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This resource contains an informative and fully editable 75-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and work of William Shakespeare, The Bard of Avon. It is an ideal resource for World Book Day, William Shakespeare Week and Shakespeare's birthday. The Powerpoint focuses on:
His birthplace and parentage
His family
References to, and excerpts from, well-known plays – Hamlet, Macbeth
The Globe Theatre and Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
The Puritans' banning of theatres and plays
The Royal Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare's contribution to the English language
His burial place
New Place
Shakespeare Week
Shakespeare's Annual Birthday Celebration in Stratford
The presentation also contains hyperlinks to engaging, short clips (3 minutes) of Macbeth – film and Opera versions. There are also links to Shakespeare's birthday celebration parade in Stratford and an entertaining stage debate about which word to stress in the phrase 'to be or not to be' involving Prince Charles, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant.
A simple text version of this resource, more suitable for primary / older SEN pupils, is also available:
William Shakespeare Simple Text Presentation
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This resource contains a handy and succinct, A4 size memo mat on the functions of commas:
To clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity
To separate items in a list or series
To separate direct speech from a reporting clause
To separate a subordinate / dependent clause/ fronted adverbial from a main clause
Before co-ordinating conjunctions – for, an, nor, but, or, yet, so
To mark parenthesis, embedded clauses, relative clauses
To indicate direct address, to set off yes and no and tag questions from the rest of the sentence
To mark thousands in numbers.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on and a set of 27 worksheets on capital letters.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint clearly explains and demonstrates why, when and where capital letters are used. The PowerPoint focuses on using capital letters for:
The start of sentences
The pronoun I
Proper nouns - places, names, geographical features, book and film titles, days of the week, months of the year, special days, buildings etc
Addressing envelopes
Tasks include:
Identifying words that require capital letters
Identifying where capital letters should be used in sentences
These resources are suitable for Key Stage 1 pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of the resource.
Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 27 worksheets on when capital letters are used. Tasks include using capital letters for:
The start of sentences
The pronoun I
Names
Places
Days of the week
Months
Geographical features and landmarks
Buildings
Brand names and companies
Movie and book titles
The start of direct speech
Addressing envelopes
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This resource contains a 55-slide PowerPoint lesson and a 12-page workbook on parenthesis and parentheses - the punctuation devices used to mark parenthesis.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint clearly and visually explains what parenthesis is, why it is used and the different forms of punctuation used to mark it. Many opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to identify parenthesis and to extend sentences to make then more interesting by adding parenthesis - brackets, commas and dashes.
The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on parenthesis.
Parenthesis Workbook
This twelve page workbook includes three revision sheets and seven worksheets on parenthesis and the punctuation devices used to mark parenthesis - brackets, commas and dashes. It is available in PDF and an editable PowerPoint version to enable editing and personalisation of the resource.
The workbook clearly explains what parenthesis is and the different forms of punctuation used to mark it. The worksheets contain tasks for pupils to:
identify parenthesis in sentences
punctuate sentences containing parenthesis
compose sentences containing parenthesis
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This is an action verb word mat which is available in three different fonts.
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Action Verbs - 15 Page Workbook
This 15-page workbook contains one information sheet and fourteen worksheets on action verbs. Tasks include:
matching verbs to pictures
choosing correct verb to insert into a sentence
identifying verbs within sentences
writing own sentences using verbs
Action Verbs PowerPoint Lesson
This is an editable, 55-slide PowerPoint lesson on action verbs. It includes:
An explanation of action verbs with examples
Identifying action verbs in sentences
Action pictures as a stimulus for pupils to think of appropriate verbs
Sorting words into adjectives, nouns and verbs
The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on action verbs.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 50 slide, SATS English grammar revision PowerPoint lesson on pronouns and includes:
Personal Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
When to use who or whom
The PowerPoint explains what pronouns are, gives examples and asks pupils to identify the different types of pronouns in sentences in SATS style questions.
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Determiners - 70 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is a fully editable, 70 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners.
Determiner Revision Mat
A determiner revision mat containing an explanation of, and examples, for all the different types of determiner.
Key Stage 2 SPaG SATS Revision PowerPoint Quiz
This is a quiz/revision resource on KS2 SATS English - spelling punctuation and grammar. The questions are SATS style and include questions on grammatical terms, word/classes, combining words, phrases and clauses, punctuation and spelling.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on capital letters. The PowerPoint clearly explains and demonstrates why, when and where capital letters are used. The PowerPoint includes:
Using capital letters at the start of sentences
Using capital letters for the pronoun I
Using capital letters for proper nouns - places, names, geographical features, book and film titles, days of the week, months of the year, special days, buildings etc
Using capital letters to address envelopes
Tasks include:
Identifying words that require capital letters
Identifying where capital letters should be used in sentences
These resources are suitable for Key Stage 1 pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of the resource.
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Capital Letters - Set of 27 Worksheets
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This resource contains two worksheets on punctuating direct speech with inverted commas (speech marks).
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Inverted Commas - 75 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable, 75-slide Powerpoint lesson on inverted commas.The PowerPoint demonstrates how to:
use inverted commas to enclose direct speech
punctuate reporting clauses and direct speech
punctuate split speech
set out direct speech in writing
use interesting words to replace ‘said’
Many opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to punctuate direct speech. It also contains a hyperlink to a short video on punctuating direct speech.
Inverted Commas - 26-Page Workbook
This resource contains a 22 page workbook on inverted commas (speech marks/quotation marks/direct speech). It is appropriate for pupils in Years 3, 4 and 5 and older, SEN pupils who have yet to master the basics in punctuation. The workbook contains four information/revision sheets, 17 worksheets and an answer booklet.
Tasks include:
using inverted commas to enclose direct speech
punctuating reporting clauses and direct speech
punctuating split speech
setting out direct speech in dialogue
using alternative words to ‘said’ in reporting clauses
composing writing containing direct speech
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This resource contains two differentiated worksheets on onomatopoeia.
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This resource contains a set of 22 worksheets on the literary device of onomatopoeia. Tasks include identifying onomatopoeic words in sentences and literature, using onomatopoeia in sentences, using onomatopeaia to describe scenes and to create adverts.
Onomatopoeia PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an engaging 75-slide PowerPoint lesson on onomatopoeia. The PowerPoint includes:
A explanation and definition of onomatopoeia.
Why it is used.
Examples of onomatopoeia from poetry, literature, adverts and comics -including The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes), The Charge of the Light Brigade (Alfred Tennyson), The Lake Isle of Innisfree (W. B. Yeats), The Bells (Edgar Allan Poe), The Tempest (William Shakespeare) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway).
Challenges and opportunities within the PowerPoint for pupils to identify and use onomatopoeia.
Images to stimulate students to compose their own onomatopoeic words.
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to a short, entertaining video on onomatopoeia; some adverts containing onomatopoeia and a recitation by Roger McGough of his poem ‘The Sound Collector’.
Onomatopoeia – Set of 30 Posters
This resource contains a set of 30 colourful posters on the literary device of onomatopoeia.
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This resource contains an editable, 45-slide PowerPoint presentation on the punctuation device - the ellipsis. It clearly explains what the ellipsis is, its functions in writing and how to use ellipses correctly in writing. Many examples are provided. Opportunities are also provided for pupils to explain why the ellipsis has been used. Students are also asked to shorten quotations and compose their own sentences containing ellipses about several striking images.
The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video about the ellipsis.
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The Ellipsis - Five Page Workbook
This resource contains a five page workbook on the punctuation mark - the ellipsis. The workbook includes one information/explanation sheet and four worksheets on the ellipsis. Tasks include:
shortening quotations using the ellipsis
identifying the purpose of the ellipsis in sentences
adding ellipses in the appropriate place in sentences
composing sentences using ellipses
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This resource contains a set of 36 posters on personification. They contain examples of personification including some from poetry and literature and include I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud, The Ancient Mariner, Snow and Snow, The Fog, The Eight-Story Kiss.
An accompanying set of 16 worksheets is also available:
Personification - Set of 16 Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 16 worksheets on identifying and using personification.
Tasks include:
Identifying personification in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, The Fog by Carl Sandburg , Jack Frost, The Eight-Story Kiss by Tom Robbins , The Windmill by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, Snow and Snow by Ted Hughes.
Writing sentences and short paragraphs containing personification on themes including foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, the candle flame, the trees, firework display, fast-flowing river.
The resource also contains an explanation and definition sheet about personification.
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This resource contains a set of 18 worksheets on identifying and using alliteration.
Tasks include:
Identifying alliteration in sentences and poetry and literature from Harry Potter, The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever and The Ancient Mariner.
Writing sentences, short paragraphs and product slogans containing alliteration.
Designing and creating product names and catchy slogans for a shampoo, canned drink and chocolate bar using alliteration.
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Alliteration PowerPoint Lesson
This resource is a 40 slide PowerPoint on the literary / poetic device of alliteration. It contains an explanation of alliteration and many examples from literature - (Harry Potter), from poetry ( The Highwayman, The Listeners, Kubla Khan, Cargoes, Sea Fever, The Ancient Mariner), from the commercial world and in well known speeches.
Alliteration Posters
This resource contains a set of 26 posters on alliteration. They contain examples of alliteration from poetry and literature, - The Listeners (Walter De La Mare), The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), Harry Potter (J K Rowling), Sea Fever (John Masefield), Cargoes (John Masefield) , Kubla Khan (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) and The Raven (Edgar Allen Poe).
Several posters contain examples from famous speeches, films, song lyrics and from product and company brands.
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This resource contains an editable, 60-slide PowerPoint lesson on the possessive apostrophe. It explains how to use the apostrophe to show possession for singular and plural nouns. The PowerPoint provides lots of examples and opportunities for students to use the apostrophe appropriately. The presentation also includes a hyperlink to a short video on the apostrophe for possession.
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This resource contains a 15-page workbook (with answers) on using the possessive apostrophe/apostrophe for possession for both singular and plural nouns. It also contains an information sheet on how to use apostrophes for possession.
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This resource contains 15 worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 2 homophones / near homophones list and includes - there/ their/ they're, here/ hear, see/ sea, bare/ bear, one/ won, sun / son, two / to / too, be/ bee, blue/ blew, night/ knight. Tasks include choosing the correct homophones for sentences and composing sentences using homophones.
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Year 2 Homophones – 45 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint provides an explanation of the meaning of the homophones with examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
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These resources are appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN / ESL students who have yet to master the basics in spelling and phonics.
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This bundle contains a fully editable 100-Question Revision PowerPoint on Grammar and Punctuation SATS Style Questions and two sets ( 36 pages) of paper-based SATS-style questions on grammar and punctuation (266 questions in total).
This is an ideal SATS practice resource and a useful assessment tool to identify what pupils have achieved and what aspects of punctuation they need to work on. The resource includes questions on the following:
Capital Letters
Full Stops
Question Mark
Exclamation Mark
Commas in Lists
Commas after Fronted Adverbials
Commas to Clarify Meaning
Colons
Semi-Colons
Apostrophes for Possession
Apostrophes for Contraction
Hyphens
Single Dash
Ellipsis
Inverted Commas
Brackets
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Adverbs
Prepositions
Determiners
Subject and Object
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This resource includes a fully editable, 150-slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 28 worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 3 and 4 homophones / near homophones and confusing words list - accept, except, affect, effect, ball, bawl, berry, bury, fair, fare, grate, great, grown, groan, heel, heal, he'll, knot, not, mail, male, main, mane, meat, meet, medal, meddle, missed, mist, peace, piece, plain, plane, rain, rein, reign, scene, seen, weather, whether, whose, who's.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint explains the meanings of the homophones with examples and provides examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 28 worksheets on the homophones. Pupils are required to choose the correct homophones, write sentences using the homophones and to correct incorrectly used homophones.
This resource is appropriate for year 3 and 4 pupils and older SEN students.
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This resource contains a set of 27 worksheets on when capital letters are used. Tasks include using capital letters for:
The start of sentences
The pronoun I
Names
Places
Days of the week
Months
Geographical features and landmarks
Buildings
Brand names and companies
Movie and book titles
The start of direct speech
Addressing envelopes
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Capital Letters PowerPoint Lesson
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This resource contains a 20 page workbook that includes two information sheets and eighteen worksheets on adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials. Tasks include:
identifying adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials of time, place and manner in sentences
inserting appropriate adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials in sentences
insertion of comma after fronted adverbial
changing sentences so that the adverbial phrase is at the beginning of a sentence
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Fronted Adverbials -50 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable, 50-slide lesson presentation on fronted adverbials. The PowerPoint focuses on:
recap of adverbs
adverbial phrases of time, place, manner, and frequency
fronted adverbials
insertion of comma after fronted adverbial
opportunities for pupils to identify adverbs, adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials
opportunities for pupils to change a sentence so that the adverbial phrase is at the beginning of a sentence
opportunities for pupils to create fronted adverbial sentences
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This resource contains an editable, 100 slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 15 worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 5 and 6 homophones / near homophones and confusing words list -licence, license, practice, practise, prophecy, prophesy, father, farther, guessed, guest, heard, herd, lead, led, morning, mourning, past, passed, precede, proceed, principal, principle, profit, prophet, stationary, stationery, steal, steel.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint explains the meanings of the homophones, gives examples, and provides tips for remembering the difference between them. Opportunities are provided for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
Set of 15 Worksheets
Tasks include choosing the correct homophones in sentences, correcting homophones in sentences and composing sentences containing the homophones. There are also five spelling practise worksheets. They are ideal for homework.
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This resource contains an editable, 50-slide PowerPoint lesson and an 18-page workbook on the apostrophe for omission and contraction.
The PowerPoint lesson explains how to use the apostrophe in contracted words. This resource will help students to use apostrophes appropriately in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills. The PowerPoint also contains a hyperlink to a short video explaining how to use the apostrophe for contraction.
The workbook includes an information sheet explaining when and how to use the apostrophe for omission/contraction. It also contains a variety of tasks that will help students to master using apostrophes appropriately in their written work and to improve their punctuation skills. Answers are included.
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