Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and explain how to structure and format a recount of a family visit, a set of cards for support ability levels to match how to change different spellings by adding the suffix ing to word roots and worksheets for core and extension ability levels to record how to add the suffix ing to some different roots including words ending in the letter e.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to change different spellings by adding the suffix ing to words that can be used to describe a family visit to a special location.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to read and write recounts of a family visit to a special location that also includes weather information, practise spelling different words using the suffix ing and write a range of sentences that are either statements or questions to explore places. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.