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Back to school pack of activities Year 6
In this pack of activities, you will get the following task sheets in a 25 page booklet!
All about ‘me’ activity sheets
General getting to know my class and classroom sheet
Maths from Year 5 recap
Science topics from Year 5 recap
English- holiday recount writing
Art task to sketch a portrait of your partner
DT teamworking task to build a structure using spaghetti and marshmallows
Geography local area research task
History ordering dates on a timeline
This booklet is perfect for Year 6 pupils returning to school!
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The Highwayman KS2 BUNDLE of lessons!
“The Highwayman” is a narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, first published in 1906. It tells the story of an unnamed highwayman who is in love with Bess, a landlord’s daughter.
This BUNDLE of lessons covers the following (Most of these lessons provide 2- 3 hours of teaching material):
-2x lessons- Whole-Class Guided Reading (on both Parts of the poem. Differentiated comprehension questions given as well as answers)
-Exploring figurative language in the poem (identifying use of metaphors, similes and onomatopoeia and considering what impact they have before writing own versions).
-Rewriting the poem as prose (links to video clips of the poem to evaluate as well as WAGOLLS given to support writing the poem as a story).
-Exploring characters (Roll on the Wall activity and character cards supporting inference and deduction skills).
-Character diary entry (features of diaries explored as well as WAGOLLs and a writing frame to write own diary entry).
-Balanced argument (features of balanced argument explored as well as structure support, WAGOLLS and a writing frame).
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English- The Highwayman KS2 character diary entry
“The Highwayman” is a narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, first published in 1906. It tells the story of an unnamed highwayman who is in love with Bess, a landlord’s daughter.
In this lesson, students will write a diary entry from the perspective of a character. They will first look at the features of a diary and then look at WABOLLs (What a bad one looks like) and WAGOLLs (What a good one looks like). With the WAGOLL they will highlight it according to the features of a diary (example given).
Then they will ‘hot seat’ different characters from the poem to better understand their perspectives before writing their own diary entry using the writing frame provided.
This lesson is intended for KS2 but could be modified to suit KS3. This lesson is part of a sequence of 7 lessons on The Highwayman.
History- Who were the Ancient Greeks?
In this lesson, students will learn about the different Greek civilisations over time such as the Minoans, Mycenaean, Classical Age and Hellenistic period. They will learn how Greece was divided into individual city states but was one civilisation. They will then compare this to Greece today.
Their task will then be to order the key events of the Greek period on the timeline given and pick one event in particular to research in detail and present to the class.
Through teaching this lesson, students will gain a clear insight into Ancient Greek civilisation and will understand key moments in it’s history.
This lesson is intended for KS2 but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
Science- Evolution and Inheritance- Fossils and Mary Anning- Year 6
In this lesson students will learn what a fossil is and what the stages of the fossilisation process are. They will draw each stage before looking at The Fossil Record and answering questions on the different eras and periods.
They will learn about Darwin’s involvement in fossils and will how they prove evolution today. They will also learn about Mary Anning by watching an informative video clip and with support from the worksheet, will present what they have learnt.
By the end of this lesson, students will have a good understanding of how fossils evidence evolution and are studied today.
This lesson is 1/5 on Evolution and Inheritance. To view the other lessons, please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/science-evolution-and-inheritance-year-6-12762487
Science- Properties and Changes of materials- Dissolving- Year 5
In this lesson, students will learn what dissolving is including terminology such as solution, solute and solvent. They will learn how to differentiate between dissolving and melting and will complete a quiz on what they have learnt.
They will test materials for their solubility by dissolving them in water following the experiment proforma before analysing and presenting their results.
This lesson is one of 6 lessons on Properties and Changes of Materials. To view the other lessons, please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/science-properties-and-changes-of-materials-bundle-year-5-12833989
SATS Punctuation and Grammar Revision Year 6
This powerpoint dedicates each slide to a different area of the punctuation and grammar SATs test. It is highly useful when revising the concepts the children must know for the test in an engaging way. All slides followed by an answer slide!
The powerpoint covers:
Phrases (adverbial, prepositional & noun)
Prepositions
Co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Main & subordinate clauses
Relative clauses
Modal verbs
Determiners
Prefixes and suffixes
Root words
Subject-verb agreement
Pronouns
Active & passive voice
Synonyms & antonyms
Progressive tense
Perfect tense
Word classes
Hyphens
Colons, semi-colons and dashes
Apostrophe for contraction and possession
English- The Hobbit- Altering speech for characters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children’s fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit is set within Tolkien’s fictional universe and follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit.
This lesson is based on The Hobbit, Chapter 2. It looks at the rules for speech punctuation and how to alter speech according to different characters. Students will add in the correct speech punctuation to an extract as well as write the dialogue for a clip of the trolls.
A great lesson for studying speech and/ or the novel.
This lesson is one of a sequence of lessons on the Hobbit. These lessons can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/classic-fiction-the-hobbit-complete-teaching-sequence-12170346
Historical Fiction Year 5/6- The Victorians
This sequence of lessons is based on the Victorian period. The model story ‘The Fall’ tells the story of a young coal miner who is nearly involved in a mine disaster. The lessons cover how to write a story, links to the Victorians and SPAG coverage.
The unit lessons follow this sequence:
Lesson 1- Show what you know
Lesson2- whole class guided reading on the story ‘The Fall’
Lesson 3- identifying suspense
Lesson 4- Identifying adverbials and subordinate clauses
Lesson 5- Planning own historical fiction story
Lesson 6- whole class guided reading- Queen Victoria
Lesson 7- Writing the opening
Lesson 8- Writing the build up
Lesson 9- Writing the problem
Lesson 10- Writing the resolution and ending
Lesson 11 & 12- Writing own historical fiction story
Lesson 13-15- editing, improving and sharing stories
These lessons are intended for use with Year 5 & 6 children, however they can be easily modified to suit KS3 and lower KS2.
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English- Persuasive advertising KS2
Persuasive Advertising is a type of product promotion that aims to persuade a consumer for buying a particular product.
In this lesson, students will learn the FREDEPTORS acronym for:
F- facts and font
R- repetition
E- exaggeration
D- description
E- emotive language
P- pictures
T- the rule of three
O- opinions
R- rhetorical questions
S- slogans
They will look at a range of persuasive adverts and will be challenged to decide how they are made persuasive to their audience. They will then try to sell an item themselves using these techniques using the activity sheet provided.
English- Direct and indirect speech- Journalistic Writing KS2
In this lesson students will learn the difference between direct and indirect speech. They will identify this in a newspaper report and write their own version of a newspaper report using both versions of speech.
This lesson is one of a block of lessons on journalistic writing. To view these please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12170817
Science- Earth & Space- The Solar System Year 5
In this lesson, students will work towards the objectives: To describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system and to describe the sun, Earth and moon as approximately spherical bodies.
They will first learn about how the Solar System formed before learning how we know that the planets are spherical. After this, they will be tasked to explain what they have learnt so far. Following this, they will learn about how the planets orbit the Sun and will be tasked to demonstrate this by creating a Solar System from toilet roll and fruit.
The presentation- with links to online video clips and an activity sheet are all provided.
This lesson is intended for Year 5 students but can easily be modified for all KS2 and KS3 students.
This lesson is 1/6 lessons on Earth & Space. Please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/ResourcesForYou/Primary science to view the other lessons.
History KS2- Life for Victorian Children
In this lesson, students will compare the lives of rich and poor Victorian children. They will learn what jobs poor Victorian children did through videos and reading and will undertake research on each of these: ideas will be given.
They will also learn about how the lives of Victorian children were changed as a result of the actions of Dr Barnardo and Lord Shaftesbury and will be tasked to write a persuasive letter to Queen Victoria arguing for the rights of Victorian children.
All resources for this lesson are provided.
This lesson is intended for KS2 but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
English- Prepositions help sheet
A help sheet to support children identify and use prepositions in their writing.
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English- Golden Rules for comprehension
This resource can either be displayed in the classroom or children can stick it into their books to remind them of the Golden Rules when answering comprehension questions.
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Whole Class Guided Reading KS2- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
Increase their familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths, legends and traditional stories, modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage, and books from other cultures and traditions
Check that the book makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and exploring the meaning of words in context
Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence
Pupils will learn the background and context of the tale and then read it as a class. A teacher’s version is attached which gives ideas of questions to pose throughout reading. Following this, pupils will answer a range of comprehension questions requiring them to infer, deduce, retrieve and evaluate.
Maths- Line Graphs- Year 6
In this lesson students will learn to interpret and construct line graphs and use these to solve problems. They will look at when line graphs are used, how they are structured and they will how to draw their own.
3 differentiated worksheets of past SATs questions provided with answers.
Duration: 1 hour
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Maths- Geometry- translation and reflection Year 6
In this lesson, pupils will learn how to translate and reflect shapes in a 4-quadrant axis. They will then complete a number of past SATs questions which require them to use their reasoning and problem solving skills.
Worksheets on both translation and reflection are provided with the mark schemes.
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Whole Class Guided Reading KS2- Biography
This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
-Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence
-Ask questions to improve their understanding
-Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction
Pupils will look at a short extract from the text and be asked to infer what the text is about. They will then read the text as a class with the teacher posing questions throughout. They will then complete comprehension questions on the text before ‘hot-seating’ the subject of the biography to better understand their life.
This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
Whole Class Guided Reading KS2- Persuasive text
This lesson focuses on 2 NC objectives:
-Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning
-Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader
Pupils will look at the meaning of some key vocabulary in the text before reading the text as a class with the teacher posing questions throughout. They will then draw an object from the text using what they have read to support them. After this, they will look at persuasive techniques and apply them to the text read considering the effect on the reader.
This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
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