Welcome to the Online Teaching Resources TES shop. Here you'll find hundreds of KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4 teaching resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets for English, Maths, Science and History. All materials are made with the UK National Curriculum in mind and have been created to engage and enthuse learners. You can find out more and access hundreds more brilliant resources at our websites www.Teacher-of-Primary.com and www.Teacher-of-English.com.
Welcome to the Online Teaching Resources TES shop. Here you'll find hundreds of KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4 teaching resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets for English, Maths, Science and History. All materials are made with the UK National Curriculum in mind and have been created to engage and enthuse learners. You can find out more and access hundreds more brilliant resources at our websites www.Teacher-of-Primary.com and www.Teacher-of-English.com.
Using ‘and’ - Year 1
In this English grammar teaching resource, pupils practise using the conjunction ‘and’ to join words and clauses together as per the curriculum objective of the Year 1 programme of study (Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation). This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes:
A using ‘and’ explanation
Various activities with an accompanying worksheet
3 further differentiated worksheets with answers
As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Using ‘and’ - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.
‘Wonder – Unit of Work Part One’ explores the first eleven chapters of the novel ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio. The unit begins with an introduction to the book and author before focusing on understanding the novel’s plot, characters, themes and use of language. The resource contains ten lessons (made up of an 85-slide PowerPoint presentation and 23 worksheets) which explore the book from Chapter One, ‘August’ to Chapter Eleven, ‘The Performance Space’.
The unit contains a range of teaching and learning activities including:
Developing reading and vocabulary skills
Differentiated tasks (Gold, Silver and Bronze) to provide appropriate learning for all pupils
Reading and comprehension tasks
Grammar, punctuation and spelling activities that cover contractions, time adverbials, pronouns, homophones, synonyms and word classes
Language study – comparing American and British English
Discussing key themes
Character analysis
Formal and informal writing
Drama activities and freeze framing
And much more!
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a complete 14 lesson scheme of work with a 149 slide PowerPoint presentation and a 32-page booklet of worksheets.
It includes:
Analysis of the characters of Bruno, Father, Gretel and Lieutenant Kotler
Extension activities for G and T pupils
Starter and plenary activities
Historical context understanding research activity
Developing inference and deduction skills through The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Empathetic writing - a letter to Grandmother and Bruno's diary
Hotseating to develop character knowledge and understanding
Analysing John Boyne's use of language and contrast in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Speaking and Listening tasks - Bruno and Shmuel's conversations
Writing a book review for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Conjunctions Bundle - Year 2
This year 2 English grammar teaching bundle contains the following 2 PowerPoint teaching resources with accompanying worksheets:
Co-ordinating Conjunctions - Year 2
Subordinating Conjunctions - Year 2
Each of these English teaching resources has been designed to help deliver lessons covering some of the curriculum objectives of the year 2 English programme of study (Writing -vocabulary, grammar and punctuation).
For a full description and preview of each resource please click on the images below.
This bundle gives you a saving of 33% when compared to buying each resource individually.
War Horse
War Horse is a unit of work containing a 142-slide PowerPoint, 14 PDF worksheets and 13 lessons. This scheme of work explores the novel chapter by chapter, analysing the book’s plot, characters, themes and language through a range of engaging activities. These teaching resources can be used with Year 5 or Year 6 (Upper KS2) or with a lower ability Year 7 group either as a whole class text or as part of a guided reading programme.
Below are examples of the activities contained in the lessons.
Comprehension questions
Chapter by chapter activities to consolidate understanding
Research task – World War One
Making predictions about War Horse using the cover, title, author and blurb
Exploring and discussing themes
Character analysis of Joey, Albert, Father and Captain Nicholls
Understanding the features of a novel – how does Michael Morpurgo use language and narrative structure in War Horse?
Close analysis of language in key scenes
Role play and hot seating activities
Understanding War Horse’s characters through empathetic writing – diary writing
Developing inference and deduction skills
Writing a newspaper story about key events in the story
The Landlady by Roald Dahl is a 5 lesson scheme of work with a 50 slide editable PowerPoint presentation and an 11 page booklet of worksheets.
The Landlady by Roald Dahl teaching resource includes a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities:
A scheme of work overview with 5 four part lessons covering literary context, plot, character, themes and language
Analysis of the characters of Billy Weaver and The Landlady
Extension activities
Cloze and sequencing exercises
Literary context understanding influences - fairy tales - activity and notes
A copy of the text link
Tales of the Unexpected TV version of The Landlady introduced by Roald Dahl link
A modern day version of The Landlady link
Analysing Roald Dahl’s use of language to build mood and tension in The Landlady
Essay question with planning guidance
Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1
'Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1’ introduces pupils to singular and plural nouns as per the curriculum objectives of the Year 1 English programme of study - Writing - transcription. This engaging PowerPoint lesson includes class activities with 6 accompanying worksheets for children to use during the lesson. It contains 3 further differentiated worksheets to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. It uses the example words from the Year 1 English - Appendix 1- Spelling. Content includes:
Singular nouns and plural nouns explanation
Using -s to form plural nouns
Using -es to form plural nouns
6 activities with accompanying worksheets
3 differentiated worksheets with answers
‘Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1’ can be edited giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class they teach.
Functional Skills English Bundle
This bundle contains 5 units of work to help you teach Functional Skills English from Entry Level 1 to Level 2.
‘Functional Skills English Bundle’ includes the following Functional Skills units of work:
Functional Skills Entry Level 1
Functional Skills Entry Level 2
Functional Skills Entry Level 3
Functional Skills Level 1
Functional Skills Level 2
This bundle gives you a saving of 49% when compared to buying each resource individually.
Haiku - Year 3 and 4 Poetry
(19-slide PowerPoint and 5 differentiated worksheets)
This resource introduces Year 3/4 children to haiku poetry with several examples, and guides them through the steps of how to write a haiku. The differentiated worksheets offer different levels of support for the children to write their own haiku.
An Inspector Calls – Eduqas GCSE English Literature Exam
(70-slide PowerPoint presentation with 16 worksheets)
This five lesson resource provides a step-by-step guide to the Eduqas GCSE English Literature examination question on An Inspector Calls. It works through the paper via a demonstration of exam techniques and shows students how to produce an effective answer under exam conditions. It offers guidance on approaching the question, planning and managing time effectively. It explains how to structure and write an effective answer and looks at a range of exemplar answers which students are required to mark using the GCSE English Literature mark scheme. Students are then given a GCSE exam question and extract and are required to answer it in exam conditions. The resource includes the PowerPoint, question papers, mark schemes, extracts and exemplar responses in PDF format.
Kamikaze - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology
This two-lesson unit teaches students about Beatrice Garland’s ‘Kamikaze’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, the resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. It is made up of a 56-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 accompanying worksheets.
The lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context - An introduction to Beatrice Garland and Kamikaze pilots in World War Two.
First Reading - A reading of ‘Kamikaze’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included.
Language and imagery - Analysing the poem line by line. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided.
Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included.
Lesson Two
Imagery - Analysing Garland’s use of imagery.
Themes - Discussing Kamikaze’s themes.
Structure and Form - Considering how Garland uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme.
The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘Kamikaze’ with ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam.
This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs.
To preview 'Kamikaze’, please click on the example images from the 56-slide PowerPoint presentation.
AQA GCSE English Anthology – Love and Relationships
This bundle of resources covers all 15 poems from the AQA GCSE English Anthology Love and Relationships cluster. The poems and poets covered are:
Lord Byron - When We Two Parted
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Love’s Philosophy
Robert Browning - Porphyria’s Lover
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’
Thomas Hardy – Neutral Tones
Charlotte Mew - The Farmer’s Bride
Charles Causley – Eden Rock
Simon Armitage – Mother, Any Distance
Carol Ann Duffy – Before You Were Mine
C. D. Lewis – Walking Away
Seamus Heaney - Follower
Maura Dooley - Letters From Yorkshire
Owen Sheers – Winter Swans
Daljit Nagra - Singh Song!
Andrew Waterhouse – Climbing My Grandfather
Adverbs
‘Adverbs’ explores how the use of adverbs can affect a text and teaches pupils how to use effective adverbs to develop sentence structure. This editable PowerPoint lesson includes:
Definition of adverbs and examples with images / illustrations.
Activities to support the teaching of this objective with an accompanying worksheet
'Adverbs’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.
War Photographer - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology
This two-lesson unit teaches students about Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘War Photographer’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. It is made up of a 50-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets.
The lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context - An introduction to the poet Carol Ann Duffy and the poem’s inspiration and context.
First Reading - A reading of ‘War Photographer’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included.
Language and imagery - Analysing ‘War Photographer’ in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided.
Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included.
Lesson Two
Imagery - Analysing Duffy’s use of imagery.
Themes - Discussing the poem’s themes.
Structure and Form - Considering how Duffy uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme.
The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘War Photographer’ with ‘Poppies’ and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam.
This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs.
To preview ‘War Photographer’ in detail, please click on the images.
Using Pronouns to Avoid Repetition - Years 3 and 4
This English grammar teaching resource, explains how to use pronouns effectively in written work as per the curriculum objective in the Years 3 and 4 English programme of study - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. Content includes:
An animated PowerPoint presentation
Activity to support the teaching of this objective
3 differentiated worksheets with answers
‘Using Pronouns to Avoid Repetition - Years 3 and 4’ is fully editable, allowing teachers to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements.
Sonnets - Year 7 & Year 8
This differentiated Year 7/8 KS3 English teaching resource explores sonnets in a fun and engaging way. First, it provides an example Shakespearian sonnet and explains the ‘rules’ of sonnet poetry. Pupils are then tasked with exploring an example sonnet and discussing its structure and language.
The second part of the lesson helps students construct their own sonnet. Learners are given a scaffolded approach and an example sonnet to help them construct a class and an individual poem.
The PowerPoint is fully editable, and it’s differentiated using ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ activities to assure that all children are challenged and can achieve.
Summer Haiku Poetry - Year 5 and 6
This 3-lesson mini-unit is designed to cover creative writing and poetry. It includes a range of activities for pupils of all abilities. The PowerPoint uses bright colour, large and attractive fonts, vibrant imagery and easy to follow, child-friendly language. The resource is fully editable so can be adapted and used for different seasons or themes.
Content includes:
Discussion - what is a haiku?
Exploring and discussing haiku poetry - reading, listening to and talking about haiku poems
Create a class haiku activity
Individual, pair and group work opportunities
Reflecting on learning through constructive criticism
Writing an individual haiku about summer
Using colour photographs of summer scenes as writing stimulus
Drafting - how and why we redraft
How to plan and structure a haiku
Exemplar poems
Writing assessment opportunity - write a simple haiku poem about summer
38 slide PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets
Direct Speech - Year 3 and 4
Lower KS2 English Teaching Resource
In this English punctuation teaching resource, pupils practise recognising, writing and punctuating direct speech as per the curriculum objectives of the Year 3 and 4 programme of study (Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation). This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes:
An explanation of direct speech
Identify the reporting clause and speech activity with an accompanying worksheet
An explanation of indirect speech
A direct and indirect speech activity with an accompanying worksheet
How to punctuate direct speech explanation
A punctuating speech activity with an accompanying worksheet
Complete the sentences activity with an accompanying worksheet
3 further differentiated worksheets with answers
As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Direct Speech - Year 3 and 4’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.
Introducing Alliteration - KS1
‘Introducing Alliteration - KS1’ is a single lesson teaching resource designed to help teach children all about alliteration. The resource includes:
An introduction with examples of alliteration
An interactive activity to help consolidate understanding of alliteration and accompanying worksheet
One further worksheet
The resource uses bold clear fonts, simple language, bright colours and child friendly imagery.
‘Introducing Alliteration - KS1’ can be edited in full giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource if required to suit their individual teaching requirements.
Simple Sentences - Year 3
Simple Sentences is an engaging PowerPoint teaching resource (with 3 accompanying worksheets) designed to help lower KS2 children recognise simple sentences and learn how to use them in their own writing.
The resource contains definitions of simple sentences with examples, assessment tasks, consolidation activities and 3 worksheets.
‘Simple Sentences - Year 3’ is fully editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class taught.