Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify the meaning of different word abbreviations used in house sale adverts and a worksheet and a set of cards to match and record the meaning of special word abbreviations that can be used in house sale adverts.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and record the meaning of different word abbreviations that can be used in house sale adverts.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to compose and edit adverts using persuasive language to sell a range of different houses as estate agents, investigate the spellings and meanings of of words that are homophones and practise selecting powerful adjectives to use when writing expanded noun phrases. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.