Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of worksheets to identify and model how to add the suffix ed to change the spelling and meaning of a range of words ending in fer for support ability levels and the suffixes ence and al for core and extension ability levels.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use different suffixes to change the spelling and meaning of a range of words ending in fer.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to research and write a news report using journalistic writing containing fact and opinion about a mysterious school event, learn rules for adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in fer and use more complex punctuation marks to write sentences. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.