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

  • Science Fiction

    Science Fiction

    Select characters, settings and events to use when writing science fiction stories, identify words that contain the ible suffix and practise using commas and conjunctions to write complex sentences

  • Relationships

    Relationships

    Compose a selection of different types of poems using figurative language and poetry styles to illustrate relationships between friends and family members

  • School Issues

    School Issues

    Explore the narrative structure and characters that feature in a story about school and friendship, add suffixes to word roots and write sentences with more than one clause

  • Detective Stories

    Detective Stories

    Investigate common narrative features and styles of mystery and thriller writing, learn spelling rules for adding the suffix able and practise using commas to write compound and complex sentences

  • Classic Fiction Extensions

    Classic Fiction Extensions

    Identify and record how to use relative clauses to extend sentences taken from a range of classic fiction stories by significant authors

  • Running Wild

    Running Wild

    Investigate the main characters, settings and sequence of events in an adventure story by a significant ’s author that takes place in a rainforest location

  • Great Flood

    Great Flood

    Compose and edit an informal recount about a significant weather event that could happen at the school

  • Story Structures

    Story Structures

    Investigate the common structures and features of a range of different types of stories and poems, practise adding suffixes to different word roots and use commas to punctuate sentences

  • Story Changes

    Story Changes

    Read and adapt a traditional tale changing characters and settings, investigate word families and use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech

  • Environment Debates

    Environment Debates

    Practise composing a selection of discussion texts to debate issues surrounding environmental concerns and protections

  • Letter Frames

    Letter Frames

    Practise using writing frames to structure and format a set of letters for a range of special purposes and functions

  • Theseus and the Minotaur

    Theseus and the Minotaur

    Explore the text features and characteristic structures of myths and legends, match words roots with the verb prefixes dis and mis and practise embedding relative clauses into sentences

  • Food and Drink

    Food and Drink

    Investigate the content and structure of a range of different types of texts on the theme of food drink by answering matching comprehension questions

  • Sports Rap

    Sports Rap

    Select vocabulary and rhythm structures to compose and perform rap poems describing actions and events connected to different Olympic sports

  • Word Power

    Word Power

    Explore meaning and importance of different words that can be used as a guide about how to respond to different scenarios and events

  • Planets

    Planets

    Identify and record how to use databases to store, organise and interrogate data and information about different planets found in the Solar System