Activities in this teaching pack include a worksheet to play a game to record changes to the spelling and meaning of word roots when adding the suffix sion for core and extension ability levels and a set of cards to identify and match changes to the spelling and meaning of word roots when adding the suffix sion for support ability levels.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and record the changes that can happen to the spelling and meaning of word roots when adding the suffix sion.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to produce radio commercials and posters using persuasive language based on traditional stories, explore words with sion endings and use the conjunctions because and although to extend sentences. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.