Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards for support ability levels to select and match different word roots that can be changed by the addition of the prefixes ir and il and differentiated worksheets for core and extension ability levels to record the word roots that have been changed by prefixes and build a range of words using the prefixes ir and il.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use the prefixes ir and il to build a range of different words that could be used when writing a story.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to plan and write a story using familiar settings based on a book by a significant author, practise building words using roots and prefixes and use nouns in sentences with matching determinants. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.