Lesson One – Confusing Words

This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to identify the correct spelling of different words that are commonly confused to use in example sentences about scenes from stories about families.
The class can explain how authors use vocabulary to describe characters in stories and illustrate their importance to the plot development and outcomes.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to identify the correct spelling of different words that are commonly confused to use in example sentences about scenes from stories about families
Activities in this teaching pack include a worksheet for core and extension ability levels to use the incorrect spelling of words that are commonly confused in sentences about families for a partner to correct and a set of cards for support ability levels to match the correct spelling of words that are commonly confused in model sentences about scenes from stories about families.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore the correct spelling of words that are commonly confused to use in sentences about scenes from stories about families.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to explore how authors use vocabulary and dialogue to illustrate character relationships in a story about family life, identify the meanings and spellings of confusing words and use the perfect form of verbs to indicate timing. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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