A set of materials I made based on the Marks and Spencer’s Food Adverts.
The lesson objective was to use interesting adjectives in their writing.
We watched M&S food adverts, as a class explored describing different foods and then wrote our own.
Included…
Weekly plan (just a few ideas in a weekly plan format including this lesson, you can make your own lesson plan with some of these ideas)
Word bank for this lesson
Video example of advert to pick out language
QUALITY Presentation (the same one) in the following formats…
Mac / iPad / Keynote
Powerpoint
Movie Format
(Following this lesson, children then wrote their own advert using descriptive language and we filmed the advert.)
This picture round is perfect for the start of a Harry Potter themed quiz or can be used as the start of a general knowledge quiz for a bit of a change. Great for a introductory icebreaker classroom activity too!
12 pictures, all formatted beautifully in a high quality A4 pdf file, with the answers included, (the photo here is only a low quality preview) ready to print out and hand to your quizzers or use as part of an online quiz.
Questions 1-4: Can you name whose wand is in the picture (if using as part of a general knowledge quiz you may wish to add a multiple choice element to this segment.)
Questions 5-8: Can you name the magical object?
Questions 9-12: Can you name the magical creature from the film screenshot?
For many more quizzes and question packs, almost all just £1 visit: www.quizinators.com
I also run a free professional online quiz every Tuesday and Friday night at 8pm on www.facebook.com/quizinators all welcome!
NEW: If you or your school is interested I am running professional online quizzes for Primary Schools (see video attached) contact quizinators@icloud.com for further details. (This is not part of this resource.)
Ideal for a year 7-9 year olds and can be differentiated accordingly.
This lesson involves following a short section of the film Shrek and its script that I have typed out. Children then go on to write a short section of the script by converting a piece of text into a playscript.
Children have loved this lesson and it always provides some funny voices too from the class. A great way to get boys interested in writing.
Includes
Required short video clips, cut to measure
Lesson plan
Required worksheets
Required script sections
Please comment if you find this resource useful.
Spend a full day, or even more with all these resources based around Remembrance Day!
This is primarily designed to be a huge amount of resources to ‘dip into’ during the day or week of this event.
I have now also included a Literacy unit plan including a Remembrance Day segment suitable for years 3-6 based on comments and feedback recieved.
Included in this resource pack…
-A Powerpoint to introduce Remembrance day with included example poems to read to the children to help scaffold their own
-Acrostic Poem Templates
-Planning (please note this is under ‘Creating images weekly plan’) in the resources.
This follows on from Bonfire night planning.
-Comprehension , unique, questions and answers.
A Fantastic Veterans Day Video
-Information about Poppy Day
-Crossword
-Poems
-Using a dictionary activity
-Newspaper articles uniquely writted designed to discuss England and the FIFA Poppy Ban from the England football match from the last World Cup, an excellent PSHE lesson.
NB:
An EXCELLENT movie is 'The Piano' - this is absolutely perfect, emotional for the occasion and can be used in assemblies or the classroom to promote discussion.
A beautifully formatted pub quiz style handout with 12 logos to name (and of course the answers on a separate A4 pdf sheet.
Perfect to accompany a lockdown quiz with friends or family.
If you enjoyed this there are lots more quizzes, written and picture quizzes on www.quizinators.com
I also produce a quiz on facebook live for people to join in with friends and family on www.facebook.com/quizinators every Tuesday and Friday evening at 8pm if you want to join.
MASSIVE UPDATE APRIL 2019
I have added a massive amount of content to this resource. Newspaper Articles, worksheets a great pack of resources. Ideally suited and adaptable for years 3-5.
-Includes a Powerpoint on ‘Headlines’ that gained outstanding in an observation, with lesson plan
-Weekly Unit plan
-Additional worksheets
As a bonus I have included a Newspaper article and comprehension I wrote based on ‘Back to the Future.’
A set of resources for children to decide whether they are for or against school uniform, I have included both viewpoints in separate documents and a document that discusses both sides of the argument as well as a few more resources to help. Hope this helps!
If you are teaching settings this is bound to interest boys and improve their writing.
This topic has produced some outstanding work from pupils in classes I have taught myself and assist others in an advisory capacity.
UPDATE to one of my best selling resources with more!
Suitable for years 3-6.
Powerpoint
Worksheets
Extensive word banks (differentiated abilities.)
Initial texts to discuss
Plenary text
PLUS!
-Worksheets and word banks (differentiated.)
-Phrases for display
-Examples to read
-Examples of children writing
-Story Starters
(Please note full DAILY plans are not included, this is designed simply as a bank of resources to dip into.)
LOTS of resources for writing match reports themed on quite a few of the Euro '16 football championship games. Easily adapted for other matches.
Resources for writing a match report on the game on Thursday 16th June between Wales and England, and (unfortunately) the game on Monday 28th June against Iceland. I have also included a comprehension for this and some other activities.
Example of match reports for both of these games,
All the goals and highlights video from BOTH games (lots of the language here is easy to pick out eg. 'golden chance.')
Report Template
Tips for higher ability children on writing match reports
I have also included some self-made resources for studying Iceland as a country.
UPDATE JULY 13, more activities and videos added.
Enjoy!
I have designed a unique set of resources designed to engage children in Literacy. Also excellent for a futuristic topic. Please note this is a set of unique resources, not a unit of work or lesson plan. It is designed for teachers to ‘dip into’ as they wish or even as part of a whole school topic. There is tonnes of material and this took many hours to assemble.
Resources Updated 2023
2015 was the year that in the Back to the Future films they visited the ‘future’. October was the month of ‘Back to the Future Day.’
The resources could be used as part of a thematic unit or within other units of the curriculum. Excellent for Newspapers and Non-Fiction writing opportunities in particular.
Included in this resource pack…
Multiple sets of Newspaper articles (edited by myself and made highly visual in worksheet form) with comprehension and activity worksheets I made for them.
-Additional extension activities fitting the articles
-Punctuation activity
-Original trailer and Poster from the movie with activities I designed around them
-The stuff the film got wrong!
-Punctuation activity
-Ideas for a Back to the Future week / day.
-Display materials
-Movie clips ‘making of’
-Hover Chase Video
…and much more!
Due to the popularity of this resources I have added some futuristic robot activities which tie in well with the topic!
An up to the minute and current set of resources that children will love, especially boys and a brilliant way to encourage creative writing / comprehension skills as well as looking at the features of Newspapers.
Designed for KS2 but could be easily differentiated for lower KS3.
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A BUMPER pack to dip into for the teaching of settings around several genres for example a ‘spooky house’ that would be of interest to boys especially.
Taught with year 3-4 classes but can be easily adapted and used with years 5/6.
Included:
Lesson Plans
Display Material
Examples of children’s work
Prompt sheets
Powerpoints
Notebook File
Unit of work
Useful Connectives for writing
A Smart Notebook file, about finding change from £1.
The coins can be moved into the actual hand as required to help the childrens understanding.
I can’t stress how helpful the notebook file is to illustrate this.
Suitable for years 2-4
I have also included a lesson plan for this particular lesson I was observed on and a large collection of differentiated worksheets.
Powerpoint showing several photos of Roman shields that I made leading into an activity where children design their own Roman shield based on certain criteria. (UPDATE: Mac / ipad Keynote included.)
A rough weekly plan is also included
The children went on to design their own Roman Shields and then made then with cardboard and painted them.
Perfect for giving them ideas!
UPDATE: I have now included a completely unique animated Roman timeline I made that can be included in your own presentations as I have converted to movie format.
UPDATE: An excellent video included to do with tactics used in Roman times
A Powerpoint to support the sketching of ‘winter trees.’
I made this for a year 3/4 class to show them examples of winter trees (with no leaves) for discussion before going outside and sketching real life trees.
In addition there are some images I used as a print out for the children to discuss and refer to, these may help teachers with the demonstration of the technique too.
I have also included an additional Powerpoint I have made with non-commercial pictures of winter trees to show children.