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Specialist English language and EAL teacher. 10 years expert teaching experience. All my resources are children tried and tested. Please leave a review so I can make them even better. Requests welcome!
Poetry- Belonging and Identity KS3 SOW
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Poetry- Belonging and Identity KS3 SOW

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170 slide resource to teach poetry at KS3. Includes activities and analysis for: In Wales, Wanting to be Italian The Emigrée I Am Too Pretty For Some ‘Ugly Laws’ Foreign
Christmas Story "Ken the Elf" for EYFS / KS1 / EAL / ESL Reading and Writing Activity Pack
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Christmas Story "Ken the Elf" for EYFS / KS1 / EAL / ESL Reading and Writing Activity Pack

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Amazing new Christmas activity pack. Christmas Story “Ken the Elf” for EYFS / KS1 / EAL / ESL Reading and Writing Activity Pack. Perfect for lots of Christmas fun. Suitable for Online / Hybrid learning. Great for Phonics. Includes 24 slides with lots of fun activities: Starter (what’s this all about?) Read the Story (together, in pairs or independently) Remember (vocabulary) Understand ( the story) Apply (understanding) Create (your own ideas) Play (and have some fun!)
Adverbs and Fronted Adverbial phrases 101 for KS2 SATS
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Adverbs and Fronted Adverbial phrases 101 for KS2 SATS

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All you need to teach adverbs and fronted adverbials. Fun and Easy to teach. No planning required. This lesson plan contains all of the information you need to teach adverbs and fronted adverbials. Easy to follow slides. Print out to make worksheets/workbook. In line with the English National Curriculum. Years 3-6 Objectives covered: Understand that adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Create sentences using adverbs. Understand and use fronted adverbials.
Conjunctions/ Connectives, Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences 101 for KS2 SATS
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Conjunctions/ Connectives, Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences 101 for KS2 SATS

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Easy to teach resource covering clauses, simple, compound and complex sentences. Perfect for KS2. Includes all the most important connectives/conjunctions: and, or, but, so, because, although, after unless. New planning required! Great preparation for SATS! Children will be able to understand and create sentences with ease. Easily printable worksheets. Objectives and Outcomes: Identify clauses Identify and create simple sentences. Recognise and create compound sentences Use coordinating conjunctions. Recognise and create complex sentences. Use subordinating conjunctions.
Articles the, a, an 101 KS1 and KS2 SATS
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Articles the, a, an 101 KS1 and KS2 SATS

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Easy to teach lesson on Articles. No planning required. Everything your students need to know about a, an and the and when to use them. Objectives/Outcomes I can use articles correctly. I understand that articles are determiners. I know to use “a” before a consonant and “an” before a vowel.
FCE Cambridge Use of English Part 3: Key Word Transformation Practice and Revision
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FCE Cambridge Use of English Part 3: Key Word Transformation Practice and Revision

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FCE Cambridge Use of English Part 3: Key Word Transformation resource to support article: Skyscrapers? No, ‘water-scraper’! Easy to follow, engaging and easy to teach. No planning required! Excellent and diverse practice exercises with answers. Get your pupils ready for the Cambridge first certificate today! Use in conjunction with past paper FCE Use of English Part 3 which is available online. Skyscrapers? No, ‘water-scraper’!
Prefix secret maze game for KS2 and KS3
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Prefix secret maze game for KS2 and KS3

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Practice the prefix “dis-” with this Amazing maze. Individual or team game. An excellent way to making the tricky topic of prefixes fun! You and the kids can make your own versions if you ungroup the images. Instructions Split players into two teams. Teams take it in turns to roll the dice and move forward. They can only land on a square with a word that can take the prefix “dis”. If they try to land on a square that cannot take the prefix “dis” (and take their finger off their counter) they must go back to the beginning. Whoever gets to the final green arrow first wins. Ungroup images to Edit.
Modal Verbs 101 for KS2 SATS (can, would, should, might, may, could, ought to etc.)
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Modal Verbs 101 for KS2 SATS (can, would, should, might, may, could, ought to etc.)

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Easy to teach and no planning required! All you need to teach modal verbs. Grammar can be fun with this lesson. Step by step slides. Easy to follow. Quizes with answers can be printed out to use as worksheets or pupils can use whiteboards. FREE bonus “Where in the world?” game included. Perfect for both native speakers and EAL pupils. Links easily to the National Curriculum. Outcomes and Objectives: I understand that a modal verb is a type of auxiliary verb. I can recognise a modal verb. I can use a modal verb in a sentence. I know that modal verbs do not change depending on the person (I, you, he etc.) I understand and recognise when modal verbs are used to show certainty or possibility etc.
Creating questions, present continuous and present perfect with AUXILIARY VERBS 101 SATS KS2 KS3
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Creating questions, present continuous and present perfect with AUXILIARY VERBS 101 SATS KS2 KS3

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Everything you need to teach AUXILIARY VERBS. Easy to follow and teach with no planning required. Pupils will learn how to create questions, the present continuous and the present perfect using the auxiliary verbs to do, to be and to have. Great preparation for SATS and Cambridge English exams. Outcomes/ Objectives UNIT 1 I can identify the subject of a sentence. I can identify the main verb of a sentence. I can recognise the present continuous tense and tell you how to form it. I know that to BE can be used as an auxiliary verb. I can tell you when the verb to BE is used as an auxiliary verb and why. UNIT 2 I know that a question must have an auxiliary verb. I can create a question using the verb to DO. I know that if a statement does not have an auxiliary verb I must use the verb to DO in my question. I know that the verb to DO must match the tense of the original statement. I know that the structure of a sentence is A S M (auxiliary verb, subject, main verb). UNIT 3 I can recognise a sentence in the present continuous. I know that the present continuous is formed using the verb to BE and –ing and can write a sentence in the continous present. I know that I can use the auxiliary verb in a present continuous sentence to form a question. I know that the words “am, are, is” come from the verb to BE. I can change a statement in the present continuous to a question without using the verb to DO. I know and can show that “Is the dog barking loudly?” uses the correct structure for a question. UNIT 4 I know that I can use the auxiliary verb in a present continuous sentence to form a question. I know that the words “am, are, is” come from the verb to BE. I can change a statement in the present continuous to a question without using the verb to DO. I know and can show that “Is the dog barking loudly?” uses the correct structure for a question. I know that to DO, to BE and to HAVE can all be used as auxiliary verbs. I can recognise and use the present perfect. I can create questions using the verb to HAVE as an auxiliary. I can identify the structure of a question which uses to HAVE as the auxiliary. I know that to DO is used to create questions, to BE to create the present continuous and to HAVE to create the present perfect. I understand that to Do, to Be and to HAVE can also be used as main verbs
Conjunctions/ Connectives, Simple and Compound Sentences 101 for KS1 and KS2 SATS
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Conjunctions/ Connectives, Simple and Compound Sentences 101 for KS1 and KS2 SATS

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Easy to teach, no planning required. Teach Simple and Compound sentences with the conjunctions/connectives AND, OR, BUT, SO Easy to follow, fully editable PowerPoint. Print the pages you need to turn it into a workbook/ worksheets. Extensions and differentiation will stretch and challenge. Pupils will learn/WeAreLearningTo (WALT)/ LearningObjective(LO): I know that simple sentences have one subject and one verb. I know that compound sentences have two subjects and two verbs. I know that “and, or, but, so” are conjunctions. I can use conjunctions to connect two simple sentences to make a compound sentence.
Apostrophes for Omission and Possession 101 for KS1 and KS2 SATS
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Apostrophes for Omission and Possession 101 for KS1 and KS2 SATS

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Easy to teach resource. No planning required. Everything you need to teach Apostrophes for Possession and Omission. Use slides, print out worksheets or use white boards. Ever wondered when to you its and it’s? Here’s the answer! Your pupils will never make a mistake with contractions or belongings again! Clear explanation of when to use apostrophes for singular and plural nouns. Links easily with the National Curriculum. Great for both native speakers and EAL pupils. Outcomes and Objectives I can recognise an apostrophe. I can create possessive nouns using apostrophes. I know how to use possessive apostrophes with plural nouns. I can omit letters using apostrophes (contractions). I can tell distinguish between an apostrophe being used for possession and one being used for omission. I can convert contracted words to their full form. I know that a contracted word is more informal. **FREE **Bonus lesson on Possessive Adjectives!
Conditional Sentences 101 for KS2 and KS3 SATS
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Conditional Sentences 101 for KS2 and KS3 SATS

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Perfect resource to teach conditional sentences. Contains whole unit of work for ZERO, FIRST, SECOND and THIRD conditionals. No planning required. Just open and teach. All materials included. Objectives/ Outcomes I can identify conditional sentences. I can tell you the structure and tense of a conditional sentence. I can create my own conditional sentences. I understand when I have to use the zero, first, second or third conditionals.
Great Poetry Analysis Units BUNDLE for KS2/KS3
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Great Poetry Analysis Units BUNDLE for KS2/KS3

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Two great poetry poetry analysis units for upper KS2 and KS3. Easy to teach. No planning required. Teach personification with help from “City Jungle” by Pie Corbett and Unseen poems with help from “The Poison Tree” by William Blake. Great value for money. Download today and make teaching poetry easy, fun, and engaging. BONUS FCE Use of English Key Word Transformation practice and revision.
Suffixes Bingo
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Suffixes Bingo

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Fun, editable resource to play suffixes Bingo. Use the words with suffixes that I have chosen or add your own.
How do Authors use Language? Figurative Language KS2/3
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How do Authors use Language? Figurative Language KS2/3

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FREE Excellent complete and easy to use resource to teach “How do authors use Language”. Full of analysis,step-by step scaffolded approach. And differentiated for all learners. NO planning required. Based on extracts from the legend of St. George and the Dragon, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and Animal Farm by George Orwell.
What can you see? KS1/2 Vocabulary Game
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What can you see? KS1/2 Vocabulary Game

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FREE Fun and quick vocabulary game for KS1/2. No planning required. Great as a starter or activity at the end of the lesson. Fully editable. Instructions Pupils take it in turn to choose a number. Teacher or friend asks “What can you see?” Pupil responds with what they can see under the number: “I can see a…parrot”. Then it’s the next player’s turn. There are 6 games in total.