English Teaching Resources

Discover schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in English for Key Stage Two covering reading, writing transcription, writing composition, spoken language and vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

  • Ancient History Finds

    Ancient History Finds

    Explore and illustrate how to use apostrophes for possession to indicate some of the special artefacts that were owned and used in past civilizations

  • Wind Turbine

    Wind Turbine

    Plan and write a magazine article about an environmental issue listing arguments in favour of or against the installation of a wind turbine

  • Radio Commercials

    Radio Commercials

    Practise using persuasive language to write newspaper adverts and radio commercials to sell houses in the school’s neighbourhood

  • Estate Agent

    Estate Agent

    Investigate and record how to punctuate apostrophes for possession correctly in sentences that might be used by an estate agent when selling houses

  • Prefix Word Boards

    Prefix Word Boards

    Investigate and record how to change the spelling and meaning of some different word roots by the addition of a range of prefixes

  • Discussion Viewpoints

    Discussion Viewpoints

    Practise using persuasive and discursive language to discuss and argue points of view in letters and magazine articles

  • Story Adverts

    Story Adverts

    Investigate and describe the use of persuasive language that can be used in adverts linked to traditional tales

  • Prefix Word Lists

    Prefix Word Lists

    Explain and model how word roots can change their spellings and meanings following the addition of different prefixes

  • Viewpoints

    Viewpoints

    Investigate opposing viewpoints as presented in the media about environmental issues, explore spellings of words with cial endings and practise punctuating sentences using commas

  • Estate Agents

    Estate Agents

    Compose and edit adverts using persuasive language to sell a range of different houses as estate agents

  • Prefix Noughts and Crosses

    Prefix Noughts and Crosses

    Identify and record how word roots can change their spellings and meanings when adding a range of different prefixes

  • Planet Earth

    Planet Earth

    Practise researching and recording information about a special location that can be found in the world to use when composing and publishing a written report

  • Fraction Equivalence

    Fraction Equivalence

    Investigate, compare and record the values of different non-unit fractions using equivalence between their sets of matching numerators and denominators

  • World Wars Poems

    World Wars Poems

    Explore and reflect on how poets can use figurative language and verse structures to express themes and ideas about conflicts that have happened in the world

  • Scary Tales

    Scary Tales

    Investigate and replicate the structure and format of narrative stories and poetry about different spooky and mysterious people, places and events

  • Letter Strings Word Groups

    Letter Strings Word Groups

    Explore how to identify, list and match some groups of words that can be spelt with common letter strings