language development. Enhance communication, critical thinking, and vocabulary while fostering collaboration and creativity. Perfect for classrooms and homes, empower children to express themselves confidently and become skilled communicators with this comprehensive resource. If you like my resource, leave a positive review and email me - I’ll send you a free resource of your choice worth the same amount: eclipseeducation9@gmail.com

**Ultimate Reading Comprehension and SPAG Toolkit for Upper Key Stage 2 (Ages 9-12)! This toolkit is designed to enhance reading comprehension, spelling, and grammar skills. This all-in-one package includes a wide array of resources to support your teaching and provide students with meaningful learning experiences. What’s Included: 30 Daily Comprehension, Spelling, and Grammar Exercises: Foster daily practice and consolidation of essential comprehension, spelling, and grammar skills. These exercises are thoughtfully crafted to challenge students while building their confidence in these key areas. **Skills Prompt Sheets Whether you’re working with fiction or non-fiction texts, these sheets provide students with a structured framework to analyse, infer, and respond to what they read. ** **Word Logs: Encourage vocabulary development and word exploration with our Word Logs. Students can record new words they encounter during their reading journey, along with their definitions and usage, fostering a deeper understanding of language. **Reading Reflection Sheets: Promote critical thinking and self-reflection with our Reading Reflection Sheets. Students can express their thoughts, feelings, and connections to the text, enhancing their comprehension and fostering a love for reading. **Reading Organiser. This tool helps students identify main ideas, supporting details, and key elements of a text, enhancing their comprehension and analytical skills. **Year 5/6 (ages 8-12) Spelling Flashcards **SPAG Posters: Decorate your classroom with our eye-catching SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar) posters. These visually appealing and informative posters serve as helpful reminders of essential grammar rules and writing conventions. Download by clicking on he sticker on the PDF link. This will take you into a Google Drive with all the PDFs you need.

An exciting English lesson-write n information text (non chronological report) about the Scottish Isles, perfect for Year 6 and easily adapted to students in Key Stage 2! What you get (all PDFs) *Non-chronological report about the Scottish Isles *Writing checklist *Success Criteria Non-chronological report Prompt Bookmarks for each child *Non-chronological report Poster for the classroom *PowerPoint slides Inspired by the book ‘Edge of the World’, this lesson focuses on writing an information text about the Scottish Isles. Students will learn about the geography, history, and culture of these fascinating islands, while also developing their writing skills. The lesson plan includes lots of SPAG activities, which help students to improve their spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills. In addition, there are success criteria and writing checklists included to guide students in their writing process and ensure they meet the necessary requirements for a successful SATs writing task. This lesson is perfect for teachers looking to combine geography and writing in a meaningful way. The Scottish Isles are a unique and interesting topic, and students will love learning about the different islands and their individual characteristics. All materials are provided in PDF format, making it easy for teachers to print and distribute as needed.

An exciting English lesson-write an information text (non chronological report) about the Taiwan, perfect for Year 6 and easily adapted to students in Key Stage 2! What you get (all PDFs) *Non-chronological report about Taiwan *Writing checklist *Success Criteria *report writing prompt bookmarks *Report writing classroom poster. *Powerpoint slides *Planning formats This lesson focuses on writing an information text about the Taiwan. Students will learn about the geography, history, and culture of Taiwan, while also developing their writing skills. The lesson plan includes lots of SPAG activities, which help students to improve their spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills. In addition, there are success criteria and writing checklists included to guide students in their writing process and ensure they meet the necessary requirements for a successful SATs writing task. This lesson is perfect for teachers looking to combine geography and writing in a meaningful way. All materials are provided in PDF format, making it easy for teachers to print and distribute as needed.

Free classroom poster with features of an explanation text. This poster can be purchased with some writing prompts (x30 ready to print and laminate for each child). https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12797604 Please see my English units, all based on beautiful KS2 (grades 4,5) books. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Eclipse-Education

Narrative writing classroom poster showing features of narrative writing. This can also be purchased with some narrative writing prompt cards (x30 for each child) ready to print, laminate and slot inside children’s English books. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12797614 Also see my English units of work with high-quality writing ideas. Units are all based around popular KS2 (grades 4 and 5) fiction books and are cross-curricular. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Eclipse-Education

A4 PDF letter writing prompt classroom poster. Simply print, laminate if required and display! This poster can be purchased with my letter writing prompt bookmarks (x30 for each child) , link below: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12798055