A complete guided reading lesson with a PowerPoint presentation focusing on teaching language skills - exploring unfamiliar words and working out the meaning using known root (base) words and vocabulary in context. Shared activities to complete as you work through the PowerPoint. An original poem on pirates with historical accuracy to link to topic work suitable for KS1 or lower KS2. A differentiated comprehension on the poetry text with a range of question types covering many assessment focuses- retrieval , structure, language, inference and opinion. Answer sheets provided.

A worksheet with four different activities on identifying common homophones. Activity one - to find pairs of homophones. Activity two - to circle the correct spelling option in sentences. Activity three - to work out the missing homophones by solving the sentence clues. Activity four - to think of your own sentence clues for some common homophones. The sheets are editable. A suitable resource for Year 2, 3 and 4.

A worksheet with three differentiated activities on adding missing punctuation. Activity one is to to add capital letters and full stops. Activity two is to add commas in lists, capital letters and full stops and activity three is to add capital letters and the correct punctuation to demarcate the sentence type - exclamation marks, full stops or question marks. All the sentences are linked to a fairy tale theme. Written on a word document that can be edited. Suitable for KS1 or lower KS2.

A poster on the key features of a play script and a short example of how to set out play scripts based on the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Editable resource. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2

A complete unit of work for up to 4 weeks. Ideal for KS1 but also applicable to lower KS2. Covers a range of objectives including guided reading and SPaG skills. Focuses on the theme of fairy tales. Editable resources. A plan with 24 lesson ideas covering speaking and listening, reading skills and grammar and punctuation and writing objectives. An original poem focusing on the long vowel phoneme ‘e’ called ‘A Troll down the Street Called Pete.’ A differentiated expanded noun phrases work sheet with 3 activities. Differentiated worksheets on the long vowel phoneme ‘e’ detectives. Sequence the story differentiated worksheets on the fairy tale version of the poem and The Three Little Pigs. A factual description of trolls and where they originate from with new language. Three comprehensions with a variety of question types covering the key skills retrieval, inference, language and comparison. Answer sheets included. A role on the wall worksheet for a troll. A similes worksheet with three differentiated activities linking to the poem. A letter writing template for Pete the Troll. A worksheet on drawing and labelling the setting. A worksheet on bringing the characters to life with speech and thought bubbles. A differentiated character description template.

A planning sheet for a poem with a poster on key features of poetry and a writing template for ‘My Own Poem’. All editable resources. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

Three differentiated worksheets for planning your own fairy tale. A poster with the key features of a fairy tale. A writing template for own fairy tale. All editable resources. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

A set of spellings on common homophones for 4 weeks and a set of spellings on the long vowel phoneme ‘e’ for four weeks. Editable resource. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

A comprehension on The Great Fire of London covering the key skills of retrieval, inference and language in a range of question types. Text provided. Editable resource. Suitable for KS1 or lower KS2.

A set of modal verb activities with 5 differentiated worksheets that get progressively more challenging. A variety of question types to test children’s understanding. Answer sheets provided. Editable resource. Suitable for KS2 children.

A differentiated worksheet with 6 progressively challenging activities focusing on identifying and using the active and passive voice in various tenses. A crib sheet for reference is provided and answer sheets to help with marking. The last activity is a formal letter in passive voice on the measures to be taken by a company to protect workers from Corona Virus. All resources are editable. This is most suited to year 6 students and older.

This resource contains clear steps on how to hold a simple but effective class debate for Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils. The featured proposition is ‘All education should be delivered remotely’. The resource pack includes a lesson plan with hint cards for and against and the features of a balanced written argument. There are further lesson ideas and statements to be debated. The plan involves the whole class and develops speaking and listening skills as well as team work and critical thinking. It is an excellent way to evaluate the impact of remote home learning and develop public speaking skills. This resource is suitable for pupils in Year 5 to 7 ideally. They are editable Microsoft Word documents.

A worksheet with five differentiated challenge activities that focus on the recognition and spelling of irregular verbs in the past tense. Each activity gets progressively harder. Complete with an answer sheet for easy marking. Editable resource in word format. Suitable for year 2 to year 6 students depending on ability. Also suitable for teaching the English language at any level focusing on verb tenses.

Differentiated worksheets to compare and contrast different fairy tales - which features are the same and which are different?- Picking out new language to magpie. A good guided reading activity and feeds into the unit of work on fairy tales. Editable resources. Ideal for KS1 or lower KS2.

A modelled informal letter written by the troll to his cousin warning him of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. A modelled character description on The Big Bad Wolf from fairy tales. Editable resources. Ideas for KS1 or lower KS2.

A class assembly on Poetry in its many forms. Written in rhyming prose. 9 pages long in Microsoft Word format Suitable for KS1/2 children Approximately 15 - 20 minutes long. Four original poems included. Cross curricula link with English, Speaking and listening, music, drama and dance Includes references to rhyme, nonsense poems, figurative language and performance poetry. To accompany the assembly; a PowerPoint with thirteen colourful and informative slides . Could also be used as a teaching tool for English.

60 questions on the text ‘The Butterfly Lion’ by Micheal Morpurgo. A selection of question types for each chapter. Covers inference, literal retrieval, evaluation, language and prediction questions. Suitable for KS 2 7 pages of questions written on Microsoft word. Suitable for guided reading sessions or English reading assessments.

Three modelled texts on a letter, diary and postcard written from Holiday destinations in America Links to travel, holidays and around the world topics. Ideal for whole class exposition or guided groups Useful as an example of how to write a particular genre Tasks and questions attached for independent or guided work Can be used as comprehension material. Suitable for KS 2/3 children Microsoft word documents that can be modified to suit the class. Useful for grammar lessons – to identify words classes/ punctuation/ clauses/ figurative language etc.….

A modelled text on descriptive writing with tasks attached. Tom flies his multi-coloured kite, but soon the kite is flying him. Ideal for whole class exposition or guided groups Useful as an example of how to write a particular genre. Tasks and questions attached for independent or guided work. Can be used as comprehension material. Suitable for KS 1/2 children. A Microsoft word document that can be modified to suit the class. Useful for grammar lessons – to identify words classes/ punctuation/ figurative language/ clauses etc.….