Who doesn't love a fronted adverbial? This game allows children to sort fronted adverbials into three groups: those that describe the where, when and how of the verb in each sentence. After sorting into groups, children can then add the most suitable fronted adverbial to the incomplete sentence strips. This makes for a spot of … Continue reading Fronted adverbial sorting activity
Recently, I have been working on creative writing with a core group of 6 year old students that I teach every week. In an attempt to expand their story openings, I sought advice from my trusty friend TES. They didn't fail to deliver! I came across the "SAD" strategy for story writing. The idea is, … Continue reading How my students’ story openers went from zero to hero! (Thank you TES!)
I am a huge Pie fan. The Corbett variety of course! I think Pie Corbett's story mountain is a fantastic aid for helping children to structure their creative stories and the idea of incorporating a "problem" and a "solution" into each story makes for much more sophisticated and detailed writing. It also allows children to … Continue reading What’s the problem? Incorporating dilemmas into creative writing
A Powerpoint presentation that investigates what speech marks are and the rules that apply when using them in writing. The slides also allow opportunities for children to practice writing using speech marks. Challenge slides at the end encourage children to look for common mistakes that are made when speech is being used. Sample slides: FREE … Continue reading Speech Marks Powerpoint
4 bingo boards and separate cards to encourage your children to use a variety of words instead of "said". Put said to bed. FREE DOWNLOAD:put-said-to-bed-bingo
A Powerpoint created for KS1/2 children to help them to write character profiles. The Powerpoint explores various ways to describe appearance and personality and children are challenged to write detailed descriptions of well known characters. A "Wanted" poster at the end of the presentation gives children the chance to put their skills into practice independently. FREE POWERPOINT … Continue reading Character description Powerpoint
A bundle of resources to help your little people create big old detailed sentences. Stretch a sentence Powerpoint - a revision of the 5 W's (who, what, when, where and why?) with slides taking children step by step through the process of stretching a sentence. Challenge slides included at the end to encourage children to … Continue reading “Stretch a sentence” bundle
"Write to the top" is a quick and easy handwriting game (that can also be used as a spelling game!) The name of the game is to work on letter formation and it is designed for two children to play together. It could of course be duplicated to create a "more the merrier" type situation. … Continue reading Handwriting and letter formation game
I'm working with lots of bilingual children at the moment, and we are working on extending their repertoire of descriptive words for use in story writing. One of my pupils loves monsters, so I created this "Guess who" style game to try and expose him to as many adjectives as humanly possible in one sitting! The rules … Continue reading Guess my monster adjective game
OMG BTW. Confession. I am the opposite of down with the kids. I have no idea what "Flip Cup" is unless it involves beer and a hen party, and my idea of "dabbing" is the night time ritual of cleaning the hob. However. In an attempt to drag myself into the 21st century, I created … Continue reading Emoji Vocabulary Mat
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