Presentation and worksheet for identifying and creating similes and metaphors. Contains: Starter task Learning intention and success criteria Definitions Activities - fill in the blank, pictionary, highlighting Worksheet to create own Plenary Presentations on both ActiveInspire and Powerpoint.

Complete lesson about cause and effect, using text and image prompts. Include: Starter task Learning Intention and Success Criteria Matching activity - can be done whole class or cut and stick. Opportunities to write own cause and effect Links to online games Independent task and worksheet Plenary game Format: Promethean Flipchart and PowerPoint

A PowerPoint outlining the key thinking routines from Making Thinking Visible.

Quick lesson on the difference between open and closed questions and opportunities for children to create their own. Included: Starter task Whiteboard activities Exit Pass

Full lesson for writing an onomatopoeic poem. Includes: Starter activity Learning Intention and Success Criteria Highlighting onomatopoeias in poetry Creating onomatopoeias from videos Planning poems Example poems Peer assessment Worksheets: Poem for highlighting and peer assessment Available on Promethean Flipchart and PowerPoint

Onomatopoeia lesson with lots of interactive activities. Includes: Starter activity Learning Intention and Success Criteria Identify onomatopoeias in poetry Creating onomatopoeias using images Onomatopoeia art activity Plenary Word document with poem for highlighting

Nine reading activities that children can do on any book - class novel, group book, independent book. Flipchart to explain how to fill them in and worksheets for each reading activity: summariser illuminator illustrator link maker mind mapper passage master predictor question master word finder