Each mini lesson includes; an explanation of how to apply the spelling, punctuation or grammar point to writing; mini activities; videos and or games.
Lessons are lively and engaging, often requiring students to get out of their seats, speak to one another and sometimes use technology to complete online activities collaboratively as a class.
Mini lessons cover:
What makes a sentence
Question marks
Spelling and dictionary work
Subject- verb agreement
Exclamation marks and paragraphs
Apostrophes (contractions)
Apostrophes (possessives)
Commas
More on commas
Plurals
Synonyms
Suitable for KS2, KS3, GCSE and Functional Skills.
These handy flashcards can be added to a lanyard or kept in draws/ bags to be used whenever students need to produce a piece of writing but are unsure how to structure their writing or what to include in it.
The flashcards contain information about:
Language devices (DAFOREST)
Organisational features
How to structure a letter
How to structure an email
How to structure a review
How to structure a report/ article
How to structure a forum/ blog
Material is suitable for Functional Skills English, entry level 3, level 1 and level 2. It could also be helpful for GCSE and ESOL (entry3-level2)
Worksheet and cheat sheet/ examples to help students understand the structures of the 12 tenses in English.
Includes:
Past simple
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Present simple
Present continuous
Present perfect
Present perfect continuous
Future simple
Future continuous
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous
Students should choose the verb they wish to practise then conjugate it for each tense.