Complete Punctuation and SPaG scheme of work for Key Stage 3 and GCSE. It’s time to win the battle against poor grammar and punctuation once and for all! Complete unit of work which will allow your students to master advanced punctuation as well as engage with a range of exciting creative writing tasks. If you are anything like me, explicit teaching/reminding of how to properly apply punctuation is ESSENTIAL for all ability ranges, especially with the new specification GCSE placing so much emphasis on AO6. These lessons are certainly geared more towards KS3 and KS4 students. Powerpoints are light hearted and fun, with plenty of images/colour and silly jokes to keep your students engaged and entertained. I’ve found these lessons serve as an excellent ‘crash course’ in punctuation either at the beginning of the academic year or in the run up to the GCSE exams. Below is a list of contents: Commas (£2 if purchased on its own) - Commas powerpoint lessons Commas in a list worksheet Commas in a complex sentences worksheet Colons (£2 if purchased on its own) - Colon powerpoint lessons Mastering colons worksheet Semi-Colons (£2 if purchased on its own)- Semi-colon lesson powerpoints Semi-colon worksheets (x2) Semi-colon writing success criteria worksheet Speech- (£2 if purchased on its own) Speech powerpoint lessons Speech worksheet Speech mixed practice worksheet Writing success criteria worksheet Editing and proof reading - (£3 if purchased on its own) Editing and proof reading mini scheme powerpoint (nearly 50 slides) Editing and proof reading worksheets (£2 if purchased separately) A wide range of proof reading worksheets that you can use to consolidate and improve your student’s SPaG and proof reading abilities after you have finished the unit of work. This unit would suit a range of abilities as there is lots of scope for stretch and challenge, with ambitious success criteria and extension tasks built in throughout. Scaffolding and differentiation options are built in where appropriate. Fully resourced and ready to roll, minimal adaptation or tweaking required. This is obviously a SPaG/Punctuation scheme of work, but it is equally focused on creative/descriptive writing too. Much of the content is therefore ideal for teaching general creative writing skills or preparing for the fiction writing task on the new specification (9-1) GCSE English Language exam. Grab a bargain compared to buying these resources separately. If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like! (Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)

This is a bank of Year 1 report comments for reading writing and maths to use in mid term reports. Differentiated for all abilities.

2 weeks worth of lessons on interactive SMART Notebook Slides AND PowerPoint (50 Slides) step by step input to show pupils. 2 weeks lessons planning incl Learning intentions, Success criterias, resources, differentiation. Learning Intentions Include; I am learning to listen to poems and identify interesting words and phrases I am learning to read and perform poems aloud using actions to enhance clarity and understanding. I am learning to segment and blend alien words. I am learning to sequence a story. To label pictures using phase 2, 3 and 5 phonemes. To spell words with adjacent consonants. I am learning to make a Lost poster about Beegu. I am learning to find and use new and interesting words and phrases. I am learning to explore the effect of patterns of language and repeated words and phrases. Worksheets I have made Include: Making alien rhyming words (differentiated LA/MA/HA) Making a poem inspired by aliens Sequencing story Making a lost poster Writing a letter (differentiated LA/MA/HA) Role Play ideas Using adjectives to describe Beegu

An A3 planning sheet for the planning of creative writing - ideal for KS3. The sheet provides a structured piece of planning that reminds students of the need to use language devices and build vivid detail within their writing.

Read Write Inc Set 1 Sounds Initial Sound Pictures. These have been sized to fit Log Slices.

A bank of sentence starters for the ISPACE acronym, colour-coded to match the twinkl resources that use ISPACE. Perfect to stick in books (I use them on the inside cover) or laminate and have as a supporting resource for writing.

A set of 15 fully prepared, highly detailed PowerPoint based lessons that include: the pages from the actual story, a range of activities per lesson, useful printable resources. The first two lessons are available to download free, to get a sense of the lesson structure (look in my shop). The book, Ocean Meets Sky, is beautiful. I have used these PP lessons with my Year 3 class and had incredible work created by them. Their level of thinking and inferencial work has blown me away, along with their writing. The work actually lasted me an entire term to get through - 6 weeks. There is more than a single lesson’s worth of work within each PowerPoint. I’ve poured my heart and soul into making these PowerPoints beautiful to see, easy to use, resource and understand. The lessons are definitely suitable for Lower KS2, and can work wonderfully with minimal adaptation for Upper KS2 also (my Y6 colleague confirmed this). **You do not need to buy the book in order to use these lessons **- the pages are within. But I would recommend buying ‘Ocean Meets Sky’ - the children LOVED reading this book (by the Fan Brothers) and seeing the illustrations in person. This beautiful and poignant story has stunning illustrations throughout (matched in the PowerPoints) and explores themes of family, memory and loss. The unit begins by introducing the authors to the children and highlighting the power of bookmaking/storytelling. Children find a mysterious box in the classroom labelled Grandpa’s Stuff. Inside they will find clues to who Grandpa was and his relationship with the main character, Finn. Finn misses his Grandfather after he has passed away and longs to travel to the fantastical worlds that his Grandpa would tell him about in his stories. Children are given a variety of meaningful writing opportunities throughout the sequence and gradually build up the skills to write an extended fantasy story of their own. Main outcomes: Setting and character descriptions, labels, diary entry, postcard, captain’s log, instructions, dialogue, extended fantasy narrative. The resources are based on the planning sequences for the same book by the Literary Curriculum. I’d recommend taking a look at their site for the planning document that aligns with this (and see the other brilliant stories they’ve created plans for).

4 week suspense story unit based on talk for writing approach includes weekly planning for main input powerpoints boxing up templates other suspense texts to analyse looks at what suspense is fronted adverbials drama sentences of 3 for action powerful verbs show don’t tell suspense toolkit personificaiton similes a poetry lesson to enhance simile writing editing

In this lesson, students will learn how to effectively describe characters including their appearance, personality/ behaviour and special traits. They will look at a range of book extract describing characters looking at this in practice. They will then look at the character description of Miss Trunchbull and be tasked to identify the different descriptions before writing their own character description using the plan and word banks provided. All plans and word banks are included. This lesson is intended for KS2 students but can easily be modified to suit KS3. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

SMART notebook Slides (50 + slides) and PowerPoint Slides (50 + slides) With 10 Step by Step lessons incl learning intention and Success Criteria: 7 x Word Activity Documents 1 x story map writing and drawing a picture 1 x sequencing pictures from story 1 x labelling animals in story 1 x Cave Baby word mat 1 x Retelling the story using images 1 x Rhyming Word sheet 1 x Writing adjectives of characters in the story Lessons L1 - writing a short sentence of a time when they were naughty, what happened? L2 - writing labels of animals in story under picture. L3 - Sequencing pictures of story and acting out story. L4 - Drawing pictures of story on a story map and writing sentence underneath. L5 - I can sequence a story. L6 - I can use adjectives to describe nouns. L7 - I can use the conjunction ‘and’ to extend sentences. L8 - I can write a list of rhyming words. L9 - Using expanded noun phrases. L10 - I can use contractions in a letter. L11 - I can name proper and common nouns.

32 lessons - ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ by Onjali Rauf - Year 4/5/6 - English planning A whole term’s English planning linked to the book ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ (Winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award 2019) by Onjali Rauf. Since its release, this book has been a classroom favourite, covering a topic that is never far from the news. Onjali Rauf writes about the topic of migration and refugees fantastically. I’ve taught this scheme three times now to different classes, and each time the children have all cheered at the end of the book (always a good sign that they’ve enjoyed it!) There are 32 lessons in total, all with accompanying SMART Notebook screens, task sheets and header sheets. To aid teaching each lesson, there are a total of 162 SMART Notebook screens (in one file) and each lesson is clearly marked along with which lesson each chapter should be read to aid and link to the learning. (Update - I personally use SMART Notebook files in my own lessons. In response to many requests, I have converted the SMART Notebook screens to Powerpoint, so there is also a Powerpoint presentation included for the teaching sequence for those unable to use SMART Notebook. However, please note that while the SMART Notebook screens can be edited, the Powerpoint screens can not be edited as they are screen snips from the SMART Notebook file.) This teaching sequence and planning will require the children to complete the following tasks over the 32 lessons: writing a recount writing a persuasive letter answering SATs style comprehension questions writing a narrative descriptive writing drama session writing an information text writing a newspaper report I have also included some examples of work for some lessons in the planning. This topic will also educate and inform the children of a very current real problem that others in the world face - the plight of the refugee. Using this book will expand their understanding of the world and help them to empathise and appreciate what some of the other children in school may have gone through. Even if you don’t need this scheme of work, I would highly recommend the book to share with the class. This resource has received over 20 five-star reviews from teachers who have purchased it. Some of the comments include: We have used this scheme for 2 years it is suitable for high, middle and low ability. It provides the cross curricular style that we wanted for year 7. Worth every penny. (united77) The best resource I have ever downloaded, this made my life so much easier. (AJ40) Absolutely love this. Brilliant scheme of work to go with an excellent book. (ajtranter) Thank you ! These resources are amazing. (teach_explore) Wonderful purchase. All lessons and clearly explained and the appropriate resources are all numbered which makes it super easy to follow. (torylindsay96)

KS2 (Key Stage 2) or early KS3 imaginative / descriptive writing story starters cards, featuring high quality photo prompts, vocabulary banks, prompt questions and more. These 20 full-page story generators can be used across a range of abilities and ages, especially in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 (Y4 / Y5 / Y6 / Y7), to spark ideas for stories. Great for reluctant writers and they have a dyslexia friendly format too. PDF format. In Scotland use for Primary 4, 5, and 6 and S1. You can purchase this as part of this Creative Writing Story Prompts BIG BUNDLE 100 Prompts! Use as warm ups, early finishers activities and as a framework for free writing sessions Each of the 20 A4 cards features a visual element (photo / picture stimulus), a starter sentence or part-sentence to help launch children into their fiction / narrative writing Prompt questions to get ideas going A word bank and suggested openers to add variety to their writing A box at the bottom reminds students to read their work aloud, check for full stops and capital letters and common spellings Range of subjects and genres including sport, mystery, humour, fantasy and historical. Plenty of variety so children can choose ones that appeal to them. UK and US English versions included, with spellings and references to ‘full stops’ and ‘periods’ etc amended as appropriate Designed to offer maximum support for dyslexic learners and those with similar barriers to learning. Verdana font and spacing used are both dyslexia-friendly and the background colours are designed to reduce glare. Both the UK and US cards are also included with the background colours removed and could be used if printing on dyslexia friendly paper or card. Could be used to support the writing of a full story Could also work well as a regular tool to support struggling writers in one-to-one or small group sessions, where students write a few sentences inspired by the prompts, without worrying about completing a story.   SAVE AS PART OF OTHER BUNDLES, SUCH AS… Creative Writing Story Prompts KS2 Writing See below for more options.   YOU MIGHT LIKE… Complex Sentences Cards Full Stops and Capital Letters Cards Improving Sentences Worksheets

An A3 worksheet provided a structured approach to creating a gothic horror setting - placing an emphasis on structure (zooming in on detail) and building up vivid detail. Ideal for KS3 use.

Synonyms for “said” word mat, with titles: Happy, sad, bossy, angry, frightened, tired/ill, when giving an answer, when asking for something. Good for use in the classroom or at home, to improve their writing! Colour and black/white version available.

A poster with types of punctuation to use as a display poster or learning mat.

I have used this lesson twice for interviews and have been offered the job on both occasions! It’s extremely straight forward and everything you need to teach the lesson is contained in the files- the two blank worksheets have lines and the sentence checker for convenience. I uploaded both pdf and word documents for editing. Highly effective, straight forward lesson with a wealth of opportunity for extending children and drawing on year 3 and 4 writing curriculum. If you have any comments about what you liked or what could be improved please let me know.

This is a step-by-step guide on how to use and teach Colourful Semantics, designed for anyone who is new to it. Colourful Semantics is a Speech and Language therapy intervention programme developed by a speech and language therapist called Alison Bryan. In the programme, she used colour to highlight the semantic (meaning) within sentences. This intervention uses colour coded cards to help children learn the important elements of a sentence and how to join them together in the correct order. Colourful Semantics helps children to develop language and vocabulary, and build sentences in key levels. It is aimed at helping children develop their grammar which is routed in the meaning of the word. Hence, the name semantics. This guide on how to use and teach Colourful Semantics includes: • An explanation of what Colourful Semantics • A description of the first 4 levels of Colourful Semantics • An explanation on the benefits and who can benefit from this intervention • A detailed explanation of how to use and teach Colourful Semantics at Levels 1-4 • Suggestions of who can implement colourful semantics • Printable resources. The printable resources include colour coded cue cards, sentence strips and action picture ready for activities.