This scheme of work provides lesson for the full novel of Mr Nobody’s Eyes by Michael Morpurgo. It covers a range of reading skills throughout e.g. prediction comprehension main ideas summarising metalinguistics Character visualisation key themes evaluations

Short lesson on using adverbs. Lesson encourages learners to use adverbs at different parts of the sentence e.g. beginning, middle and end.

10 x Christmas literacy starters covering spelling, grammar, writing and talking & listening (KS2 or 2nd Level)

Daily morning Starters to engage learning first thing in the morning. The starters rotate on a weekly basis. They cover a range of topics from: Numeracy Spelling Grammar Writing Problem solving Geography General Knowledge Inferencing Skills

A resource for helping pupils recognise and become more familiar with common homophones.

This resource contains a variety of 15 min writing ideas for learners across a variety of genres.

Short grammar input on adverbial phrases and the different types of adverbial phrases. Short written activity to be completed at the end.

This resource revises what instructional writing is and the different kind of instructions we can get. It then goes on to model the layout and key features of an instructional text. The resource models a text on how to make fairy cakes, however this could be used as an example and changed. At the end of the resource there a few slides showing learners how to improve their instructions by adding in sentence openers, powerful verbs, adverbs and adjectives.

This is useful resource to encourage learners to use better synonyms of words. Learners can use these independently to improve their writing.

This resource includes a range of maths and literacy starters that can be used around the Halloween season.

Two level reading comprehension based on the story of the three wise men. It is told through the eyes of one of the wise men Melchior. This is a great modelled text to inspire children to write their own version of the story through a wise men. It includes a range of questions from literal, to inferential to vocab focused. There are also three follow up tasks for learners to complete.

Reflective Writing - The Best/Worst Day of My Life As pupils progress in their writing, it is important to teach them how to progress their basic recount writing into reflective writing. Rather than just retell events pupils will describe their thoughts/emotions and reflect on how these events impacted them positively or negatively. Pupils really enjoyed this writing piece and I emphasised that it didn’t have to be a hugely emotional experience which could upset them. The pupils had recently visited a residential stay so I felt that this was a good one to model for them as many of them had different experiences of it. This resource takes you through what it means to be reflective. It also provides examples for the pupils which allows them to discuss if the paragraph recounts or reflects. There is also a modelled writing piece which breaks the writing into sections for the pupils.

This resource begins with encouraging learners to create questions about Victorian schools which can become their subheadings. It then demonstrates how to take notes and then transfer these into paragraphs. It also then models the text on lined paper so it mirrors their jotter. It demonstrates the structures and features of an information text that they can include in theirs.

This resource contains a variety of quizzes or activities that can be used to encourage learners to read more, share about what they read and introduce them to more authors or books. It contains. Become an illustrator Lesson and Worksheet. In this activity, pupils will see the blurb of a book but not the front cover. Based on what they read, they have to decide what front cover they should design to illustrate. It contains four different blurbs and a worksheet with four blank book covers. Who Am I? Book character quiz. Book Speed Dating Worksheet. Learners would each have a book on their table and when told they must move to another table. They then have a short time to skim and scan the book then review on their speed dating worksheet. Who is my author quiz. Pupils must match the front cover to the author of the book. Book activities. This resource contains five different activities that can be completed in class or independently as a home learning activity.

This resource teaches learners about instructions and how to design an Easter themed scavenger hunt that another pupil or teacher could set up. It also includes a modelled text to demonstrate what is expected of learners.