2 literacy booklets with a range of tasks focusing on grammar, punctuation, reading skills and vocabulary. These booklets are aimed at KS3and KS4 low ability pupils but I have found it useful to use certain pages as lesson starters to recap with higher ability pupils too. Topics include: nouns verbs adjectives adverbs noun phrases verb phrases subject verb object simple and compound sentences avoiding splicing skimming and scanning coordinating conjunctions commas apostrophes subordinating conjunctions improving vocabulary complex sentences tenses summarising making inferences bias in writing comprehensions speech marks capital letters and full stops dictionary skills clauses subject-verb agreement

Euro 2024 Literacy Activities This editable PowerPoint contains 20 literacy-based activities based on the countries involved in Euro 2024. These make perfect starter activities or form time tasks. Slides have a simple colour scheme so that they can be printed at a lower cost if hard copies are needed. As well as being enjoyable and competitive, these activities will encourage learners to apply their knowledge of the alphabet, vowels, consonants and languages. Activities include: placing words into alphabetical order matching terms to different languages anagrams identifying missing vowels/consonants word grids creating their own words

This PowerPoint contains 50 short activities based around punctuation, grammar and spelling. This includes: Word sorting Spelling rules Plurals Tenses Punctuation Sentence structure Much more! Perfect for lower ability, SEN, EAL or intervention group and could also be used as a bank of starter / plenary activities! A brilliant and versatile resource to have at hand. Check out my shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3 & KS4, Literacy and whole school resources.

A detailed, engaging and well-differentiated lesson to encourage critical thinking (lasting 1-2 hours), focused on the growth of Fake News and ‘alternative facts’. These resources teach students how we must always use critical thinking skills when studying media material. Included: 1 - 2 hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, alternative facts reading comprehension, well differentiated, KS3/ KS4. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :) Or you can check out some of our most popular PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources below: Mental Health PSHE Bundle 1 Whole Year of PSHE Resources British Values Citizenship Bundle Careers, Employment and Enterprise Bundle Islam Bundle Sex and Relationships Education GCSE CITIZENSHIP 9-1

Ideal for intensive, expert CPD sessions on literacy and oracy across the curriculum for trainees, ECTs, and experienced members of staff! What is literacy? What is oracy? Links to the teaching standards The importance of reading and literacy What does the research say? EEF findings Tiers 1-3 vocabulary and explicitly vocabulary teaching Modelling and scaffolding literacy (with examples) What does Alex Quigley say? The importance of oracy Using Talking Points and explicit oracy strategies Personal inquiry classroom intervention results and impact

Literacy lessons based on Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan Originally planned for a low ability, SEN year 7 and 8 class Would still work brilliantly for a Key Stage 2 class or any lower ability Key Stage 3 set Can be taught as an intervention Lessons are designed to be an hour long. You will need a copy of the book. The lessons incorporate pictures and videos to appeal to visual learners and to keep students engaged. They are designed to improve literacy skills, particularly comprehension skills. Planning was done by the Head of Literacy in a Secondary School who was previously a Primary School teacher (year 6 predominantly) Resources included Please leave a review

School Literacy Quiz Over 10 rounds and 70+ Questions. Literacy Quiz. A fun whole school english literacy quiz that tests a range of different skills with students working in teams to compete against each other. Let the best literacy team win! This resource contains: ☞ 1x PowerPoint with questions and answers laid out in a professional format (Literacy and essential English skills) ☞ 1x Student Answer Sheet double sided out of /70+ Marks (PDF and PPT Version) and all the answers!! ☞ Contains 10 Rounds: S.P.A.G, True or False, There Their or They’re, Link in Punctuation, Shakespeare Round, Design Challenge and more… ☞ 3 sets of certificates This quiz resource is perfect for lesson time, form time, extra curricular clubs, part of a drop down day or as a fun and educational treat for your class. ✿ A variety of different rounds and different challenges within this quiz for all types of learners to access (something fun no matter what ability) Product code: FUN/C8/QZ/24 ✿ This will last a full hour by the time you get students into small teams and run through the Quiz and the interactive way the answers appear. A tie-breaker is included . Why not check out some of our latest super bundles below: Personal Finance as a young Adult Online Safety + Staying Safe Y12 Survival Kit - Personal Safety Y11 Survival Kit - Revision + Exam Stress British Values Explored Bundle Society, Body Image + Peer Pressure Finance Risk + Online Safety Search ‘Cre8tive Resources’ for support with our library of resources or send us an email. Leave a review and email TheCre8tiveResources@gmail.com for a free resource as a thank you!! Explore all our resources on TES

An engaging and detailed staff CPD session on explicit vocabulary instruction - this lasts between one hour and 90 minutes depending on whether departments are given time at the end to consider their tier 2 and tier 3 vocabulary words. I delivered this in my role as Literacy Coordinator and was told by the headteacher that it was the best internal CPD that he had seen delivered. This session covers: Why you need a whole-school approach to vocabulary The Matthew Effect Tier 1, 2 and 3 words and what this means. Approaches to vocabulary instruction - morphology, etymology and the Frayer model. Modelled examples of how to teach new vocabulary. Advice for further reading. Please note that I have provided some suggestions in the notes section of the slides about how to guide discussion. Similar Resources * Staff CPD on Whole-School Reading Strategies * A bundle of whole-school literacy resources including this CPD, CPD on Reading Strategies and resources for implementing a Word Root of the Week in your school. Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

Here is a selection of 14 display posters that look at literacy in PE. Each poster covers a different sport and features keywords from the sport, these have been created in line with the new GCSE specification and feature core and advanced skills. Together they make an eye catching display and have been very popular with our students. We have also displayed them on boards in lessons to encourage students to use the terminology in discussions. Also attached is an A3 title page which discusses 'Literacy in PE', we have this in the middle of our display board. The sports featured are athletics, badminton, cricket, dance, fitness, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, netball, rugby, tennis, trampolining and volleyball. If you like these I also have Numeracy in PE displays on my page.

ll the literacy progression documents, 12 strands from the New Primary Framework, VCOP, RUCSAC, reading, writing, speaking and listening assessment. Topcis also included are: assessment.

Great as a settling activity or as a starter. Students can revise spellings as they identify them in the wordsearch.

A whole unit and resources for the book ‘Runniny Wild’ by Micheal Morpurgo.

A range of work (16 files) on the book by Julia Donaldson. Includes an interactive PowerPoint with correlating worksheets on identifying sentences as true/false/can’t tell, matching halves of sentences, matching adjectives with nouns, matching rhyming words, contractions and the use of no/know. Also includes SmartBoard notebook files and worksheets on caption writing, completing and constructing sentences, labelling, sequencing and writing speech bubbles. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Please DO NOT view the PowerPoint in PowerPoint viewer, view it as a SLIDESHOW, otherwise it will not be interactive. Please DO NOT expect Smarboard notebook files to open unless you have Smartboard software on your computer. If you do, you will be redirected to app store.

Activities for each chapter of book “The Boy At The Back Of The Class”, suitable for 2nd level. This pack of work was designed to accompany the Active Literacy approach to reading.

Highlighting the importance of subject specific literacy in Teaching and Learning.

I do not work in year 5 anymore, but I have banked together all my planning. Obviously it will need to be adapted to suit your class, but hopefully it should save you lots of time :)

A Literacy SOW that uses reciprocal reading strategies and contains extracts from 20 novels. Contains a powerpoint for staff to share with the class and a booklet of extracts and key questions

Importance of Financial Literacy . A fully-resourced editable Careers PowerPoint lesson (1 hour +) which can be used by teachers to deliver a detailed workshop / session on this topic. Learning Outcomes: “To understand what financial literacy is. To be able to explain why financial literacy is imprtant. To consider what can happen if someone doesn’t have good financial literacy skills.” Key terms Financial Literacy, Debt, Budgeting, Savings, Investment **Homework Extension Suggestion ** Use the internet to find a debt charity. Write 250 words outlining what their services are for adults who need help with budgeting and financial literacy. Each Lesson Pack Contains: 1 Fully Editable Careers PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning) Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker) The lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint, variety of student facing tasks and comprehension tasks These resources have been designed to be engaging, informative and pick up and teach. Why not check out some of our latest super bundles below: Personal Finance as a young Adult Online Safety + Staying Safe Y12 Survival Kit - Personal Safety Y11 Survival Kit - Revision + Exam Stress British Values Explored Bundle Society, Body Image + Peer Pressure Finance Risk + Online Safety

Included: A full literacy intervention lesson based around an engaging Greek mythology theme. Includes a PowerPoint file along with source texts provided in PDF format. School newsletters or similar will be needed. Use: Small or large group literacy intervention at Key Stage 3 or increasing reading comprehension skills. File: Stories use the OpenDyslexic 3 font for improved readability and are uploaded in PDF format for compatibility.

19 week Literacy scheme of work aimed at key stage 3. Initially used for whole school form time but could be used for intervention too. All answers are provided.

A mixture of literacy starters/ Do Now tasks for students. Works well when printed 2 per page through PowerPoint. There may be a couple of typos in there but should save lots of time!