This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and pair a range of different nouns with the correct determinant for initial vowels and consonants in the matching spellings of each word.

The class can explain and illustrate how to use some of the matched nouns with their correct determinants in example sentences about some of their favourite stories and characters.

Download this teaching pack including classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to select and pair a range of different nouns with the correct determinant for initial vowels and consonants in the matching spellings of each word

Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated sets of cards to select, match and record different nouns with their correct determinants for the vowels and consonant initial spellings in each word using a or an to use when composing some example sentences.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore when and how to use the correct determinants of a and an to match the spelling of different nouns that have initial letters of vowels and consonants.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to investigate and record how to compose sentences when using the correct determinants before nouns to match their initial vowels or consonants. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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