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Christmas Carol - Literacy Activities
A unit of work covering a whole range of literacy activities centred around 'Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens: Playscripts, Diaries, Viewpoints, Biography, Narrative. Goes really well with the movie.
Enjoy! :->
Biscuit Sentence Builder
Sentence openers which children can listen to. Great for practising how a sentence sounds or to revise them once learnt. It starts off easy with simple sentences and then moves onto complex sentences.
Space -Writing Quality Setting Descriptions
A unit of work that helps write a quality description of a setting. It takes the writer through creating short phrases to driving around the setting writing quality sentences.
noun phrases, expanded noun phrase with a preposition, expanded noun phrase using ‘with’, expanded noun phrase using a simile.
preposition starters, adjective starters , noun starters, verb personification starters, planning a journey through the setting
It includes lots of word banks and examples of quality descriptions.
(VOICE is for added for extra interest)
Space Adventure Through Writing Genres
A revision unit on writing genres. Take a trip into space to visit another planet. All through different writing genres. (radio adverts, reports, newspapers, explanations, arguments, complaint letters, instructions etc) Sound included.
Show Don't Tell Emotion
Phrases that show how the body behaves when displaying emotion. It will get the children showing the emotion in their writing rather than saying it. e.g. He breathed deeply, leaned forward and began banging his fists on the table.
Speaking SPaG Punctuation and Grammar
50 slides that teach 'Grammar and Punctuation skills'. It includes a range of examples of each type with the use of two quirky voices to hold attention and help with memorizing the more abstract words.
History of Toys - Teaching Chronology
Pictures of toys throughout history with a built in timeline to give children a greater understanding of the chronology of time. Includes last 50 years in addition to Victorian, Tudor and Ancient Egyptian. Great as a refresher for older children or ideal for teaching younger children of how things change over decades.
Mountain Literacy Non-Fiction Texts
A whole range of non-fiction texts which can be used during a topic on mountains: persuasive letter, newspaper, diary journal, explanation, non-chronological report, discussion text, advert place, advert object, instructions, biography
Sats Maths Y6 Top Tips Test Booster
A PowerPoint that draws children’s attention to some of the ‘Sats Traps’ that can cause them to lose marks during the maths test. It could mean those extra few marks that they need to achieve the status of ‘secondary school ready’. :-)
Christmas Carol - Literacy Activities
A unit of work covering a whole range of literacy activities centred around 'Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens: Playscripts, Diaries, Viewpoints, Biography, Narrative. Goes really well with the movie.
Enjoy! :->
Victorians Through Writing Genres
A range of example texts about the Victorians including newspapers, adverts, diaries, explanations and reports. Also included is a timeline, a few sample texts from Oliver Twist and a section on child chimney sweeps.
Space Adventure Through Writing Genres
A teaching or revision unit on writing genres. Take a trip into space to visit another planet. All through different writing genres. (radio adverts, reports, newspapers, explanations, arguments, complaint letters, instructions etc) Sound included.
Similes, Metaphors, Personification Poetry
Over 40 slides giving an explanation of similes, metaphors and personification followed by poems that use imagery. Includes poetry ideas and templates that can be used by children to create their own poems. Poems have added audio to allow them to be read out from the board.
Wild West Cowboy Story - Comedy
The Candy Kid takes on Sheriff Dobs in the Wild West. The 'Kid's been stealing all the candy and the Sheriff has to step in and save the day with help from his trusty horse Dobbin and Sweet Clara his girlfriend. It's a rather corny story but the kids loved it and we got some excellent drama and writing from it. Enjoy! :->
Learn Grammar with Timmy the Cat
Test the children's punctuation and grammar with 'The Cat Sat on the Mat'; or use it as a teaching tool. 50 slides all incorporating grammar and punctuation and of course 'a cat and a mat'. Click on the green rectangle to reveal. Includes the deep voice for added explanations :-); Great for teaching Grammar.
The Writing Car
This came about because I used to tell children that they had crashed 'the writing car'. This was when they had started well but finished badly. I remind them of it every now and again. It begins with them strapping on their punctuation seat belt'.
1. Speaking SPaG Spelling Y5 Y6
Words taken from the Y5 and Y6 New National Curriculum. Sound added to help with learning letter patterns. Should help with spelling part of SPaG test.
Mountain Sentence Builder
A sentence builder on the theme of mountains. Great for extending complex sentences. Speech included as well as contents page and graphics. Speak it, Say, Write it!
Easy Explanations!
Contains several different explanation texts all with speech. What it is? What it consists of? How it works? Other types. ...
Adverts - Poster, Radio and Places
How to write adverts in different formats using persuasive techniques . Includes a number examples of poster, radio and place adverts. Watch out for the sarcastic school advert - the children don't always spot it!