Easily Confused Words - Quite and Quiet ‘Easily Confused Words - Quite and Quiet’ is a handy PowerPoint presentation focusing on spelling skills and near homophones. It explains the difference between ‘quite’ and ‘quiet’ and teaches pupils how to use ‘quite’ and ‘quiet’ in the correct context. Content includes: ‘quite’ and ‘quiet’ definitions and examples Consolidation of understanding activity Peer assessment task An accompanying worksheet ‘Easily Confused Words - Quite and Quiet’ can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into a lesson or developed into a lesson on wider spelling rules and near homophones.

Writing for Different Audiences ‘Writing for Different Audiences’ English teaching resource explains how the audience of a text affects its composition. The resource has been made with KS3 students in mind but it can be easily tweaked for use with upper KS2 or lower ability KS4 students. Content includes: An editable PowerPoint lesson Activities to support the teaching of this objective 1 accompanying worksheet

Common Multiples - Year 5 In this maths teaching resource, pupils build on their knowledge of multiples by beginning to look at common multiples of any pairs of numbers. ‘Common Multiples - Year 5’ covers the year 5 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study (Number - multiplication and division) and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 5 - Autumn - Block 3 - Multiplication and division A. Content includes: An animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this objective with one accompanying worksheets 2 further varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers 'Common Multiples - Year 5’ can be edited so teachers are able to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching requirements.

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - KS3 Unit of Work (93-slide editable PowerPoint presentation, 14 lesson plans, unit of work overview and 3 worksheets) Our ‘The Invisible Man’ teaching unit explores the popular Oxford Playscripts drama interpretation of the classic C19th H.G. Wells novel. It includes the following activities: Examining the cover and blurb and making predictions Using P.E.A.R. to construct an extended response Writing and redrafting responses to texts Character analysis Writing an empathetic response Understanding the P.A.F. of a text Individual, pair and group activities Exploring and understanding the key themes of the story Creating storyboards and quizzes to consolidate knowledge of the text Uncovering the context of ‘The Invisible Man’ - H.G. Wells research task Role play, Hotseating and other speaking and listening opportunities Writing a review of ‘The Invisible Man’

Writing to Entertain English Writing Unit of Work ‘Writing to Entertain’ is a ten lesson unit of work focusing on writing an entertaining short story. Content includes: What makes a good story opening? Using narrative hooks to engage the reader Developing and improving pupils’ vocabulary How to structure a piece of creative writing How to write a vivid description Using a five-stage narrative structure effectively Using literary devices such as similes, metaphors, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to improve writing How to improve written work by drafting and redrafting 16 accompanying worksheets Although it has been produced with KS3 students in mind, ‘Writing to Entertain’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required to suit Year 6 and KS4 pupils.

SATs English Reading Test Prep - Thoughts and Feelings In this KS2 English reading teaching resource, pupils practise using evidence from a text to work out what a character is thinking and feeling in preparation for the KS2 SATs reading test. Content includes: An editable PowerPoint lesson covering long answer style questions A worksheet booklet containing examples of these long answer questions

The Merchant of Venice is a 143-slide PowerPoint-based unit of work with 9 accompanying worksheets. It contains a progressive series of lessons that develop pupil knowledge and understanding of plot, characters, themes, context and language. This KS3 unit contains 12 lessons which cover a range of activities, including: Understanding the play’s plot Analysing the characters Exploring Shakespeare’s language and use of imagery Discussing the key themes and ideas of The Merchant of Venice Studying stagecraft - how Shakespeare creates and resolves conflict Context - women’s rights, Christianity and antisemitism in Elizabethan England Comprehension questions (with model answers provided) for each act. And a lot more. Click the images to preview this unit of work for The Merchant of Venice.

Counting in 5s to 50 - Year 1 In the KS1 teaching resource ‘Counting in 5s to 50 - Year 1’ pupils practise counting to 50 in 5s as per the curriculum objectives of the year 1 maths programme of study (number and place value). The resource is a bright animated PowerPoint presentation which includes: an explanation of counting in fives interactive activity with an accompanying worksheet 2 further worksheets with answers a link to a skip counting song ‘Counting in 5s to 50 - Year 1’ is fully editable giving you the freedom to adapt the resource to suit your individual teaching requirements.

‘Using a Thesaurus’ is a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation focusing on how to use a thesaurus to improve writing skills. For use with either Upper KS2 or Lower KS3 depending on ability. This PowerPoint-based lesson explores how the use of a thesaurus can help to develop word, sentence and text level skills in writing. It includes the following activities: Definition of synonyms. Explanation of how a thesaurus works. Using a traditional thesaurus. Using a digital or online thesaurus such as the Microsoft thesaurus in Word, PowerPoint and Publisher. Using a thesaurus to improve vocabulary task. Peer assessment and consolidation of understanding plenary activity.

Using Punctuation to Indicate Parenthesis - Years 5 and 6 In this English grammar teaching resource, pupils are introduced to parenthesis and the use of brackets, dashes and commas to punctuate them as per the curriculum objective in the Years 5 and 6 English programme of study - writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. Content includes: An animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this objective with an accompanying worksheet One further worksheet with answers ‘Using Punctuation to Indicate Parenthesis - Years 5 and 6’ can be edited giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to meet the individual needs of each class they teach.

GCSE English Language Reading Comprehension Skills 2 This three-lesson mini-unit is designed to help GCSE students develop their Reading Fiction comprehension skills. It is made up of a 48-slide PowerPoint presentation, 8 worksheets and a comprehension task that uses an extract from the novel ‘Extra Life’ by Oliver Kean. Contents: Lesson One An introduction to the ‘Reading Fiction’ section of the GCSE English Language exam How to approach the exam task Analysing an extract - first and second reading Consolidation and using deduction skills How to write an extended answer about language Lesson Two How to refer to the text and use quotes effectively How to write about structure How to answer a 20-mark evaluation question effectively A 45-minute assessment task Lesson Three Feedback and discussion of student responses All five GCSE-type assessment questions and answers explored in detail Exemplar answers for all five questions ‘GCSE English Language Reading Comprehension Skills 2’ has everything you need to help you develop essential ‘Reading Fiction’ exam skills. Click the images to preview the resource.