Prepare for seven rounds of competitive in-class fun thanks to this PowerPoint-based English game show. Designed to look like a TV show, the game covers seven rounds of questions in preparation for SATS or 11+ English exams. Topics covered: Comprehension (including small printable text extract) Creative Writing Spelling (x2 dictation rounds using an AI voice) Vocabulary Punctuation Sentence Structure To begin, split your class into four teams with four hot-seats at the front of the room. The class all play along in their books and will take it in turns to sit in their team’s hot seat at the front of the room. There are three lifelines and a steal button for each team and, thanks to some macro coding, you can use the coloured-controls at the foot of the PowerPoint screen to record all scores. Don’t forget to click ‘enable content’ when you first load the file to enable this feature! Complete with moving backgrounds, TV hosts, sound effects and interactive clickable buttons, this game has been a huge hit with my Year 6s and I hope it can be for yours too!

This is a lesson with a difference. This Creative Writing lesson, ‘Swansong,’ is accompanied by a movie to provide a backstory and inspiration for the children as they begin to write on a topic that has been featured all too regularly in our news feed in recent years. By purchasing this pack, you get: A lesson PowerPoint (fully animated, timed and ready to use). This also includes the aforementioned movie. A success criteria for self and peer assessment. Six images to provide additional inspiration for your pupils to use. This lesson can be used across a variety of year groups but is recommended for classes between Year 6 and Year 10.

This printable activity booklet is designed for a whole-school approach to revision and will provide your class or school with twenty-one multi-subject-friendly revision activities. Not only that, the booklet also contains advice, guidance and an empty revision timetable that can be filled however you choose. Although mainly aimed at secondary-school children, this booklet will also work for Years 5 and 6. Simply download and print. Job done!

Designed for English essays and Creative Writing, these automated writing criteria operate in Excel and, using a simple colour-flag tick box system, each will total up the score out of 40 for you. When you have finished marking, simply add it to your print queue and go on to your next piece of work. It will be down to the children to give themselves a WWW and EBI comment based on the colour flags they have received for this particular work. You could even make a copy of each tab to return to later! Both criteria are fully editable and have been proven to save time.

‘Greetings. Welcome to Bell Hollow Hospital…’ You have been tasked with repairing a damaged energy cell at the heart of an abandoned hospital with a terrifying past. As you progress through the levels, gather evidence to help solve the mystery behind the deadly disease known as ‘the Reaping.’ Answer questions on the evidence you find, describe the setting in your evidence log and crack the code to gain access to the facility. A resource that took weeks to make, ‘Escape’ is a PowerPoint-based ‘horror’ video game complete with sound effects and music, moving elements and on-screen controls. The children play along in their activity booklet which contains everything you need: an ongoing comprehension, writing task and exam strategy puzzle. Everything you need is right here. SATs/11+ English can be a bit of a slog for many children. This video game is designed to combat that impression and make it a lot more engaging.

The premise of this third and final part of the ‘Escape’ video game series is to provide the children with a creative opportunity to write the ‘final chapter.’ A dramatic title screen reveals a simple fjordic timelapse video and the instruction to write the next section of the story. Once the children finish, they use the ‘automated marking rubric’ to identify which are the key areas they need to improve.

After Escape comes Escape II: The Masked One. Children in Year 6 were begging for the installment of the ‘Escape’ video game series after they completed the first. This time, this interactive PowerPoint-based ‘video game’ sees the wife of Agent CSL0109 deployed in the Arctic North, seeking information on the whereabouts of Dr E. Cooper and the elusive ‘L.’ The only problem is, she is not alone… the Masked One is hunting her! As with the first game, children play along in their activity booklets, completing comprehension questions designed to test the key comprehension skills. The whole game takes about an hour to play and is full of interactive on-screen controls, cinematic cuts and dramatic music. Most significantly, adopting a ‘one mark per minute rule’ provides the children with 30 minutes to complete the comprehension in their groups and the game-screen reveals the whereabouts of ‘the Masked One.’ If the screen is active for more than 30 minutes, it is Game Over but, if all children launch their escape pod in time, the whole class will be airlifted to safety in an epic final scene. This resource series has proven incredibly popular with every Year 6 group. Even now, they are begging for more. NOTE: This game is Part 2 of a three-part series!

A simple start and stop spinner to decide which reading method you will use in a particular lesson. Simply click the button to start the spinner and click it to stop the spinner. Complete with a moving background and sound effects.

We all know and love the ITV game show, The Chase, and now you can bring this into the classroom to support your efforts in teaching information retrieval in comprehensions. Formatted to look like the original show, this pack comes with six comprehension extracts, a PowerPoint containing multiple choice questions and individual ‘chase’ boards (to determine the prizes). The Comprehension texts provided: Little House in the Big Woods Goodnight, Mr Tom Stig of the Dump The Secret Garden The Borrowers Tuck Everlasting This is a hugely popular activity that children often request. Best suited to teaching SATs, Independent 11+ or to support children in their transition into Year 7.

Quizmaster is a really useful tool that has historically been used to support children who find English challenging in Years 7 and 8 but has also been used to provide a fun revision activity for Years 5 and 6. Included in the pack: Game Cards - print double sided, trim the cards to size, stick the sheets together and laminate. Once done, you’ll have a resource that you can use year after year. The question categories are: Spelling, Punctuation and Technique. Game Board - An A3 Quizmaster Game Board. Again, laminate and use it year after year. Cut-out game counters You will need a dice (physical or online) to play this game.

Yes, one whole year! Designed for digital displays, these futuristic-looking MP4 files can be looped on your school’s information displays, embedded in your lesson PowerPoints or simply played on your interactive whiteboard.

Covering Comprehension, Creative Writing, Vocabulary, Punctuation, Spelling and Syntax, this version of Trivial Pursuit is designed for revising SATs/11+ English, spread out over 280+ questions! This pack includes: Question cards Steal cards to keep children engaged Game counters An A3 Trivial Pursuit game board Printable rules Six comprehension extracts Create your own question cards by printing in colour, trim the paper down, stick the two sides of the question card together, laminate them, trim them again and you’ve got a reusable resource to use every year!